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Also Known As Raimund Liebling • Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański • Roman Raymond Polanski
Born August 18, 1933 (age 91) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2003)
Notable Works “Based on a True Story” • “Bitter Moon” • “Carnage” • “Chinatown” • “Death and the Maiden” • “Knife in the Water” • “Macbeth” • “Repulsion” • “Rosemary’s Baby” • “Tess” • “The Ghost Writer” • “The Pianist” • “Venus in Fur”
Notable Family Members spouse Sharon Tate

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