Maryla Rodowicz

Maryla Rodowicz

Maria Antonina Rodowicz born 8 December 1945, known professionally as Maryla Rodowicz, is a Polish singer and actress.

Early life

Originally the Rodowicz family came from Vilnius. Her father worked at the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius before the war and her grandparents were the owners of a pharmacy near the famous Gate of Dawn, the city gate of Vilnius. Rodowicz studied at Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej in Włocławek and graduated from the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego in Warsaw. In her youth, she was a keen participant in athletics among other things at Kujawiak Włocławek

personal life

She has three children, Jan Jasiński (born in 1979) and Katarzyna Jasińska (born in 1982) with her first husband, Krzysztof Jasiński. She also has a son Jędrzej (born in 1987) with her second (now divorced) husband Andrzej Dużyński.

career

Her career began in 1967, after winning first prize at the Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich in Kraków. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, "Mówiły mu", and in 1970 - her first longplay. In 1973, she gained popularity with the song "Małgośka" with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka. A year later, during the World Cup Opening Ceremony in Munich, she performed a song "Futbol"

Rodowicz has performed in concert worldwide: in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. She has won awards for her singing. She has also participated in various festivals including outside the borders of Poland, for example in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Los Angeles, as well as in Poland including the Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich in Kraków and the Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej in Opole.

Rodowicz is also an actress who has performed in several movies and in musical entertainment. She regularly performs in a Polsat TV channel series Rodzina zastępcza. .In 1992 she released her autobiography under the title of Niech żyje bal.She was featured in a 2012 episode of the Polish Name That Tune, known as Jaka to Melodia, in which she sang her rendition of the popular Chór Czejanda number Czerwony Autobus after a celebrity contestant guessed the song.