Urszula Modrzyńska (; 23 February 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a Polish stage and film

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

. Modrzyńska began her career on stage in 1949 in Wilam Horzyca Theater in

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. In the 1950s and 1960 she played several memorable parts in movies by Polish directors, namely by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of th ...

(Dorota in '' Pokolenie'' - 1955)) and

Aleksander Ford Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, U.S.) was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. Followi ...

(Jagienka in '' Krzyżacy'' - 1960). In the 1970s she played only smaller parts in movies by young directors, as in ''Droga w świetle księżyca'' by Witold Orzechowski (1972), ''Rozmowa'' by Piotr Andrejew (1974), and ''Zdjęcia Próbne'' by

Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland (born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, ...

, Paweł Kędzierski and

Jerzy Domaradzki Jerzy Domaradzki (born 6 January 1943, in Lwów, occupied Poland) is a Polish-born film director based in Australia. He is most closely associated with Poland's film industry. Following his 1974 graduation from the National Film School in ...

(1976), concentrating on her theater work at Nowy Theater in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...

. She retired in 1983 and died on 11 December 2010 in

Filmography

External links

*Urszula Modrzyńska at th
Film Polski database
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