Portrait of Urszula Modrzyńska

Urszula Modrzyńska

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Born: February 23, 1928

Place of Birth: Srebrniki, Polska

Filmography

1977
Screen Tests

as Anka's Mother

1973
1971
Doktor Ewa

as matka kolonistki

1969
Adventure with a Song

as Woman in "Mascotte"

1960
Knights of the Teutonic Order

as Jagienka Zychówna

1959
1958
Rainy July

as Anna

1957
Spotkania

as Jane (segment 4)

1957
Wraki

as Teresa

1956
1955
A Generation

as Ewa 'Dorota'

1954
Not Far from Warsaw

as Wanda Bugajówna