[1] Born to an agnostic Jewish father and a Roman Catholic mother who also had Jewish ancestry. His mother died at Auschwitz, and his father was an inmate at Mauthausen. Certainly he was persecuted by the Nazis as a Jew. It is not clear what, if any, religious views Polanski currently possesses. See also: "Actress, 4 Others Slain", Chicago Tribune, 10 August 1969: "Polanski says he was born Jewish, was brought up as a Roman Catholic." Vanessa Thorpe, "Waiting to Come in from the Cold", The Observer, 7 December 2008, calls him a "Jewish boy in Poland."
Father: Ryszard Liebling ("Ryszard Polanski", d. 1984 cancer)
Mother: Bula Katz (d. Nazi concentration camp)
Mother: Wanda Polanski (stepmother)
Sister: Annette (half sister)
Wife: Basia Kwiatkowski ("Barbara Lass", m. Dec-1959, div.)
Wife: Sharon Tate (m. 1968, d. Aug-1969 murder)
Wife: Emmanuelle Seigner (actress, m. 30-Aug-1989, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Morgane Polanski
Son: Elvis Polanski
Girlfriend: Nastassja Kinski (1975)
Slept with: Samantha Geimer (statutory rape victim)
Girlfriend: Joanna Pacula (Polish actress, dated 1980s)
University: Lodz Film School, Poland (1959)
Oscar for Best Director The Pianist (2003)
Golden Globe Best Director, Chinatown (1974)
Polygraphed
Psychiatric Observation Chino, CA
House Arrest Gstaad, Berne, Switzerland (2010)
Statutory Rape pled guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse"; fled USA before sentencing (1977)
Sodomy charge dropped
Child Molestation charge dropped
Polish Ancestry Paternal
Russian Ancestry Maternal
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: LSD
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Based on a True Story (27-May-2017)
Venus in Fur (25-May-2013)
Carnage (1-Sep-2011)
The Ghost Writer (12-Feb-2010)
Oliver Twist (11-Sep-2005)
The Pianist (24-May-2002)
The Ninth Gate (25-Aug-1999)
Death and the Maiden (23-Dec-1994)
Bitter Moon (23-Sep-1992)
Frantic (26-Feb-1988)
Pirates (8-May-1986)
Tess (25-Oct-1979)
Le Locataire (26-May-1976)
Chinatown (20-Jun-1974)
What? (7-Dec-1972)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (13-Oct-1971)
Rosemary's Baby (12-Jun-1968)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (13-Nov-1967)
Cul-de-Sac (7-Nov-1966)
Repulsion (Jun-1965)
The Beautiful Swindlers (14-Aug-1964)
Knife in the Water (9-Mar-1962)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Quiet Chaos (1-Feb-2008)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (8-Nov-2007) · Himself
Light Keeps Me Company (5-Feb-2000) · Himself
Grosse Fatigue (18-May-1994) · Himself
A Pure Formality (18-May-1994)
Back in the USSR (7-Feb-1992)
Le Locataire (26-May-1976)
Chinatown (20-Jun-1974) · Man with Knife
Weekend of a Champion (Jun-1972) · Himself
The Magic Christian (12-Dec-1969)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (13-Nov-1967) · Alfred, the Professor's Assistant
Innocent Sorcerers (17-Dec-1960)
A Generation (26-Jan-1955)
Official Website:
http://www.rp-productions.com/
Rotten Library Page:
Roman Polanski
AKA Raimund Liebling