Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (russian: Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular

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. She was born in the Siberian city of

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk a ...

. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to

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. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film

The Twelve Chairs ''The Twelve Chairs'' ( rus, Двенадцать стульев, Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a classic satirical novel by the Odesan Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden ...

in 1977, which was directed by

Mark Zakharov Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies. He ...

. Lyubov Polishchuk died of

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in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the

Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1976) as dancer * ''Zolotaya mina'' (1978) as Larisa Kovalyova * ''

31 June 31 June (russian: link=no, 31 июня, 31 iyunya) is a two-part fantasy TV musical, loosely based on a story by J. B. Priestley. The film premiered in the USSR in 1978. The film was conceived and developed by Leonid Kvinikhidze and Aleksandr ...

'' (1978, TV Movie) as Miss Quinn, hostess of ''The black horse * ''

The Very Same Munchhausen ''The Very Same Munchhausen'' ( rus, Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen, alt. translation - ''That Very Münchhausen'') is a 1979 Soviet fantasy dramedy television film directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script by ...

'' (1979, TV Movie) as Bertha, songstress * ''Vavilon XX'' (1980) as Malva * '' I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death'' (1980) as Vera Sergeevna * ''Vystrel v spinu'' (1980) as Yelena Vanina * ''Bolshaya-malaya voyna'' (1980) * ''Belyy voron'' (1981) * ''Na chuzhom prazdnike'' (1981) * '' Secret of the Black Birds'' (1983) as Adele Fortescue * ' (1983) * ' (1984) as Dasha * ''Vyigrysh odinokogo kommersanta'' (1984) * ''Dikiy veter'' (1985) as Nata * '' Snake Catcher'' (1986) as Vera * ''Raz na raz ne prikhoditsya'' (1987) as N. Smirnova * '' The Christians'' (1987) * ''Prezumptsiya nevinovnosti'' (1988) as Zoya Bolotnikova * ''Proisshestviye v Utinoozyorske'' (1988) * ''Korshuny dobychey ne delyatsya'' (1988) * ''

Intergirl ''Intergirl'' (russian: Интердевочка, translit. ''Interdevochka'') is a 1989 Soviet drama film. It is set in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the time of perestroika during the 1980s. The film was the most popular Soviet film in ...

'' (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute * ''Ya v polnom poryadke'' (1989) as Vera Konstantinova * '' The Initiated'' (1989) as Mother * ''

Love with Privileges Love with Privileges (russian: Любовь с привилегиями, Lyubov s privilegiyami) is a 1989 Soviet film drama directed by Vladimir Kuchinsky.

'' (1989) as Irina Vasilyevna Nikolaeva * ''Fuflo'' (1989) * ''Senit zon'' (1990) * ''Papashka i mem'' (1990) * '' My Seawoman'' (1990) * ''Babnik'' (1990) * ''Verbovshchik'' (1991) * ''Terroristka'' (1991) * ''Shchen iz sozvezdiya Gonchikh psov'' (1991) * ''Semyanin'' (1991) * ''Medovyy mesyats'' (1991) * ''Tsena golovy'' (1992) * ''Novyy Odeon'' (1992) * ''Babnik-2'' (1992) * ' (1993) as Nadezhda Chekrygina * ' (1993) * ' (1993) * ''Dafnis i Khloya'' (1993) as Clearisto / Mother * ''Tretiy ne lishniy'' (1994) * ''Koroli rossiykogo syska: Ubiystvo Buturlina'' (1994) * ''

Shirli-Myrli ''Shirli-myrli'' (russian: Ширли-мырли, also released as ''What a Mess!'') is a 1995 farce comedy film of the early post-soviet era directed by Vladimir Menshov. Centered around a pursued con man, who stole a huge diamond, the movie, amo ...

'' (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife * ''Igra voobrazheniya'' (1995) as Rita Sergeyevna * ''Impotent'' (1996) * ''Ultimatum'' (1999) as Doctor * ''Kadril'' (1999) as Lida Zvyagintseva * ''Chivalric Romance'' (2000, TV Movie) as

Irene Doukaina Irene Doukaina or Ducaena ( el, , ''Eirēnē Doukaina''; – 19 February 1138) was a Byzantine Greek empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She was the mother of Emperor John II Komnenos and the historian Anna Ko ...

* '' Still Waters'' (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife * ''Den svyatogo Valentina'' (2000) as Lyuba * ''Agent v mini-yubke'' (2000) as Nina * ' (2001) as Galina Dorofeevna * ' (2001) * ' (2001) * ' (2003) * ' (2004) as Correspondent of a television channel * '' My Fair Nanny'' (2004-2009, TV Series) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya * ''

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'' (2005, TV Mini-Series) as Plavnikova * ''Kill Carp'' (2005) * ' (2013) as Lyusya Okopova, Stepanych's wife (final film role)

Honours and awards

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(1994) *

Honoured Artist of Russia Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(1986) * People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (

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) (2007)

External links

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