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Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
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entertainment · Soviet actress (1896–1984) · stage actor · film actor · actor · also Faina Ranevskaya, Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya, Ranevskaya
Born 15 August 1896 · Died 19 July 1984 · Q470466
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It was announced that Faina Ranevskaya's birth house in Taganrog would re-open its doors as a museum
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1992· 1 entry
British "Who's Who" encyclopedia named Ranevskaya among the world's Top Ten Actors of the 20th century
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1984· 2 entries
Died 1984-07-19.
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In Moscow and was buried at the Donskoye Cemetery
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1976).
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1967).
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1961· 2 entries
Awarded People's Artist of the USSR (1961).
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Faina Ranevskaya was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Stalin Prize for They Have a Motherland (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1950).
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize (1949).
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And in 1951 for her work in the film U nih est' Rodina (They Have Their Motherland), directed by Vladimir Legoshin and Alexandre Feinzimmer
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1947· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1947).
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Awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947).
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1937· 1 entry
Awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1937).
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1931· 1 entry
Ranevskaya acted at the Chamber Theater
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1917· 1 entry
But Faina decided to stay and continued her acting career, working in the theaters of Kerch, Rostov-on-Don, at the mobile theater "The First Soviet Theater" in Crimea, also in Baku, Arkhangelsk, Smolensk and other cities
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1915· 1 entry
Left Taganrog for Moscow to pursue a career in the theater
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1896· 1 entry
Born 1896-08-15.
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