Halina Buyno-Łoza (12 December 1907 – 13 September 1991), also known separately with each last name, was a
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theatre actress and dancer.
She is also known for being imprisoned after making public her former role as an informant for the Polish
Ministry of Public Security
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on her colleagues at the Municipal Theatre.
Education and career
Halina Buyno-Łoza was born on 12 December 1907 in
Łódź
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. In 1937, she graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Before
World War II
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, she was an actress at the Vilnius City Theatre. After the war, she was recruited by the communist Polish government's
Security Service to act as an informant for "anti-state crimes", especially among her colleagues at the Municipal Theatre. After a few years, she became worried about what would happen to her friends in the theatre industry if she continued, so she outed herself to others of her actions. In response, from 1952 to 1953, the Polish authorities sentenced her to 1.5 years in prison, but she was released after nine months as amnesty after the death of
Joseph Stalin
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. It was reported later by other inmates of the prison that Buyno-Łoza had been physically abused by the
Soviet
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guards in charge.
She later performed at the Polish Theatre in
Wrocław
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until her retirement in 1971.
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Arts and film
She performed at the Municipal Theatre in Vilnius
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(1937–1939), the Municipal Theatre of Lublin
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(1945–1952), Theatre of Lower Silesia in Jelenia Góra
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(1953–1955) and the Polish Theatre in Wrocław (1955–1971). She also played roles in films. She was married to the actor Mieczysław Łoza
Mieczysław Łoza (6 January 1916 – 21 May 1982) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1952 and 1982. He was married to the actress Halina Buyno-Łoza.
Selected filmography
* ''Lotna
''Lotna ...
. She died on 13 September 1991 in Wrocław She was buried in the Osobowice Cemetery
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in Wrocław.[
Initially she played roles of everyday women – rather noisy, sometimes offensive, but always kind-hearted. Later her roles included grandmothers and neighbours, including Aniela Kargul in ]Sylwester Chęciński
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Biography
Chęciński was born ...
's trilogy.
Filmography
References
External links
Halina Buyno-Łoza
on IMDb
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Actresses from Łódź