Kalina Jędrusik (5 February 1930 in

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– 7 August 1991 in

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) was a

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and

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. She performed in more than thirty films from 1953 to 1991. Jędrusik was married to writer Stanisław Dygat.

Biography

Kalina Jędrusik was born in 1930 in Gnaszyn, now part of Częstochowa, as a daughter of Henryk Jędrusik, a member of the

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. She graduated from Juliusz Słowacki Public High School in 1949 in her birth town. In 1949 she moved to

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, where she graduated from

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. Kalina Jędrusik debuted in 1953 at the Wybrzeże Theatre in

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. From 1955 she performed at several Warsaw theaters, including the National Theatre (1955-1957), Współczesny Theatre (1957-1963), Comedy Theatre (1964-1967), Studencki Teatr Satyryków (1969-1972),

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(1972-1985), and the

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(1985-1991). She was also famous for performing in the '' Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret'' and acting in many Polish movies, including ''Lekarstwo na miłość'' or ''Ziemia obiecana''. In the 1960s and the 1970s, Jędrusik was a Polish

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. In 1976 she performed in the

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with

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. She died in Warsaw on 7 August 1991 from an

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attack. and was buried at the Avenue of Notables at

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. In 1996, she was voted the third greatest Polish film actress in a poll conducted by the ''Film'' magazine to celebrate 100 years of cinema. In 2021, a

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''Bo we mnie jest seks'' (Autumn Girl) directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and starring Maria Dębska in the lead role as well as

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and Rafał Rutkowski was released.

Selected filmography

References

External links

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Profile on filmpolski.pl
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Kalina Jędrusik
at culture.pl {{DEFAULTSORT:Jedrusik, Kalina 1930 births 1991 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish film actresses Polish stage actresses Polish television actresses 20th-century Polish actresses People from Częstochowa People from Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)