Urszula Modrzyńska

• Name — Urszula Modrzyńska • Birth Name — Urszula Modrzyńska • Born — 23 February 1928 • Birthplace — Srebrniki • Died — 11 December 2010 • Place of death — Łódź, Poland • Occupation — Stage and film actor

Modrzyńska began her career on stage on October 4th 1949 in a performance of Okno w lesie at the Ziemi Pomorskiej Theater in Grudziądz, followed by a performance of Wiosna w Norwegii in the same theater the next year. She began performing at the Jaracz Theatre when she moved to Łódź in 1954. In 1961, Kazimierz Dejmek invited her to perform as Irina in a production of Three Sisters at the Łódź Nowy Theater, where she would continue performing for the rest of her career. She was a part of many productions for Teatrze Telewizji (a Polish channel which broadcasts live television plays), including William Shakespeare's As You Like It in 1963 and Dama pikowa by Alexander Pushkin in 1964. She also had a role in the 1970 live radio performance of Jak wam się podoba Penelopa by Ludwik Morstin. Modrzyńska had several film roles during the 50s and 60s, the most notable of which being Dorota in Andrzej Wajda's 1955 film Pokolenie by and Jagienka in Krzyżacy by Aleksander Ford in 1960. In addition to her film roles, she performed in several smaller roles in TV series. 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. Her final show was a production of Zmierzchu at the Nowy Theater in January of 1984.

Not much is known about Modrzyńska's personal life, as she kept much out of the public eye. She was married to the actor and director Zbigniew Józefowicz, with whom she had a son named Stanislaus. Immediately after her 1984 production of Zmierzchu, she retired from acting due to an unknown illness which she had been dealing with since 1961. She died on 20 December 2010 in Łódź and was buried at the Doły Municipal Cemetery.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref(s) • 1949 — Okno w lesie — Wali • 1950 — Wiosna w Norwegii — Sigrid • 1952 — Ruchome piaski — Halin • 1953 — Grzec — Anna Jaskrowiczówna • 1958 — Henry IV — Lady Percy • Wesele — Bride • 1960 — Kordian — Wioletta • 1961 — Three Sisters — Irina — First performance at the Nowy Theater • 1962 — The Tempest — Iris • 1963 — Cyrano de Bergerac — Roksan • 1965 — Faust — Marta • 1978 — Zwłoce — Rosabert

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

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref(s) • 1959 — Cienie — TV play • Przy trakcie — Maria Egorovna — TV play • 1960 — Warszawianka — Anna — TV play • 1962 — Maskarada — TV play • 1963 — As You Like It — TV play • Uczciwa dziewczyna — Bettina — TV play • 1964 — Dama pikowa — Liza — TV play • 1966 — Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa — Mrs. Okulusowa — Episode: Przygoda druga czyli niesamowite i niewiarygodne udreki które nawiedzily mnie w klasie • 1969 — Zamach — TV play • 1970 — Doktor Ewa — Dzidki's mother — Episode: Przeoczenie • 1972 — Droga w świetle księżyca — Wandzia's servant — Television film • 1974 — Rozmowa — Teacher — Television film • Siedem stron świata — Mother Czarka — 2 episodes • 1975 — Lato — Maja — TV play • 1979 — Detektywi na wakacjach — Tourist — 3 Episodes • Niewdzięczność — Patient Renata — Television film • 1981 — Fantazja dur-moll — Witch's wife — Television film • 1984 — Obszar swobody — Klara — TV play

The authorities additionally record the heading Urszula Modrzynska. Her recorded language was Polish. She married Zbigniew Józefowicz.