Galina Volchek
Galina Volchek | |
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 Volchek in 2013 | |
| Born | Galina Borisovna Volchek 19 December 1933 |
| Died | 26 December 2019 (aged 86) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, theater director |
| Years active | 1956–2019 |
| Awards | USSR State Prize People's Artist of the USSR Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (full cavalier) |
Galina Borisovna Volchek (Russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; December 19, 1933 – December 26, 2019) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film director, actress and teacher.[1][2]
Biography
Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris Volchek. After finishing the Moscow Art Theatre School (1955, Karev course) she co-founded the Sovremennik Theatre, together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. Since 1972 she was the chief director of the theater, and since 1989 its artistic director. Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.[1][2]
She was repeatedly invited to productions in theaters in Germany, Finland, Ireland, the US, Hungary, Poland and other countries. She was engaged many times in theater pedagogy activities abroad.[2]
Volchek was elected a deputy into the State Duma in 1995, where she became a member of the Committee on Culture. In 1999, Volchek left the parliament.[1][2]
On December 26, 2019, Volchek died in Moscow from pneumonia, one week after her 86th birthday.[3]
Personal life
Galina Volchek said: I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy.[4] She was married twice:
- First husband: Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The marriage lasted for 9 years, after she initiated divorce proceedings.
- The son Denis Yevstigneyev (born 1961), filmmaker.
- Second husband: a doctor of technical sciences, professor of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Mark Abelev, winner of the State Prize of the Soviet Union. Also divorced.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Don Quixote | Maritornes | |
| 1963 | Greshnyy angel | Afrodita | |
| 1966 | The Bridge Is Built | Young Girl | |
| 1966 | Children of Don Quixote | ||
| 1966 | Beware of the Car | Customer | |
| 1968 | Parviyat kurier | Tyotya Nyusa | |
| 1969 | Svoy | ||
| 1970 | King Lear | Regan | |
| 1970 | Moya sudba | ||
| 1976 | Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya | madam Renesans / aktrisa-khalturshchitsa | |
| 1976 | The Little Mermaid | Inn Hostess - Witch | |
| 1977 | About the Little Red Riding Hood | Mother Wolf | TV movie |
| 1979 | Autumn Marathon | Varvara Nikitichna | |
| 1983 | Unikum | ||
| 1985 | Tevye the Dairyman | Golda | TV Mini-Series |
Honours and awards
- USSR State Prize (1967)[1][2]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1989)[1][2]
- Full cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"[5][6][7][8]
- Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017)[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Волчек Галина Борисовна". Кто есть кто в культуре [Who is who in culture] (in Russian). Яндекс.Словари [yandex.ru]. Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Биография. Волчек Галина Борисовна [Biography]" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "Галина Волчек скончалась на 87-м году жизни". IZ. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Бабье лето | Женские истории". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 апреля 1996 г. № 556 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени Волчек Г. Б.»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 декабря 2003 г. № 1494 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ II степени Волчек Г. Б.»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 декабря 2008 г. № 1789 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени Волчек Г. Б.»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 2013 г. № 929 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 апреля 2017 года № 182 «О присвоении звания Героя Труда Российской Федерации
External links
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1933 births
- 2019 deaths
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
- Soviet film actresses
- Russian film actresses
- Soviet theatre directors
- Russian and Soviet theatre directors
- Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- 20th-century Russian actresses
- 20th-century Russian politicians
- 20th-century women politicians
- Deaths from pneumonia