Wiesława Mazurkiewicz-Lutkiewicz (25 March 1926 – 20 April 2021) was a Polish film and theater actress. She graduated from the

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in 1952. In 1974 she starred in the

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-nominated film ''

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'' under

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. Mazurkiewicz appeared in the Teatr Nowy i

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, Teatr Powszechny in

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, National Theatre in Warsaw and Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw. She was awarded the

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in 1979. Mazurkiewicz died on 20 April 2021, aged 95.

Selected filmography

* ''Godzina pąsowej róży'' (as Wanda) (1963) * ''

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'' (as Queen Nikotris, mother of Ramses XIII) (1966) * ''

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'' (as Florist) (1970) * ''

'' (as Aunt Kulwiecówna) (1974) * ''

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(as Female Prison Officer) (1982) * '' Woman in a Hat'' (as Ewa's Mother) (1985) * ''Pięć kobiet na tle morza'' (as Countess Aleksandra Dunin-Borkowska) (1986) * ''Gorzka miłość'' (as Marta Powiłańska, Hanna's Mother) (1989) * ''

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'' (1993) * ''To nie tak jak myślisz, kotku'' (as Waleria) (2008)nie tak jak myślisz, kotku''
at the

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. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

References

External links

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at the www.akademiapolskiegofilmu.pl 1926 births 20th-century Polish actresses Actors from Łódź People from Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939) 2021 deaths Polish stage actresses Polish film actresses Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) 21st-century Polish actresses {{Poland-actor-stub