Sylwia Nowicka, Stanisława Sowińska, Stacha Nowicka
Occupation(s)
singer, dancer, medium
Known for
tango songs
Stanisława Nowicka (8 March 1905, in Warsaw – 24 October 1990, in York, New York) was a Polish dancer and singer, known as the "Queen of Tango".[1][2]
Life
Nowicka studied in Grand Theatre, Warsaw, debuting as a dancer in 1915. In 1916 she and Pola Negri danced in "Casino" theatre in Łódź. She debuted as a singer in 1920, and in the same year performed as a singer together with Karol Hanusz.
In 1927 she started working in „Nowe Perskie Oko”, then "Morskie Oko", and then „Wesołe oko” cabaret. In 1929 she started recording songs for Syrena Rekord. The same year he gave Jerzy Petersburski's famous Tango Milonga (known in Europe as Oh Donna Clara) its debut in the Morskie Oko cabaret. Other songs she covered included tangos: „I tak mi ciebie żal”, „Nie odchodź ode mnie”, „Za dawno za dobrze się znamy”,and a popular song Chodź na Pragę for a revue Uśmiech Warszawy (1930). She performed as an actress and singer in Rycerze mroku (1932), her only film credit. Late 1934(?)[3] or in 1936 the Polish daily Slowo Polskie sent her to New York as correspondent; she never returned. She ran a "Polish hour" in Radio Chicago,[3] did some translation work and continued performing as a singer.[4]
