Jadwiga Barańska

Jadwiga Barańska (21 October 1935 – 24 October 2024) was a Polish actress and screenwriter.

She was married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak. Together they had one child, Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964. Jadwiga Barańska died on 24 October 2024, at the age of 89.

Selected filmography

• Wraki (1956) as Irena
• Powrót doktora Von Kniprode (1965)
• Hrabina Cosel (1968) as Anna Constantia Hoym countess Cosel, Anna Constantia of Brockdorff
• Epilog Norymberski (1970) as an Auschwitz victim
• Kłopotliwy gość (1971) as a secretary
• Noce i dnie, Nights and Days (1975) as Barbara Niechcic
• Trędowata (1976) as countess Idalia Elzonowska
• Gniazdo wdów (Nido de viudas, 1977) as Carmen
• Noce i dnie, in English Nights and Days, (TV serial) (1977) as Barbara Niechcic
• Dama kameliowa (1995) as a screenwriter
• Chopin, Pragnienie miłości, in English Chopin: Desire for Love (2002) as Justyna Chopin, Frédéric Chopin's mother

Awards

She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Nights and Days at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival in 1976.