Klara Rumyanova

Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (Russian: Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929, Leningrad – 18 September 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999.

Her voice was easily recognized by generations of Soviet people from their early childhood, because she voiced numerous Russian animated films and sang countless children's songs. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union her songs have been heard even more, because of numerous releases of compact discs and tapes of children's songs from cartoons of the Soyuzmultfilm studio. She played roles in several films.

Death

Rumyanova died of breast cancer on 18 September 2004, aged 74.

Roles and titles

• Cheburashka, from Cheburashka animated film series
• Hare from Nu, pogodi! animated cartoon series (Episodes 1-18)
• Lillebror (Malysh) from the Russian animated cartoon series of the Karlsson-on-the-Roof.
• Алиса в стране чудес / Alice in Wonderland (1977) [2 vinyls]
  Musical play, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland,
  with Klara Rumyanova, Vladimir Vysotsky, V. Abdulov.
  Lyrics and music: Vladimir Vysotsky
• Romashka (Daisy) from the Russian animated cartoon Незнайка на Луне

Select filmography

• A Little Frog Is looking for His Father (1964)
• Time, Forward! (1965)
• Air Crew (1979)
• Voskresenie (1961)

External links

• Klara Rumyanova at IMDb