About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1940-12-17
Place of birth:
Warsaw, Poland
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Anna Prucnal

Overview

Anna Prucnal (born 17 December 1940) is a Polish actress in both cinema and theatre, as well as a singer.

Prucnal was born in Warsaw, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis during World War II, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanislas Leszczyński. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.

Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film “Sun and Shadow” (Slăntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc’O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev's “Sweet Movie”, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.

During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album “Dream of West, Dream of East” was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989… to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.

Prucnal has continued to release records (such as “Monsieur Brecht” in 2006), and act in movies (“Wimbledon Stage” in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues” in 2005.

In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled “Moi qui suis née à Varsovie” (“I, who was born in Warsaw”), co-authored with Jean Mailland.

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Known for

Acting
2012 L'Artifice et le factice Actor Self N/A
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2012 Les lettres de Saïgon Actor Melle Rawolsky N/A
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2011 Images of Women of the Social Corset Actor Self N/A
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2001 Wimbledon Stage Actor La femme blonde 58
Average
1997 Love, Math and Sex Actor La femme blonde 58
Average
1994 Crows Actor Nauczycielka 59
Average
1981 Snow Actor Wanda Vallès 59
Average
1980 City of Women Actor Elena, the wife 62
Fair
1979 Mais où et donc Ornicar Actor Agnès 59
Average
1979 Bastien, Bastienne Actor Suzanne 59
Average
1978 Dossier 51 Actor Sarah Robski 59
Average
1978 Civil Wars in France Actor La fédérée polonaise (segment "La semaine sanglante") N/A
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1976 Dracula and Son Actor 59
Average
1974 Sweet Movie Actor Capt. Anna Planeta 57
Average
1972 Hellé Actor 58
Average
1970 On the Way to Lenin Actor Operator 59
Average
1970 Nowy Actor OM-1 Clerk 59
Average
1969 Jede Stunde deines Lebens Actor Hanna N/A
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1968 Ways across the Country Actor Steffa N/A
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1968 Roly Poly Actor Fox's Sister-in-law 59
Average
1966 Reise ins Ehebett Actor Eva 59
Average
1964 The Flying Dutchman Actor Senta 58
Average
1963 New Year's Eve Adventure Actor Krystyna N/A
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1963 Teenager Actor Krysia Kowalska 59
Average
1962 The Sun and the Shadow Actor Momcheto N/A
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