Paulina Marczak

**Paulina Śabin Marczak** (**Paulina Śabina Marczak** until 1992, originally surnamed **Sarnik**, born October 19th, 1903) - Veteranian actress, voice actress, radio presenter, violin player and singer. She is being known for being the longest-living person in Veterania that is currently alive.

## Biography

Paulina was born on October 19th, 1903 in Halan. She has very good memory, so she remembers multiple moments from her childhood. She easily finished elementary and high school. When she was 7, she went to a music school to learn playing the violin. She became a prodigy. During the 1st World War, she almost died of getting shot. Thankfully, she survived. Her 1st ever public concert happened on March 10th, 1919. She played her 1st song, World go Round, on the violin while singing. She made multiple movie soundtracks for famous Veteranian movies, like the original The Kingdom Behind The Mirror or Hatching Problems. On April 30th, 1927, she moved to Vami so she can become even more famous. She released her 2nd and 3rd song, Story of a Violin and Stop & Get Happy. All of the 3 first songs were in English, until she recorded her 4th song, Ma muza, in Veteranian. It got used as soundtracks for many movies after it debuted publically on March 1st, 1928, during a concert. She made a tour through Veterania. On March 19th, 1928, a viewer threw a rock at her head, causing her to suffer. She was in coma until May 5th, 1928, when she decided to continue her tour, ending on May 20th. She married Mikał Marczak on June 3rd, 1931. Her sons, Jan Marczak and Makej Marczak, were born on April 4th, 1932 and May 7th, 1934, respectively. Her 5th track, Och, Mikał, was released on May 9th, 1937. During the 2nd World War, she stopped to make music and defended Veterania. She survived, so did her family. She released her 6th track, Stop, tańč, on March 20th, 1946. Her 1st playing role was in the movie The Experience (1947) where she played the teacher. She became a presenter on the Weteradio FM 147.3 in 1948, and despite she should be retired, she continued her work there until 1995. She also became a voice actress in 1951 when she played the main role in the Veteranian dub of "My Foolish Heart". On May 22nd, 1957, she released her 7th track, Nie zatrimuj się. On March 10th, 1969, she remastered and released all the 7 tracks she made on vinyl to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her 1st concert. On August 3rd, 1969, she almost got hit by a car, thankfully, nothing happened at all. On August 19th, 1970, the movie World go Round. A short story of Paulina Marczak got released. She also played the main role acting (not voice acting) for the 1st time in the movie Your Bright Eyes on October 9th, 1970. On October 19th, 1978, she released her 8th track, My Violin Autobiography, to celebrate her 75th birthday. On January 22nd, 1980, she was diagnosed with sexual development disorders (also called hermaphroditism). On May 7th, 1980, she decided to quit drinking. Her 9th track, Hooray for Christmas, was released in two languages: Veteranian on December 8th and English on December 24th, 1980. On March 1st, 1992, she came out as intersex due to the updates in the Veteranian Constitution, changing her 2nd name to Śabin. On May 13th, 1995, she switched from Weteradio to Radio Maxi. On March 7th, 1997, she got ordered with the Veteranian Artist Award during the 94th Veteranian Artist Award Ceremony for being multitalented. Another biography of hers, this time in the form of a book, got released on October 19th, 1998, to celebrate her 95th birthday. Her 10th track, Velkanocna ballada, was released on April 23rd, 2000. On June 1st, 2001, she got the Talent Award during the 101th Talent Awarding Ceremony for the tracks Nie zatrimuj się and Ma muza. On October 19th, 2003, she celebrated her 100th birthday. She released all of her first 8 tracks on vinyl, CD and DVD (the last one with music videos), with the first 7 of them being released both in the original versions (with music videos being photos of the 1st concert when she played the song), as well as the 1969 remakes. The DVD version also contained the new biography movie, One Hundred Years of Paulina Marczak's Talent. On November 17st, 2004, her husband died of cancer at the age of 98. On March 1st, 2005, she started dying of old age, so she became the guinea pig of a life length extending experiment by a Veteranian scientist, Anguro Makira. She died for 4 seconds during the experiment, but she revived straight after. Her life got extended by 75 years. However, the next day, the machine broke and could only extend lives for 25 years. She still works with Anguro Makira. On June 12th, 2005, Anguro used her and Jana Miakalska for the mind-swapping experiment, which worked. Both remained so for 34 seconds, until Anguro swapped their minds back. On August 3rd, 2008, she released her 11th track - Nema problema. On September 28th, 2008, she started working for Radio MIX rather than Radio Maxi. On October 7th, 2009, she got diagnosed with cancer, however, Anguro cured it instantly. On September 9th, 2010, Anguro used her for the light speed experiment outside and the teleportation experiment. She went from Erteria to the other side of the galaxy, and teleported back. On December 31st, 2010, she got nominated to the Music Award Veterania during Music Award Veterania Ceremony 2010. Anguro used her for the time traveling experiment on May 6th, 2011. She travelled to March 7th, 2019, and saw Anguro from the future. She came back in 3 minutes and 34 seconds, however, she disappeared for 4 seconds. On May 15th, 2011, she released her 12th track, Harmonia. On August 5th, 2011, starred in the movie 200 Years, 2000 IQ. On February 1, 2012, she underwent an experiment by Anguro Makira that turned her into an elephant. She stayed in this form until August 16, and the video for her thirteenth song was recorded while she was in that form. The song got released on February 5th, and is being known under the name Desert the Cold Heart. In the same form, in May 2012, she organized the concert "Elephant tour by Paulina Marczak". This experiment also helped her to play the role of the Lion Queen in the movie Magical Madness, which got released on September 3rd, 2012. On October 14, 2012, one of the concert spectators tried to attack her with a knife. Fortunately, Anguro managed to intervene and defended Paulina, then took the attacker to his home, to reduce him to the size of an atom. On December 2, 2012, she decided to return to the elephant form. In this form, she spent the entirety of 2013 and 2014. On January 19, 2013, she said the quote: "Everyone can live as much as I do. He just has to believe that life is interesting." On August 29, 2013, a movie with her in the role of a wise elephant was released, its name was Secrets of the Desert. On August 17, 2015, she returned to her normal form. On April 7, 2016, she decided she would not release any more tracks. Instead, she will devote herself to acting and voice acting. On March 10, 2019, she released all her soundtracks on the CD "Golden memories - 100 years of Paulina Marczak's music". On May 13, 2020, she caught the coronavirus, but Anguro cured her. On July 13, 2021, she established her own foundation. She started to be a newsherm for Gazeta Weterańska on September 4th, 2022. Currently, it is very popular both among Veterania and the whole of Polenesia alike.

