1840 – April 8, 1909), known professionally in the United States as Helena Modjeska, was a Polish-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and...
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Anaheim, California (section Helena Modjeska)
friendship which Helena Modjeska and Clementine Lagenberger shared. Modjeska Park in West Anaheim, is also named after Helena Modjeska. During the first...
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Helena Modjeska, a Shakespearean actress and Polish patriot. The property is located in a live oak grove on the banks of Santiago Creek in Modjeska Canyon...
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Shakespearean actress Helena Modjeska, who was performing there in the US debut production of Ibsen's A Doll's House. After Modjeska granted Busath permission...
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(Grajek z dziewczyną). Józef Chełmoński knew the Polish actress Helena Modjeska (Helena Modrzejewska), who reportedly had supported the artist and helped...
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Sanctuary. Modjeska is named after the 19th-century Polish stage actress, mother of the famous bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski, Helena Modjeska, who settled...
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Modjeska may refer to: Modjeska (name), a surname and given name Modjeska (confection), a caramel and marshmallow candy named for Helena Modjeska Modjeska...
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October 9 – Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) October 12 – Helena Modjeska, Polish stage actress (d. 1909) October 16 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, 2nd Prime...
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Helena Modjeska Chase Johnson Drea (born Helena Modjeska Chase; September 23, 1900 – December 22, 1986) was an American artist, writer, and equestrian...
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1995), Australian high diver Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist Helena Moreno (born 1977), American...
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academic (born 1786) 1904 – Isabella II, Spanish queen (born 1830) 1909 – Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (born 1840) 1915 – Raymond Whittindale, English...
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dubbed Modjeska Peak following the death of Helena Modjeska. The Ebell Society of Santa Ana campaigned in June 1909 for the new name to honor Modjeska and...
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3 – Pascual Cervera y Topete, Spanish admiral (b. 1839) April 8 – Helena Modjeska, Polish actress (b. 1840) April 10 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English...
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Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (died 1905) 1840 – Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (died 1909) 1855 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian...
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Dempsey for the World Heavyweight Boxing title, died on 1 January 1924. Helena Modjeska, Victorian actress, died on 8 April 1909. Wayne Munn, professional...
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Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America is a 2011 biography by Beth Holmgren about the Polish actress Helena Modjeska. From a young age, Modjeska's interest...
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actor; paternal grandmother, Joan Stolarczyk, was of Polish descent Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish-born actress who specialized in Shakespearean roles...
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Award for Fiction. It is based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (called Maryna Zalewska in the book), her arrival in California in...
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Marriage of the Jew Wyspiański, dir. Andrzej Wajda in the Old Theatre. Helena Modjeska in Cracow (1993) Grand Prize at XXX National Review Teatrrów Small...
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Modjeska is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946), Australian writer and editor Helena...
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Clement Chase (father) Lula Belle Edwards (mother) Relatives Clement Edwards Chase (brother) Philip Bradford Chase (brother) Helena Modjeska Chase (sister)...
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and Funerals - Helena Drea". The Brattleboro Reformer. 30 December 1986. Retrieved February 21, 2023. "Ancestry of Michaela Modjeska Paetsch". geneanet...
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Gustav Sinnmayer Modrzejewski and actress Helena Opid Modrzejewska (known outside Poland as Helena Modjeska). In 1865, his mother left Sinnmayer, and...
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sabbatical to Santa Barbara, California, not far from where family friend Helena Modjeska had a retreat. Georgie did not recover and died in July 1893 at age...
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were similar to or copied from passages in four other books about Helena Modjeska without attribution. Sontag said of the passages, "All of us who deal...
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Modjeska, a street in Irvine named in honor of Helena Modjeska. Modjeska Canyon and Modjeska Canyon Rd, named in honor of Helena Modjeska. Modjeska Park...
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Sienkiewicz went to the United States with Helena Modrzejewska (soon to become famous in the U.S. as actress Helena Modjeska) and her husband. He traveled via...
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stage include John Philip Sousa and his band, Verna Felton, and Madame Helena Modjeska. Closed in part due to the rise of the motion picture industry, and...
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tour with him and Helena Modjeska in a play he had written. Georgiana and the children had converted to Catholicism under Helena's influence. Learning...
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with Polish actress Helena Modjeska. The following year his parents toured again with Modjeska but left the children behind. Modjeska was influential in...
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