Krystyna Feldman

Krystyna Zofia Feldman (1 March 1916 – 24 January 2007) was a Polish actress.

Krystyna Feldman
Krystyna Feldman, during her visit to Inowrocław
Born1 March 1916
Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
Died24 January 2007(2007-01-24) (aged 90)
Poznań, Poland
NationalityPolish
OccupationActress
Candles and flowers placed in front of the entrance to the New Theatre in Poznań after the actress' death in 2007

Life and career

Born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) to a[1] Catholic mother, Katarzyna Sawicka, an opera singer and a Jewish father, Ferdynand Feldman, an actor. She starred in theatre productions there until 1944, and later in Łódź, Szczecin, Opole, and Kraków. Since 1983, she performed at the Teatr Nowy in Poznań.

Feldman made her film debut in Celuloza (1953), directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Her career continued with various supporting roles. She was best known for a male role of an elderly disabled painter Nikifor in Mój Nikifor (My Nikifor), for which she won the award for best actress in 2004 at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia and numerous awards at other festivals in the world:

  1. Best Actress at 4th International Film Festival - Pune 2006
  2. Best European Film at 8th Denver International Film Festival 2005
  3. Best Actress at 50th Valladolid International Film Festival 2005
  4. Best Film at The 41st Chicago International Film Festival 2005
  5. Best Film at The 18th Panorama Of European Cinema - Athens 2005
  6. Best Actor/Actress at International Film Festival - Manila 2005
  7. Best Actress at International Actor's Film Festival in Kiev - Stozhary 2005
  8. Grand Prix, Best Actress and Best Film at 40th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2005[2]

She also appeared as the grandmother in the TV sitcom Świat według Kiepskich.

Krystyna Feldman died of lung cancer in her flat in Poznań, aged 90.

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References
  1. Parnas
  2. Zebra Movie Studio website


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