Yulia Nikolayevna Linskaya (russian: Юлия Николаевна Линская, née Korobyina, Коробьина; 28 May 1820,

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, — 7 May 1871, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a

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stage actress, associated with Aleksandrinsky Theatre.

Career

Educated at the Prince Alexander Shakhovskoy's troupe as a dramatic actress, Linskaya debuted in 1841 at the Aleksandrinsky Theatre in the production of ''Parasha the Siberian''. For ten years she served at the theatre failing to make an impact, then retired and returned in 1854, again to little acclaim. In the early 1860s, having totally re-invented herself as a comic actress, she achieved huge success in

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

's plays, portraying rough-edged mistresses, brutish house-holders, sly matchmakers and tyrannical rich merchants' wives. A successful actress and in her prime an affluent woman, Linskaya died in poverty aged 51, catastrophic marriage said to be the cause of bankruptcy and physical decline. She is interred in Saint Petersburg's Novodevichy Cemetery.Umansky, A.M. Linskaya, Yulia Nikolayevna. The Brokhaus and Efron Dictionary. Saint Petersburg, 1890-1907. Vol. XVIIa, p. 714

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1820 births 1871 deaths Actresses from Saint Petersburg 19th-century actresses from the Russian Empire Russian stage actresses {{Russia-actor-stub