Kira Golovko, née Ivanova (11 March 1919 – 16 August 2017) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, winner of the Stalin Prize (1947) and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1957).[2]

Kira Golovko
Born
Kira Nikolaevna Ivanova (Russian: Кира Николаевна Иванова)

(1919-03-11)11 March 1919[1]
Died16 August 2017(2017-08-16) (aged 98)
Occupation(s)actress
theatre teacher
Years active1946–2007
SpouseArseniy Golovko (deceased)
ChildrenNatalia
Mikhail
AwardsPeople's Artist of Russia

Life and career

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Ivanova was born in Yessentuki, the great-niece of the poet Vyacheslav Ivanov. In 1937, she entered the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and Art to study Russian literature. In 1938 she was accepted into the auxiliary of the troupe of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre. In 1957 she returned to the Moscow Art Theater, where she served until 1985. From 1958 to 2007, she taught at the Moscow Art Theater School. Her students included Natalia Yegorova, Boris Nevzorov, and Nikolai Karachentsov. She died on August 16, 2017, age 98. She was the widow of Soviet Admiral Arseniy Golovko, who served as Soviet Commander of the Red Banner Northern Fleet during World War II.[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1946 The Great Glinka Anna Kern
1947 Light over Russia Masha Zabelina
1948 First-Year Student Nina Vasilyevna
1952 The Lower Depths Natasha
1964 The Chairman Nadezhda Petrovna
1965
1966
1967
War and Peace Countess Rostova part 1-5
1968 Sofiya Perovskaya Perovskaya's mother
1969 Golfstrim Yekaterina Nikolayevna
1970 Payback registry office employee
1971 And There Was Evening, and There Was Morning ... Berseneva
1973 The Tracer episode
1974 And on the Pacific Ocean... Nadezhda Lvovna
1975 Unforgotten Song Ganna Maksimovna
1977 Own Opinion' episode
1979 Faithfully and Truthfully Vladislav Minchenko's mother
1981 My Eternal Love Olga Zubova
1984 The Lonely Merchant's Win mother
1986 Boris Godunov Ksenia's mother
1987 The Confrontation neighbour (final fim role)

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