What is Helena Modjeska?
[[File:Helena Modrzejewska 1865 Kraków.jpg|right|200px]] [[File:Appletons' Modjeska Helena signature.png|right|200px]] '''Helena Modrzejewska''' ({{IPA-pl|mɔdʐɛˈjɛfska}}; born '''Jadwiga Benda''', (12 October 1840 – 8 April 1909), known professionally as '''Helena Modjeska''', was a Polish actress. She was known for performing many [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] plays.<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6s203715 Guide to the Ellen K. Lee Collection on Helena Modjeska and Orange County.] Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.</ref> Modjeska was born in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]]. Modjeska died on 8 April 1909 in [[Newport Beach, California]] from [[Bright's disease]] at the age of 68. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf0489n6gt Guide to the Helena Modjeska Collection.] Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. *[http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20647557~S1 Madam Modjeska scrapbooks, 1877-1898], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]] *[http://gutenberg.org/files/57611/57611-h/57611-h.htm Heroines of the Modern Stage] p.&nbsp;52 by Forrest Izard c.1915 {{DEFAULTSORT:Modjeska, Helena}} [[Category:1840 births]] [[Category:1909 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Bright's disease]] [[Category:Polish stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Kraków]] {{actor-stub}}