
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass was a Polish stage and screen actress. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career. After her debut role in Tadeusz Chmielewski's comedy "Ewa chce spać" (1957) she gained wider popularity in Poland. In 1959 she left Poland for the West and soon starred in a few major films like "La millième fenêtre" ,with Jean-Louis Trintignant, and "Che gioia vivere", starring Alain Delon. She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959; they divorced in 1962.

Rosa Luxemburg
1986 · as Rosas Mutter

Hauser's Memory
1970 · as Angelika

Eine Wahnsinnsehe
1990 · as Herta

Love at Twenty
1962 · as Basia (segment "Warszawa")

Effi Briest
1974 · as Köchin

Vice and Virtue
1963 · as Prisoner (uncredited)

Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1961 · as Priscilla

Rififi in Tokyo
1963 · as Françoise Merigne

The Joy of Living
1961 · as Franca Fossati

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012 · as Self (archive footage)

When Angels Fall
1959 · as Young Woman

Ostrożnie yeti
1961 · as Bride (uncredited)

Serenade for Two Spies
1965 · as Tamara

Bad Luck
1960 · as Jola

Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli
1970 · as Dagmar

Blaubart
1984 · as Rosalinde

How It's Done
1974 · as Vacationist

Ewa Wants to Sleep
1958 · as Ewa Bonecka