Ada Ignatievna Voytsik (russian: Ада Игнатьевна Войцик; 1 August 19052 September 1982) was a Soviet actress. In 1935 she received the title RSFSR Honored Artist.

Biography

Ada Ignatievna Voytsik was born on 1 August 1905 in Moscow. In 1923 Ada graduated from secondary school and entered the acting department of the State College of Cinematography (today known as VGIK), where she graduated in 1927. She started acting in cinema in the year 1925. In 1934 Ada Voytsik joined the staff of the

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film studio. She married director

Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Пы́рьев; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stali ...

and they had a son, Eric Pyryev (1931-1970), who also subsequently became a director. In 1941 together with the studio she was evacuated to

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. On her return to Moscow in 1943, Ada became an actress at the

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, where she worked until her retirement in 1961. In the last years of her life, Ada Voytsik did not appear in films. Ada Voytsik lived through the death of her son and Ivan Pyryev. She died in Moscow on 2 September 1982 at the age of 77, and was buried in the

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Selected filmography

*''Kak Mitya Tyurin zanimalsya fizkulturoy'' (1926) *''Rasplata'' (1926) as Lisa *'' The Forty-First'' (1927) as Maryutka *'' Raznostoronniy treugolnik'' (1927) as Wifey *''

Bulat-Batır ''Bulat-Batır'' or ''Bulat-batyr'' (Russian: Була́т-Баты́р, Tatar: بولات باتر) is a 1928 silent historical drama film, believed to be the first Tatar film and probably the only Tatar full-length feature silent film. The fi ...

'' (1928) as Asma *'' Svoi i chuzhiye'' (1928) as Shura *''

The House on Trubnaya ''The House on Trubnaya'' (russian: Дом на Трубной, Dom na Trubnoy) is a 1928 comedy film directed by Boris Barnet and starring Vera Maretskaya. Plot The film is set in Moscow at the height of the New Economic Policy, NEP. The petty ...

'' (1928) as Fenya *'' The Doll With Millions'' (1928) as Maria Ivanova *''

The Happy Canary ''The Happy Canary'' or ''The Gay Canary'' (russian: Весёлая канарейка, Vesyolaya kanareyka) is a 1929 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Galina Kravchenko, Andrey Fayt and Ada Vojtsik. The film ...

'' (1929) as Brio's wife *'' Ukhod za bolnym'' (1929) as Nurse *''Nenavist'' (1930) as Stefa *''Konveer smerti'' (1933) as Luisa *''Partiynyy bilet'' (1936) as Anna Kulikova *''

The Oppenheim Family The Oppenheim Family (russian: Семья Оппенгейм, Semja Oppengejm) is a 1938 (released in May 1939 in the USA) Soviet drama film, directed by Grigori Roshal. It is one of the earliest film directly dealing with the persecution of Jews i ...

'' (1939) as Liselotte Lavendal Oppenheim *''

The Murderers are Coming ''The Murderers are Coming'' (russian: Убийцы выходят на дорогу, ''Ubiytsi vikhodyat na dorogu'') is a 1942 Soviet war film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Yuri Tarich based on the 1938 play ''Fear and Misery of the Third R ...

'' (1942) as Marta *''

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'' (1943) as Vanda *''

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'' (1944) as Nastenka's Mother *'' Ivan the Terrible Part I'' (1944) as

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*''

Attack from the Sea Attack from the Sea (russian: Корабли штурмуют бастионы, Korabli shturmuyut bastiony) is a 1953 Soviet biographical film, biographical war film directed by Mikhail Romm and starring Ivan Pereverzev, Gennadi Yudin and Vladim ...

'' (1952) as Queen Carolina *''Syn'' (1955) *''

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'' (1956) as Maria Vasilyevna *''Delo N. 306'' (1956) as Yelizaveta Nekrasova *''Raznye sudby'' (1956) as Mariya Morozova *''Moya doch'' (1956) as Lidiya Arkadyevna *''Prizvaniye'' (1957) as Maria Pavlovna *'' Rozhdyonnye burey'' (1958) as Yadviga Rayevskaya *'' Ivan the Terrible Part II'' (1958) as Elena Glinskaya *''Soldatskoye serdtse'' (1959) as Anna Kryshko *''

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'' (1959) as Mother of Lemminkäinen *''Lyuboy tsenoy'' (1959) as Shura's mother *''Kolybelnaya'' (1960) as Yekaterina Borisovna *''

Nine Days in One Year ''Nine Days in One Year'' (russian: Девять дней одного года) is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white drama film directed by Mikhail Romm about nuclear particle physics, physicists and their relationships. The film is based on true eve ...

'' (1962) as Maria Tikhonovna *'' Vyzyvaem ogon na sebya'' (1963, TV Mini-Series) *''

All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U.S ...

'' (1971, TV Mini-Series) (final appearance)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voytsik, Ada Soviet film actresses Soviet silent film actresses Actresses from Moscow 1905 births 1982 deaths