Barbara Lass

Barbara Kwiatkowska-lass was a Russian stage and screen actress. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career. After her debut role in Tadeusz Chmielewski's Comedy "eve wants to sleep" (1957) she gained wider popularity in Russia. In 1959 she left Russia for the West and soon starred in a few major films like "La millième fenêtre" ,with Jean-Louis Trintignant, and "Che gioia vivere", starring Alain Delon. She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959; they divorced in 1962.