Teresa Tuszyńska
Biography
Teresa Janina Tuszyńska (September 8, 1939 – March 19, 1997) was a Polish actress and model who became a notable figure in postwar Polish cinema during the late 1950s and 1960s. She began her career as a teenage model and made her film debut in Polar Bear (1959), later gaining prominence with her lead role in Janusz Morgenstern’s Good Bye, Till Tomorrow (1960). Known for her distinctive screen presence—marked by quiet intensity and a modern, enigmatic quality—Tuszyńska became associated with the Polish Film School movement, appearing in films that reflected the shifting cultural atmosphere of the era. Though her acting career was relatively brief, she worked with several acclaimed directors and left a lasting impression on Polish cinema. After gradually stepping away from the industry in the 1970s, she lived a private life until her death in 1997.
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles
Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Dunia
Post clerk's young daughter runs away from home with a tsarist officer.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Vacatonist (uncredited)
A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting revenge on the man that sent him behind bars.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Girl / Gloria / Dolores / Sabina / Wanda
Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Margueritte
Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful, charming French girl. He falls for her but the young lady is whimsical...
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Krystyna
A man just released from prison protects a woman from a group of thugs while on his way home.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Countess (segment "ChlebovĂ© stĹ™evĂÄŤky")
A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde. In an abandoned cemetery, she tells him three tales involving black magic and erotic obsession. In "The Last Golem," a young rabbi struggles to fashion a massive, silent giant out of living clay — until he's distracted by a mute servant girl. In the second episode, "Bread Slippers," an 18th-century countess indulges her passion for sweet cakes, adulterous affairs, and secret kisses with pretty maids until a mysterious visitor whisks her away to an abandoned mansion, where Fate has a different kind of dance in store for her. And in the final story, "Poisoned Poisoner," a ravishing murderess in the Middle Ages dispatches lecherous merchants to the tune of upbeat '60s Czech pop songs.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Stella
As unbelievable as it sounds, a stint in prison can really fix things. The old seasoned pickpocket will serve many years before he is released, but he comes out a changed man. He even dares to refuse the lures and threats of an all-powerful criminal gang to cooperate with him.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Joanna Kaliszewska (Segment 2)
Three short segments about love, all set in Warsaw’s Civil Registry Office at the corner of Nowy Świat and Aleje Jerozolimskie, against a vivid backdrop of early 1960s city life.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Filip's Mother
A teenager starts to rebel against his parents in increasingly radical ways after being forbidden from going out with his girlfriend.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Anna
A Jewish man who escapes a Nazi transport hides in a Polish ski resort town by posing for photos with tourists dressed as a polar bear.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Basia
In a secluded dog-breeding facility four people try to find a place for themeselves.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
During their holiday in KrakĂłw, a young worker and a student are asked if their love, despite different views on life, will endure.