Aleksandra Yablochkina
- Birth Date:
- 15.11.1866
- Death date:
- 20.03.1964
- Length of life:
- 97
- Days since birth:
- 57506
- Years since birth:
- 157
- Days since death:
- 21950
- Years since death:
- 60
- Patronymic:
- Aleksandrovna
- Person's maiden name:
- Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Yablochkina
- Extra names:
- Александра Яблочкина, Александра Александровна Яблочкина
- Categories:
- Actor, Laureate of state prize, USSR folk artist
- Cemetery:
- Novodevichy Cemetery
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Yablochkina (Александра Александровна Яблочкина; November 3, 1866 - March 20, 1964) was a leading actress of the Maly Theatre in Moscow for more than 75 years.
She studied acting under her father before joining the Korsh Theatre troupe in 1886. Two years later, she moved to the Maly, where she worked with Maria Yermolova and Alexander Yuzhin.
Yablochkina specialized in comedy roles and was renowned for the purity of her enunciation. In 1915, she was selected to lead the Russian theatrical society.
In 1937, she became one of the first individuals to be awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 1943, she was awarded the USSR State Prize.
She wrote two volumes of memoirs, My Life in Theatre (1953) and 75 Years in Theatre (1960).
Source: wikipedia.org
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