Jerzy Marr was born on March 21, 1901 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary as Oktawian Zawadzki. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Pan Tadeusz (1928), Tajemnica skrzynki pocztowej (1929) and Ty, co w Ostrej swiecisz Bramie (1937). He died on May 9, 1962 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.