Wojciech frykowski biography
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wojciech frykowski
Wojciech Frykowski was born in Poland on December 22, 1936. His father Jan Frykowski was a small textile printer who fought with authorities to remain in control of his business after World War II. Wojciech graduated from school with a degree in chemistry, but chose to spend his time hanging around filmmakers. He met Roman Polanski at a school dance; Polanski was working the door and refused to let him in because Frykowski was a known troublemaker. According to Polanski, the altercation almost resulted in a fistfight. Some weeks later they met again, this time at a local bar, Wojciech bought Roman a drink and the two instantly became friends. Frykowski financed and produced an early short Roman made titled Mammals, but wasn't credited because he wasn't an official member of the film community. He was an exceptional swimmer and was hired to be the lifeguard on the set of Polanski's first full-length motion picture, Knife In The Water. In Roman's own memoirs he to
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Wojciech Frykowski (1936 - 1969)
Wojciech"Voytek"Frykowski
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Agnieszka (Osiecka) Passent — married about 1963 (to about 1964) [location unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Wojciech was born in 1936. Wojciech was the son of Jan Frykowski and Teofila Stefanowska.
He had two brothers: Jerzego Kajetana and Macieja. He graduated from the Textile Technician School in Lodz and then the Textile Faculty at the Technical University of Lodz. In November 1958 he married Lodz model Ewa Maria Morelle, who in 1959 gave birth to their son Bartek. In 1963 he was the husband of Agnieszka Osiecka, a famous Polish song writer and author, whom he married in Zakopane. They divorced a year later and had no ch
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Wojciech Frykowski (December 22, 1936 – August 9, 1969)
Wojciech Frykowski was a victim of the Tate/LaBianca murders in 1969
Frykowski (December 22, 1936 – August 9, 1969)
Wojciech Frykowski was a Polish born writer and one of the victims of the Tate/LaBianca murders of 1969. He was a very close friend of movie director Roman Polanski and appeared in and financed one of Polanski’s early short films, Mammals in 1962 as a thief. He came from Poland to the United States in the hope of furthering his writing career.
Background
Wojciech Frykowski was involved in a relationship with coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Folger was a close friend of Polanski’s wife, actress Sharon Tate. Frykowski and Folger stayed with Tate, who was eight months pregnant, while Polanski was in Europe working on a film called Day of the Dolphin. Manson Family members Tex Watson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel murdered Frykowski and Folger, along with Tate, Jay Sebring and