Biography Vera Vasilyeva – RIA Novosti

Faith Kuzminichna Vasiliev was born September 30, 1925 in Moscow in a working class family.

In 1948, she graduated from the Moscow Municipal Theater School.

Since 1948, Vera Vasilyeva runs the troupe of satire .

In the theater, she played more than 40 roles. Among them – Lisa in a production of “The Lion Gurych Sinichkin” Alexei Bondi by Dmitry Lensky (1948), Olga in “wedding dowry” Nikolai Dyakonov (1950), Ying-Ying “Spilt bowl” Wang Shi Fu (1952), The Queen “Noises” Tamara Gabbe (1959), Vyshnevskaya in “A Profitable Post” by Alexander Ostrovsky (1967), Countess Almaviva in “Mad day or The Marriage of Figaro” by Beaumarchais (1968), Agnes P. in “Eighteenth camel” Samuel Aleshin (1983 ), Anne of Austria in the “Youth of Louis XIV” by Alexandre Dumas (1992) Esther “sacred monsters” of Jean Cocteau (1996), Camellia in “Requiem for Radames’ Aldo Nicolai (2012).

In the current the repertory actress is busy in the performances of “Fatal Attraction” (Irma Garland), “Talents and Admirers” (Domna Panteleevna), “Moliere” (Madeleine), “Ornifl” (The Countess).

In 2015, the Faith Vasilyeva played in a production of “The concert team welcome you glad”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory.

Vera Vasilyeva also performed leading roles in productions of “Jenny Gerhard” Bryansk Drama Theatre (1953), “The Cherry Orchard” Tver Dramatic Theatre (1984), “Guilty Without Guilt” Orlovsky Drama Theatre (1990), “Assembly” (1996) and “Bliss” (1997), the Moscow New Drama Theatre, and others.

In the Maly Theatre She starred in a production of “The Queen of Spades” at the Theater “Modern” – in the play “One day in Paris”.

Popularly known actress brought the cinema. In the movie, she made her debut in the role of a student rigger in the film Konstantin Yudin “Twins” (1945), and next the role of Anastasia in Ivan Pyreva musical comedy “The Tale of the Siberian Land” (1948) made Vasilyev celebrity. For this work, the actress was awarded the Stalin Prize.

Vera Vasilyeva filmography includes more than 30 paintings. Among the films with her participation can highlight hugely “wedding dowry” (1953), where a partner actress was Vladimir Ushakov, who later became her husband.

Vasilyeva played in the comedy “Star Screen” (1974) drama “Minors” (1976), a musical comedy by Tatiana Lioznova “Carnival” (1981), melodrama Vitaly Melnikov “Marry a Captain” (1985), “The investigation leading experts. Ten years later” (2002) and others.

In recent years, the actress sang the role in the series “All mixed up in the house …” (2002), “Matchmaker” (2007), “I Believe” (2012), “While the Fern Blooms” (2012), “hick” ( 2014).

Vera Vasilyeva voiced cartoons “first violin” (1958), “Umka looking for a friend” (1970), “The Wizard of Oz” (1974), “Two maple” (1977), The Adventures of Wasi Kurolesov “(1981) and others.

In 2015, the premiere of the adventure of the animated film” Extraordinary Voyages Seraphim “, where the actress voiced one of the characters.

Vera Vasilyeva – People’s Artist of the USSR ( 1986), winner of the Stalin Prize of the USSR (1948, 1951). She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Russian Order “For Services to the Fatherland” IV degree (2000) and III (2010).

In 1996, the actress was awarded the prize “Crystal Turandot” in 2003 – Award “Idol”.

In 2010, Vera Vasilyeva won the national prize “Golden Mask” in the nomination “For the honor and dignity”, in 2014 – the award named after Andrei Mironov “Figaro”.

The actress was more than 50 years married to Honored Artist of the RSFSR Vladimir Ushakov (1920-2011), who in 1952 served in the Satire Theater.

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