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Lyubov Orlova
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Lubov Petrovna Orlova, (Russian: Любовь Петровна Орлова; 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1902 - January 26, 1975) was the first recognized star of Soviet cinema, famous theatre actress and a gifted singer.
She was born to a middle class family in Zvenigorod near Moscow and grew up in Yaroslavl. When she was seven, Fyodor Shalyapin predicted her future as a famous actress.
Orlova studied in Moscow Conservatory but did not graduate because she had to work to support her parents. Her first husband, a Soviet economist Andrei Berzin, was arrested in 1930. However this did not reflect on her successful career.
Orlova's performance in a very popular 1934 comedy, Jolly Fellows, earned the young star the sympathy of Stalin and the title "Honorable actor of RSFSR". Soon she married the movie director, Grigori Aleksandrov.
In the next years, she starred in four popular movies which also became instant Soviet classics: Circus (1936), Volga-Volga (1938), Bright Path (1940), and Spring (1947). In 1950, she became the first woman to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR exclusively for her cinematic works. After that, she switched to playing in theatre productions of Yuri Zavadsky's company.
- Петербургская ночь (Petersburg Night, 1933)
- Веселые ребята (Jolly Fellows), 1934)
- Цирк (Circus, 1936)
- Волга-Волга (Volga-Volga, 1938)
- Светлый путь (Shining Path, 1939?)
- Весна (Springtime, 1946) (Special award for female role, Venice Film Festival)
- Встреча на Эльбе (Meeting on Elba, 1950)
- (English) (Russian) Site-Museum of Lubov Orlova
- Lubov Orlova at the Internet Movie Database
- (Russian) "Ее советское сиятельство", ("Her Soviet Serenity") an article in Kommersant-Money.
- (Russian) Photogallery, biography
- (English) (Russian) Site-Museum of Lubov Orlova