---
name: "Elżbieta Czyżewska"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elzbieta-czyzewska"
fi1m_id: "elzbieta-czyzewska"
imdb_id: "nm0194533"
tmdb_id: 55980
wikidata_id: "Q451233"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 April 1938"
died: "17 June 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:01:36.255956+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elżbieta Czyżewska

## Identity

Elżbieta Czyżewska

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elzbieta-czyzewska
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elzbieta-czyzewska
- **IMDb ID:** nm0194533
- **TMDB ID:** 55980
- **Wikidata ID:** Q451233
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_Czy%C5%BCewska, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194533/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55980

Actor. Born 14 April 1938 in Warsaw, Poland. Died 17 June 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 April 1938, Warsaw, Poland
- **Died:** 17 June 2010
- **Also known as:** Эльжбета Чижевская, Эльжбета Чижевска
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_Czy%C5%BCewska, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194533/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55980

## Biography

Elżbieta Czyżewska was a Polish actress who worked in both Poland and the United States. Born in Warsaw in 1938, she trained at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and began her career in the late 1950s with stage and film roles.

She rose to prominence in Polish cinema with performances in films including *The Saragossa Manuscript* (1964, dir. Wojciech Has), in which she played Donna Frasquetta Salero, *Marriage of Convenience* (1966) and *Everything for Sale* (1969, dir. Andrzej Wajda). She was married to director Jerzy Skolimowski from 1959 to 1965.

Czyżewska moved to New York in the mid-1960s and appeared in supporting roles in American films and television, including *Music Box* (1989) and episodes of *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* and *Damages*. She received an Obie Award in 1990 for her stage work. She died in New York in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, culture.pl, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Saragossa Manuscript* (1966), Fi1m 84, as Donna Frasquetta Salero — [page](https://film.one/film/the-saragossa-manuscript.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *June Weddings* (2007), as Sonja
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Surly Russian Woman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Happiness* (2006), as Iwona
- *Loneliness in the Net* (2006), as stranger in New Orleans
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Katya's Mother
- *Hunters in the Snow* (2000), as Claudia
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Katrina
- *Coming Soon* (1999), as Dr. Luft
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Dr. G Shapiro
- *Charm's Incidents* (1996), Actor
- *I Love You, I Love You Not* (1996), as Dora
- *Rat* (1994), as "Małpka"
- *XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a Saint* (1993), Actor
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), as Landlady
- *Cadillac Man* (1990), as Soviet Wife
- *A Licensed Liberty* (1990), as manager
- *Music Box* (1989), as Melinda Kalman
- *Misplaced* (1989), as Halina
- *Rude Awakening* (1989), as Eema
- *I Love Cinema* (1988), as Maria Borkowska
- *Running on Empty* (1988), as Julliard Woman
- *Revenge* (1983), as Adzia Świdrycka
- *Daimler-Benz Limousine* (1983), as Franciszka Felińska
- *Debutante* (1982), as Maria
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Halina Nowak
- *The First Circle* (1973), as Simochka
- *Putney Swope* (1969), as Putney's Maid
- *Everything for Sale* (1969), as Ela
- *The Marriage of Convenience* (1967), as Joanna
- *Unloved* (1966), as Noemi
- *The Saragossa Manuscript* (1966), as Donna Frasquetta Salero — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-saragossa-manuscript.md)
- *Kapitan Sowa na tropie* (1965), series, as Józefina Urszula Czerska z d. Grzesik
- *Identification Marks: None* (1965), as Teresa / Barbara / Leszczyc's wife
- *The Holy War* (1965), as Gabrysia
- *Walkover* (1965), as Girl at the Train Station
- *Obok prawdy* (1965), as Magda
- *The First Day of Freedom* (1964), as Luzzi Rhode
- *Interrupted Flight* (1964), as Urszula
- *Giuseppe in Warsaw* (1964), as Maria
- *Wife for an Australian* (1964), as Hanka Rębowska
- *Where is the General?* (1964), as Marusia
- *Passenger* (1963), as Prisoner (uncredited)
- *Silence* (1963), as Kazia
- *Godzina pąsowej róży* (1963), as Ania
- *Pistolet typu "Walter P-38"* (1963), as Waitress
- *Dziewczyna z dobrego domu* (1962), as Krystyna
- *Gold Dreams* (1962), as Girl
- *The Impossible Goodbye* (1962), as Teresa Kwaśnikówna
- *Zuzanna i chłopcy* (1961), as Monika
- *All Souls' Day* (1961), as Lt. Listek
- *Husband of His Wife* (1961), as Renata
- *Erotique* (1961), Actor
- *Little Hamlet* (1960), as Ofelka
- *STS '58* (1959), as Singer

## Gallery

- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-99a3aee5ff55.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Sławek, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Elzbieta_Czyzewska.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-d3e17209fc41.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Image via TMDB
- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-788064d5fc38.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Image via TMDB
- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-63c299feb9c0.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Image via TMDB
- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-da7a5ddbed6f.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Image via TMDB
- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-c45ea284a389.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Image via TMDB
- ![Elżbieta Czyżewska](https://film.one/media/person/3911814/gallery-4c4e0084cbb3.jpg) Elżbieta Czyżewska — Image via TMDB

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