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

Doktor Ewa

matka kolonistki

Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa

pani Okulusowa

Nikodem Dyzma

Zula

Knights of the Teutonic Order

Jagienka Zychówna

Screen Tests

Anka's Mother

A Generation

Ewa 'Dorota'

Adventure with a Song

Woman in "Mascotte"

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto

Zofia

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1977	Screen Tests	Anka's Mother
1975	Rozmowa	Nauczycielka
1973	The Lake of Mysteries	Michał's Mother
1973	The Moonlit Road	Wandzia
1969	Adventure with a Song	Woman in "Mascotte"
1963	The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest	Hanka
1961	Dziś w nocy umrze miasto	Zofia
1960	Knights of the Teutonic Order	Jagienka Zychówna
1959	Ostatni strzał	Magda
1958	Rainy July	Anna
1957	Spotkania	Jane (segment 4)
1957	Wraki	Teresa
1956	Nikodem Dyzma	Zula
1955	A Generation	Ewa 'Dorota'
1954	Not Far from Warsaw	Wanda Bugajówna

Year	TV Show	Role
1971	Doktor Ewa	matka kolonistki
1967	Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa	pani Okulusowa