Helena Grossówna
Helena Grossówna (1904, Thorn, German Empire – 1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer, who starred in several popular Polish films during the interwar period. She worked as a waitress during the German occupation of Poland, and at the same time, she served as an officer (lieutenant) in the Polish underground. During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, she was in command of a women's section of the battalion "Sokół" (Eng. falcon), for which she was highly decorated.
Selected filmography
- Kochaj tylko mnie (1935)
- Dodek na froncie (1936)
- Piętro wyżej (1937)
- A Diplomatic Wife (1937)
- Florian (1938)
- Paweł i Gaweł (1938)
- Szczęśliwa trzynastka (1938)
- Zapomniana melodia (1938)
- Królowa przedmieścia (1938)
- Robert and Bertram (1938)
- The Vagabonds (1939)
- The Two Who Stole the Moon (1962)
In 2013 the Polish Post issued a commemorative stamp of her, with Adolf Dymsza and Mieczysława Ćwiklińska.
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Bibliography
- Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
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