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Galina Jovovich is an actress and the mother of Milla Jovovich. She was very famous in Soviet Union for her roles in movies, and then gained additional popularity for being an agent of her daugther Milla Jovovich. Now she is an actress involved in several American and Russian movies.
Biography
She was born Galina Loginova in 1950 in Dnipropetrovsk,[1] Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her father was a Red Army officer, her mother was a homemaker. Her parents divorced and she was raised by a single mother. She studied acting in Dnipropetrovsk, then moved to Moscow and attended the prestigious acting school at VGIK (Soviet State Institute of Cinematography). In 1971, while still a student, she made her film debut in popular TV series 'Teni ischezayut v polden'. In 1972, Loginova graduated from VGIK as an actress, from the master-class of V. Belokurov. She worked on stage as well as in film and on television in the Soviet Union. Her most notable works were such roles as Beatrice in Mnogo shuma iz nichego (1973), a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, and as Molly in criminal drama Milliony Ferfaksa (1980).
In 1973, she left Moscow and returned to Ukraine on assignment as a staff actress with Dovzhenko Film studio in Kiev. There, in a popular Ukrainian restaurant, 'Libed', she met a Serbian medical doctor, Bogdan Jovovich, and they fell in love with each other. At that time she was interrogated by KGB officers, who threatened to destroy her career and insisted that she must quit her romance with a foreigner. However, Galina Loginova and Bogdan Jovovich were married, and on December 17 of 1975, in Kiev, Galina Loginova-Jovovich gave birth to their daughter, Milla Jovovich.
In 1980, Galina Loginova-Jovovich, together with her family, emigrated from the Soviet Union. The Soviet authorities immediately banned all films with Galina Loginova-Jovovich, so that she could hot have any income from her works made in the Soviet Union. For a few years she lived with her family in London, England, then moved to Sacramento, and eventually settled in Los Angeles, California, United States. There she invested her talent and energy in raising her daughter, Milla. During the 1980s she also worked as a housekeeper at the home of Hollywood director Brian De Palma. Eventually, Galina Loginova became the agent for her daughter, Milla Jovovich, and was instrumental in building her successful career. She also played in several Russian and American films during the 2000s.
Filmography
Galina Jovovich is playing in several Russian and American films. Most recently she played in American silent movie "Silent Life"[2] (Vlad Kozlov, Isabella Rossellini et al.), based on the life of first Hollywood sex icon Rudolph Valentino. Galina Jovovich is playing legendary Alla Nazimova. The film is expected to be released in early 2012.
Full filmography:
2012 Silent Life as Alla Nazimova (post-production)
2011 Lucky Trouble
2006 The Man of No Return as Alevtina Terpisheva (as Galina Jovovich-Loginova)
2002 The Mesmerist as Mother
1993 Prisoner of Time as Rosa
1991 The Adventures of Superboy (TV series) as Russian Officer Wish for Armageddon (1991) (as Galina Loginova)
1987 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series) as Russian Girl in Hall (as Galina Loginova)
1980 Milliony Ferfaksa as Molly Fearon (as Galina Loginova)
1974 Goluboy patrul
1973 Tovarizhch brygada
1973 Mnogo shuma iz nichego as Beatrice (as Galina Loginova)
1971 Teni ischezayut v polden (TV mini-series)