Galina Aleksandrovna Loginova (russian: Галина Александровна Логинова; born 28 October 1950) is a Russian-American actress. She was famous in the

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for her roles in movies, and then gained additional popularity for being the agent for her daughter, actress and model

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. She currently acts in American and Russian movies. She appeared in the American

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''Silent Life'' (2014), portraying legendary

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silent movie star

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alongside Vlad Kozlov and Isabella Rossellini, based on the life of Hollywood icon

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Life and career

Galina Aleksandrovna Loginova was born on 28 October 1950 in

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, located on the

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, to a Russian family from

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. Her father was a

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officer and her mother was a homemaker. Her parents divorced and she was raised by her mother in Ukraine. After graduating from high school in

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(then a city in the

, now in Ukraine) she studied acting in her native Tuapse, then moved to

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and attended the prestigious acting school at VGIK (All Soviet State Institute of Cinematography, now

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). In 1971, while still a student, she made her film debut in the popular TV series ''Teni ischezayut v polden'' (English: ''Shadows Disappear at Noon''). In 1972, she graduated from VGIK as an actress, from the master-class of

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. She worked on stage as well as in film and on television in the Soviet Union. Her most notable roles were roles as

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in '' Much Ado About Nothing'' (1973), a film adaptation of

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, and as Molly in the criminal drama ''

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'' (1980), based on Alan Winnington's novel of the same name. In 1973, she left Moscow and returned to Ukraine on assignment as a staff actress with the Dovzhenko Film Studio in

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. There, in a popular Ukrainian restaurant called Libed (Swan), she met a Serbian medical doctor, Bogdan Jovović, and struck up a romance with him. She was later interrogated by

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officers, who insisted that she must end her relationship with a foreigner. However, Loginova and Jovović were married, and on 17 December 1975, she gave birth to their daughter,

, in Kiev. In 1980, Galina Loginova-Jovovich, together with her family, emigrated from the Soviet Union.For a few years she lived with her family in

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, England, then moved to

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, and eventually settled in Los Angeles. There she raised her daughter, Milla. During the 1980s she also worked as a housekeeper at the home of

director Brian De Palma. Eventually, Loginova became her daughter's agent and was instrumental in building Milla's successful career. She holds Russian and American citizenship and also continues to act in Russian and American films.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovovich, Galina 1950 births People from Tuapse Living people Soviet film actresses Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Soviet emigrants to the United States