Urszula Modrzyńska
Actor
- Born
- February 23, 1928 · Srebrniki, Polska
- Died
- December 11, 2010 (age 82)
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Urszula Modrzyńska (Polish pronunciation: [urˈʂula mɔˈdʐɨɲska]; 23 February 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a Polish stage and film actress.
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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
A Generation
January 26, 1955
Knights of the Teutonic Order
September 2, 1960
Screen Tests
May 16, 1977
Adventure with a Song
June 27, 1969
Wraki
September 2, 1957
Nikodem Dyzma
October 29, 1956
The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
March 4, 1963
Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
September 4, 1961
The Moonlit Road
January 4, 1973
Spotkania
November 18, 1957
Ostatni strzał
January 26, 1959
Rainy July
February 21, 1958
Acting15
- 1977Screen Tests as Anka's Mother
- 1975Rozmowa as Nauczycielka
- 1973The Lake of Mysteries as Michał's Mother
- 1973The Moonlit Road as Wandzia
- 1969Adventure with a Song as Woman in "Mascotte"
- 1963The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest as Hanka
- 1961Dziś w nocy umrze miasto as Zofia
- 1960Knights of the Teutonic Order as Jagienka Zychówna
- 1959Ostatni strzał as Magda
- 1958Rainy July