Tamara Wiszniewska

Tamara Wiszniewska was born on December 20, 1919 in Dubno, Poland. Her father was Ukrainian and her mother was Polish. When she was fifteen Tamara moved to Warsaw and began studying dance. In 1935 director Paul Wegener saw her performing in a nightclub. He cast Tamara in the Polish-German film August Mocny. While making her second film A Leper she met production manager Wladyslaw "Walter" Mikosz. They were married in September of 1937 and had a daughter named Irene. Tamara starred in more than a dozen Polish films including Three Of A Kind and Second Youth. She was called "the Jeanette MacDonald of Poland".