Tatyana Ivanovna Shmyga (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Шмыга; born 31 December 1928 – died 3 February 2011) was a

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and

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n operetta/musical theatre performer. She went on to act in films as well. She was a

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 ...

(1978).Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies"
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-born Shmyga graduated from the

Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

, where she studied voice under Dora Borisovna Beliavskaia and acting under Joseph Mikhailovich Tumanov, later becoming a soloist with the Moscow Operetta Theater the same year. She began acting in films in 1962, notably appearing in

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satiriz ...

's '' The Hussar Ballad''.Profile
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Awards

Shmyga remains the only musical theatre actress to date to receive the title of

. She also received the M.I. Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR in 1974, the Order of the Badge of Honor and several other medals.

Personal life

She was married three times: * television journalist Rudolf BoreckiПрекрасная леди российской оперетты
* musical director Vladimir KandelakiПрекрасная леди российской оперетты
* composer Anatoly Kremer

Death

Shmyga died in

, aged 82, from vascular disease.Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies"
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References

External links

Страница Татьяны Шмыги на сайте Московского театра оперетты

1928 births 2011 deaths Actresses from Moscow Russian film actresses Soviet women singers Soviet film actresses People's Artists of the USSR Singers from Moscow 20th-century Russian women singers Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni {{Russia-singer-stub