Stanisław Jaśkiewicz (12 January 1907 – 21 December 1980) was a Polish actor.

Biography

Jaśkiewicz was born on 12 January 1907 in

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. He graduated from the Warsaw Conservatory in 1929, making his theatrical debut at 21 November that year as Francis Flute in the

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Municipal Theatre production of ''

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''. Along the years, he was part of the regular cast in the Warsaw Elizeum Theatre (at 1931), the

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Municipal Theatre (from 1932 to 1938), the Pohulanka Theatre in Warsaw (1938–1941), the

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Soldiers' House Theatre (1946–1947), the Zygmunt Hübner Theatre in Warsaw (1947–1949), the Modernist Warsaw Theatre (1949–1957) and the Polish Theatre (1957–1975). In 1963 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the

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. He first appeared on screen at the 1937 movie ''Flaming Heart'' ('' Płomienne serca''), as the student-turned-soldier Wojtek. He played in more than thirty movies and television productions until his departure.Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
s appearances on television at Filmpolsky. He died on 21 December 1980 in

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Filmography

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* 1907 births 1980 deaths Actors from Liepāja Polish male film actors Polish male stage actors Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta 20th-century Polish male actors Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{poland-actor-stub