Vera Vladimirovna Altayskaya (russian: Ве́ра Влади́мировна Алта́йская) (21 May 1919 – 28 December 1978) was a
Soviet
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actress known for her roles in children's fairy tale films and comedies.
Born in
Petrograd
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, she was the adoptive daughter of
Konstantin Altaysky-Korolyov, a poet and translator, and his wife Vera Petrovna, a pianist. In the late 1930s she moved to
Moscow
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, where in 1940 she graduated from drama school at the
Mosfilm
Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...
studio and joined the studio's repertoire of actors. Her first prominent role was in
Yuli Raizman
Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman (russian: Юлий Яковлевич Райзман; December 15, 1903 – December 11, 1994) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian people, Russian film director and screenwriter.
Career
In 1924 he became a literary consulta ...
's 1942 film ''Mashenka''.
She married
Aleksei Konsovsky
Aleksey Anatolyevich Konsovsky (russian: Алексей Анатольевич Консовский; 28 January 1912 – 20 July 1991) was a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1976).
Biography
He wa ...
, a fellow actor, with whom she had a daughter, Svetlana. In recognition of her film work during the 1940s she received the
.
In ''Mashenka'', Altayskaya had played a young beauty, but she later transitioned to
character
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roles. For most of her career, she was
typecast
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as shrewish or matronly characters. She appeared in many children's fairy-tale films, most notably
Aleksandr Rou
Alexander Arturovich Rou (also, Rowe, from his Irish father's name) (russian: Александр Артурович Роу, – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet Union, Soviet film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1968). He directed a ...
's 1964 film ''
Jack Frost
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'', in which she played a domineering stepmother. She died in Moscow after a brief illness, and her ashes are interred in the columbarium of
Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery (russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche), established in 1771, is located in the Presnya district of Moscow. It started in the aftermath of the Moscow plague riot of 1771 outside the cit ...
alongside those of her adoptive parents.
Биография
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Selected filmography
* ''Tanya
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'' (Светлый путь, 1940) as Claudia
* '' Mashenka'' (Машенька, 1942) as ''Vera''
* '' The Ural Front'' (Большая земля, 1944) as ''Antonina Ushakova''
* ''It Happened in the Donbass
''It Happened in the Donbas'' (russian: Это было в Донбассе, Eto bylo v Donbasse) is a 1945 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov based on a screenplay by Sergei Antonov and Mikhail Blajman. Produced by Soyuzdetfilm.
Pl ...
'' (Это было в Донбассе, 1945) as ''Marusya Shelkoplyas''
* '' The Liberated Earth'' (Освобожденная земля, 1946) as ''Tanya''
* ''Dream of a Cossack
''Dream of a Cossack'' (russian: Кавалер Золотой Звезды, translit. ''Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy'') is a 1951 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman based on the novel ''The Golden Star Chavalier'' by Semyon Babayevsky ...
'' (Кавалер золотой звезды, 1951) as ''Collective Farm Girl'' (uncredited)
* ''A Groom from the Other World
''A Groom from the Other World'' or (russian: Жених с того света, Zhenikh s togo sveta) is a 1958 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai.
Plot
Head of "BORE" (Bush Oversight of Resort Establishments), Semyon Danilovich Petukho ...
'' (Жених с того света, 1958) as ''Nina Pavlovna''
* ''The Magic Weaver
''The Magic Weaver'' (russian: Марья-искусница, Maria-iskusnitsa, "Maria the Weaver") is a 1960 Soviet children's live-action fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou and filmed at Gorky Film Studio. It was additionally released in Hun ...
'' (Марья-искусница, 1959) as ''Aunt Nepogodushka''
* ''Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki
''The Night Before Christmas'', also known as ''Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka'' (russian: Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки, Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki), is a 1961 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou, based ...
'' (Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки, 1961) as ''Panas's wife''
* ''Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
''Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' (russian: Королевство кривых зеркал, translit. ''Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal'') is a 1963 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on the novel, '' Kingdom of Crooked Mirro ...
'' (Королевство кривых зеркал, 1963) as ''Asirk, cook''
* '' Morozko'' (Морозко, 1964) as ''Nastenka's stepmother''
* ''Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes
''Fire, Water, and Trumpets'' (russian: Огонь, вода и… медные трубы, ''Ogon', voda i... mednye truby'') is a 1968 Soviet Union, Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou. Its story and characters are derived from Slavic ...
'' (Огонь, вода и медные трубы, 1968) as ''Baba Yaga's daughter''
* ''Varvara-beauty, long braid
''Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair'' (russian: Варвара-краса, длинная коса, Varvara-krasa, dlinnaya kosa) is a 1969 Soviet fantasy film directed by Alexander Rou and based on the fairy tale by Vasily Zhukovsky.
Th ...
'' (Варвара-краса, длинная коса, 1970) as ''old-veselushka''
* ''The Golden Horns
''The Golden Horns'' (russian: Золотые рога, Zolotye roga), also known in English as ''Baba Yaga'', is a 1973 Soviet fairy tale film. It was director Alexander Rou's last film before his death later in 1973.
While collecting mushrooms ...
'' (Золотые рога, 1973) as ''Cook''
References
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1919 births
1978 deaths
Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery
Actresses from Saint Petersburg
Soviet film actresses