Urszula Modrzyńska
Actor
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.
Filmography
Knights of the Teutonic Order
as Jagienka Zychówna 1960
Adventure with a Song
as Woman in "Mascotte" 1969
Screen Tests
as Anka's Mother 1977
Wraki
as Teresa 1957
Nikodem Dyzma
as Zula 1956
The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
as Hanka 1963
Spotkania
as Jane (segment 4) 1957
Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
as Zofia 1961
Ostatni strzał
as Magda 1959
Rainy July
as Anna 1958
The Moonlit Road
as Wandzia 1973
Rozmowa
as Nauczycielka 1975
The Lake of Mysteries
as Michał's Mother 1973