Lidia Zamkow

Lidia Zamkow

Lidia Zamkow (1918–1982) was a Polish theatre actress and director.

Biography

Lidia Zamkow was born on June 19 or July 15 (sources vary), 1918 in Rostów. Until 1939 she was studying at the National Institute of Theatre Arts in Warsaw, and after World War II at the State Academy of Drama in Łódź (now Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy).

In 1944 she made her own actress' debut in the role of Isia in the Stanisław Wyspiański's "Wedding" on Polish Army Theatre in Lublin. In 1948 in Łódź she directed her first spectacle, Bolesław Prus' "Omyłka". In the years of 1950–1952, 1957–1958 and the 1964–1972 she was an actress and director of Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków. During the years of 1953–1954 Zamkow was an artistic director of Teatr Wybrzeże in Gdańsk. Then she was an actor and director of the Polish Army Theatre (now Teatr Dramatyczny) in Warsaw (1954–1957) and the Old Theatre in Kraków where she directed under pseudonym "Słomczyńska" (1958–1964). During the years of 1972–1974 she was a director of Teatr Studio in Warsaw. In later years Zamkow collaborated with many theatres in Poland and directed spectacles for Teatr TV. In the years of 1950–1953 she was a lecturer of the State Academy of Drama in Łódź.

Zamkow died on June 19, 1982 in Warsaw.

Notable works

References

* cite web
title=Zamkow Lidia
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000180
accessdate=2007-10-23
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

* cite web
title=Zamkow Lidia
work=WIEM Encyklopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/70466,,,,zamkow_lidia,haslo.html
accessdate=2007-10-23
language=Polish

* cite web
title=Zamkow Lidia
work=filmpolski.pl
url=http://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/1111186
accessdate=2007-10-23
language=Polish

External links

* cite web
title=Zamkow Lidia - kariera teatralna
work=e-teatr.pl: polski wortal teatralny
url=http://www.e-teatr.pl/pl/osoby/6505,karierateatr.html
language=Polish

Persondata
NAME=Zamkow, Lidia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Słomczyńska (pseudonym)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=theatre actress, theatre director
DATE OF BIRTH=June 19 or July 15, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH=Rostów
DATE OF DEATH=June 19, 1982
PLACE OF DEATH=Warsaw


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