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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Helena Modjeska (October 12, 1840 - April 8, 1909, whose actual Polish surname was Modrzejewska, was a renowned actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles. Modjeska was the mother of Polish-American bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski. Helena Modjeska was born in Krakow, Poland, on October 12, 1840. Her name was recorded at birth as Jadwiga Benda, but she was later baptized Helena Opid, being given her godfather's surname. The question of her origins is a complicated one. Modjeska's mother was Jozefa (Misel) Benda, the widow of a prosperous Krakow merchant, Szymon Benda. In her autobiography, Modjeska claimed that her father was a musician named Michael Opid. While it is true that the Benda family did employ a music teacher named Michal Opid, who later stood as Helena's godfather, Opid was not the father of Jozefa Benda's two youngest children.

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