Natalya Lisenko

Natalya Lisenko (Russian: Наталья Андриановна Лисенко; August 10, 1884, Mykolaiv – October 7, 1969, Paris) was an Russian actress, a star of silent film.

She was the niece of the composer Mykola Lysenko[1].

In 1904 she has left school at Moscow Art Theatre and started to work at theaters of Russia with the husband Nikolai Radin. Very soon spouses have divorced, and Natalya Lisenko became the wife of the known actor Ivan Mozzhukhin. She became not only his wife, but also the constant partner.

The first role at cinema — Katyusha Maslova in the film “Katyusha Maslova” of director Pyotr Chardynin (under Leo Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection")[2].

In 1920 Natalya Lisenko with her husband and several more actors has left Russia and lived in Paris. In Paris she has continued to act in films, was the constant partner of her spouse.

She has died in Paris and buried on a cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery near her husband Ivan Mozzhukhin[2].

Roles in cinema

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