Modjeska

Modjeska
biographical name Helena 1840-1909 American (Polish-born) actress

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  • Modjeska — can refer to: Drusilla Modjeska, a contemporary Australian writer and editor. Helena Modjeska, d.1909, Polish American actress. Named after her: Modjeska House, Modjeska Peak, Modjeska Canyon Modjeska Monteith Simkins, d. 1992, an African… …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska Monteith Simkins — Born Modjeska Monteith December 5, 1899(1899 12 05) Columbia, South Carolina Died April 5, 1992(1992 04 05) (aged 92) Co …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska Monteith Simkins House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska Canyon, California — Modjeska Modjeska Canyon is an unincorporated area on the western slope of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County, California. It is a rural community of several hundred residents, with a small park and a volunteer fire station …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska Monteith Simkins House — in Columbia, South Carolina Das Modjeska Monteith Simkins House ist ein historisch bedeutendes Gebäude für die Amerikanische Bürgerrechtsbewegung. Das Haus, das Modjeska Monteith Simkins gehörte, befindet sich an der Marion Street 2025 in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Modjeska Peak — Modjeska seen from neighboring Santiago Peak. Elevation 5,496 ft (1,675 m)  …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska Youth Theater Company — The Modjeska Youth Theater Company is a nonprofit theater company based out of the Modjeska Theater on 12th and Mitchell in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theater puts on shows that are performed and crewed solely by students. The program serves also… …   Wikipedia

  • Modjeska, Helena — ▪ Polish actress Modjeska also spelled  Modrzejewska,  original name  Helena Opid  born Oct. 12, 1840, Kraków, Pol. died April 9, 1909, Bay Island, Newport Beach, near Los Angeles   Polish American actress whose repertory included 260… …   Universalium

  • Modjeska, Helena — (1840 1909)    Born Jadwiga Benda in Poland, she established herself as an actress there, first using the name Helena Opid, then Helena Modrzejewska. In 1876, she came to the United States with her second husband Karol Chlapowski, Count Bozenta… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

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