Tadeusz Olsza (3 December 1895 – 1 June 1975), born Tadeusz Blomberg, was a Polish film and stage actor, cabaret singer, dancer and director born in

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. From 1915 to 1917, he taught vocal classes at

Warsaw Conservatory The Chopin University of Music ( pl, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe.

. Starting in 1921 he performed in such Warsaw cabarets and vaudevilles as ''Stańczyk, Karuzela, Nietoperz (The Bat), Stara Banda, Qui Pro Quo, Perskie Oko, Morskie Oko, Nowości'', and ''Cyruliku Warszawskim''. He was known for his parody of

Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski (; 9 June 1885, Gąbin – 31 August 1962 London) was a Polish physician,Waclaw Jedrzejewicz ''Piłsudski: A Life for Poland'' Hippocrene, 1982 Page 246 general, freemason and politician who served as Minister of I ...

, a Polish physician, general and politician.http://www.olsza.com/tadeusz/biography/career/index.html Official Olsza website He performed monologue, satires, revue sketches, vignettes and in musical theater; was also known as a great tango dancer, partnering

Loda Halama Loda Halama (20 July 1911 – 13 July 1996) was a Polish dancer and actress. Principal dancer of Grand Theatre, Warsaw (1934–1936). She appeared in eleven films between 1927 and 1950. Selected filmography * '' Prokurator Alicja Horn'' (19 ...

and her sister Zizi in a hit musical review ''Tysiąc pięknych dziewcząt (A thousand beautiful girls)'' and performing with Stanisława Nowicka, "Queen of the Tango." He began his film career in small roles in German films (''Mater Dolorosa'' and ''Jugendliebe''). In Poland his film appearances included ''Uwiedziona, Krzyk w nocy, O czym się nie mówi, Głos Serca, Antek Policmajster, Jaśnie pan szofer'', and ''Jego wielka miłość''. Olsza worked in Polish Radio almost from its inception; some of his archived performances are still broadcast. After the Nazi

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week aft ...

he went to Bucharest, Romania, where he joined the group of Polish emigree theater artists.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMuCINfz27E Youtube biographical notes In 1941 he joined the Polish Army in France, then Scotland where he run the theatre for First Brigade of the Polish-Scottish Shooters (see

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). After the war he returned to Poland where he performed in 1947, first in

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, then in Warsaw, as star of the first post-war Polish vaudeville (written by

Julian Tuwim Julian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied la ...

): Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru (''Soldier of The Queen Of Madagascar)''). In 1948 he played the stages of ''Buffo'' and ''Syrena'' theaters; he remained with ''Syrena'' until his retirement in 1971. In 1972 he left for London, to join his wife, where he died in 1975.

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