Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (Russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theatre and film actress. She began her career at the Bryantsev Youth Theatre in Leningrad. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1968.
Biography
editOlga Volkova was born in Leningrad (modern day - St. Petersburg), in a family of actors. In 1960 she graduated from the acting studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater (workshop of Leonid Makariev).[1]
In 1970-1976, a meeting took place at the Leningrad Comedy Theater, after which Olga moved to the Bolshoi Drama Theater, where she worked until 1996.
Selected filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Secret of Lilith | Galina Lvovnа | |
| Dibs (Babki) | Evgenia Vasilievna | ||
| Cursed Official | Valentina Serafimovna | ||
| 2020 | Ivanko | Valya's grandmother | |
| Chorus | Olga Ilyinichna | ||
| Parents 4 | Grandmother | ||
| Cursed Days | Irina, Lena's mother | Short story "Happy Ending" | |
| 2019 | Unfinished Battle | Dorm commandant | |
| Belovodie. Mystery of the Lost Country | Landlady | ||
| 2018 | What Men talk about. Continuation | Lesha's mother | |
| 2016 | Nurse | Raisa Mikhailovna, Anna's mother-in-law | |
| Life After Life (Heaven Will Wait) | Margarita Stepanovna, mother of Khorkov | ||
| 2014 | The Line | Marfa, "commandant" of a communal apartment | |
| Fedka | Nadezhda Vasilievna | ||
| Under the Heel | Elizaveta Borisovna, Kostya's mother | ||
| Moms 3 | Antonina Ivanovna | ||
| In the Same Breath | Vera Vasilievna | ||
| 2013 | Treasures of O.K. | Museum curator | |
| Toy Seller | Tour guide | ||
| Twists of Fate | Maria Ivanovna | ||
| Upside Down | Raisa, Andrey's mother | ||
| Veronica. Fugitive | Marya Stepanovna | ||
| Marathon | Valentina Ivanovna | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | Emma Naligan | ||
| 2012 | Daddy's Daughters: Superbrides | Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko, grandmother of the girls, mother of Lyudmila Sergeevna | |
| Yegor's Secret | Alevtina Petrovna | ||
| Holiday Locked Up | Kira Pavlovna | ||
| The Last Role of Rita | Tatyana Yuryevna | ||
| Moms | Mother | Short story "My Beloved" | |
| Veronica. Lost Happiness | Maria Stepanova | ||
| Dodo Day | Zoya Anatolyevna | ||
| A Man With a Guarantee | Grandma Nina | ||
| Exchange Rings | Maria Ivanovna | ||
| 2011 | Newlyweds | A friend of Andrei Petrovich at the dance | |
| Pandora's Box | Lyudmila | ||
| Comrade Stalin | Thrush | ||
| Comrade Police Officers | Galina Evgenievna | ||
| The Best Summer of Our Life | Klara Semyonovna | ||
| 2010 | Olympic Village | Janitor | |
| Ivanov (film) | Avdotya Nazarovna | ||
| Lawyers | Galina Arkadievna Vitruk | ||
| There is Someone Here | Tamara Proskurina, Dmitry's mother | ||
| Death of Vazir-Mukhtar. Love and Life of Griboedov | Praskovya Nikolaevna | ||
| Wedding. A Business. Death | Atueva | ||
| Grandmother Ada | Grandmother Ada | ||
| 2009 | I Will Live! | Margarita Pavlovna | |
| Blood is Not Water | Anya and Masha's grandmother | ||
| Zhurov | Pankratova | Series "Resort Romance" | |
| Unfinished Lesson | Nadezhda Petrovna, headmistress of the school | ||
| Moscow Courtyard | Sofia Sergeevna | ||
| Cossacks (cartoon series) | Mother of Empress Catherine II | Voice | |
| 2008 | The Vicissitudes of Fate | Olga Petrovna | |
| Thank You for Everything 3 | Henrietta Leopoldovna | ||
| Harp for Your Beloved | Ada, Zoya's mother, Honored Teacher of the USSR | ||
| Hope as Evidence of Life | Nina Nikolaevna Tikhomirova, headmistress of a private school | ||
| 2007—2012 | Daddy's Daughters | Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko, grandmother of girls, mother of Lyudmila Sergeevna | |
| 2007 | Treasure | Tamara | |
| Rude and Sam | Anna Romanovna | ||
| Luna-Odessa | Borya's mother | ||
| House on the English Embankment | Dunya | ||
| 20 Cigarett | Zinaida Arkadievna (Andrei's mother-in-law) | ||
| 2006 | Three From Above | Martha | |
| Vices and Their Fans | Elena Tikhonovna Filimonovna, Masha's grandmother | ||
| Virtual Romance | Inessa Sigismundovna, neighbor on the porch | ||
| Payment for Love | Mother | ||
| Travesty | Student, director's assistant | ||
| 2005-2006 | Lyuba, Children and the Plant | Evgenia Aleksandrovna Orlova | |
| 2005 | Twelve Chairs | Madame Petukhova, mother-in-law Vorobyaninov | |
| My Love | Rosa, Vadim and Angela's neighbor | ||
| Fool | Tatyana Ivanovna Pereverzeva | ||
| The Machinations of Love | Zinaida Romanovna | ||
| The Most Beautiful | Librarian | ||
