Maya Grigoryevna Bulgakova (russian: Ма́йя Григо́рьевна Булга́кова; 19 May 19327 October 1994) was a

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. She was one of the

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Biography

Bulgakova was born on 19 May 1932 in the village of Buki (now the

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). In 1941 the Bulgakov family moved to

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, to this place they later returned from evacuation. In Kramatorsk, Bulgakova successfully graduated from high school and decided after graduation to become an actress. In 1955, Bulgakova graduated from

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

(actor's workshop of Olga Pyzhova and Boris Bibikov) and started working in the

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. She made her debut film in

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's ''The Libertine''. Bulgakova began to sing on stage with the Utesov orchestra and won a prize at the 1957

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. The actress has become the first in the USSR to perform on the stage the songs of

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. After a decade of inactivity episodic roles, her first major work were in ''

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''. After that. Bulgakova began to have a high output of small rolls in film and episodes. Bulgakova first married cinematographer Anatoly Nitochkin, and then had a second marriage with Aleksey Gabrilovich, the son of the prominent screenwriter

Yevgeny Gabrilovich Yevgeny Iosifovich Gabrilovich (russian: Евге́ний Ио́сифович Габрило́вич; 29 September 1899 – 5 December 1993) was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for 29 films between 1936 a ...

. The couple raised two daughters. One of them, Maria Gabrilovich, later became an actress. In the 1970s Bulgakova remarried to the Austrian communist Peter Dobias (1937–1994).

Death

On 1 October 1994 Bulgakova and Lyubov Sokolova were in a car accident while on their way to a concert. The driver died at the scene; Bulgakova went into intensive care. Sokolova was released after a few weeks but Bulgakova died a few days later without regaining consciousness. Shortly before the accident, her husband died. A year later, her second husband Alexey Gabrilovich died.

Filmography

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Chronicle of Flaming Years ''Chronicle of Flaming Years'' (russian: Повесть пламенных лет, translit. Povest plamennykh let) is a 1961 Soviet drama film directed by Yuliya Solntseva. Solntseva won the award for Best Director at the 1961 Cannes Film ...

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An Easy Life ''An Easy Life'' (russian: Лёгкая жизнь, Lyоgkaya zhizn') is a 1964 satirical Soviet comedy film directed by Veniamin Dorman. It was seen by 24.6 million Soviet moviegoers during its initial release. Plot A chemist by training, Alexand ...

'' (1964) *''

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No Path Through Fire ''No Path Through Fire'' (russian: В огне брода нет, V ogne broda net) is a 1968 Soviet war film directed by Gleb Panfilov. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Plot The film is set during the ...

'' (1968) *''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1970) *''

Trial on the Road ''Trial on the Road'' (russian: Проверка на дорогах, translit=''Proverka na dorogakh'') is a 1971 black-and-white Cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet film set in World War II, directed by Aleksei Yuryevich German, Aleksey German, st ...

'' (1971) *'' Yegor Bulychyov and Others'' (1971) *''

For the Rest of His Life ''For the Rest of His Life'' (Russian: ''На всю оставшуюся жизнь'', ''Na vsyu ostavshuyusya zhizn'') was a Soviet TV mini-series, Great Patriotic war drama, adaptation of ''The Train'' (''Sputniki'') novel by Vera Panova. Plot ...

'' (1975) *''

The Adventures of the Elektronic ''The Adventures of Electronic'' (russian: Приключения Электроника, translit. Priklyucheniya Elektronika) is a 1979 Soviet children's science fiction TV miniseries, directed by Konstantin Bromberg. The series' screenpl ...

'' (1979) *''

The Youth of Peter the Great ''The Youth of Peter the Great'' (russian: Юность Петра, Yunost Petra) is a first part of a two-part film, which was based on a novel Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by a famous Russian director Sergey Gerasi ...

'' (1980) *'' Farewell'' (1983) *''

The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe ''Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe'' (russian: Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго) is a 1983 Soviet adventure film, based on the 1819 novel ''Ivanhoe'' by Walter Scott. It reached the 9th place in Soviet box offi ...

'' (1983) *'' Stalin's Funeral'' (1990) *''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulgakova, Maya Road incident deaths in Russia 1932 births 1994 deaths Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses 20th-century Russian actresses People's Artists of the RSFSR Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni