Teresa Izhevska initially did not want to become an actress. After graduating from high school, she began studies at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Warsaw. After a year, however, she changed her mind and passed the exam to the Warsaw theater school. He noticed the 23-year-old student. The director offered her the role of a liaison officer for the Home Army “Stokrotka” in the film “Kanał”. Iżewska was born in Warsaw and lost her father in the uprising. Thanks to her debut in 1957, she attracted the attention of foreign critics.
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Teresa Iżewska made her debut on the big screen in Andrzej Wajda’s film. She was destined for a great career
The role in the film gave Teresa Iżewska a nomination for the prestigious British BAFTA award, the equivalent of the American Oscars. At the festival in Cannes “Kanal” received a special jury award, the Silver Palm. When Iżewska appeared on the red carpet alongside Wajda and Tadeusz Janczar, who played officer cadet “Korab”, she drew the attention of journalists and critics. She spoke fluent French and English, and she delighted with her beauty. She was predicted a great international career, not only in Hollywood. One interview dashed her hopes of fame in the West. In an interview with a French journalist, Teresa Iżewska honestly admitted that the earnings of actors in Poland are absurdly low. Such criticism of the reality of the People’s Republic of Poland, although true, did not appeal to officials.
One interview ruined the chances of a great career. After a few years, she disappeared from the screens
When they returned from Cannes, passport office officials seized her document and consistently refused requests for it to be reissued. Iżewska could not leave the country and was forced to reject numerous proposals from foreign artists. Although the dreams of an international career faded, the actress tried to develop in Poland. She got the roles of brave women.
Iżewska’s heroines – evil, spoiled, perverse, often guided by an erotic instinct (which was quite a moral challenge in the late 1950s) – carried an ominous fate, destroying the men they met on their way and a tone of sensual, dark anxiety
– in 1996 Maciej Maniewski in the “Film” magazine. After a few years, however, the actress disappeared from the screens. However, she still performed in the theater, and from 1964 she joined the Wybrzeże Theater in Gdańsk. In 1972, she appeared in the film and TV series “Podróż za single smile”, in which she played Duduś’s mother, Benia Fąferska. 10 years later, she also appeared in “Retaliation” and “False Coin”.
Teresa Iżewska led an intense emotional life. “She always lived in unfulfillment”
Teresa Iżewska led an intense social and emotional life. She got married three times. The first husband of the actress was musician Andrzej Wincior, the second was director Piotr Parandowski. The last husband of Iżewska was actor Zbigniew Grochal. There was also a lot of talk about romance. with Janusz Głowacki, Marek Hłaska. After parting with Grochal, Teresa Iżewska became involved with the writer Aleksander Jurewicz. – She was always in denial. Her huge apartment was all hung with mirrors. Even going to the toilet, she had two or three mirrors on the way. She stopped in front of each of them – he recalled his relationship with the actress in an interview
The actress has tried many times. It was said that he wanted attention by ignoring mental problems, considered taboo at the time. Relatives later recalled that she was unhappy and felt unfulfilled. – Emotions ruled my mother. In the morning she was happy, and in the evening she did not want to live – daughter of the actress from her first marriage. In May 1982, Teresa Iżewska took sleeping pills. She lay in a coma for several weeks. “She was dying for a long time. Somewhere between mid-May and end of August. Friends from the theater went, painted her nails, did her make-up, and she, Stokrotka, was in a coma. That’s the end – recalled Alexander Yurevich. Teresa Iżewska died on August 26, 1982.
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Source: Gazeta
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