Tatyana Shmyga
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Tatyana Ivanovna Shmyga (Russian: Татьяна Ивановна Шмыга; born 31 December 1928 – died 3 February 2011) was a Soviet and Russian operetta/musical theatre performer. She went on to act in films as well. She was a People's Artist of the USSR (1978).[1]
Moscow-born Shmyga graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatrical Arts, where she studied voice under Dora Borisovn Beliavskaia and acting under Joseph Mikhailovich Tumanov, later becoming a soloist with the Moscow Operetta Theater the same year. She began acting in films in 1962, notably appearing in Eldar Ryazanov's The Hussar Ballad.[2]
Awards
Shmyga remains the only musical theatre actress to date to receive the title of People's Artist of the USSR. She also received the M.I. Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR in 1974, the Order of the Badge of Honor and several other medals.[2]
Personal life
She was married three times:
- television journalist Rudolf Borecki[3]
- musical director Vladimir Kandelaki[3]
- composer Anatoly Kremer[4]
Death
Shmyga died in Moscow, aged 82, from vascular disease[1][5].
References
- ^ a b Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies", lenta.ru, 3 February 2011; accessed 2 June 2017.Template:Ru icon
- ^ a b Profile, encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com; accessed 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b Прекрасная леди российской оперетты Archived 2014-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Интервью Татьяны Шмыги и Анатолия Кремера на радиостанции Эхо Москвы 17 января 1999 года
- ^ Татьяна Шмыга борется с тяжёлым недугом
External links
- Страница Татьяны Шмыги на сайте Московского театра оперетты
- Фотогалерея Татьяны Шмыги на сайте «Мастера музыкального театра»
- 1928 births
- 2011 deaths
- Actresses from Moscow
- Russian film actresses
- Russian female singers
- Soviet female singers
- Soviet film actresses
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Singers from Moscow
- 20th-century women singers
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni
- Russian singer stubs