Prucnal was born in Warsaw, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis during World War II, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.
Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film “Sun and Shadow” (Slăntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc’O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev's “Sweet Movie”, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.
During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album “Dream of West, Dream of East” was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989… to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.
Prucnal has continued to release records (such as “Monsieur Brecht” in 2006), and act in movies (“Wimbledon Stage” in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues” in 2005.
In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled “Moi qui suis née à Varsovie” (“I, who was born in Warsaw”), co-authored with Jean Mailland.
Anna prucnal chante vingt ans d age
Discography
1967 : Letkiss-Boy
1967 : Träume sind so wunderschön
1979 : Félicité
1979 : L'Été
1980 : Théâtre de la ville
1981 : Avec Amour
1982 : Loin de Pologne
1984 : L'âge de cœur
1987 : Rêve d'ouest, rêve d'est
1987 : Ivre vive - Luna moon
1988 : Concert 88
1993 : Monsieur Brecht
1993 : C'était à Babelsberg
1995 : Dédicaces
1995 : L'intégrale
1996 : Rêve d'Ouest - Rêve d'Est
1998 : Anna Prucnal chante Vertynski
1999 : Les années fatales
2001 : Le Cirque de Giuseppe
2002 : Je vous aime
2006 : Monsieur Brecht
2006 : Rêve d'ouest - Rêve d'est
Television
1968 : Przekladaniec, by Andrzej Wajda
1968 : Wege übers Land, by Martin Eckermann
1974 : The Festival with Spitz, by Edouard Luntz
1974 : A Young Man Alone, by Jean Mailland
1976 : Nick Verlaine or How to steal the Tower Eiffel, by Claude Boissol
1979 : Quincailler of Meaux, by Pierre Lary
1981 : War in neutral country, by Philippe Lefèbvre
1982 : Anna Prucnal, dream of west-dream of east, by Jean Mailland
1982 : The Ogre of cruelty, Pierre Matteuzzi
1986 : The Laughter of Caïn, Marcel Moussy
1988 : Toâ realized, by Yves-André Hubert
1988 : A madness, by Alain Dhenault
1989 : Anna Prucnal, until new order, by Jean Mailland
1990 : Silesia, letter with two votes, by Jean Mailland
Theatre
1971 : Small Mahagonny, Bertolt Brecht
1971 : The Parisian life, Jacques Offenbach
1972 : Seven deadly sins, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
1972 : Gave Mobil, Claude Prey
1973 : Rock bottom, Marc’ O
1973 : The Four binoculars, Copi
1974 : Ubu with the opera, Alfred Jarry
1975 : A.A. theaters of Adamov, Roger Planchon
1975 : Middle-class Madnesses, Roger Planchon
1975 : The Man occis, Claude Prey
1975 : Nights of Paris
1976 : The French Grandmother, by Eugène Ionesco'
1977 : Jacques or the tender and the future in the eggs, by Eugène Ionesco'
1977 : Domestic industry, F.K. Kroetz, Jacques Lassalle
1978 : Remagen, Anna Seghers, by Jacques Lassalle
1978 : Kabaret, Jean Mailland
1984 : The Beautiful Helene, Jacques Offenbach
1984 : The human Voice, Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc
1986 : Ghetto, Josual Sobol
1987 : Connected, Eugene O’ Neill
1988 : Awakes Philadelphia, François Billetdoux
1990 : The Opera of quat’ under, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
1991 : The Room, Wilhelm de Tove Ditlevsen
1992 : Mr Brecht, according to Bertolt Brecht
1993 : The human Voice, Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc
1994 : The following days which sing false, Josual Sobol
1996 : Gernika 1937, a lyric review, of Jean Mailland'
1999 : The Circus of Giuseppe, Jean-Louis Bauer and Piotr Moss
2000 : Song of the swan and other stories, Anton Tchekhov'
2002 : The Foreigner of the city, Bernard Martin
2003 : Red Evil and gold, Jean Cocteau
2004 : Anna Prucnal and Jean Cocteau
2005 : The Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler
Filmography
Actress
2012
Les lettres de Saïgon (Short) as
Melle Rawolsky
2001
Le stade de Wimbledon as
La femme blonde
1997
Love, Math and Sex as
La femme blonde
1994
Crows as
Nauczycielka
1993
Au port de la lune (Short)
1993
Lepiej byc piekna i bogata as
Lawyer's Wife
1991
Obywatel swiata as
Singer in Local
-1989
Si Guitry m'était conté (TV Series) as
Missia
- Une folie (1989) - Missia
- Toa
1989
V comme vengeance (TV Series)
- Un amour tardif (1989)
1983
L'homme qui aimait deux femmes (TV Movie) as
Julie
1981
Guerre en pays neutre (TV Mini Series) as
Anna
1981
L'ogre de Barbarie as
Halinka
1981
Neige as
Wanda Vallès
1980
City of Women as
Elena
1979
Bastien, Bastienne as
Suzanne
1979
Mais où et donc Ornicar as
Agnès
1978
Brigade des mineurs (TV Series) as
Elisabeth Johnston
- Tête de rivière (1978) - Elisabeth Johnston
1978
Les héritiers (TV Series) as
Violette Voltov
- Le quincaillier de Meaux (1978) - Violette Voltov
1978
Dossier 51 as
Sarah Robski
1978
Guerres civiles en France as
La fédérée polonaise (segment "La semaine sanglante")
1976
La semaine sanglante
1976
Dracula and Son
1976
Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la Tour Eiffel (TV Mini Series) as
Hélène
- Histoire d'eau (1976) - Hélène
- Le monstre (1976) - Hélène
- Dans l'eau d'une piscine (1976) - Hélène
- La fille de l'air (1976) - Hélène
- Soyez bons pour les animaux (1976) - Hélène
- Nick Verlaine prend la route (1976) - Hélène
1974
Un jeune homme seul (TV Movie) as
Domenica
1974
Sweet Movie as
Anna / Capitaine
1972
Hellé
1971
Salut Germain (TV Series) as
Lilian Kratz
- Nachts bei Lilian (1971) - Lilian Kratz
1970
Nowy as
Female Clerk
1969
Unterwegs zu Lenin as
Telefonistin
1969
Jede stunde meines lebens (TV Movie) as
Hanka
1968
Wege übers Land (TV Mini Series) as
Steffa
- Zweiter Teil (1968) - Steffa
1968
Przekladaniec (TV Short) as
Fox's Sister-in-law
1966
Reise ins Ehebett as
Eva
1964
Der fliegende Holländer as
Senta
1963
Przygoda noworoczna as
Krystyna
1963
Smarkula as
Krysia Kowalska
1962
Slantzeto i syankata as
Momicheto
Writer
1993
Vilhelms værelse (TV Movie) (dramatization)
Music Department
1979
Félicité (singer: "La chanson du juke-box")
Self
2011
Images de femmes ou Le corset social (Documentary) as
Self
2008
Au pays des miracles (Documentary short) as
Self
1997
Metropolis (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 April 1997 (1997) - Self
1996
Droit d'auteurs (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 September 1996 (1996) - Self
1994
Le cercle de minuit (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 November 1994 (1994) - Self
1991
Dream On (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 October 1991 (1991) - Self
1988
L'Artifice et le Factice (Carnet Filmé: 1er janvier 1988 - 31 décembre 1988) (Documentary) as
Self
1988
Du côté de chez Fred (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 25 October 1988 (1988) - Self
1984
La vie de château (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 October 1984 (1984) - Self
1982
Anna Prucnal, rêve d'Ouest, rêve d'Est (TV Movie) as
Self
1981
Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (TV Series) as