OBITUARY
■ i -■; «■■— • - MADAME MODJESKA. (by tei-egratii—press association—copyright.) (Rec. April 10, 0.20 a.m.) London, April 9. Obituary. Helena Modjeska,. the noted Polish actress; aetat 64. TBorn at Cracow,- Poland, on October 12, 1844, and educated in a Catholic Convent at Cracow, Madame Helena.Modjeska-Chlapowska irado'lier debut at Bochnia, Tclnnd, in 1801. Her first appearance* in English was at San Francisco -n 1877, and she subsequently returned to the Unitel States after two Lcndon engagements She played leading Shakespearean parts, CamiU", Mary Stuart, and others. In her earlie:' days in Poland she was principally known as a light comedy actress and vocalist. She was a woman of great culture and personal charm, with strong political views which brought her under suspicion iuher own country, to which her return was officially debarred.!
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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128OBITUARY Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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