Michal Szwejlich was born on December 21, 1910 in Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire [now Lithuania]. He was an actor and writer, known for Sanatorium pod klepsydra (1973), Wieczór u Abdona (1976) and Shtern oyfn dakh (1979). He died on December 27, 1995 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.