Irena Solska

Karolina "Irena" Flora Solska (née Poświk; 27 October 1877 — 8 March 1958) was a Polish actress and stage director.

Solska made her debut under the name of Irena Górska, playing the title role in a production of Friedrich Halm's Count René at the Victoria Theatre in Łódź.

[3] During the German occupation of Poland, Solska was a member of Żegota ("Polish Council to Aid Jews").

[4][5] While living in Warsaw during the war, Solska helped to rescue Jews by making her apartment available as a hiding place.

[3] According to her biographer, Nataliya Yakubova, Solska was afraid of inheriting a psychological disorder from her grandmother.

Irena Solska by Leon Wyczółkowski (1899)