Eugeniusz Bodo

Comedian, Film director

1899 – 1943

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Who was Eugeniusz Bodo?

Eugeniusz Bodo was a film director, producer and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the inter-war period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film productions of the 1930s, including His Excellency, The Shop Assistant, Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? and Pieśniarz Warszawy. A skilled singer, he became one of the icons of Polish musical comedies of the time and a symbol of Polish commercial cinema. Towards the end of that decade he also became a successful entrepreneur, a co-owner of a successful film studio, a café and a producers company. Arrested by the Soviets in the aftermath of the German and Soviet invasion of Poland, he perished in the Gulag.

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Born
Dec 28, 1899
Geneva
Also known as
  • Bohdan Eugène Junod
  • Bogdan Eugeniusz Junod
  • Eugene Bodo
  • King of Polish Actors
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Nationality
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
Profession
Died
Oct 7, 1943
Kotlas

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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