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Halina Mikołajska-Brandys (22 March 1925 – 22 June 1989; Polish: [mi.kɔˈwaj.ska]) was a Polish actress, director, and pro-democracy activist.
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== Private life == She was married to architect Janusz Ballenstedt from 1944 to 1948, and to painter Aleksander Stefanowski, whom she also divorced. In 1955, she married writer Marian Brandys. She was an aunt of singer and songwriter Antonina Krzysztoń.
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== Commemorations == On 4 June 2012, in the Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły Park in Warsaw, near the senate building, was unvailed a monument dedicated to her, designed by Krystyna Fałdyga-Solska.
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== External links == Halina Mikołajska at IMDb Halina Mikołajska at FilmPolski.pl (in Polish) Halina Mikołajska at Filmweb (in Polish)
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Halina Mikołajska-Brandys (22 March 1925 – 22 June 1989; Polish: [mi.kɔˈwaj.ska]) was a Polish actress, director, and pro-democracy activist.
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== Biography == Halina Mikołajska was born on 22 March 1925 in Kraków, Poland. During the Second World War, while under the German occupation, she performed in the Adam Mularczyk's underground theatre in Kraków. After the conflict, Mikołajska studied chemistry at the Jagiellonian University from 1945 to 1946, as well as acting at the National Academy of Theatre Arts, which she graduated in 1947. She performed in the National Dramatic Theatres in Kraków from 1946 to 1949, the Dramatic Theatres in Wrocław until 1950, as well as numerous theatres in Warsaw, including the Polish Theatre from 1950 to 1954 and 1982 to 1983, the Contemporary Theatre from 1955 to 1962 and 1967 to 1980, and the National Theatre from 1962 to 1966. Mikołajska also performed in numerous feature films, including Adventure in Marienstadt (1953), Nobody's Calling (1960), Another Shore (1962), Family Life (1971), Awards and Decorations (1973), A Woman's Decision (1975), Camouflage (1977), and Postcard from the Journey (1984), as well as in numerous radio shows. From 1953 to 1962, Mikołajska was taught acting at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. In the 1970s, she began being active in the dissident movement opposing the communist authoritarian government of the Polish People's Republic. In 1975, Mikołajska was one of the signatories of the Letter of 59, protesting against the changes of the state constitution. In 1976 she joined the Workers' Defence Committee, and in 1977, the KOR Committee for Social Self-Defense. In January 1978, she was one of the signatories of the founding declaration of the Society for Academic Courses. Mikołajska was repeatedly harassed by the Security Service, and, beginning in 1976, she was blacklisted from performing in film, television, radio, and later, also in theatre. In 1976, she has survived a suicidal attempt. During the period of the martial law in Poland, she was placed in the internment camps in Darłówko, Gołdap, and Jaworze between 1981 and 1982. On 4 June 1989, shortly prior to her death, Mikołajska voted in the first partially free parliamentary election in the country. She died on 22 June 1989 in Warsaw, and was buried in the nearby village of Laski.