Vera Kuzmina
Vera Kuzmina | |
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| Born | Vera Kuzminichna Kuzmina 22 October 2021 |
| Died | 22 October 2021 (aged 97) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, reader |
| Years active | 1947–2021 |
| Other political affiliations | Awards: People's Artist of the USSR (1980), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1975), Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1968), Honored Artist of the Chuvash ASSR (1958), The State Prize of the Chuvash ASSR named after K. V. Ivanov (1991), Honorary Citizen of the Chuvash Republic (2003) |
Vera Kuzminichna Kuzmina (November 16, 1923, Yanshikhovo-Norvashi, Yantikovsky District, Chuvash ASSR, RSFSR — Shupashkar, Chuvash Republic, Russian Federation) was a Soviet and Russian/Chuvash theater actress, master of artistic expression (reader). People's Artist of the USSR (1980). Laureate of the State Prize of the Chuvash ASSR named after K. V. Ivanov (1991) and the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask" (2018). Honorary Citizen of the Chuvash Republic (2003).
Biography
Vera Kuzmina was born on November 16, 1923 in the village of Yanshikhovo-Norvashi (now in the Yantikovsky District, Chuvashia, Russia).
During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1943) she worked near Smolensk, in the Moscow region on logging.
Graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS) in Moscow. The first teacher was the actor of the Moscow Art Theater M. M. Tarkhanov.
Since 1947, she served at the Chuvash Academic Drama Theater named after K. V. Ivanov in Cheboksary, was a leading actress of the theater.
She has played more than 100 roles on stage. For more than 60 years of work in the theater, she embodied images of Russian and foreign classics, as well as works of national Chuvash literature and drama on the Chuvash stage. Among the female roles, the images of mothers stand out in the performances: "Black Bread" by N. F. Ilbekov, "Bloody Wedding" by F. Garcia Lorca, "Siberian Division" and "The Cuckoo Cooks Everything" by N. T. Terentyev, "Narspi" by K. V. Ivanov, "Aidar" by P. N. Osipov, "Blackberries along the Fence" by B. B. Chindykov and many others.
She worked on the radio: she read poems, short stories and novellas. Participated in radio and television productions. Her artistic reading is an example of Chuvash stage speech. Since 1952, she has participated in dubbing more than 300 films into the Chuvash language. She was for a number of years the chairman of the Chuvash branch of the Soviet Cultural Foundation.
In 1994, a documentary film "The Cycle of Time" was shot about the work of the actress according to the script by V. N. Alekseev ("Chuvashcinema" and the Kazan Newsreel Studio)[1].
She died on October 22, 2021 in Shupashkar at the age of 98 after a serious long-term illness[2].
Family
- Husband - Pyotr Khuzangai (1907-1970), Chuvash poet, people's poet of the Chuvash ASSR (1950).
- Son - Atner Khuzangai (born 1948), philologist, literary critic, professor of the I. N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University.
- Daughter - Salambi, lives in St. Petersburg.
References
- ^ Олег Усков (2021-10-22). "Умерла народная артистка СССР Вера Кузьмина". Российская газета.
- ^ Олег Усков (2021-10-22). "Умерла народная артистка СССР Вера Кузьмина". rg.ru (in Russian). Российская газета. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
External links
- Биография на сайте Чувашского ГАДТ им. Иванова
- Вера Кузьмина: Люблю путешествия и детективы// Советская Чувашия. 20.11.2008
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