Graduated from the Kazan Theatre School.

From 1989 to 2005, actress Satirikon

theatrical works

* Jacques and his master (E. Nevezhina) – Justine (Satyricon)

The Threepenny Opera * (V. Mashkov) (Satyricon)

* The Thief of Bagdad (AA Gorban) (Satyricon)

* Extremadura killer (I. Voytulevich) – Doña Veneranda (Satyricon)

There are currently engaged in the play "witch", directed by Edward Radzyukevicha (http://www.lateatr.ru/Poster.htm).

Prior to her marriage – Levchenko.

Her father – Vasily A. Levchenko, graduated from the Department of Philology of Moscow University and arrived in Poltava work as a teacher.

Mother – Ekaterina SLEPTSOVA was a graduate of Alexander – the Mariinsky Institute for young ladies.

Vera was two years old when his family moved to Moscow. In 1903, when she was ten years old, she was learning in a private school Perepelkin. Soon, Vera, in spite of huge competition, entered the ballet school, but was quite full, and my mother called her "Poltava dumpling. But after a year, her parents took her out of school.

At a ball on the occasion of graduating from high school, Vera met with the student – as a lawyer Vladimir Cold. Several months later they got married in friendly disapproval of both families. Two years later the family our daughter was born Eugene (born 1912). A year later the family adopt a girl Nonna. The family lived very modestly, but, fortunately, there is a new popular and inexpensive entertainment – motion picture. Faith they are very interested and she wanted to try to force it.

In 1914 in film.

The first (casual) role – adaptation of "Anna Karenina" directed by Vladimir Gardin.

In 1915 he starred in Eugene Bauer in the movie "Song of Triumphant Love", where she played Helen. This role brought the actress widely known.

Last year she starred in Khanzhonkov in 13 films. She had to support his family, because husband was at the front.

In August 1915, Vera went to the front – in the hospital, nurse a wounded husband. Vladimir went on the mend and they returned to Moscow. A few days later, Vera immediately went to the shooting in Sochi, and in mid-October, her husband, even after recovering from injury, asked back to the front.

For four years cinematographic life Vera Cold starred in 35 films from directors: E. Bauer, P. Chardynin, V. Viskovskogo, C. Sabinsky. She was called the queen of the screen. She became a trendsetter.

In 1917, the screen went out one of her best films – "By the fireplace. This film had exceptional success with the public (under the Soviet regime it was destroyed, like hundreds of other popular pre-revolutionary films).

In 1917 Vera appeared in 11 films.

She offered many times to leave Russia. She was popular abroad. Her movies were in Europe, America, Turkey and even in Japan. She was offered a contract for 10 years in Germany, she was called in France. But it all offers refused. She said that her place in Russia.

At the end of the summer of 1918, the actress arrived in Odessa on dosemki movie "Princess Tarakanov" together with the eldest daughter, Zhenya. But the crew of the – for the intervention had to stay in Odessa for six months. February 8, 1919, Vera became ill with "immortal" – a special form of influenza, which was complicated by pneumonia. She was ill for nine days. February 17, 1919 it was gone.

Vladimir Cold lived without his wife just two months. He is not sick, but just quietly faded – of a broken heart. " Soon died and his mother Vera, and orphaned daughters of actress relatives taken abroad, where they disappear.

Embalmed body of the actress that as soon as possible, as soon as the Allied troops will leave Odessa, transported to Moscow. The coffin with the body of an actress locked in a chapel on the first Christian cemetery in Odessa … and remembered it only in 1931, when the cemetery was decided to transform the Park of Culture. Remains of an actress, as reported by her relatives, were sent to Moscow … but along the way lost.

During his career, actress starred, according to various testimonies, or forty, or eighty films. Because of her roles have reached us only five.

Lit.: Bogdanov-Berezovsky, VM, Vaganova, Moscow – Leningrad, 1950; Vaganova. Articles. Memoirs. Materials. (Collection), Moscow – Leningrad, 1958.

Plisetskaya, Maya Mikhailovna (11/20/1925), Soviet ballet dancer, national artist of USSR (1959).

In 1943 he graduated from the Moscow Ballet School (teachers Gerdt, Mikhail Leontiev), and was admitted to the Bolshoi Theater.

The first major party – Masha ("The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, 1944). In plastic Plisetskaya dance art reaches a high harmony ("The Dying Swan" to music by Camille Saint-Saens, and others), she found new ways of interpreting the music of Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Bizet.

Artistic individuality Plisetskaya close and lyrical, and the heroic roles: Odette-Odile ("Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky), Mistress of Copper Mountain ("The Stone Flower" by Prokofiev), Raymonda (Raymonda Glazunov), Kitri (Don Quixote "by Minkus) Aurora ("Sleeping Beauty" by Tchaikovsky), Carmen ("Carmen Suite" to music by Bizet – Shchedrin), Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina "Shchedrin), etc.

In the dance of Maya Plisetskaya combines the best traditions of Russian culture and innovative choreographic aspirations of the Soviet choreographers. In 1972, together with NI Ryzhenko and VV Smirnov-Golovanov put ballet "Anna Karenina" (by Leo Tolstoy) at the Bolshoi.

She has toured the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Canada and other countries. Lenin Prize (1964). She was awarded the Order of Lenin and medals.

Lit.: Roslavlev N., Maya Plisetskaya, M., 1968.

