Olga Prokofieva is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia (2001). She graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). Since 1985 she has been working as the theater and film actress.
Pretty girl was born on June 20, 1963 in Odintsovo, Moscow Region. She lived with her mother and older sister Larissa. In her childhood the girl dreamed of becoming an actress or a ballerina. But her passion for the theater was stronger.
After graduating from school, Olga tried to enter theater college, but failed. She got a job as an accountant at the television and was preparing for next entrance exams. Vladimir Gusinsky helped the girl to enter GITIS.
They met again only after her graduation in 1985 and fell in love with each other. So, they lived together for four years.
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Lyudmila Tselikovskaya was a Soviet film and theater actress, People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1963). She became extremely popular in the 1940s, after her roles in the musical comedies of wartime: Anton Ivanovich is Angry, Twins, Hearts of Four, and Air Trooper.
Pretty Lyudmila was born on September 8, 1919 in Astrakhan into the family of Honored Artist Vasily Tselikovsky and opera singer Ekaterina Lukinichna.
In 1925 the family moved to Moscow on the advice of doctors, as Lyudmila was a sickly child and endured heavy Astrakhan climate. Since her childhood Lyudmila was fascinated by the theater.
In 1937 she entered the Shchukin Theatre School. As a student Lyudmila debuted in the play The Servant of Two Masters at the Vakhtangov Theater. A year later, in 1938, Tselikovskaya made her film debut in the role of pioneer Valay in the film Young Captains. In the same year, she fell in love with her classmate Yuri Alexeev-Meskhiev and they got married.
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Lyubov Orlova – Solitude of the star
She was loved by everyone – from an almighty leader to the simple farmer. Bright beauty and shiny smile of the first Soviet cinema star forced millions of men to dream of love and happiness.
Famous theater and film actress Lyubov Orlova was born on 29 January 1902, in Zvenigorod, Moscow region. She was born to a family of Russian nobles and grew up in Yaroslavl. When she was seven, Fyodor Shalyapin predicted: “You will see this girl will be a great actress!”
In 1919 Orlova entered the Moscow Conservatory and after graduation she attended the ballet school. However, she wanted to be an actress, theater at that time was much more popular than the “bourgeois” classical music.
Later, in 1926, the budding actress was admitted to the Moscow Art Theater, where she met a prominent party member, deputy Commissar of Agriculture Andrei Berzin. After a while they got married. But marital bliss was short-lived – Andrei was arrested as a member of the opposition party. Immediately after the arrest of her husband Luba divorced him. She was not going to be “just a wife”.
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Natalia Kustinskaya was a Soviet film and theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). To tell the truth, she was one of the acknowledged beauties of Soviet cinema. The actress became famous after the release of the film Three Plus Two, where she played together with Andrei Mironov, Yevgeny Zharikov and Natalia Fateeva.
Kustinskaya was called Russian Brigitte Bardot.
Pretty girl was born on April 5, 1938 in Moscow. She graduated from music school and the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1961). The actress made her film debut in 1959. You know, she played the role of Marusia in the film Gloomy Morning directed by Grigory Roshal.
By the way, Kustinskaya starred in more than 20 films, including the hit comedy Three Plus Two (1963), Ivan Vasilievich (1973) and TV series Eternal Call (1973-1983), based on the novel by Anatoly Ivanov.
French magazine Candide included Kustinskaya in the top ten most beautiful actresses of the world in 1960.
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Nastasiya Samburskaya is a Russian film and theater actress, singer, TV presenter.
Pretty girl was born on March 1, 1987 in Priozersk, Leningrad. After graduating from school she left for the city of Engels (Saratov region) and began to study to be a hairdresser. In the theater she created theatrical props and worked as a taxi dispatcher.
While studying in the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) she worked in the casino Shangrila where she met famous poker player Sergei Rybachenko. They were together for two years.
In 2010 Nastasiya graduated from the University and was invited to join Malaya Bronnaya Theater troupe.
For the first time she appeared in the series Yesenin. But the career of the film actress began in 2008, when she was invited to the melodramatic series The Wedding Ring. Later, in 2009, she starred in the episodic role in the series Detectives. And in 2011 she played the role of the injured citizen Anastasia in the TV series Amazon.
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Evgeniya Khirivskaya is a Russian theater and film actress.
Pretty girl was born on September 3, 1981 in Moscow. Little girl was named after her grandfather Evgeny Abramovich Krein, who was a famous journalist. Surname Brik the actress took as a stage name in honor of her great-grandmother Sophia Brik. The girl graduated from the music school.
By the way, Evgeniya worked as a fashion model in the country’s Fashion House Apparel at Kuznetsky Most.
The first films in which you can see the young actress are Interesting Men and Northern Lights, both released in 2001. But as for many of her colleagues, the launch pad for the actress became popular series Turkish March and Kamenskaya.
In 2003, the girl played the role of Lyalya in the film Podmoskovnaya Elegy and for this role she received the Prize for the best acting debut. After that, in 2004, Evgeniya Brik took part in a good but underrated series Men Do not Cry.
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Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet-Russian, Ukrainian and Moldavian pop singer-songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress and fashion icon. She is often called the Queen of Pop. For the strength of voice Sofia was called Nightingale from Bukovina.
Actually, she was the first female pop singer in history to receive the award People’s Artist of the USSR in 1986.
Beautiful girl was born on August 7, 1947 in Marshintsy village, Chernovtsy region. Until 1940 the village, where the singer was born, was a part of Romania. After the war the area was attached to the Ukraine. The girl was the second of six children in a family of winegrowers. To tell the truth, Sofia celebrates her birthday twice. Due to a mistake her birthday in passport is August 9.
Her blind elder sister Zinaida, who had unique hearing, taught the future star to sing. Sofia Mikhailovna calls her the most favorite teacher. Their father also loved to sing and had a beautiful voice.
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