Tadeusz Łomnicki was a Polish actor, one of the most notable stage and film artists of his time in Poland. He is remembered mostly for his roles in comedies and dramas, as well as for the role of Kordian in Juliusz Słowacki's play of the same title. He was also a notable professor and a rector of the State Theatre School in Warsaw. Born on 18 July 1927 in Podhajce near Lwów , to a family of a post office clerk and a teacher. After graduating from a trade school in Dębica he moved to Kraków, where he started to work as railway worker and study violin play. There he... spent the World War II and fought against the Germans in the ranks of the Grey Ranks. In 1945 he passed his exams to an actors' school organized by the Stary Teatr, one of the most prestigious Polish theatres of the epoch. After his stage debut in an episodic role in Stary Teatr he briefly appeared in Słowacki's theatre in Kraków and the Municipal Theatre in Katowice. For his role of Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream he received an award of the Shakespeare Festival in Warsaw.
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| Birthdate: | July 18, 1927 |
| Birthplace: | Pidhaitsi |
| Date of death: | February 22, 1992 |
| Also known as: | Tedeusz Lomnicki |