Danuta Lato (born Danuta Irzyk; 25 November 1963) is a Polish

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, actress and later singer.

Career

Lato was born Danuta Irzyk on 25 November 1963 (some sources giving the year 1965 instead of 1963) in the small village of

Szufnarowa Szufnarowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Strzyżów , 32 km north-west of Krosno and south-west o ...

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where she later worked as a

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teacher. She married and divorced her first husband at the age of 20 after only a week's marriage. It was the first divorce ever in the village. Some sources claim her daughter Laura is from that weeklong marriage. Lato moved to

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in 1984 to pursue a modeling and film career, including a recurring role in Yehuda Barkan's series of

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films. Throughout the late 1980s into the 1990s she pursued a music career. As a singer, she had moderate success in Europe with her single "Touch My Heart". Her other songs were syndicated across European

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compilation CDs from the 1980s–1990s, such as ''Hot Girls''. Although not officially retired, she has not been in the public eye since 1994.

Discography

Singles * 1987 – ''Touch My Heart'' / ''I Need You'' (

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) * 1989 – ''Whenever You Go'' / ''Nobody's Woman'' (ZYX) Compilation * 1989 – "Hot Girls" (with

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and

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) (Perfil)

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lato, Danuta 1963 births English-language singers from Poland Polish film actresses Polish actresses Polish expatriates in Germany Eurodisco musicians Glamour models Living people