Asja Łamtiugina (8 November 1940 – 31 March 2023) was a Polish actress and stage director.

Life and career

Born in

Grodno Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman, Neman River, from Minsk, about from the Belarus–Poland border, border with Poland, and from the Belarus–Lithua ...

, Łamtiugina made her professional debut in 1964, at the Osterwa Theatre in

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. Since then she started an intense stage activity, also performing in films and on television and working with major Polish directors such as

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Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...

, and

Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He ...

. In 1995 she made her debut as a stage director, directing her own play ''Pies''. Her last role was in 2011, as a guest star in three episodes of the soap opera ''

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''. Łamtiugina died on 31 March 2023, at the age of 82. She was once married to the actor Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, and was the mother of the actor and director

Olaf Lubaszenko Olaf Sergiusz Linde-Lubaszenko (born 6 December 1968) is a Polish people, Polish actor and film director. He was born in Wrocław, the son of actors Edward Linde-Lubaszenko and Asja Łamtiugina. Olaf Lubaszenko starred in films by Krzysztof Ki ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamtiugina, Asja 1940 births 2023 deaths People from Żary Actresses from Lubusz Voivodeship Polish television actresses Polish film actresses Polish stage actresses Polish theatre directors Polish women theatre directors