Kownacka, Gabriela |
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BORN 25 May 1952, Wroclaw - DIED 30 Nov 2010, Warsaw BIRTH NAME Kwasz, Gabriela Anna CAUSE OF DEATH breast cancer GRAVE LOCATION Warszawa: Cmentarz ewangelicko-augsburski w Waszawie, Ulicy Mlynarskiej 54/58 (AL41/2/27) |
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Gabriela Kownacka went to school in Wroclaw before she entered the acting department of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Drama School in Warsaw. In 1972 she had a role in Andrzej Wajda's "The Wedding". She graduated in 1975 and was instantly employed by the Kwadrat Theatre in Warsaw where she worked until 1978. In 1975 she married the actor Waldemar Kownacki (b.1949). They divorced in 1985. In 1977 she won the Zbyszek Cybulski Award for her appearance in Jerzy Hoffman's "The Leper". She won several other prizes during her career. From 1978 she worked for the Contempory Theastre in Warsaw until Jerzy Grzegorzewski contracted her in 1983 for the Studio Theatre in Warsaw. She performed there until 1999. She had television roles in "Mothers, Wives and Lovers" (1995-1998) and in "The Forster Family" (1999-2008). In 2004 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After treatment she resumed her career, but in 2008 the disease relapsed. On 9 March 2009 a charity concert was held at the National Theatre in Warsaw to fund her treatment. She died in 2010 and was buried at the the Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery in Warsaw. |
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 The grave of Gabriela Kownacka at Cmentarz ewangelicko-augsburski in Warsaw. Picture by Androom (13 Sep 2026) |
