Barbara KwiatkowskaLass 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 Chmielewskis 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 JeanLouis Trintignant and Che gioia vivere starring Alain Delon She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959 they divorced in 1962