## Roles

### Movie roles (playing)

* The Experience (1947) as the teacher
* My Music Life (1950) as herself
* Soccer Match movie series (1951-1978) as Anita
* IntelliGentle (1957) as Meka
* Your Bright Eyes (1970) as Eisel Eisal
* Moonlight Secrets (1971) as Maxima
* Shadows (1971) as Emex
* Nothing Else (1972) as Miriam
* Sovereign Love (1973) as Ula Čüs
* The Good Times Go On (1974) as herself
* Dear Diary, I'm In Love (1976) as 70-years-old Maxima
* Don't Die, Dear (1977) as one of the old women
* Diagnosed With Love (1979) as one of the doctors
* Everyday's Love (1983) as herself
* TROUBLES OF LOVE (1984) as herself
* From Erteria to Earth (1986) as Queen Elizabeth II
* Day 100: Perfect Date (1988) as a grandma in the church
* Stop and Look (1990) as a grandma on the bus
* Shadows: 20 Years Later (1991) as Emex
* Holding Hearts (1993) as a grandha on the bus
* Stop The Nonsense (1995) as Karin Fenec
* True Story of The Scene (1996) as herself
* Don't Ask Me (1998) as a grandha in the church
* Stop The Nonsense 2 (2000) as Karin Fenec
* Fresh Air (2002) as herself
* Legends (2003) as herself
* Stop The Nonsense 3: In Lotesia (2006) as Karin Fenec
* 2057 (2007) as a grandma
* Anonymous (2009) as herself
* Couple Of Symetrical Hearts (2011) as the greatgrandhether of Marié
* Magical Madness (2012) as the Lion Queen
* Secrets of the Desert (2013) as the wise elephant
* Stop The Nonsense 4: A New Generation (2017) as Karin Fenec
* SuperHerbs (2018) as the fortune teller
* No tough guys for Rico (2019) as Rico's greatgrandmother
* (mis)Fortune teller (2022) as a grandma on the bus

### TV Shows (playing)

* Switch! (1952-1968) as Alita (seasons 2-9, 1954-1968)
* Love is Worth Anything (1954-1974) as Era
* Hotel Paper (1946-2010) as Anga (seasons 7-76, 1955-2010)
* No To Love (1956-1957) as Ela (pilot episode, 1956)
* Never Give Up (1960-1993) as Araya (pilot episode and seasons 1-5, 1957, 1960-1967)
* For Life (1958-2009) as Evelina
* Love Never Dies (1982-2019) as Agneška (pilot episode, seasons 1-45 and 47-49, 1979, 1982-2011, 2016-2019)
* Survive Corona With Stars (2020-2021) as herself