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Edward Dziewoński

Polish actor, theatre director (1916–2002)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ4160759 ↗
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Edward Dziewoński (16 December 1916 in Moscow, Russian Empire – 17 August 2002 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish stage and film actor, and theatre director.

He studied acting at National Institute of Theatre Arts and debuted at the Syrena Theatre. He later played in the National Theatre, the Ateneum Theatre, the Współczesny Theatre, and the Komedia Theatre - and was founder and director of the Kwadrat Theatre. He was also a popular artist at satirical theatres (cabarets) such as: Kabaret Szpak, Kabaret Wagabunda, Kabaret Starszych Panów, and the one he founded and directed at - Kabaret Dudek.

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“Edward Dziewoński” enters the record as polish actor, theatre director (1916–2002). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Edward, Dziewoński and Polish can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1916, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1916-12-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Edward, Dziewoński and Polish.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4160759. VIAF identifies the subject as 18020792. The Library of Congress control number is no91024532. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1916 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Edward Dziewoński” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.