Irena Górska-Damięcka was a Polish actress, mise en scène

Mise en scène

Mise-en-scène is an expression used to describe the design aspects of a theatre or film production, which essentially means "visual theme" or "telling a story"—both in visually artful ways through storyboarding, cinematography and stage design, and in poetically artful ways through direction...

, and theater director, called by some the "grand dame" of Polish theater.

Biography

Born in Ashmyany, Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, 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

Matylda Damięcka

Matylda Damięcka is a Polish actress.The grand-daughter of actress Irena Górska-Damięcka, she is the daughter of actor Maciej Damięcki and sister to actor Mateusz Damięcki. She has starred mainly in episodes of Polish soap operas. She was most recently seen in Na Wspólnej.-References:...

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She died on New Year's Day

New Year's Day

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, 2008, aged 98 in Skolimów, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Filmography

• 1938
  1938 in film
  The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence,...
  
   Serce matki
• 1961
  1961 in film
  The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...
  
   Rozstanie
• 1961
  1961 in film
  The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...
  
   Bitwa o Kozi Dwór
• 1962
  1962 in film
  The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government....
  
   Jak być kochaną
• 1966
  1966 in film
  The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
  
   Ściana czarownic
• 1966
  1966 in film
  The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
  
   Cierpkie głogi
• 1973
  1973 in film
  The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
  
  Ciemna rzeka

External links

• Obituary (Polish)