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Last appeared on stage in 2011 at the age of 98.

Known as the 'Great Dame of Polish Theatre'.

At the age of 88, Nina Andrycz made her debut as a poetess, publishing three volumes of verse as well as an autobiography and memoirs, for which she received the literary award of the city of Warsaw.

From 1934 until 2004 she was part of the Polski Theatre in Warsaw and was also a star of the Polish Radio Theatre and TVP Theatre.

She studied law at the Wilno University.

Nina Andrycz was awarded with the Golden Cross of Merit state honour as well as the Gloria Artis Golden Cross.

Nina Andrycz rose to fame with outstanding performances as Maria Stewart, Lady Macbeth and Queen Elizabeth.

She was childless by choice. She claimed she had no maternal instinct and refused to bear a child even after her mother assured her that she would raise her child.

In 1996, a documentary about Nina Andrycz was made.

From 1947 to 1968 Andrycz was married to Jozef Cyrankieicz, the five time prime minister of communist Poland.

In the post-war period, she was a student of the Polish anthroposophist and mystic Robert Walter from Komorów, under whose guidance she explored esotericism.

During World War II, she was a waitress.

In her will, the actress donated her money to the foundation of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. With this money, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity bought a first-class densitometer, a device for measuring bone density.

She was an actress of the Warsaw Polish Theater (from 1935 to 2004 - with a break in the years 1939-1945).

She died in the morning after a three-week stay in a Powisle hospital in Warsaw due to circulatory and respiratory problems on Friday, January 31, 2014 at the age of 101. A letter of condolence was read on behalf of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski. The funeral was Catholic in accordance with the wishes of the actress.