Nina Ruslanova
Russian actress (1945–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian actress (1945–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova (Russian: Нина Ивановна Русланова; 5 December 1945 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
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| Born | 5 December 1945 |
| Died | 21 November 2021 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–2021 |
She was honored as a People's Artist of Russia (1998).[1][2]
Ruslanova was orphaned at two months old in late winter 1945 in Bohodukhiv. Her surname (after Lidia Ruslanova) comes from the orphanages in the Kharkiv Oblast.[3] She lived in five children's homes. She graduated from college with a degree as a construction plasterer. She then entered the Kharkiv Theatre Institute, where she studied for one term.
She moved to Moscow in 1969 and graduated Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Thereafter Ruslanova worked in Vakhtangov Theater, and from 1985 to 1988 in Mayakovsky Theatre. She debuted in movies in 1967. Her first role was Nadezhda in Kira Muratova's film Brief Encounters.[4]
Ruslanova died from a long illness complicated by COVID-19 and pneumonia on 21 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. She was 75.[5]
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