Stefaniya Stanyuta
Stefanija Staniuta | |
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 Postage stamp for the centenary of the birth of the actress | |
| Born | Stefania Michajłaŭna Staniuta 30 April 1905 |
| Died | 6 November 2000 (aged 95) Minsk, Belarus |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1919–2000 |
| Spouse | Alexander Kruchynski |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | People's Artist of the USSR (1988) |
Stefanija Michajłaŭna Staniuta (Belarusian: Стэфанія Міхайлаўна Станюта; 30 April 1905 – 6 November 2000) was a Belarus–Soviet theater and movie actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).[1]
Stefaniya was born on April 30, 1905 in Minsk in the family of the famous Belarusian artist Mikhail Stanyuta.[2] As a child, she happened to attend the official meeting of Tsar Nicholas II with the Belarusian people.
She studied at the parish school, then at the Minsk Women's Government Gymnasium.[3] In 1926 she graduated from the Belarusan Drama Studio under the Moscow Art Theater (class Valаncin Smyshlajaŭ and Safija Gijacyntava).[2]
Since 1932 and until the end of his life Stefanija Staniuta worked at the Janka Kupala National Academic Theatre in Minsk. In total she played about 200 roles, including in movies from 1958 onward.
Selected filmography
- 1958 – Red Leaves as episode
- 1964 – Letters to the Living as episode
- 1966 – I'm Going to Look For as episode
- 1969 – I, Francysk Skaryna as Abbess
- 1974 – Adventures in a City that does not Exist as Aunt Polly
- 1976 – The Troubled Month of Veresen as Serafima
- 1977 – About the Little Red Riding Hood as 1st evil old woman
- 1983 – Farewell as Darja
- 1983 – White Dew as Kisialikha
- 1985 – Mama, I'm Alive as Domna Fialipaŭna, a teacher in a partisan detachment
- 1985 – Do Not Marry, Girls as Granny
- 1991 – Tsar Ivan the Terrible as Onufryjeŭna
- 1995 – The Game of Imagination as Granny in a hat
- 2001 – Holiday Romance as episode
References
- ^ Biography of the actress
- ^ a b Стефания Станюта. Чтобы помнили
- ^ "Дата в истории: 112 гадоў таму ў Мінску запачаткаваная жаночая ўрадавая ґімназія". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
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