Maria Wiercinska(1902-1976)
- Director
Theater director, actress. In the 1920s she performed in "Reduta", in the 1930s she was associated with theaters managed by Leon Schiller. In 1934 she gave up acting and devoted herself to recitation and teaching, incl. in the years 1935-39 she taught poetry at the Acting Department of PIST in Warsaw. During the war, she was associated with the secret PIST. After the war, she was associated with the PWST in Warsaw, incl. in the years 1956-61 she was the dean of the Acting Department. She directed radio plays and theater performances, incl. at the Polish Theater in Warsaw (1952-63).