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Faina Ranevskaya

Soviet actress (1896-1984) · Russia · On the map · Actors · Died at 87

Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.

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1984Died19 July 19841983Old MastersFilm1978The Rest Is SilenceFilm, Lucy Cooper1976Order of LeninAward1968Junior and KarlsonSeries, Фрекен Бок1967Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1966New Attraction TodayFilm, Ada Konstantinovna1964An Easy LifeFilm, Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen Margot1962FuseSeries1961People's Artist of the USSRAward1960DramaFilm, Murashkina1958A Girl with GuitarFilm, Sviristinskaya1951Stalin PrizeAward1950Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1949Stalin PrizeAward1947Order of the Badge of HonourAwardPeople's Artist of the RSFSRAwardCinderellaFilm, 1947Stepmother1946The Sky Slow-MoverFilm, military doctor, professor of medicine1944WeddingFilm, Настасья Тимофеевна Жигалова (мать невесты)1943DreamFilm, Madame Rosa Skorokhodova1941How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan NikiforovichFilm, Горпина1940The BelovedFilm, Marya Ivanovna1937Merited Artist of the RSFSRAwardThe Ballad of Cossack GolotaFilm, 19371934Boule de SuifFilm, Mme. Loiseau1896Born15 August 1896

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Filmography 28

31 credits on file

Television 3

Awards

Order of Lenin1976
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1967
People's Artist of the USSR1961
Stalin Prize1951
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1950
Stalin Prize1949
Order of the Badge of Honour1947
People's Artist of the RSFSR1947
Merited Artist of the RSFSR1937
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1984 · aged 87