Danuta Szaflarska (Polish pronunciation:[daˈnutaʂafˈlaɾska]; 6 February 1915 – 19 February 2017) was a Polish film and stage actress. In 2008 she was awarded the Złota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century. Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising as a liaison. Szaflarska was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross and Commander's Cross with Star, one of Poland's highest Orders and Gold Medal of Gloria Artis (2007).[1][2][3]
Personal life
Szaflarska was born in Kosarzyska, Piwniczna-Zdrój (Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now Poland). She married her first husband, Jan Ekier, a pianist, in 1942. They had one daughter, Maria. The pair divorced. Her second husband, Janusz Kilański, was a radio announcer. He was the father of Szaflarska's second daughter, Agnieszka. Kilański and Szaflarska also divorced.[4] Szaflarska turned 100 in February 2015.[5] She was a regular player of Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw, specializing in modern and progressive drama, and in her later years (till 2016) appeared in four different plays at the theatre.[6]
Filmography
Danuta Szaflarska's star at the Hall of Fame in ŁódźDanuta Szaflarska and Jan Świderski in Zakazane piosenki (1947)
