Modjeska

[ maw-jes-kuh ]

noun

1. He·le·na [h, uh, -, ley, -n, uh], Helena Opid Modrzejewska, 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.

Example Sentences

Evacuation orders are in effect for Modjeska, Silverado, and Williams Canyons.

From Axios

There was always something very odd to me about Helena Modjeska.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame Modjeska has put it at my disposal, and Lynch and you must help me bear the responsibility thereof.

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Night after night, when Modjeska played Camille, Field would occupy a front seat or a box.

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But in her work she has no soul; she lacks the sensitive sweet lure of Duse, the serene and starlit poetry of Modjeska.

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Each one of us reveals his temperamental bias in the upholding of Bernhardt's or Duse's or Modjeska's respective readings.

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