After the October Revolution Davydov – People's Artist of the Republic, whose work, always cheerful and vigorous, highly regarded new audience. And the name Davydova, went down in history as the great phenomenon of Russian art, a bridge connecting the modern theatrics culture with the pioneer and founder of this culture – the great Shchepkin.

Born in Leningrad. " Graduated from the Actors Studio in Leningrad Youth Theatre (1960, workshop Makarieva L.). In 1957-1970 – the actress Leningrad Youth Theatre, in 1970-1976 – Theatre of Comedy. Akimov, 1976 – Actress Leningrad BDT them. Gorky. People's Artist of Russia (1993). There are currently engaged in the play "Rumors" directed by Vadim Dubrovyts'kyi and "Paris-awake" directed by Tatiana Ahramkovoy (avtor. Jean-Marie Chevry) (http://www.lateatr.ru/Poster.htm).

In 1901 she graduated from drama courses at the Moscow Theatre School, class of AP Lenski and joined the troupe of the Maly Theatre.

The first big role (in a box "Dead Souls" by Gogol) played on the stage of the New Theatre (Minor Branch). The basic repertoire of assalitinovoy were typical of the role of old women in the plays of Ostrovsky, Gogol.

In 1919-20 actress State Demonstration Theatre. In 1922, again at the Maly Theatre, where she created her best work: Nenfla Sidorovna ("In a strange feast hangover Ostrovsky), Khlestov (" Woe from Wit "Griboyedov) Demidevna (" Invasion "Leonov), and returned to the roles previously played Manefa and Kukushkina ("Every Wise Man Stumbles", "Lucrative" Ostrovsky), etc.

Embodying the realist tradition of the Maly Theatre, Massalitinova able to combine deep psychology, truthful, based on keen observations of life, with vivid expressiveness of the external image of the image. She searched for the role of each individual speech characteristic.

Courage and strength of a satirical depiction of the actress raised art to the deep social generalizations. In 1918 he starred in the movies.

Bright life-affirming nature of the grandmother Akulina Ivanovna created in the films "Gorky's Childhood" and "In humans" (1938, 1939, the USSR State Prize, 1941).

She was awarded two medals.

Lit.: V. Afanasiev, VO Massalitinova, MA, 1951; M. Ilyin, V. Massalitinova, in the book.: Actors of Soviet cinema, in. 6, AL, 1970.

His father, apparently, was the ushers. Sosnitsky was given a theatrical school 6 years old and already the age of 13 appeared on the big stage in the drama Kryukovsky "Pozharskii." The greatest part in the stage career took Sosnitsky Prince Shakhovskoy, when in 1811 arranged a so-called, a young troupe, which Sosnitsky and was released the same year.

The first big success was the play Sosnitsky Shakhovsky: "Lipetsk water or flirt a lesson. Since almost all the roles and rakes vertoprahov moved to Sosnitsky, many authors have even specially translated for him from the French play to the roles of its line (incidentally, Griboedov comedy in verse "newlyweds").

But gradually the role of its becoming more colorful. Preeminent polozhenie Sosnitsky acquires the appearance on the stage "Woe from Wit" and "Inspector. In "Woe from Wit (1829) Sosnitsky played and Chatsky and Zagoretskogo and Repetilova; latest role – one of the best works of artist – remained behind him for a lifetime.

In the "Inspector" (1836) Sosnitsky created the role of mayor is quite satisfied with the author. Mainly, however, had to create their Sosnitsky types in vaudeville, then substituted for a light comedy, in drama puppeteer and field, and rarely in the classical plays in translation ("Tartuffe", Polonius – in "Hamlet," Arnolfo – a "School of Women" , Wurm – in "Intrigue and Love").

Theatre Ostrovsky Sosnitsky little appreciated and even rebelled against him. Octrovsky appeared when Sosnitsky was already the sixth decade and the artist was bypassed in these plays. However, he did not want to recognize his old age and in letters a close friend of many complains that he did not give new roles. The new Russian repertory Sosnitsky, there are still managed in a bikini during a typical person (in plays by Potekhin – "Tinsel" and "blame"; N. Potekhina – "Share-hill", Palma – "The Benefactor" Ustryalov – "The Gap", Mann – "Web" and others). The latter played his role was in the comedy Minaeva "Liberal"). Belinsky was not immediately appreciated Sosnitsky, during his arrival in Moscow, he even wrote a rather venomous article Heading Sosnitsky her name and speaking about it a lot about other actors, but not a word about Sosnitsky.

Subsequently, in St. Petersburg, Belinsky gave rightly Sosnitsky and wrote about him: "Sosnitsky superb, can not ask for more renunciation of personality – it is a rebirth of the protean. This is his superiority over Shchepkin. Sosnitsky was also an excellent teacher of dramatic art. He totally owes his career to the famous Barbara Asenkova sisters Samoilovs etc.

In 1861, solemnly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary Sosnitsky and in 1871 – sixty years. In private life Sosnitsky different good-natured character. Wife of actor Sosnitsky, Helen Y., daughter of singer Vorobyov – was very handsome, appeared on the scene in 1814, first in the opera "Ivan Susanin" (the role of Alyosha), Shakhovsky and Cavos.

Subsequently, different artistic development of thin comic roles. One of the best roles Sosnitsky – the role of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro. " Over the years the artist gradually changed its role, performing consistently with the same design and the success of their roles.

In his later years one of the brilliant creations was her performance as Kaurovoy, in Turgenev's comedy "Breakfast with the leader. She died in 1855, a victim of his jealous attitude to his stage work, not wanting to cede the role Lanskoy, she played a patient and the illness intensified.