Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova (Russian: Нина Ивановна Русланова; born 5 December 1945) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She was honored as a People's Artist of Russia (1998).[1][2]

Nina Ruslanova
Born (1945-12-05) 5 December 1945
Bogoduhov, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present

Early life

Ruslanova was orphaned at two months old in late winter 1945 in Bohodukhiv. Her surname comes from the orphanages in the Kharkiv region.[3]

Ruslanova lived in five children's homes. She graduated from college with a degree as a construction plasterer. She then entered the Kharkiv Theatre Institute, where she studied for one term.

She moved to Moscow in 1969 and graduated Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Thereafter she worked in Vakhtangov Theater, and from 1985-1988 in Mayakovsky Theatre.

She debuted in movies in 1967. Her first role was Nadezhda in Kira Muratova's film Brief Encounters.[4]

Selected filmography

References

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