Zula Pogorzelska (1896 – 10 February 1936) born Zofia Pogorzelska, was a Polish cabaret and film actress.
She was the first Polish performer to introduce the
Charleston on stage of the Cabaret ''Pod sukienką'' in 1926. Pogorzelska was the wife of popular
Warsaw
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cabaret and film artist
Konrad Tom a.k.a. Konrad Runowiecki.
Life
Pogorzelska was born into a family of a
Polish medical doctor Andrzej Pogorzelski in the age of
Partitions. She went to high school in
Yevpatoria
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(Eupatoria); but at the same time, took intensive voice and acting lessons from her mother. During World War One she toured Crimea with her own stage programme for the first time. Following the
Bolshevik Revolution
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in Russia she repatriated with her family to
newly independent Poland. Pogorzelska found herself in Warsaw in 1918, and debuted at the ''Bagatela'' theatre on 7 May 1919. She soon became the star of several most popular cabarets including ''Qui Pro Quo
(pl)'', ''Perskie Oko'', ''Morskie Oko
(pl)'', and ''Cyganeria''. She began her film career as an already experienced cabaret performer widely applauded in the capital.
In 1934 she fell ill with
a spine disorder which forced her to abandon the stage. After a prolonged illness she died at the Dr. Rose
sanatorium
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in
Wilno
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. Pogorzelska was buried at the
Cmentarz Powązkowski in Warsaw.
Selected filmography
* ''Gorączka złotego'' (1926)
* ''
Niebezpieczny romans
''Niebezpieczny romans'' is a 1930 Polish film directed by Michał Waszyński.
Cast
* Bogusław Samborski ... Hieronim Spiewankiewicz
* Helena Stepowska ... Mrs. Spiewankiewiczowa
* Józef Orski ... Hieronim's Son
*Betty Amann ... Ada
*Eug ...
'', as maid (1930)
* ''
Bezimienni bohaterowie'' (1932)
* ''
Sto metrów miłości
''Sto metrów miłości'' (''One Hundred Metres of Love'') is a 1932 Polish film directed by Michał Waszyński.
Cast
* Zula Pogorzelska ... Zośka
*Adolf Dymsza ... Dodek
*Konrad Tom ... Moniek vel Mieszek Oszczep-Sardinenfis
*Ludwik L ...
'', as Zośka (1932)
* ''
Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani
''Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani'' ( en, Uhlans, Ulhans, the Painted Boys) is a 1932 Polish military comedy film directed by Mieczysław Krawicz and produced by the Blok-Muzafilm studio with the participation of the 1st Light Cavalry Regimen ...
'', as Helka (1932)
* ''
Dvanáct křesel
''The Twelve Chairs'' ( cs, Dvanáct křesel; pl, Dwanaście krzeseł) is a 1933 Czechoslovak- Polish comedy film directed by Martin Frič and Michał Waszyński freely based on the eponymous 1928 novel by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Evgeny P ...
'' ( pl, Dwanaście krzeseł, 1933 Polish-Czechoslovak coproduction)
* ''Romeo i Julcia'', as Franka Krochmalska (1933)
* ''
Zabawka'', as Zizi (1933)
* ''
Love, Cherish, Respect
''Kocha, lubi, szanuje'' (English translation, ''Love, Cherish, Respect'' ) is a 1934 Polish language romantic comedy film, produced in Poland by the European subsidiary of Universal Pictures and directed by Michał Waszyński.
Cast
*Eugeniusz ...
'', as Kunegunda (1934)
References
External links
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1896 births
1936 deaths
Polish film actresses
Actresses from Warsaw
Polish cabaret performers
20th-century Polish actresses
20th-century comedians
People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent
People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism