Dorota Kwiatkowska Born on September 15, 1957 in Warsaw. She graduated from the Warsaw State Theater School. In the early 1980s, she performed at the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw.
She made her screen debut in 1978 with a major role in the film “water colors”. In the following years she played, among others, in “Fedziadli” I “Saucepan”But her most important role remained the first title Thais In the film Richard Bear from 1983.
To audition for the movie “Thais” Producer Jerzy Frykowski convinced her. The actress recalled it this way in an interview: “I finally went and forgot about it. One day, a delighted Frykowski comes to the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw, where I started acting when I was still a student, with a huge audience.” Bouquet – there were about 150 roses – and joyful screams that I am playing Thais.
in the movies “Thais” I “Apparition” The actress had no qualms about showing off her charm.
W “Thais” Kwiatkowska played an Egyptian courtesan and dancer who bathes naked in milk and dances with her breasts exposed. Turn in “Fedziadli” I rode horses without clothes.
After his role in films “Thais” I “Apparition”In the mid-eighties, the actress left Poland with her husband – the English composer, pianist and conductor Charles Ray. First she lived in London, and since 2001 her place on earth has been Adelaide, Australia.
When she came to Warsaw a few years later and met her colleague Michal Pajor, she said he greeted her with the words: “Dorota, you can’t imagine what the taxi drivers said about you.” “I have an idea,” she replied, “I did play the prostitute after all.”
The actress mentioned this on set “Thais” I had an accident. “During filming, I almost lost my life. One of the extras pushed me. I fell on a vase, hurt myself terribly. Surgery was necessary. There was no surgeon. I almost bled to death. Finally, after five hours, I was operated on on the kitchen table.” . I have dozens of stitches – revealed the actress.”
After leaving Poland, the actress appeared in small roles in films and TV series.
“When I found myself as an actress in London, I played a lot, and in 2001 we moved to Australia, to Adelaide. It was supposed to be a 4-5-year trip. This is the duration of the Prime Minister’s term.” She remembers the dean of the Academy of Music.
In 2000, the actress began to appear in Polish productions again. Her first guest appearance was, among other things, in films “Primates. Three years out of a thousand.” I “chameleon”.
Then she played in several series, including: “For good and for evil”, “Guesthouse under the rose”, “My baby” whether “Hotel 52”. The last time we saw her on screen was in 2017 “blond”.
“Of course, I can’t sacrifice anything of my family life that is dear to me, just to be an actress, even though I want to act so much! To be honest: after coming to Adelaide, I wanted to keep my career in mind.” “I rearranged. So, start again uphill. I don’t have the strength,” she said sadly on Przegląd Australia.
Few people know that Kwiatkowska was the stepdaughter of Ewa Krzyżewska, known from “Ashes and Diamonds” and “Jealousy and Medicine”. Like her adopted daughter, Krzyżewska also gave up her career for love. Her love of life was Dorota’s father – Boleslaw Kwiatkowski.
“(Dorota) she loved the theatre, she loved the cinema, but sadly she believed – I have reasons to believe that she somewhat forgot. It is as if once in the life of Ewa Krzyzewska, they both gave up the cinema for the love of their lives and never regained peace , both Ewa and Dorota. I remember a joint meeting with friends at the restaurant “U Cooky”, the pretext of which was her 60th birthday. A small group of guests, the owner working hard to please the birthday girl, and in the middle, behind the table – a lonely Dorotka blowing out the candles of life. ..and again, a comparison comes to my mind with Ewa, whose initial infatuation with marriage turned into a desire to be together, but in reality, it was a loneliness spent by two people, despite being in a beautiful house in Andalusia with her faithful shepherd dog Omar , but only… loneliness,” wrote Jan Krzyzewski, comparing the fates of the two women.
“I love nature and it saves me. But I miss art! It’s just so desperate! And on top of that, my friends in Sydney and Melbourne make fun of me because I live in Adelaide, where I have no opportunity to act in a film or in a professional theatre,” – Kwiatkowska admitted in “Przegląd Australian.
The actress died suddenly on December 19, 2018. No official cause of her death was given. They waited half a year to bury her. He also did not explain the reason.
Dorota Kwiatkowska’s funeral service was finally held on June 7, 2019. The star was buried in a family grave at the Brodno Cemetery in Warsaw.
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