Urszula Modrzyńska

Born: 1928-02-23

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.


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Knights of the Teutonic Order

as Jagienka Zychówna
Released: 1960-09-02

A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order...

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A Generation

as Ewa "Dorota"
Released: 1955-01-26

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an...

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Screen Tests

as Anka's Mother
Released: 1977-05-16

Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a...

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Nikodem Dyzma

as Zula
Released: 1956-10-29

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody...

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Adventure with a Song

as Woman in "Mascotte"
Released: 1969-06-27

Przygoda z piosenką (Pol. Adventure with song) is a Polish film musical comedy from 1969...

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Not Far from Warsaw

as Wanda Bugajówna
Released: 1954-10-21

Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.

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Wraki

as Teresa
Released: 1957-09-02

Diver Antoni Barnat is falsely accused of causing an accident underwater that almost led to his...

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Dziś w nocy umrze miasto

as Zofia
Released: 1961-09-04

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together...

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Ostatni strzał

as Magda
Released: 1959-01-26

A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting...

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The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest

as Hanka
Released: 1963-03-04

A young boy and girl travel in a strange car and encounter various objects which come alive to...

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Spotkania

as Jane (segment 4)
Released: 1957-11-18

Four stories showing the various facets of love.

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Rainy July

as Anna
Released: 1958-02-21

A woman learns that her husband has cheated on her and decides to do the same.

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Droga w świetle księżyca

as Służąca Wandzia
Released: 1973-01-04

The story is set in 1830s, shortly after the November Uprising in Poland. Julian, a young man...

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Doktor Ewa

as matka kolonistki
First aired: 1971-02-12

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Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa

as pani Okulusowa
First aired: 1967-10-05

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