Helena Grossówna

Helena Grossówna (1904, Thorn, German Empire–1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer. She was a waitress during the German occupation and officer, lieutenant of the Home Army, she led a battalion ("sokól"(falcon)) during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, 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.

Bibliography

• Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.

External links

• Helena Grossówna at IMDb