Barbara Kostrzewska (21 October 1915 in

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– 14 November 1986 in

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) was a

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singer and theater director. She performed from late 1930s until after the war, when she became involved in managing several theaters. During

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she worked for Polish resistance Armia Krajowa and took part in the

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. She starred in the 1951 film '' Warsaw Premiere''.

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1915 births 1986 deaths People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians Home Army members Polish female soldiers Warsaw Uprising insurgents 20th-century Polish women singers People from Dębica County Burials at Powązki Cemetery Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta {{Poland-singer-stub