Tadeusz Ross Explained

Tadeusz Ross
Birth Name:Tadeusz Edward Ross
Birth Date:14 March 1938
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Death Place:Warsaw, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Party:Civic Platform
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:17 December 2013
Term End:1 July 2014
Predecessor:Rafał Trzaskowski
Parliamentary Group:EPP
Office2:Member of the Sejm
Term Start2:5 November 2007
Term End2:8 November 2011
Constituency2:Warsaw I

Tadeusz Edward Ross (14 March 1938 – 14 December 2021) was a Polish actor and politician.[1]

Life and career

Ross graduated from the National Higher School of Theatre in 1959. He began his career as an actor. Known for television and stage satirical and cabaret appearances, in particular from the Zulu-Gula program. Together with Piotr Fronczewski, he created a cyclical satirical broadcast in PR3 entitled Rossmówki (with 60 minutes per hour as part of the broadcast). He also wrote a series of monologues about Stasiek, told in a high, soft, lisping voice. He was the author of the scripts for several episodes of the series Miodowe lata.[2]

In the 2006 local elections, Ross was elected to the Gmina of Warsaw in the dzielnica of Mokotów as a member of the Civic Platform. He left this post in 2007 following his election to the Sejm in the Warsaw I constituency. In 2009, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the European Parliament.[3] Additionally, he lost his seat in the Sejm in 2011.[4] However, he was appointed to the European Parliament on 17 December 2013 by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, succeeding Rafał Trzaskowski following his appointment as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ross sat on the European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs.[5]

Ross lost re-election to the European Parliament in 2014.[6]

In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Senate of Poland.[7]

Personal life

He was married five times. His last wife was journalist and therapist Sonia Ross. He had seven children.[8]

He died in Warsaw on 14 December 2021, at the age of 83, from COVID-19.[9] [10] He was buried on 22 December 2021 at the Powązki Military Cemetery.[11]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tadeusz Edward Ross. Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej. Polish. dead. https://archive.today/20140519102117/http://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/showDetails.do?lastName=ross&idx=&katalogId=0&subpageKatalogId=3&pageNo=1&osobaId=71817&. 19 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Tadeusz Ross. www.ksiazki.wp.pl. 15 April 2010 . Polish.
  3. Web site: Komitet Wyborczy Platforma Obywatelska RP. Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. Polish.
  4. Web site: Okręg wyborczy do Sejmu nr 19 (OKW Warszawa I). Wybory 2011. Polish.
  5. Web site: Tadeusz ROSS. European Parliament. 14 March 1938 .
  6. Web site: Zbiorcze statystyki głosowania. Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. Polish.
  7. Web site: Wyniki wyborów do Senatu RP. Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu 2015. Polish.
  8. Web site: Do tej pory się tym nie chwalił. Miał 5 żon i 7 dzieci. 23 April 2020. 2 January 2022. pl. gwiazdy.wp.pl.
  9. Web site: Ostatnie pożegnanie Tadeusza Rossa. Kto przyszedł na pogrzeb? . 22 December 2021 .
  10. News: 14 December 2021. Nie żyje Tadeusz Ross - aktor, satyryk, radny Warszawy. Tadeusz Ross has passed away – actor, satirist, councilor of Warsaw. Polish. Radio eM. 15 December 2021.
  11. Web site: Pogrzeb Tadeusza Rossa. Bliscy pożegnali go na Powązkach. The funeral of Tadeusz Ross. His relatives said goodbye to him in Powązki. gazetapl. 22 December 2021 . 2 January 2022. pl.