Faina Ranevskaya
Actor
Born Aug 27, 1896 · Taganrog, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]
Active 1934–1984 · Awards: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (born Faina Girschevna Feldman, on August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog), was a Soviet theatre and film actress. She is also very well known for her cheeky aphorisms.
Filmography
Karlson Returns (1970) — Freken Bok (voice)Cinderella (1947) — StepmotherThey Have a Motherland (1949)The Foundling (1939) — Lyalya (as F.G. Ranevskaya)The Sky Slow-Mover (1946) — military doctor, professor of medicinePrivate Aleksandr Matrosov (1947)Fuse (1962)Wedding (1944) — Настасья Тимофеевна Жигалова (мать невесты)Spring (1947) — Margarita Lvovna, housekeeperBoule de Suif (1934) — Mme. LoiseauJunior and Karlson (1968) — Фрекен БокAn Elephant and a Rope (1945) — GrandmotherAn Easy Life (1964) — Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen MargotThe New Adventures of Schweik (1943)How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich (1941) — ГорпинаDream (1943) — Madame Rosa SkorokhodovaThe Beloved (1940) — Marya IvanovnaNew Attraction Today (1966) — Ada KonstantinovnaA Girl with Guitar (1958) — SviristinskayaEngineer Kochin's Error (1939)Aleksandr Parkhomenko (1942) — female pianist (uncredited)The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937)Meeting on the Elbe (1949) — Mrs. MacDermottDrama (1960) — Murashkina