Szymon Szurmiej was born on June 18, 1923 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for
Television Theater (1953),
Kamienica na Nalewkach, czyli szlagiery zydowskiej ulicy (2000) and
Der Dibuk (1979). He was married to
Golda Tencer. He died on July 16, 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.