page_title: Helena Modjeska
section_title: Legacies
hierarchical_section_title: Helena Modjeska / Legacies
caption_attribution_description: Madam Modjeska at her home in Santiago Canyon
context_page_description: Helena Modjeska, whose actual Polish surname was Modrzejewska, was a renowned actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles.
context_section_description: Modjeska's home from 1888 to 1906, "Arden", is a registered National Historic Landmark.
  Named for her are:
  Modjeska Park, in Anaheim, California (33°48'53"N   117°57'8"W)
  Helene Street in Anaheim, California
  Modjeska Canyon, California (where Arden is located)
  Modjeska Falls, California, at the Glen Alpine Springs Resort
  Modjeska Peak (the north peak of Saddleback Mountain).
  Bouquet Helena Modjeska by American perfumer John Blocki of Prussian and Polish descent
  Modjeskas, a caramel-covered marshmallow confection invented in 1889 by a local candy-maker named Anton Busath (and later made by other candy-makers, including Bauer's Candies, Muth's Candies and Schimpff's Confectionery) in her honor when she visited Louisville, Kentucky.
  A street in Wrocław, which was formerly named after the German actress Agnes Sorma when the city was part of Germany as Breslau.
  Modjeska Youth Theater Company, in Milwaukee Wisconsin
  SS Helena Modjeska, a 7,000 ton US cargo steamer that ran aground on Goodwin Sands in 1946.
  Also a statue of Modjeska is located outside the Pearson Park Amphitheater in Anaheim, California.
  Modjeska was the mother of bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski and godmother to artist-author-philosopher Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (son of artist Stanisław Witkiewicz, who almost accompanied Modjeska and her family to California in 1876). She was also the aunt of artist Władysław T. Benda.
  She was godmother to American actress Ethel Barrymore.
caption: Modjeska in her garden at Arden in Modjeska Canyon, California[31]
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