Jadwiga Barańska

Jadwiga Barańska (21 October 1935 – 24 October 2024) was a Polish actress and screenwriter. She was married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak. Together they had one child, Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964. She began her career on the stages of the Classic Theatre in 1959–1966. She then played at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw until 1972. She achieved success as a film actress, appearing mainly in the films of her husband, Jerzy Antczak. She gained her greatest fame starring as Barbara Niechcic in the adaptation of the novel Nights and Days by Maria Dąbrowska and the title role in Countess Cosel. She was also an actress in the Teatr Telewizji, a Polish TV theatre. She lived in the US since 1979. Barańska died on 24 October 2024 in Los Angeles, at the age of 89.

Selected filmography Wraki (1956) as Irena Powrót doktora Von Kniprode (1965) Hrabina Cosel (1968) as Anna Constantia Hoym countess Cosel, Anna Constantia of Brockdorff Epilog Norymberski (1970) as an Auschwitz victim Kłopotliwy gość (1971) as a secretary Noce i dnie, Nights and Days (1975) as Barbara Niechcic Trędowata (1976) as countess Idalia Elzonowska Gniazdo wdów (Nido de viudas, 1977) as Carmen Noce i dnie, in English Nights and Days, (TV serial) (1977) as Barbara Niechcic Dama kameliowa (1995) as a screenwriter Chopin, Pragnienie miłości, in English Chopin: Desire for Love (2002) as Justyna Chopin, Frédéric Chopin's mother

Awards

She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Nights and Days at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival in 1976.