Marian Opania Explained

Marian Opania

Occupation:

Actor, singer

Birth Date:

1 February 1943

Birth Place:

Puławy, Poland

Years Active:

1965-present

Module:

Embed:	yes
Background:	solo_singer
Genre:	Pop
Label:	Agencja Artystyczna MTJ

Marian Opania (pronounced as /pl/, born 1 February 1943) is a Polish film actor and singer. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1965.

Biography

He was born on 1 February 1943 in Puławy as the second son of Julian and Jadwiga. His father was a forester and an infantry officer in the Polish Army, he died in the Warsaw Uprising.^[1]

In the years 1964–1971 he performed at the Classic Theater in Warsaw, then at the Studio Theater (1971–1977), the Kwadrat Theater (1978) and the Komedia Theater (1979–1981). Since 1981, he has been an actor at the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw.^[2]

In 2015, he recorded an album with songs by Leonard Cohen and Jaromir Nohavica — Opania Cohen Nohavica.^[3]

Married to Anna, with whom they met in 1960.^[4]

Awards

Zbigniew Cybulski Award (1970)
Meritorious Activist of Culture (1988)
Order of Polonia Restituta (2003)^[5] ^[6]
Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2009).

Selected discography

Fascynacje (2013)^[7]

Selected filmography

Pearl in the Crown (1972)
Man of Iron (1981)
Dreszcze (1981)
Hero of the Year (1987)
(2002)

Notes and References

Web site: Powstańcze Biogramy - Julian Opania . 11 March 2022 . www.1944.pl . pl.
Web site: Marian Opania Życie i twórczość Artysta . 11 March 2022 . Culture.pl . pl.
Web site: Marian Opania: Cohen i Nohavica to zbliżone światy . 11 March 2022 . PolskieRadio.pl.
Web site: 21 September 2020 . Marian Opania już 60 lat świętuje z żoną tę rocznicę. I nie chodzi o datę ślubu . 11 March 2022 . Fakt24.pl . pl.
Web site: Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 18 lutego 2003 r. o nadaniu orderów . 2022-03-11 . isap.sejm.gov.pl.
Web site: 2010-03-27 . Odznaczenia dla zasłużonych pracowników Teatru Ateneum / Rok 2003 / Archiwum / Prezydent RP Lech Kaczyński . 2022-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100327143006/http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum/rok-2003/art,175,odznaczenia-dla-zasluzonych-pracownikow-teatru-ateneum.html . 27 March 2010 . dead.
Web site: MTJ: Marian Opania: album 'Fascynacje'. 11 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018231158/http://www.mtj.pl/label/mtj/artists/marian-opania/albums/fascynacje/. 18 October 2014. dead.