Maria Yermolova

Maria Nikolayevna Yermolova (Russian: Мария Николаевна Ермолова; 15 July [O.S. 3 July] 1853 in Moscow – 12 March 1928, id.) was a Russian actress, said to be the greatest in the history of the Maly Theatre in Moscow and the first person to be proclaimed the "People's Artist of the Republic" (1921).