Eugeniusz Bodo (born Bohdan Eugène Junod; 28 December 1899 – 7 October 1943) was a film director, producer, singer, pianist and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the interwar period.
His father, Teodor Junod, was a Swiss citizen who moved to Russian-held Poland and in 1903 settled in Łódź.
In 1919 (under a new stage name of Eugeniusz Bodo, the surname created from the initials of his own first name Bohdan and his mother's – Dorota)[2] he started acting in various Warsaw-based theatres, variétés and cabarets (Qui Pro Quo, Perskie Oko and Cyrulik Warszawski being the most famous).
With the advent of sound film Bodo in a matter of years became one of the best-known Polish actors.
Usually appearing in musical comedies, already in 1932 he was voted the King of Polish Actors by Film magazine's readers.
[3] Always appearing well-dressed, in 1936 Bodo was awarded the title of King of Style by the readers of Film magazine.
film studio, and, in 1933, he opened a private producers' company "Urania", named after his fathers' cinema in Łódź.
[5] By that time his popularity reached far beyond the borders of Poland, to the extent that Yugoslavian press dubbed him Polish Maurice Chevalier.