Nina Polan (born Janina Katelbach; November 30, 1927 – February 16, 2014) was a Polish actress and theatre director active in the United States.
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Since 1984 Nina Polan was executive and artistic director of the Polish Theatre Institute in America.[
She was a daughter of Polish politician Tadeusz Katelbach (1897–1977).][
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Filmography
* 1982: ''Sophie's Choice
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* ''Sophie's Choice'' (novel), a 1979 novel by American author William Styron
** ''Sophie's Choice'' (film), a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula
** ''Sophie's Choice'' (opera), an opera by the ...
'' as Woman in English Class
* 1999: ''Fever
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'' as Polish Women Witness
* 2003: ''Love & Stuff'' as Mrs. Galway
* 2005: ''Solidarity'' as Meat Shop Babushka
* 2010: ''Occupant
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'' as Lily Wainwright
* 2014: '' Wolfenstein: The New Order'' as Olenka Targonski
* 2014: '' A Walk Among the Tombstones'' as Old Woman
Awards and decorations
*Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
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*Silver Medal of the "Wspolnota Polska" Association][
*Golden ]Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
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References
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1927 births
2014 deaths
Polish emigrants to the United States
Polish film actresses
Polish stage actresses
American stage actresses
American film actresses
Alumni of RADA
21st-century American women
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