Tadeusz Ross
{{Short description|Polish politician (1938–2021)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tadeusz Ross
| image = Tadeusz Ross MEP (2013).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Ross in 2013
| birth_name = Tadeusz Edward Ross
| birth_date = 14 March 1938
| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|12|14|1938|03|14}}
| death_place = Warsaw, Poland
| nationality = Polish
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| party = Civic Platform
| office = Member of the European Parliament
| term_start = 17 December 2013
| term_end = 1 July 2014
| predecessor = Rafał Trzaskowski
| office2 = Member of the Sejm
| term_start2 = 5 November 2007
| term_end2 = 8 November 2011
| constituency2 = Warsaw I
}}
Tadeusz Edward Ross (14 March 1938 – 14 December 2021) was a Polish actor and politician.{{cite web|url=http://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/showDetails.do?lastName=ross&idx=&katalogId=0&subpageKatalogId=3&pageNo=1&osobaId=71817&|title=Tadeusz Edward Ross|work=Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej|language=Polish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140519102117/http://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/showDetails.do?lastName=ross&idx=&katalogId=0&subpageKatalogId=3&pageNo=1&osobaId=71817&|archivedate=19 May 2014}}
Life and career
Ross graduated from the National Higher School of Theatre in 1959. He began his career as an actor. Known for television and stage satirical and cabaret appearances, in particular from the Zulu-Gula program. Together with Piotr Fronczewski, he created a cyclical satirical broadcast in PR3 entitled Rossmówki (with 60 minutes per hour as part of the broadcast). He also wrote a series of monologues about Stasiek, told in a high, soft, lisping voice. He was the author of the scripts for several episodes of the series Miodowe lata.{{cite web|url=https://ksiazki.wp.pl/tadeusz-ross-6150229441161345c|title=Tadeusz Ross|website=www.ksiazki.wp.pl|date=15 April 2010 |language=Polish}}
In the 2006 local elections, Ross was elected to the Gmina of Warsaw in the dzielnica of Mokotów as a member of the Civic Platform. He left this post in 2007 following his election to the Sejm in the Warsaw I constituency. In 2009, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the European Parliament.{{cite web|url=https://pe2009.pkw.gov.pl/PUE/PL/WYN/W90/4.htm|title=Komitet Wyborczy Platforma Obywatelska RP|work=Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza|language=Polish}} Additionally, he lost his seat in the Sejm in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl/wyn/140000/pl/okr-19.html#tabs-1|title=
Okręg wyborczy do Sejmu nr 19 (OKW Warszawa I)|work=Wybory 2011|language=Polish}} However, he was appointed to the European Parliament on 17 December 2013 by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, succeeding Rafał Trzaskowski following his appointment as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ross sat on the European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/122317/TADEUSZ_ROSS/history/7|title=Tadeusz ROSS|work=European Parliament|date=14 March 1938 }}
Ross lost re-election to the European Parliament in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl/358_Rady_powiatow/0/1418.html|title=Zbiorcze statystyki głosowania|work=Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza|language=Polish}}
In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Senate of Poland.{{cite web|url=https://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/351_Wyniki_Senat/0/0/47.html|title=Wyniki wyborów do Senatu RP|work=Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu 2015|language=Polish}}
Personal life
He was married five times. His last wife was journalist and therapist Sonia Ross. He had seven children.{{Cite web|url=https://gwiazdy.wp.pl/tadeusz-ross-5-zon-7-dzieci-zulu-gula-6502989084940417a|title=Do tej pory się tym nie chwalił. Miał 5 żon i 7 dzieci|date=23 April 2020|accessdate=2 January 2022|language=pl|website=gwiazdy.wp.pl}}
He died in Warsaw on 14 December 2021, at the age of 83, from COVID-19.{{cite web | url=https://www.fakt.pl/plotki/tadeusz-ross-nie-zyje-kto-pojawil-sie-na-pogrzebie/mqft71f | title=Ostatnie pożegnanie Tadeusza Rossa. Kto przyszedł na pogrzeb? | date=22 December 2021 }}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=14 December 2021|title=Nie żyje Tadeusz Ross - aktor, satyryk, radny Warszawy|trans-title= Tadeusz Ross has passed away – actor, satirist, councilor of Warsaw|url=https://www.radioem.pl/doc/7270346.Nie-zyje-Tadeusz-Ross-aktor-satyryk-radny-Warszawy|language=Polish|work=Radio eM|location= |access-date=15 December 2021}} He was buried on 22 December 2021 at the Powązki Military Cemetery.{{Cite web|url=https://kultura.gazeta.pl/kultura/7,114628,27940557,pogrzeb-tadeusza-rossa-bliscy-pozegnali-go-na-powazkach.html|title=Pogrzeb Tadeusza Rossa. Bliscy pożegnali go na Powązkach|trans-title=The funeral of Tadeusz Ross. His relatives said goodbye to him in Powązki|website=gazetapl|date=22 December 2021 |accessdate=2 January 2022|language=pl}}
Filmography
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Category:Civic Platform politicians
Category:Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni
Category:Polish male stage actors
Category:Members of the European Parliament for Poland
Category:Politicians from Warsaw