Halina Kowalska was born on July 27, 1941. When she was 25, she graduated from the PWSTiF in Łódź, but she got into school only the second time. – During the exam for the acting school in Łódź, I looked like a little girl. Tiny, flat, with braids. I said a poem and a piece of prose, but I didn’t pass. The commission decided that I looked too childish – , quoted by “Świat Seriali”. Kowalska is best known for her role as the singer Kolińska-Kubiak, which she played in the series “Alternatives 4”. However, this is not the only role that viewers remember. She also played, among others, Wanda Paciorek in “Labirynta” and Smolska in “Window”. The woman delighted not only with her game, but also with her appearance. For this reason, she was considered one of the most beautiful women in the Polish People’s Republic. What is known about her private life?
Halina Kowalska’s life was not easy. My mother was deported and she suffered a serious accident
Kowalska was born during World War II. There was a ghetto next to her family’s apartment, to which her mother secretly regularly took food. In this way she helped prisoners. When she was caught, she was deported for two months and imprisoned in Łódź. Halina was a baby then. In her mother’s absence, her older sister helped her take care of the several-month-old girl. While she was carrying her in her arms, Halina broke free and fell onto the hot kitchen stove. She suffered burns to her face and stomach, and her aunts and grandmother came to her rescue. Fortunately, she survived.
She worked hard and dealt with gossip. She was called “Polish Brigitte Bardot”
Halina Kowalska was often gossiped about. When her name appeared on posters, alleged affairs with other men were invented, which over time spoiled her reputation. Some even considered her a woman who led men astray. Others called her “the Polish Brigitte Bardot”, but Kowalska was not very fond of this term. The truth about the alleged affairs was completely different, but few people realized it. The actress didn’t play leading roles very often, but her performance was still eye-catching and impossible to ignore. She also sometimes received proposals for undressed roles.
She took part in the production of “No rose without fire” by Bareja and “I don’t like Monday” by Chmielewski. Thanks to the role of Adela in Wojciech Jerzy Has’s film “Sanatorium pod klepsydrą”, she had the opportunity to go to the Cannes film festival. In addition, she also regularly acted in the theater. Halina Kowalska saw herself as a typical lover. – Barbara Brylska is a serious lover. I created the image of a characteristic, comedic lover, with a distance and a pinch of salt – in an interview with “Dziennik Trybuna”.
Halina Kowalska was very popular, and many men tried to win her favor. We are talking about, among others, actor Andrzej Łapicki, director Wojciech Has, and actor Jan Nowicki. Despite the considerable interest she aroused from the opposite sex, she remained modest. She was called “gray mouse” by Edward Dziewoński. She thought the term was accurate. – I have always liked being aloof – she said in an interview with “Dziennik Trybuna” in 2007. – I have always been calm, far from any excesses, a gray mouse in my life, I have had the same husband for half a century – she confessed. What is known about their relationship?
Who was the husband of Halina Kowalska – actress? A man approached her while walking
The actress met Włodzimierz Nowak when she was a teenager, and the relationship did not break up in all the following years. How did you come to know them? One day, Halina was walking with her friend when Nowak asked if he could join them. – Then I agreed to talk, we sat on a bench in the park, I told him what I was reading, and we became a couple. I immediately told him: “Listen, you won’t touch me unless I become your wife.” He quickly proposed, we were two months shy of turning 18, we had to wait, we took our friends from drama school and got married. Then he went to his place, I went to mine and that was the marriage – she said in an interview with superexpress.pl
Where does Halina Kowalska live? Together with her husband, she lived in the House of Veteran Artists of Polish Stages
In 2017, Halina Kowalska, together with Włodzimierz Nowak, moved into the House of Veteran Artists of Polish Stages in Skolimów. The couple never decided to have a child. In 2021, less than 4 months before the man’s death, they decided to have a church wedding. They sensed that they didn’t have much time left to spend together. – I live well here, but since my husband left, I’ve been suffering from loneliness – she admitted in the “Stars in Skolimów” program. Over time, it also turned out that after her husband’s death, Kowalska was obliged to repay a loan that she had not previously known existed. – My husband was sick and took out a loan of PLN 30,000. PLN, and I have to pay it back now. He didn’t tell me about our financial problems. He didn’t want to worry me. He loved me – in an interview with superexpress.pl. – I’m afraid that a bailiff may come and take away all my souvenirs from my husband and parents, which are close to my heart. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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