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Helena Modjeska, an actress who specialized in Shakespearean roles. Pola Negri, stage and film actress. John Krasinski, TV and film actor (The Office) Nick Adams (1931–1968), film actor; mother was of Polish descent [1] Grant Aleksander (born 1960), film and daytime actor, Guiding Light. Pico Alexander (born 1991), actor; parents are Polish ...
Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra, Polish: [kɔˈstɨra]; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality.As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, focusing on home and hospitality, [1] she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce.
Polish emigrants to the United States. American families of Polish ancestry. American politicians of Polish descent. Guamanian people of Polish descent. American people of Polish-Jewish descent. American people of Kashubian descent. American trade unionists of Polish descent. Northern Mariana Islands people of Polish descent.
Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton 's novel The Age of Innocence (1920) Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia. Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO 's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher. Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Polish actress, [3] born in Mexico. Andrzej Bartkowiak [4] Magdalena Boczarska [5] Eugeniusz Bodo [6] Wojciech Bogusławski [7] Tomasz Borkowy.
Famous stage performers in the 1920s. Marta Eggerth - (1912-2013) born in Budapest. She was a Hungarian actress and singer from "The Silver Age of Operetta". Many of the 20th century's most famous operetta composers, including Franz Lehár, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Stolz, Oscar Straus, and Paul Abraham, composed works especially for her.
Co-star John Huston Polanski returned to Hollywood in 1973 to direct Chinatown (1974) for Paramount Pictures. The film is widely considered to be one of the finest American mystery crime movies, inspired by the real-life California Water Wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including those for ...
Ewa Kłobukowska, Polish sprinter. Emi Koyama, Japanese-American internist at Intersex Society of North America, co-founder of Intersex Awareness Day, and sex worker and trans feminist activist. Anton Kryzhanovsky (Russian: Антон Крыжановский), Russian intersex rights activist and sound designer, open about living with ovotestis.