Urszula Modrzyńska Explained

Urszula Modrzyńska
Birth Name:Urszula Modrzyńska
Birth Date:23 February 1928
Death Place:Łódź, Poland
Occupation:Stage and film actor

Urszula Modrzyńska (pronounced as /pl/; 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 11 December 2010 in Łódź.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1954Niedaleko Warszawy Wanda Bugajówna
1955A Generation Dorota
1956Nikodem Dyzma Zula
1957Wraki Teresa
1957Spotkania Jane
1958Deszczowy lipiec Anna
1959Ostatni strzal Magda
1960Knights of the Teutonic Order Jagienka Zychówna
1961Dzis w nocy umrze miasto Zofia
1963Wielka, wieksza i najwieksza
1969Przygoda z piosenka Girl on the Casting
1973Jezioro osobliwosci matka Michala
1977Zdjecia próbne Anka's mother
1982W obronie wlasnej Lover of Maria's father (final film role)

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