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

Early life

Małgorzata Braunek was born in

Szamotuły Szamotuły (german: Samter) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was ...

. She studied acting department at National Higher School of Theatre in

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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

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from 1971 to 1976, with whom she had a son,

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; 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

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receiving

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from

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at Kanzeon Sangha (Warsaw) in 2003.

Death

On 23 June 2014 Braunek died from complications from ovarian cancer in

, 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 ''Matthew's Days'' ( pl, Żywot Mateusza) is a 1968 Polish drama film directed by Witold Leszczyński. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The film w ...

'' (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 ''Landscape After the Battle'' ( pl, Krajobraz po bitwie) is a 1970 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda and starring Daniel Olbrychski; telling a story of a Nazi German concentration camp survivor soon after liberation, residing in a DP ...

'' (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 Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. ...

'' (1972) as Narzeczona Jakuba / Jakuba's fiancee * ''

The Deluge The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is the Hebrew version of the universal flood myth. It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre- creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the microc ...

'' (original title: ''Potop'') (1974) as Billewiczówna Oleńka * ''Wielki układ'' (1976) as Marta Nowicka * ''The Shadow Line'' (1976) * ''Lalka'' (1977) as Izabella Łęcka * ''

Jörg Ratgeb – Painter ''Jörg Ratgeb – Painter'' (german: Jörg Ratgeb – Maler) is a 1978 East German drama film directed by Bernhard Stephan. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Alois Švehlík - Jerg Ratgeb, Jörg Ratgeb * M ...

'' (1978) as Junge Bäurin * ''Tercet egzotyczny a może erotyczny?'' (1978) * ''Wejście w nurt'' (1978, TV Movie) as Malgorzata * ''Dr Seneki'' (1980) * ''

The Big Night Bathe ''The Big Night Bathe'' ( bg, Голямото нощно къпане, translit. Golyamoto noshtno kapane) is a 1980 Bulgarian drama film directed by Binka Zhelyazkova. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes F ...

'' (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 milosci'' (2007) as Matka Rozy

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Biography
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Małgorzata Braunek
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Filmography
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