Alisa Freindlich

Alisa Freindlich
Born Alisa Brunovna Freindlich
8 December 1934 (1934-12-08) (age 77)
Leningrad, USSR
Occupation Actress
Years active 1957–present
Children Varvara Vladimirova
Parents Bruno Freindlich, Ksenia Fedorova

Alisa Brunovna Freindlich[1] (Russian: Али́са Бру́новна Фре́йндлих, born 8 December 1934, Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.

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Biography

Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the USSR. She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a century.[2] She worked in the Lensovet Theatre from 1961 but had to leave it following her divorce with the theatre's director in 1982. Thereupon Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to join his company, Bolshoi Drama Theater in which she works to this day.

Although Freindlich put a premium on her stage career, she starred in several notable movies, including Eldar Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy Office Romance (1977), the long-banned epic Agony (1975) and Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker (1979). Another notable role was the Queen Anne of Austria in the Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its later Russian sequels Musketeers 20 Years Later (1992) and The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later (1993).

On her 70th birthday, Freindlich's flat was visited by Vladimir Putin, who presented her with one of the top decorations of the Russian Federation. She was honored with a Nika Award for Best Actress in 2005.

Filmography

Honours and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

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