Helena Makowska

Helena Makowska ( Woynowiczówna; 2 March 1893 – 22 August 1964) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958.

Early life Helena Makowska was born Helena Woynowiczówna on 2 March 1893 to Ludwik Woyniewicz, a Polish engineer who worked for a Russian-Belgian company, and his wife, Stanisława (née Sauret). The family moved to Warsaw in 1903. There, Makowska attended high school and received her first theater roles.

At the age of 16, Makowska married lawyer Julian Makowski, but they divorced shortly after. In 1912, Makowska traveled to Milan, where she took singing lessons. In 1913, she debuted at the Opera as Amelia in Il ballo in maschera and acted as Elena in Mefistofele.

In 1947, she returned to Rome, where she taught foreign languages and took on small film roles. Makowska's final screen appearance was in Arrivederci Firenze (1958).

Helena Makowska died in Rome on 22 August 1964. She is buried at Campo Verano.

Selected filmography Hamlet (1917) Goodbye Youth (1918) The Prince of the Impossible (1918) Circus People (1922) A Dying Nation (1922) Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter (1922) Judith (1923) Frauenmoral (1923) Love of Life (1924) Taras Bulba (1924) Modern Marriages (1924) The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl (1924) The Terror of the Sea (1924) The Shot in the Pavilion (1925) The Secret of One Hour (1925)