Lyubov Orlova
Lubov Petrovna Orlova, (; -
January 26,
1975) was the first recognized star of
Soviet cinema, famous theater actor and a gifted singer.
She was born to a middle class family in
Zvenigorod near
Moscow and grew up in
Yaroslavl. When she was seven,
Fyodor Shalyapin predicted her future as a famous actor.
Orlova did not graduate from the
Moscow Conservatory because she had to make money for her parents. Her first husband, a Soviet economist Andrei Berzin, was arrested in
1930, however this did not reflect on her successful career.
Orlova's performance in a very popular 1934 comedy,
Jolly Fellows, earned the young star the sympathy of
Stalin and the title "Honorable actor of
RSFSR". Soon she married the movie director,
Grigori Aleksandrov.
In the next years, she starred in four popular movies that also became instant Soviet classics:
Circus (1936),
Volga-Volga (1938),
Bright Path (1940), and
Spring (1947). In
1950, she was the first woman to receive the title of the
People's Artist of the USSR exclusively for her cinematic works. After that, she switched to playing in theater productions of
Yuri Zavadsky's company.
*Петербургская ночь (Petersburg Night, 1933)
*'еселые ребята (
Jolly Fellows), 1934)
*Цирк (
Circus, 1936)
*'олга-'олга (
Volga-Volga, 1938)
*Светлый путь (Shining Path, 1939?)
*'есна (Springtime, 1946) (Special award for female role,
Venice Film Festival)
*'стреча на Эльбе (Meeting on Elba, 1950)
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Site-Museum of Lubov Orlova*
"Ее советское сиятельство",
("Her Soviet Serenity") an article in
Kommersant-Money.
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Photogallery, biography*
Site-Museum of Lubov Orlova
