Alisa Freindlich
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| Born | Alisa Brunovna Freindlich 8 December 1934 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Children | Varvara Vladimirova |
| Parents | Bruno Freindlich, Ksenia Fedorova |
| Awards |  (1994) |
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich[1] (Russian: Али́са Бру́новна Фре́йндлих, born 8 December 1934, Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress, People's Artist of the Soviet Union.
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[edit] Biography
Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the Soviet Union. She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a century.[2] She worked in the Lensovet Theatre from 1961 but had to leave it following her divorce with the theatre's director in 1982. Thereupon Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to join his company, Bolshoi Drama Theater in which she works to this day.
Although Freindlich put a premium on her stage career, she starred in several notable movies, including Eldar Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy Office Romance (1977), the long-banned epic Agony (1975) and Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker (1979). Another notable role was the Queen Anne of Austria in the Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its later Russian sequels Musketeers 20 Years Later (1992) and The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later (1993).
On her 70th birthday, Freindlich's flat was visited by Vladimir Putin, who presented her with one of the top decorations of the Russian Federation. She was honored with a Nika Award for Best Actress in 2005.
[edit] Filmography
- Adventures of a Dentist (1965)
- The Secret of the Iron Door (1970)
- Blue Puppy (voice) (1976)
- Office Romance (1977)
- Agony (1975/1984)
- Stalker (1979)
- D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978)
- A Cruel Romance (1984)
- A Simple Death (1985)
- Musketeers 20 Years Later (1992)
- The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later (1993)
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[edit] Honours and awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1965)
- People's Artist of RSFSR (1971)
- RSFSR State Prize of the Stanislavsky (1976) - for the performance of roles Shchegoleva, Kovaleva, Kid plays in "The Man from", "Kovalev of the province," IH Butler, "The Kid and Carlson," by A. Lindgren
- People's Artist of Soviet Union (1981)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1986)
- Order of Friendship (17 December 1994) - for services to the people associated with the development of Russian statehood, the achievements in labour, science, culture, arts, strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations
- Nika Award for Best Supporting Actress (movie "Moscow Nights", dir. Valeri Todorovski; 1994)
- Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Art in 1995 (27 May 1996) - for the outstanding performance of roles of the classical repertoire
- Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Art in 2000 (6 June 2001) - for the performance of the Russian State Academic Bolshoi Drama Theatre Tovstonogov "Arcadia" play by Tom Stoppard
- Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg (2001)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class (13 February 2004) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art
- Nika Award for Best Actress (movie "In the Upper Maslovka", dir. Konstantin Khudyakov; 2005)
- "Golden Mask" Award for best dramatic actress ("Oscar and the Pink Lady", Theatre Lensovet; 2006)
- Russian Federation State Prize, 2007 (19 May 2008) - for creating artistic images that have become classics of domestic theatrical art and film
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (5 February 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of fruitful activity
- Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (8 December 2010)
- Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
[edit] References
- ^ From German Freundlich, friendly in English.
- ^ "My mother is Russian, father is German. Our roots in Saint Petersburg are very old. My ancestors were brought there by Catherine II" (in Russian). ab-freindlih.narod.ru. http://ab-freindlih.narod.ru/litva.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
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- Honored Artists of RSFSR
- People's Artists of Russia
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- Recipients of the Order of Friendship
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