Janusz Zakrzeński
Polish actor
Died when: 74 years 33 days (889 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Janusz Zakrzenski (8 March 1936 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish film and theatrical actor.Zakrzenski was born in Przededworze.He graduated from high school III LO in Wroclaw, Poland, in 1953.
He was an actor in the Juliusz Slowacki Theatre of Kraków (1960–1967), the Polski (1967–1974), the (1974–1984), and the Narodowy (1984–1985) theatres of Warsaw.
He acted at the Polski in Warsaw from 1985 until his death in 2010.He wrote the books Moje spotkania z Marszalkiem and Gawedy o potedze slowa.
In 2008, the Polish organization Miedzynarodowy Zjazd Sybiraków (World Congress of the Sybiraks) awarded him the prize "Ambassador of Sybiraks" for his role in the play Silent Scream.
In 2009, the Congress also granted him the title "Ambassador of Sybiraks" for lifetime achievement.He was awarded numerous film and state awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Zakrzenski was among those killed in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk.
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