She entered the store in a bathrobe and wanted to bathe in champagne. “Well, I have to do something”

and actress Kalina Jędrusik was born on February 5, 1931. In 1953, she graduated from PWSA in Kraków, where she studied with, among others, Bogumił Kobiel and Zbyszek Cybulski. After graduation, she went to Gdańsk, where she met her future husband, Stanisław Dygat. In 1995 they moved to Warsaw. It was there that Kalina’s career gained momentum.

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She “shattered stage norms” and shocked with her spontaneity. Kalina Jędrusik

Kalina Jędrusik has performed at the National Theater, the Contemporary Theatre, the Komedia Theater, the Variety Theater and the Polish Theater. Her appearances on television and in the Old Gentlemen’s Cabaret brought her popularity among viewers.

In one of the interviews, Kalina Jędrusik, then a young, aspiring actress, expressed her artistic credo: ‘I want to convey my truths to the audience as simply as possible. She should experience them herself.’ No one could have imagined then that Kalina’s truths – revealing the complexity, charms and secrets of femininity in acting – would soon have such a strong influence on moral awareness that they would shake society and divide it into supporters and opponents.

– wrote Renata in “Iluzjon” in 1994. There is no doubt that Kalina Jędrusik at that time stood out both with her styling and with the self-confidence she exuded around her.

Kalina Jędrusik destroys stage norms, she does not care about etiquette, she is spontaneous, spontaneous, sometimes even aggressive. She manifests her femininity openly, regardless of the reservations of the more conservative part of the audience. She even seems to take a little pleasure in teasing them by appearing in dresses with huge necklines, behaving with ostentatious casualness

– wrote Konrad Eberhardt in “Film” in 1984.

Kalina Jędrusik had no shortage of sharp retorts. Even a fireman admonished her

In 2006, in an interview for the “Charaktery” magazine, Gustaw Holoubek told a story that took place during one of the rehearsals in the theater. Kalina Jędrusik was smoking a cigarette, which caused her to be warned by a firefighter present in the room. She answered him briefly: “Fuck off, fireman.” The outraged man went backstage to prepare a response, and when he returned, there was no Jędrusik on stage, but Barbara Rylska. The fireman, not realizing it, shouted at the innocent woman: “I can swear too, you old b…t!” Rylska complained to the director of the play, who decided to defend the actress. “You’re a dick!”, he shouted to the fireman, but… he also made a mistake and insulted the wrong person.

Another anecdote concerns Kalina Jędrusik’s visit to the store. While the times were associated with queues in stores and purchasing primarily what was necessary for life, here too the artist was not afraid to do things her own way. Supposedly, one day she entered a store in a bathrobe and high heels and, regardless of the , went straight to the counter. There she asked for a few bottles of champagne. Onlookers began to comment on her behavior, and Jędrusik calmly replied: “Well, I have to bathe in something.”

What was the cause of Kalina Jędrusik’s death? She died in 1991.

Kalina Jędrusik died on August 7, 1991 as a result of bronchial asthma caused by an allergy to fur. The singer was buried on August 13, 1991 in the Avenue of Merit, in grave 100 at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. Her husband, Stanisław Dygat, also rests in the same grave.