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Beata Maria Helena Tyszkiewicz (born 14 August 1938) is a retired
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actress and
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.


Career

Beata Tyszkiewicz has worked mostly on the big screen but acted in several French TV movies, becoming famous through her portrayal of distinguished ladies in costume dramas like '' The Doll'' by
Wojciech Has Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925 – 3 October 2000) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Early life and studies Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków. Has himself was agnostic. However, his family on both sides was ...
and ''
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Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...
. She has worked with leading directors such as
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,
Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He ...
,
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and former husband
Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...
. Tyszkiewicz has appeared in more than a hundred films. Her debut was in ''
Zemsta ''The Revenge'' (Polish language, Polish: ''Zemsta'') is a Polish comedy by Aleksander Fredro, a Polish poet, playwright and Polish authors, author active during Romanticism in Poland, Polish Romanticism in the Partitions of Poland, period of pa ...
'' in 1956. In 1968 she was cast in '' The Doll'', directed by
Wojciech Has Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925 – 3 October 2000) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Early life and studies Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków. Has himself was agnostic. However, his family on both sides was ...
. ''The Doll'' was adapted from the Polish novel, ''Lalka'' by Boleslaw Prus. In 1971 she was a member of the jury at the
7th Moscow International Film Festival The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film '' Confessions of a Police Captain'' directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film '' Live Today, Die Tomorrow ...
. In 1995 she was awarded with an Honorable Diploma at the
19th Moscow International Film Festival The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded. Jury * Richard Gere (United States – President of the Jury) * Friedrich Gorenstein (Germany) * Aurelio De Laurentiis (Italy) ...
. In 1997 she was a member of the jury at the
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. She was a jury member on
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''). In May 2017, she had a massive
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. Soon after, she withdrew from public life.


Personal life

Tyszkiewicz is sometimes referred to as the ''First lady of Polish cinematography'', because of her aristocratic roots. Her father was a
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(in Polish
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) Krzysztof Maria
Tyszkiewicz Tyszkiewicz is the name of the Tyszkiewicz family, a Polish–Lithuanian magnate noble family of Ruthenian origin. The Lithuanian equivalent is Tiškevičius; it is frequently transliterated from Russian and Belarusian as Tyshkevich. Other people ...
and her mother was Barbara Rechowicz of the
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. Divorced three times. In the years 1967–1969 she was the wife of Andrzej Wajda. She was also the wife of Witold Orzechowski and Jacek Padlewski. She has two daughters.Filmpolski website (Polish)
/ref> In 1998 she received her star on Aleja Gwiazd (Stars Avenue) in
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.


