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Olga Pyzhova

Russian and Soviet actress (1894-1972) · Russia · On the map · Actors · Died at 77

Olga Ivanovna Pyzhova was a Russian stage actress, director, and teacher. She spent her early years with the Moscow Art Theatre before moving to the Revolution Theatre in 1928.

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1972Died7 November 19721953Alyosha Ptitsyn Develops CharacterFilm, Alyosha's grandma1937The Lonely White SailFilm, Madame StorozhenkoWithout DowryFilm, 1937Kharita Ignatiyevna Ogudalova1894Born18 November 1894

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Stalin Prize
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Stalin Prize, 3rd degree

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She taught and directed at several schools and theatres, including Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS), All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Moscow Central Children's Theater, and Auezov Theater. Her awards included Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947), People's Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1949), the People's Artist of the Tajik SSR (1964), and a Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", as well as a State Stalin Prize in the third degree for her and her husband's production of Sergey Mikhalkov's play I Want to Go Home.

Country
Russia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1972 · aged 77

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