Małgorzata Braunek

Małgorzata Braunek (30 January 1947 – 23 June 2014) was a Polish film and stage actress.

Early life Małgorzata Braunek was born in Szamotuły. She studied acting department at National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw until 1969, when she dropped out from to start her film career.

Personal life She was married three times: first briefly to actor Janusz Guttner, whom she divorced in 1971; then to director Andrzej Żuławski from 1971 to 1976, with whom she had a son, Xawery; and lastly to Andrzej Krajewski until her death, with whom she had a daughter, Orina (born in 1987). She was also a long-time practitioner and teacher of Zen Buddhism receiving Dharma transmission from Dennis Merzel at Kanzeon Sangha (Warsaw) in 2003.

Death On 23 June 2014, Braunek died from complications from ovarian cancer in Warsaw, aged 67. She was buried at Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery, beside her mother, on 5 July 2014.

Partial filmography

Przechodnie (1966) The Leap (1967) as Teresa Wycieczka w nieznane (1968) Matthew's Days (1968) as Anna The Game (1968) Shifting Sands (1968) Ruchome piaski (1969) as Girl Gra (1969) Hunting Flies (1969) as Irena Skok (1969) Wniebowstąpienie (1969) as Raisa W każdą pogodę (1969) Landscape After the Battle (1970) as Niemka na rowerze Oxygen (1970) as Patricija Lokis: Rękopis profesora Wittembacha (aka The Bear) (1970) as Julia Dowgiełło The Third Part of the Night (1971) as Marta The Devil (1972) as Narzeczona Jakuba / Jakub's fiancée The Deluge (original title: Potop) (1974) as Oleńka Billewiczówna Wielki układ (1976) as Marta Nowicka The Shadow Line (1976) Lalka (1977) as Izabella Łęcka Jörg Ratgeb – Painter (1978) as Junge Bäurin Tercet egzotyczny a może erotyczny? (1978) Wejście w nurt (1978, TV Movie) as Małgorzata Dr Seneki (1980) The Big Night Bathe (1980) as Żana ...według Christiana Skrzyposzka (1996) as herself Darmozjad polski (1998) as a tourist Ktoś pamięta moje imię (1998) (voice) Glina (2003–2004, TV Series) as Tatiana Zubrzycka Tulips (2004) as Marianna Bulionerzy (2004–2006) as Marta Berger Pełną parą (2005, TV Series) as Bogusia Lamarti Pensjonat pod Różą (2005, TV Series) as Wiesława Pasternak Z miłosci (2007) as Matka Róży