| 2003 | Evlampia Romanova. The Investigation is Conducted by an Amateur | Emma Markovna | Series "Poker with a Shark" |
| The Modern Game | Kitsinskaya | ||
| 2002-2005 | Friendly Family | Olga Ivanovna, grandmother | |
| 2001 | New Year's Adventures | Oskolkina | |
| Drakosha and Company | Zhanna Eduardovna | ||
| Trail of the Werewolf | Sonya Gurvich | ||
| The Tale of Fedot the Archer | Baba Yaga | ||
| 2000 | Still Waters | Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective | |
| Fortuna | Saleswoman | ||
| Still Waters (2000 film) | Varvara Petrovna Muromova, investigator | ||
| Bremen Town Musicians & Co | Donkey senior's wife | ||
| 1998 | Paradise Apple | Doctor | |
| Totalitarian Novel | Andrei's aunt | ||
| 1997 | Poor Sasha | Amalia Arkadievna, Sasha's nanny | |
| 1996 | Hello, Fools! | Ophthalmologist | |
| 1994 | Tribulation | Clasha, Olya's grandmother | |
| I'm Free, I'm Nobody's | Gulyaev's wife | ||
| Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet Roses | Varvara | ||
| 1993 | Passion for Angelica | Kirillovna, mother of Angelica | |
| Happy Loser | Psychiatrist | ||
| I Don't Want to Get Married! | Tsvetkova, Alexander's mother | ||
| Devil, I’m bored | Junk witch | ||
| 1992 | Racket | Melnikov's mother | |
| Oriental Novel | Fatima, wife of Said | ||
| Old Young People | Alla Petrovna Shapkina, secretary of the city committee | ||
| Strange Men of Semenova Ekaterina | Headmistress of the boarding school | ||
| 1991 | Anna Karamazoff | Neighbor | |
| Promised Heaven | Katya Ivanova | ||
| Inner Circle | Tamara Petrovna | ||
| Promised Heaven | Katya Ivanova | ||
| Anna Karamazoff | Neighbor | ||
| 1990 | Jokes | Marina Rodionovna/ lady/devil | |
| Pit | Lady-charity | ||
| Quarry | Baranovskaya | ||
| Sunset | Potapovna | ||
| Suicide | Raisa Filippovna | ||
| 1988 | To Kill a Dragon | Wife of a blacksmith | |
| Treasure | Director of a jewelry store | ||
| Gypsy Baron | Mirabella | ||
| Physicists | Matilda von Zand, chief physician of the Cherry Orchard sanatorium | ||
| Weekdays and Holidays of Serafima Glukina | Elvira Pavlovna, double bass player | ||
| 1987 | Forgotten Melody for a Flute | Surova | |
| Madam Minister | Savka | ||
| Daughter | Insurance agent | ||
| The Tale of the Painter in Love | Queen Driesophila II | ||
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali | Grandmother | ||
| 1986 | Forgive Me (film) | Lydia Mikhailovna Svirskaya | |
| Exceptions without Rules | Secretary Yascherova | Short story "Paper Clips" | |
| With Open Doors | Nadezhda Petrovna, engineer | ||
| My Dearly Beloved Detective | Mary Harvey, actress | ||
| 1985 | Dream in Hand, or Suitcase | Antonina Sergeevna, editor | |
| Defendant | Lidia Sergeevna, people's assessor | ||
| Did you call the Snow Maiden? | Svetlana Ivanovna | ||
| 1984 | TASS Is Authorized to Declare... | Emma Schantz | |
| A Cruel Romance | Modiste | ||
| Overheard Conversation | Teacher | ||
| Olga and Konstantin | Saleswoman | ||
| And then Came Bumbo... | The Sister-in-law | ||
| Applause, Applause... | Polina, director's assistant | ||
| Understudy Begins to Act | Lydia Ivanovna, secretary | ||
| 1983 | Unique | Member of the artistic council | |
| 1982 | Station for Two | Violetta, waitress | |
| Treasure Island | Mrs. Hawkins, Jim's mother | ||
| The Hat of Monomakh | Alla Perfilievna, the school principal's secretary | ||
| Theft | Mrs. Stone, typist Starkuetra | ||
| 1979 | Die Fledermaus | Lotta | |
| I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death | Irina Grigorievna, kindergarten teacher | ||
| Three Men in a Boat (1979 film) | The boy's mother, lost in the maze | ||
| Autumn Story | Teacher | ||
| My First Friend | Sasha's mother | ||
| We'll Be Back in The Fall | Zina Vyazova | Uncredited | |
| 1972 | A Teacher of Singing | Mila's mother |
Awards
editIn 1993 Volkova received the People's Artist of Russia award.[2] In 2002 won Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film The Tale of Fedot-Sagittarius (Baba Yaga).[3]
References
edit- ^ M. I. Andreeva, N. E. Zvenigorodskaya, A. V. Martynova (2001). Russian Drama Theatre: Encyclopedia.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Награждена указом президента России № 523 от 23 апреля 1993 года". Archived from the original on 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ Лауреаты премии «Золотой орёл» на официальном сайте Национальной академии кинематографических искусств и наук России
External links
edit- Olga Volkova at IMDb
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