Mieczysława Ćwiklińska-SteinsbergĆwiklińska was the maiden name of Ćwiklińska's grandmother, Anna Trapszowa. (née Mieczysława Trapszo, ; 1 January 1879 – 28 July 1972) was a Polish film actress, stage actor, and singer. She was often nicknamed Lińska or Amiette.
Born in
Lublin
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, Poland, Ćwiklińska made her debut in 1900 at the Teatr Ludowy (''The People's Theatre'') in
Warsaw
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in
Michał Bałucki
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Biography
Bałucki was born on 29 September 1837 in Kraków. He studied at Saint's Ann gymnasium in Kraków, and then at the Jag ...
's play ''Grube Ryby''. She was married three times, her last husband was the book publisher Marian Steinsberg.
In 2013 the Polish Post issued a commemorative stamp of her, with
Helena Grossówna
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Early life
She was the daughter of Leonard Gross, a German, and Valeria Winiawska, a P ...
and
Adolf Dymsza
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.
Partial filmography
* ''
His Excellency, The Shop Assistant
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Cast
* Mieczysława Ćwiklińska... The Governor's Wife
* Maria Bogda ... The Governor's Servant
*Adolf Dymsza ... Antek Król
* A ...
'' (''Antek policmajster'', 1935) - The Governor's Wife
* ''
Wacuś
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Cast
*Adolf Dymsza ... Tadeusz Rosolek, alias Wacus Rosolek
* Jadwiga Andrzejewska ... Kazia Wolska
* Mieczysława Ćwiklińska ... The Widow Centkowska
* Wł ...
'' (1935) - The Widow Centkowska
* ''
Panienka z poste restante
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* ''
Pan Twardowski
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A Diplomatic Wife
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'' (1937) - Apolonia
* ''Dorożkarz nr 13'' (1937) (with Stanislaw Sielanski in leading role) - Mrs. Tarska
* ''Pan redaktor szaleje'' (1937) - The Aunt
* '' Znachor'' (1937) - Florentyna Szkopkowa
* ''Dziewczęta z Nowolipek'' (1937) - Raczynska
* ''Niedorajda'' (1937)
* '' Robert and Bertram'' (1938) - Ippel's Sister
* ''
Adventure in Warsaw
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Profesor Wilczur
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Gehenna
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The place is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the border ...
Doctor Murek
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Cast
* Franciszek Brodniewicz - doctor Franciszek Murek
* Nora Ney - Arleta
* Ja ...
Złota Maska
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'' (1939) - Runicka - Ksawery's Mother
* ''Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru'' (1940)
* ''Żona i nie żona'' (1941) - Baroness
* ''Testament profesora Wilczura'' (1942)
* ''Przez łzy do szczęścia'' (1943) - Lena's secretary
* ''
Border Street
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