Gabriela Anna Kownacka (née Kwasz) (25 May 1952,

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– 30 November 2010,

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) was a Polish film and stage actress, best known for playing in the Polish TV series ''

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''. Kownacka was a

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. She has starred in over 60 television theater roles and starred in over 40 theater productions across the country. By the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland of August 22, 2005, she was awarded the Cross of Merit. Kownacka died on 30 November 2010, aged 58, after a long battle with breast cancer that began in 2004. On 7 December 2010, she was interred at the

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw ( pl, Cmentarz ewangelicko-augsburski w Warszawie), The Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw is a historic Lutheran Protestant cemetery located in the Wola district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. Details The Evang ...

Filmography

* 1972: The Wedding – Zosia * 1975: Skazany – Kasia * 1976: Trędowata – Rita Szylinżanka * 1977: Ciuciubabka – Grażyna * 1977: Pani Bovary to ja * 1977: Rebus – Ania * 1977: Rekolekcje – Myszka * 1977: Szarada – Ewa * 1978: Hallo Szpicbródka – Anita * 1980: Urodziny młodego warszawiaka – Jadźka * 1980: Ukryty w słońcu – Joanna * 1980: Bo oszalałem dla niej – Sylwia * 1981: Dziecinne pytania – Bożena * 1981: Przypadki Piotra S. – prostitute * 1981: Spokojne lata – Iza * 1983: Nadzór – Danusia Wabik * 1984: Jak się pozbyć czarnego kota – Krystyna Danek * 1984: Pismak – Maria * 1984: Zamiana – Ola * 1985: Kronika wypadków miłosnych – Olimpia * 1985: Ga, ga. Chwała bohaterom – blondie woman * 1985: Żaglowiec – Michael's mother * 1985: Czarny kot * 1986: Nieproszony gość * 1987: Hanussen – wife * 1988: Niezwykła podróż Baltazara Kobera – Gertruda * 1989: Kapitał, czyli jak zrobić pieniądze w Polsce – Barbara * 1989: Yacht – wife * 1992: Smacznego telewizorku – Teresa Adler * 1992: Sauna – Masza * 1992: Zwolnieni z życia – Elżbieta * 1993: Les Nouveaux Exploits d'Arsene Lupin * 1995–1998: Matki, żony i kochanki – Dorota Padlewska-Lindner * 1996: Cesarska tabakierka – Baronowa * 1996: Dzieci i ryby – Ewelina * 1999: Fuks – Alex's mother * 1999: Kiler-ów 2-óch – president's wife * 1999:

– Anna Kwiatkowska * 1999: Bratobójstwo * 2001: Pas de deux – Anna Struziakowa * 2002: Na dobre i na złe – Lidia Kornecka, menadżerka Niki * 2003: Powiedz to, Gabi – actress * 2006: Przebacz – mother * 2007: Dwie strony medalu – Jolanta Wysocka * 2007:

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– herself

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* 1952 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Polish actresses 21st-century Polish actresses Actors from Wrocław Deaths from cancer in Poland Deaths from breast cancer Polish Lutherans Polish film actresses Polish stage actresses Polish television actresses Polish voice actresses Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) 20th-century Lutherans Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni Burials at Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery, Warsaw {{Poland-actor-stub