Urszula Modrzyńska
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1928-02-23
Day of Death
2010-12-11 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Srebrniki, Polska
Urszula Modrzyńska
Biography
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Urszula Modrzyńska (Polish pronunciation: [urˈʂula mɔˈdʐɨɲska]; 23 February 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a Polish stage and film actress.
Modrzyńska began her career on stage in 1949 in Wilam Horzyca Theater in Toruń. In the 1950s and 1960 she played several memorable parts in movies by Polish directors, namely by Andrzej Wajda (Dorota in Pokolenie - 1955)) and Aleksander Ford (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, Paweł Kędzierski and Jerzy Domaradzki (1976), concentrating on her theater work at Nowy Theater in Łódź.
She retired in 1983 and died on December 11, 2010 in Łódź.
Known For
Acting
(1977)
Screen Tests
as Anka's Mother
(1975)
Rozmowa
as Nauczycielka
(1973)
The Lake of Mysteries
as Michał's Mother
(1973)
Droga w świetle księżyca
as Służąca Wandzia
(1969)
Adventure with a Song
as Woman in "Mascotte"
(1963)
The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
as Hanka
(1961)
Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
as Zofia
(1960)
Knights of the Teutonic Order
as Jagienka Zychówna
(1959)
Ostatni strzał
as Magda
(1958)
Rainy July
as Anna
(1957)
Wraki
as Teresa
(1957)
Spotkania
as Jane (segment 4)
(1956)
Nikodem Dyzma
as Zula
(1955)
A Generation
as Ewa 'Dorota'
(1954)
Not Far from Warsaw
as Wanda Bugajówna