Irena Górska-Damięcka

Irena Górska-Damięcka (20 October 1910 1 January 2008) was a Polish actress, mise en scène, and theater director, called by some the "grand dame" of Polish theater.

Biography

Born in Ashmyany, Belarus, she came from a family of actors/actresses. Her husband, Dobieslaw Damięcki whom she married in 1940, was an actor, as were her children, Damian Damięcki and Maciej Damięcki and her grandchildren, Grzegorz Damięcki, Mateusz Damięcki and Matylda Damięcka.

She died on New Year's Day, 2008, aged 98 in Skolimów, Poland.

Filmography

Bibliography

  • Irena Górska-Damięcka, Wygrałam życie, 1997 (autobiography) (ISBN 83-7180-778-3).


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