Anna Prucnal

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Anna Prucnal (born 17 December 1940) is a Polish actress in both cinema and theatre, as well as a singer.

Prucnal was born in Warsaw, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis during World War II, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanislas Leszczynski. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.

Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film "Sun and Shadowâ? (SlÄ?ntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc'O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev's "Sweet Movieâ?, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.

During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album "Dream of West, Dream of East� was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989... to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.

Prucnal has continued to release records (such as "Monsieur Brecht� in 2006), and act in movies ("Wimbledon Stage� in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play "The Vagina Monologues� in 2005.

In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled "Moi qui suis née à Varsovieâ? ("I, who was born in Warsawâ?), co-authored with Jean Mailland.