Agnieszka Gaździńska Łapińska provided information about the death via social media. “Goodbye, Dad,” wrote the actor’s daughter. The cause of death is not yet known.

Jerzy Łapiński died on May 13, 2020. He was 79 years old.

Who was Jerzy Łapiński? One of the most famous theater actors in Poland has passed away

Jerzy Łapiński was born on November 2, 1940 in Lublin. He was the grandson of the outstanding actor Stanisław Łapiński and the son of actress Krystyna Łapińska. He graduated from the State Higher School of Film, Television and Theater. Leon Schiller in Łódź (1963).

Actor of the theaters: Ziemia Łódzka (1963–1965), Bogusławski in Kalisz (1965–1967), Dolnośląski in Jelenia Góra (1967–1968), Wybrzeże in Gdańsk (1968–1997). Since 1997, he has been associated with the National Theater in Warsaw.

He made his debut in the theater in 1963. He already had his film debut behind him. As a twenty-year-old he appeared in the film “Satan from the 7th grade” by Maria Kaniewska.

Known as the “Polish Danny DeVito”. A legend of the Polish scene, an actor of the National Theater, associated with, among others with Krystyna Jandy’s Och-Teatr, saying goodbye to the world of culture and art.

He collaborated with the Powszechny Theater in Łódź, Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny im. Juliusz Słowacki in Koszalin, the Music Theater of them. Danuta Baduszkowa in Gdynia, Teatr Atelier im. Agnieszka Osiecka in Sopot, as well as with Warsaw theaters: Teatr Polonia, OCH-Teatr, Teatr Capitol and the Polish Radio Theater and Polish Television Theater. He was a laureate of the award of the Gdańsk Society of Friends of Art (1993), the Silver (1985) and the Golden Cross of Merit (1996), the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2008) and the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2017).

Jerzy Łapiński could be seen in such films as: “Landscape after the battle”, “Asylum”, “Consul”, “Samson”, “Provincial actors”, “Devils, devils”, “A week in a man’s life”, “Job, or the last gray cell “,” The world is waiting for us “,” To be like Kazimierz Deyna “or” Foreign body “. He appeared in several well-known TV series, such as “Radio Romans”, “Sława i glwała”, “Kryminalni”, “13 station”, “The world according to the Kiepskis”, “For good and for bad” or “Złotopolscy”.

The last performances with the participation of Jerzy Łapiński were: “How to be loved” by Lena Frankiewicz, “Supplement. Soplicowo – OwocilpoS “by Piotr Cieplak and” White Marriage “by Artur Tyszkiewicz.

– Seeing how he always repeats the text before the performance, even if we show the performance another day in a row, how he prepares for each stage entry in the backstage, I only realize that in our generation, unfortunately, there are no such people anymore – he said about Jerzy Łapiński Rafał Mohr, who played with Łapiński in the play “Darkroom” dealing with the fight for equal rights of homosexuals. The performance was shown at the Polonia Theater and Krystyna Jandy’s Och-Theater.

“Jurek Łapiński has died! Our beloved, our miracle, ours to the wound, our rescue, our kindness, our modesty, our troublemaker, our tea two hours before the performance, our pride, our friend. Support, advice, a warm smile, memories, charm and grace. Jurek, you were brave to the end! We love you. We will never forget, ”writes Krystyna Janda about Jerzy Łapiński.

Jerzy Łapiński’s farewell appeared on the official profile  of the National Theater.

“We are sad to say goodbye to our colleague JERZY ŁAPIŃSKI, an outstanding actor, associated with the National Theater since 1997. The artist died on May 13 “- it was written, citing the memories recorded during the 50th jubilee of the actor’s artistic work in 2014.

Kazimierz Kutz: ‘We call this little artist’ Pawka ‘in the community. He combines a noble, professional attitude with great humanity, he is very focused on his work. Today, Łapka is still a needed actor. How much poorer would the theater be without him… ”.

Source: Onet.pl