[2] She was arrested on the night of 23 April 1942, accused of collaborating with the underground and helping a Jewish family.

[3] She took part in the Warsaw Uprising, acting as a liaison officer for the Battalion "Kiliński".

Later she played in Zakazane piosenki (1946), the first Polish film after World War II.

Her most important role from this period was the Yugoslav Dessa in The Last Stage (1947) directed by Wanda Jakubowska.

She played the main character Lucyna in Samson (1961) directed by Andrzej Wajda.