Nepomucena Kostecka

Nepomucena Kostecka
Born	Nepomucena Żółkowski 24 November 1807 Warsaw, Poland
Died	10 March 1847 Poland
Spouse	Thomas Kosteckim

Nepomucena Kostecka, née Żółkowska (24 November 1807 - 10 March 1847) was a Polish stage actress. She belonged to the more noted artists on the Polish stage of her time.

Nepomucena Kostecka was the daughter of the comedian actor Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski (1777–1822) and the half sibling of the actor Alojzy Gonzaga Jazon Żółkowski and sister of the actors brothers Luigi and Lucian Żółkowscy. She debuted on September 20, 1829, and was active until a month before her death, 5 February 1847, when she played the part of a Jew in Rejci Station postal Hulczy. She performed in both Warshaw and Krakow.

She married the actor Thomas Kosteckim (occurring mainly in the chorus of the Warsaw Government Theatre) and had five children. According to the critic John Jasinski Tomasz Seweryn, she was an outstanding character actor, outstanding in higher comedy and free of exaggeration.

References

• Stanisław Szenic, Cmentarz Powązkowski 1790-1850. Zmarli i ich rodziny, Warszawa 1979

Sources

• This page is a translation of its Polish equivalent.

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Name	Kostecka, Nepomucena
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Date of birth	24 November 1807
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Date of death	10 March 1847
Place of death	Poland