Larisa Pavlovna Tarkovskaya (russian: Лариса Павловна Тарковская, née Yegorkina (Егоркина), from 1958, Kizilova (Кизилова); 1 February 1933 – 19 January 1998) was a Soviet film director and actress. She was the second wife of filmmaker

Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

. She and Tarkovsky married in 1964 and had one child named Andrei.

Life

Larisa Pavlovna Yegorkina was born on 1 February 1933 in

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to Pavel Vasilyevich Yegorkin, an engineer and Anna Semyonovna, a seamstress. Her parents, who were originally from the village of Avdotyinka,

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, had settled in the capital in 1925. She married the engineer, Igor Kizilov, and in 1958 gave birth to their daughter Olga Kizilova. While filming ''

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'', Kizilova, who had been a production assistant for the film, and Tarkovsky met and they started a relationship. In 1965, Tarkovsky moved in with Kizilova despite still being married to his first wife,

Irma Raush Irma Yakovlevna Raush (russian: Ирма Яковлевна Рауш; born 21 April 1938) is a Russian actress and the first wife of film director Andrei Tarkovsky. She is best known for her role as Durochka in ''Andrei Rublev'' and as Ivan's moth ...

. In 1970, Tarkovsky divorced his first wife and married Kizilova a few months later. Their son, Andrei Andreyevich Tarkovsky, (nicknamed Andriosha, meaning "little Andrei" or "Andrei Junior") was born the same year on 7 August.

Death

Tarkovsky died of lung cancer in Paris on 29 December 1986 and was buried in January 1987 in the Russian Cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France. The inscription on his gravestone, which was erected in 1994, was conceived by his wife and reads: ''To the man who saw the Angel''. Tarkovskaya died in

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on 19 January 1998 and was laid to rest beside her husband.English translations of various Russian articles and interviews with family members.
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Filmography

As assistant director

*1966: ''

'' *1972: ''

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'' (credited as L. Tarkovskaya) *1975: ''

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'' *1979: ''

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'' *1983: ''

Nostalghia ''Nostalghia'' (UK: ''Nostalgia'') is a 1983 Soviet- Italian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano, and Erland Josephson. Tarkovsky co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra. The film depicts a ...

'' (credited as Larissa Tarkovsky)

As actress

*1975: ''

'' : Nadejda

Documentary appearances

*1987: ''

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich ''One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich'' (french: Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch) is a 2000 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker, about and an homage to the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the Frenc ...

'' (credited as Larissa Tarkovski) *1988: ''

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'' *2000: '' Cinéma, de notre temps'', episode Une journée d'Andreï Arsenevitch

Bibliography

*1997: Andrei Tarkovski (in French)

References

External links

*https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850490/ 1933 births 1998 deaths {{more cats, date=March 2022