Filmography

* ''Zemsta'' (1956) * ''Wspólny pokój'' (1959) * ''Szklana góra'' (1960) * '' Dziś w nocy umrze miasto'' (1961) * ''Historia żółtej ciżemki'' (1961) * ''Odwiedziny prezydenta'' (1961) * ''
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'' (1961) * ''
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'' (1961) * '' Czarne skrzydła'' (1962) * ''Naprawdę wczoraj'' (1963) * ''Skąpani w ogniu'' (1963) * ''Yokmok'' (1963) * '' Pierwszy dzień wolności'' (1964) * '' Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie'' (1964) * ''Spotkanie ze szpiegiem'' (1964) * '' Popioły'' (1965) * ''
Marysia i Napoleon ''Marysia i Napoleon'' (Mary and Napoleon) is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1966. The film is set in two time periods: modern and historical. Plot A young French historian, Napoleon Beranger, comes to Warsaw on a foreign scholarshi ...
'' (1966) * ''Pieśń triumfującej miłości'' (1967) * ''Hasło Korn'' (1968) * ''
Lalka ''The Doll'' () is the second of four acclaimed novels by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus (real name Aleksander Głowacki). It was composed for periodical Serial (literature), serialization in 1887–1889 and appeared in book form in 1890. ''T ...
'' (1968) * '' The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short'' (''De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen'') (1968) * '' Stawka większa niż życie'' (1968) * '' Everything for Sale'' (''Wszystko na sprzedaż'') (1968) * ''Dworianskoje gniezdo'' (1969) * ''Książę sezonu'' (1970) * ''Wielka miłość Balzaka'' (1973) * ''
Elective Affinities ''Elective Affinities'' (German: ''Die Wahlverwandtschaften''), also translated under the title ''Kindred by Choice'', is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809. Situated around the city of Weimar, the book relates the ...
'' (''Die Wahlverwandtschaften'') (1974) * ''Dom moich synów'' (1975) * ''Jej powrót'' (1975) * ''
Nights and Days ''Nights and Days'' () is a 1975 Polish film directed by Jerzy Antczak. This epic family drama was based on Maria Dąbrowska's novel ''Noce i dnie'', and was described by ''The Washington Post'' as "Poland's Gone With the Wind". Set in Kalisz a ...
'' (Noce i Dnie) (1975) * ''Wieczór u Abdona'' (1975) * ''Polskie drogi'' (1976) * ''Noce i dnie'' (serial TV, 1977) * ''Schach von wuthenow'' (1977) * ''Tańczący jastrząb'' (1977) * ''Sowizdrzał świętokrzyski'' (1978) * ''Niewdzięczność'' (1979) * ''Po drodze'' (1979) * ''Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 78'' (1980) * '' Kontrakt'' (1980) * ''Mniejsze niebo'' (1980) * ''Najdłuższa wojna nowoczesnej Europy'' (1981) * ''W obronie własnej'' (1981) * '' Édith et Marcel'' (1983) * '' Seksmisja'' (1983) * ''Synteza'' (1983) * ''Les cinq dernieres minutes'' (1983) * ''Jewropejskaja istorija'' (1984) * ''
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'' (1984) * ''Przyspieszenie'' (1984) * ''Vabank II czyli riposta'' (1984) * ''W starym dworku czyli niepodległość trójkątów'' (1984) * ''Les cerfs-volants'' (1984) * ''Sezon na bażanty'' (1985) * ''Ein zimmer mit landschaft'' (1985) * ''Alles auf pique dame'' (1986) * ''Komediantka'' (1986) * ''Bernadette'' (1987) * ''
Kingsajz ''Kingsajz'' is a 1988 cult film, cult Poland, Polish comedy fantasy film directed by Juliusz Machulski. The action takes place in late communist Poland and in a fictional Lilliput and Blefuscu, Lilliputian kingdom called Szuflandia (Drawerland) ...
'' (1987) * ''Komediantka'' (serial TV, 1987) * '' Moselbrück'' (1987) * ''Śmieciarz'' (1987) * ''Usmev diabla'' (1987) * ''Deux'' (1988) * ''Dom na głowie'' (1990) * ''Rosamunde'' (1990) * ''Śmierć dziecioroba'' (1990) * ''30 door key'' (1991) * '' V.I.P.'' (1991) * ' (1992) * ''Piękna nieznajoma'' (1992) * '' La petite apocalypse'' (1992) * ''Le violeur impuni'' (1992) * ''Dinozavris kwertski'' (1993) * ''Dwa księżyce'' (1993) * ''Panna z mokrą głową'' (1994) * ''Panna z mokrą głową'' (serial TV, 1994) * ''Awantura o Basię'' (serial TV, 1996) * ''Dzień wielkiej ryby'' (1996) * ''Ekstradycja 2'' (1996) * ''Germans'' (1996) * ''Bride of war'' (1997) * ''Sława i chwała'' (1997) * '' 13 posterunek'' (1998) * ''Ekstradycja 3'' (1998) * ''Złoto dezerterów'' (1998) * ''Krugerandy'' (1999) * ''Trędowata'' (''telenowela'', 1999) * ''W awguste 44.'' (1999) * ''Anna Karenina'' (2000) * ''Duża przerwa'' (2000) * ''Izabela'' (2000) * ''Zakochani'' (2000) * ''
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'' (2001) * '' Paradox Lake'' (2002) * ''Lokatorzy'' (2003) * ''
Na dobre i na złe ''Na dobre i na złe'' (, ''For better and for worse'') is a Polish television medical drama series, broadcast on TVP2 since 7 November 1999. It is the longest-running weekly primetime drama on Polish television and one of the longest-running ...
'' (2003) * ''
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'' (2004–2005) * ''
Magda M. ''Magda M.'' () was a Polish soap opera which aired on TVN (Poland), TVN from 2005 to 2007. Plot Magdalena Miłowicz is a young lawyer who seems to be a little lost in her love life, until she meets Peter, a man who also turns out to be a lawyer. ...
'' (2006–2007) * ''Ryś'' (2007) * ''Nie kłam kochanie'' (2008) * ''Teraz albo nigdy!'' (2008) * ''Zamiana'' (2009) * ''
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'' (serial TV, 2009) * '' Listy do M.'' (2011) * ''Sprawiedliwy'' (2015) * ''Studniówka'' (2018)


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