Barbara Orwid was born on November 29, 1909 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Gwiazdzista eskadra (1930), Wierna rzeka (1936) and Szyb L-23 (1932). She was married to Leonard Buczkowski. She died on July 1, 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.