Anna Prucnal

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 18thcentury King of Poland Stanislas Leszczy?ski 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 twentytwo in the film Sun and Shadow Sl?ntzeto 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 JeanLouis Barrault MarcO Petrika Ionesco Lucian Pintilie and Jacques Lassalle She also appeared in several notable films the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejevs 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 coauthored with Jean Mailland Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Prucnal licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia