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)Junior and Karlson (1968) — Фрекен БокNew Attraction Today (1966) — Ada KonstantinovnaAn Easy Life (1964) — Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen MargotFuse (1962)Drama (1960) — MurashkinaA Girl with Guitar (1958) — SviristinskayaThey Have a Motherland (1949)Meeting on the Elbe (1949) — Mrs. MacDermottCinderella (1947) — StepmotherPrivate Aleksandr Matrosov (1947)Spring (1947) — Margarita Lvovna, housekeeperThe Sky Slow-Mover (1946) — military doctor, professor of medicineAn Elephant and a Rope (1945) — GrandmotherWedding (1944) — Настасья Тимофеевна Жигалова (мать невесты)The New Adventures of Schweik (1943)Dream (1943) — Madame Rosa SkorokhodovaAleksandr Parkhomenko (1942) — female pianist (uncredited)How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich (1941) — ГорпинаThe Beloved (1940) — Marya IvanovnaThe Foundling (1939) — Lyalya (as F.G. Ranevskaya)Engineer Kochin's Error (1939)The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937)Boule de Suif (1934) — Mme. Loiseau