Stanisława Umińska

Female, Deceased Person

1901 – 1977

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Who was Stanisława Umińska?

Stanisława Umińska was a Polish theatre actress.

In early 1920s she was considered one of the rising stars of the Polish theatre, but in 1924 in Paris, France, she shot dead her dying fiance, Jan Żyznowski, upon his request as an act of euthanasia. Set free by the French court, she became a nurse and a nun in Poland.

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Born
1901
Died
1977

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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