Gustaw Teofil Holoubek (21 April 1923 â€" 6 March 2008) was a Polish
actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator.Holoubek
participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war
during the Nazi German Occupation of Poland. His father was a Czech
immigrant who settled in Poland after the First World War, and his
mother was Polish.Holoubek had his first role as an actor in 1947,
thus beginning his lifelong career in theatre and film in Poland and
abroad. His political career began in 1976, when he was elected to the
Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament. He was re-elected in
1980, but resigned in 1981 when martial law was declared. In 1989, he
was elected to the Senate, the upper house. That same year, he took a
position as a professor at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw. Holoubek
was a recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Knight's Cross,
Commander's Cross with Star, Grand Cross).
actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator.Holoubek
participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war
during the Nazi German Occupation of Poland. His father was a Czech
immigrant who settled in Poland after the First World War, and his
mother was Polish.Holoubek had his first role as an actor in 1947,
thus beginning his lifelong career in theatre and film in Poland and
abroad. His political career began in 1976, when he was elected to the
Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament. He was re-elected in
1980, but resigned in 1981 when martial law was declared. In 1989, he
was elected to the Senate, the upper house. That same year, he took a
position as a professor at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw. Holoubek
was a recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Knight's Cross,
Commander's Cross with Star, Grand Cross).
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