Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina (Russian: Людми́ла Алексе́евна Чурсина́; born 20 July 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the

12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film ''O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free Fi ...

. At the age of 40, she is the youngest actress to receive the title of the

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

Selected filmography

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When the Trees Were Tall ''When the Trees Were Tall'' (russian: Когда деревья были большими, translit. ''Kogda derevya byli bolshimi'') is a 1961 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kulidzhanov. The film was screened at the 1962 Cannes Film F ...

'' (1961) as Zoya * ''

The Andromeda Nebula ''The Andromeda Nebula'' (russian: Туманность Андромеды) is a 1967 Soviet science fiction film starring Sergei Stolyarov and directed by Yevgeni Sherstobitov at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. The film was originally intended to ...

'' (1967) as Louma Lasvi * ''

Virineya ''Virineya'' (russian: Виринея) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Fetin. Plot Civil War. Virineya is a despised creature in the remote village of Nebesnovka. Clever, beautiful, desperate head, she herself, out of a sense of ...

'' (1968) as Virineya * ''

A Little Crane ''A Little Crane'' (russian: Журавушка) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolay Moskalenko. Plot The film takes place after the war. Surviving soldiers return to their native village. Among them was not Martha's husband, whom sh ...

'' (1968) as Marfa * ''

The Adjutant of His Excellency ''The Adjutant of His Excellency'' (russian: Адъютант его превосходительства, Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) is a Soviet television mini-series which was produced in 1969 and is set during the Russian civil war. The ...

'' (1969) as Oksana * ''

Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment ''Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment'' (german: Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis) is a 1971 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize. ...

'' (1971) as Pepa * '' Olesya'' (1971) as Olesya * ''

How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor ''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил, ''Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil'') is a 1976 musical film directed by the Russian filmmaker Alexander Mi ...

'' (1976) as

Catherine I of Russia Catherine I ( rus, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born , ; – ) was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress Regnant of Russia from 1725 un ...

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Primary Russia ''Primary Russia'' (russian: Русь изначальная, Rus iznachalnaya) is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Gennady Vasilyev. Plot The film takes place in Ancient Russia, when Ratibor united the Slavs into one army and rebuffed the n ...

'' (1985) as Aneya

Political position

On 11 March 2014, she supported the reunification of Crimea with Russia by signing collective petition to the Russian public "Culture figures of Russia - support of President Putin's position about Ukraine and Crimea".Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму
. Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation. March 2014

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chursina, Lyudmila 1941 births Living people Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet television actresses Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Russian television actresses 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"