Vera Markovna Orlova (russian: Ве́ра Ма́рковна Орло́ва; May 25, 1918 – September 16, 1993) was a
Soviet
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Russia
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n actress.
She graduated from the Moscow theatrical school in 1942 and started to work at the
Mayakovsky Theater
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in
Moscow
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. In 1974, she transferred to the
Lenkom Theater.
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Вера Марковна Орлова, биография
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Орлова, Вера Марковна
At the same time, she also actively starred in cinema and provided a voice in cartoons.
For many years, she also led the Sunday radio broadcast ''S dobrym utrom!'' (Good morning!).
A serious foot disease in the mid-1980s made it difficult for her to work. She died on September 16, 1993, in Moscow and was buried on the
Donskoye Cemetery
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Hist ...
.
Selected filmography
*1945: ''
The Call of Love'' as Liza Karasyova
*1949: ''
Happy Flight
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'' as Fenya
*1954: ''
Two Friends'' as Vitya Maleyev's mother
*1954: ''
Least We Forget'' as Glasha
*1955: ''
Private Ivan
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'' as Polina
*1956: ''Precious Gift'' as Sperantova
*1956: ''Different Fates'' as Nina Nikiforovna
*1958: ''
Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm
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'' as Polina
*1959: ''Clumsy Friend'' as a cafeteria attendant
*1959: ''Rasterjaeva Street'' as Piskaryova
*1962: ''
Seven Nannies
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'' as Shamskaya
*1966: ''
Children of Don Quixote
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Plot
Story of an ordinary family at first glance. Large family physicians, three boys. The first a young artist (Victor — Vladi ...
'' as Vera Bondarenko
*1976: ''
The Twelve Chairs
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'' as Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
*1976: ''It We Did not Pass'' as deputy director of vocational school
*1979: ''With the Beloved Do not Separate'' as an apartment swapper
*1983: ''Sparrow on Iceas'' as a door-woman
References
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Russian film actresses
Soviet film actresses
1918 births
1993 deaths
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Russian stage actresses
Soviet stage actresses