Helena Grossówna

Helena Grossówna (1904, Thorn, German Empire (Toruń, Poland under German partition) – 1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer, who starred in several popular Polish films during the interwar period.
She worked as a waitress during the German occupation of Poland, and at the same time, she served as an officer (lieutenant) in the Polish underground. During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, she was in command of a women’s section of the battalion “Sokół” (Eng. falcon), for which she was highly decorated.