Helena Makowska Net Worth is
$20 Million
Helena Makowska Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Helena Makowska was born on March 2, 1893 in Krivoy Rog, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire as Helena Woynowiczówna. She was an actress, known for Rabagas (1922), Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini (1923) and Judith (1923). She was married to Julian Makowski, Botteril and Karl Falckenberg. She died on August 22, 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
| Date Of Birth | March 2, 1893 |
| Died | 1964-08-22 |
| Place Of Birth | Krivoy Rog, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine] |
| Profession | Actress |
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| 1 | In the early 1930's she married for the third time, now with an Englishman, Botteril, and returned to Poland, as an opera and operetta singer. |
| 2 | In the early 1920's, Helena Makowska moved to Berlin, where she remarried with actor Karl Falkenberg. Between 1922 and 1927 Makowska played in some 15 films in Berlin and also in 3 in Warsaw. |
| 3 | The Italian press constantly praised her beauty but found her a bit stiff. From 1917 on, she switched to other film companies and played Ophelia in Ruggero Ruggeri's Amleto/Hamlet (1917), the seductress Elena in the comedy Addio giovinezza/Good-bye Youth (1918, Augusto Genina) with Maria Jacobini, followed by La dame en gris/The Lady in Grey (1919, Gian Paolo Rosmino). |
| 4 | In 1912 Makowska went to Milan to take singing lessons. The following year she debuted at the Opera as Amelia in Il ballo in maschera and as Elena in Mefistofele. |
| 5 | In 1999 director Peter Delpeut included footage of Makowska, Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli and other Italian silent film stars in his compilation film Diva Dolorosa (1999). |
| 6 | At the age of 16, she married lawyer Julian Makowski, but the marriage was a brief intermezzo. |
| 7 | She was the daughter of Ludwik Woyniewicz, a Polish engineer who worked for a Russian-Belgian company, and his wife Stanislawa née Sauret. |
| 8 | After her return from Germany to Italy, rumors started to circulate that she had an affair with crown prince Umberto. |
| 9 | In 1939, immediately after the Germans occupied Poland, she was arrested as a British citizen and in 1940 she was deported to Berlin. After four years of prison camp, she was liberated in occasion of an exchange of prisoners. In England she joined the theater ensemble of the Polish army, where she performed until the end of the war. |
| 10 | From 1927 on she exclusively appeared on stage and occasionally in operas like "Carmen" (1932) but her career was interrupted by the invasion of Germany in Poland. |
| 11 | When she had to leave Germany because of her Polish citizenship - a reaction of Germany against the "Optanten" politics in Poland - she continued her career in Italy and Poland, primarily at the theater. Beside it she only appeared in few movies like "Czerwony blazen" (1926) und "Kochanka Szamoty" (1927). |
| 12 | She settled down in Italy in 1947 and after more than 20 years she acted again in front of the camera for the movie "Fabiola" (49). With "Quo Vadis?" (51), "The Barefoot Contessa" (54), and "Arrivederci Firenze" (58) followed her last cinematical works. |
| 13 | She went to Germany in 1922 where she also got regular engagement in German silent movies. |
| 14 | Thanks to an exchange of prisoners she was released in April 1943 whereupon she emigrated to England. There she was able to continue her stage career and after World War II her tours led her to Germany, Belgium and France. |
| 15 | She got arrested by the Gestapo in November 1939 and she remained in imprisonment till 1943. |
| 16 | The actress Helena Makowska was born as Elena Woyniewicz in the Russian Kriwoi Rog. |
| 17 | When her family moved to Warsaw she was able to gain a foothold on stage there and she impersonated smaller roles at the beginning. Finally she went to Italy at the age of 19 where she became established as a stage actress in Milan, among others also as an opera singer in "Un ballo in maschera" (1914). |
| 18 | She also began her film career in Italy and she impersonated numerous roles during the 10s in movies like "Il sogno di un tramonto d'autunno" (1911), "Romanticismo" (1915) and "Centocelle" (1919). |
| 19 | She continued her career on stage and in movies in the 20s. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| La signora innamorata | 1920 | | |
| La dame en gris | 1919 | | |
| La spada di Damocle | 1919 | | |
| Centocelle | 1919 | | |
| Dopo il perdono | 1919 | | |
| Il principe Zilah | 1919 | | Marsa (as Elena Makowska) |
| Il principe dell'impossibile | 1919 | | Elena d'Alba |
| Good-bye Youth | 1918 | | Elena |
| Folgore | 1918 | | |
| La tartaruga | 1918 | | |
| Caino | 1918 | | Eve |
| Hamlet | 1917 | | Ophelia |
| Tormento | 1917 | | |
| Il Fauno | 1917 | | The princess (as Elena Makowska) |
| Lucciola | 1917 | | |
| Cab Number 13 | 1917 | | Jeanne Varny |
| Straccetto | 1916 | | |
| La leggenda di Pierrette | 1916 | | |
| Fiaccola sotto il moggio | 1916 | | |
| Tramonto triste | 1916 | Short | |
| L'apostolo | 1916 | | |
| La Gioconda | 1916 | | |
| Eva nemica | 1916 | | |
| Val d'olivi | 1916 | | |
| Da boxeur a detective | 1916 | | |
| Il dossier n. 7 | 1916 | | |
| La collana della felicità | 1916 | | |
| Tempesta d'anime | 1916 | | |
| Romanticismo | 1915 | | |
| An Autumn Sunset Dream | 1911 | Short | |
| Arrivederci Firenze | 1958 | | Ballerina |
| Quo Vadis | 1951 | | Older Woman (uncredited) |
| Fabiola | 1949 | | |
| Kochanka Szamoty | 1927 | Short | Jadwiga Kalergis |
| Czerwony blazen | 1926 | | |
| Der Schuß im Pavillon | 1925 | | |
| Das Geheimnis einer Stunde | 1925 | | Geraldine Kreagh |
| Kiedy kobieta zdradza meza | 1924 | | |
| Moderne Ehen | 1924 | | Thea Holstein |
| Die blonde Hannele | 1924 | | Gräfin Blanche Raven |
| Der Schrecken des Meeres | 1924 | | |
| Liebet das Leben | 1924 | | |
| Taras Bulba | 1924 | | Panotschka |
| Frauen im Sumpf. Aus dem Leben einer Hochstaplerin | 1924 | | Judith, Tochter von Graf Robert de Bertan |
| Die vier letzten Sekunden des Quidam Uhl | 1924 | | Evelyne |
| Maciste contro Maciste | 1923 | | |
| Quarantäne | 1923 | | Sein Frau |
| Frauenmoral | 1923 | | Jane Williams |
| Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini | 1923 | | |
| Judith | 1923 | | Gravin Judith |
| Die vom Zirkus | 1922 | | |
| Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento | 1922 | | |
| Sterbende Völker - 2. Brennendes Meer | 1922 | | |
| Sterbende Völker - 1. Heimat in Not | 1922 | | |
| Idillio tragico | 1922 | | |
| Rabagas | 1922 | | |
| L'ombra della colpa | 1921 | | |
| Il dolce veleno | 1921 | | |
| La dama e il mistero | 1921 | | |
| Woman Against Woman | 1921 | | |
| Fugge la gloria | 1920 | | |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| La valigia dei sogni | 1953 | | Herself |
