Nina Sazonova
Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (Нина Афанасьевна Сазонова; 1916 - 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet Army Theatre in Moscow.
The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey Popov's theatre school at the age of 17.[1] Popov went on to direct her in a number of productions at the Soviet Army Theatre. In the 1960s, she appeared in supporting roles in a slew of Soviet films and gained wider renown for her portrayal of a World War II survivor in the 1965 melodrama Womenfolk. Sazonova was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1987.[2]
Her later years were plagued by a series of horrible incidents, such as being severely beaten by her drunken son who proceeded to jump 11 stories out of an apartment window to his death.[3]
Selected filmography
- A Simple Story (1960)
- Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)
- Zigzag of Success (1968)
References
- ^ Старосельская Н. Нина Сазонова // Звёзды театра Российской Армии / Под ред. Б. М. Поюровского. — М.: АСТ-ПРЕСС КНИГА, 2002. — 304 с. — (Выдающиеся мастера. Театр). — ISBN 5-7805-0948-4
- ^ Сазонова, Нина Афанасьевна in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Izvestia.ru