Lyubov Orlova

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Birth Date:
11.02.1902
Death date:
26.01.1975
Length of life:
72
Days since birth:
44608
Years since birth:
122
Days since death:
17961
Years since death:
49
Patronymic:
Petrovna
Extra names:
Ļubova Orlova, Любовь Орлова, Ļubovj Orlova, , Любовь Петровна Орлова, Lyubov Petrovna Orlova
Categories:
Actor, USSR folk artist
Cemetery:
Novodevichy Cemetery

Lyubov Petrovna Orlova, (Russian: Любо́вь Петро́вна Орло́ва; 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1902, Zvenigorod – 26 January 1975, Moscow) was the first recognized star of Soviet cinema, famous theatre actress and a gifted singer.

She was born to a family of Russian nobles in Zvenigorod near Moscow and grew up in Yaroslavl. When she was seven, Fyodor Shalyapin predicted her future as a famous actress.

Orlova studied in Moscow Conservatory but did not graduate because she had to work to support her parents. Her first husband, a Soviet economist Andrei Berezin, was arrested in 1930. However, this did not affect her successful career.

Orlova's performance in a very popular 1934 comedy, Jolly Fellows, earned the young star the sympathy of Stalin and the title "Honorable actor of the RSFSR". Soon she married the movie director Grigori Aleksandrov.

In the next years, she starred in four popular movies which also became instant Soviet classics: Circus (1936), Volga-Volga (1938), Bright Path (1940), and Spring (1947). She was awarded the Stalin Prize (1941). In 1950, she became the first woman to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR exclusively for her cinematic works. After that, she switched to playing in theatre productions of Yuri Zavadsky's company.

A minor planet, 3108 Lyubov, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1972, is named after her. Her first and last name are also meaningful words in Russian: любовь means "love", and Орлова is the feminine form of орлов "eagle".

A cruise ship named after the actress was built by the Soviet Union in Yugoslavia in 1976 for expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic Circle. In early 2014, after years in private hands, bankruptcy, and reportedly being set adrift in the North Atlantic by Canadian authorities, the abandoned hulk gained attention for possibly being overrun by rats and threatening to run aground on European Atlantic shores.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        1
        Kaspars BērziņšSon
        2
        Nona BērziņaDaughter
        3Andrejs BērziņšAndrejs BērziņšHusband23.01.189300.00.1951
        4Grigori  AleksandrovGrigori AleksandrovHusband23.01.190316.12.1983
        5Kaspars BērziņšKaspars BērziņšFather in-law12.10.185531.12.1953
        6
        Līze BērziņaMother in-law
        7Milda BērziņaMilda BērziņaSister in-law05.09.189810.05.1974
        8Velta BušaVelta BušaSister in-law27.12.191111.07.2001
        9
        Agnese BērziņaSister in-law31.10.191500.03.1917
        10Bruno BērziņšBruno BērziņšBrother in-law18.07.190905.09.1985
        11
        Oskars BērziņšBrother in-law00.00.190700.00.1907
        12
        Jēkabs BērziņšBrother in-law00.00.1917
        13
        Kaspars Voldemārs BērziņšBrother in-law00.00.1918

        25.12.1934 | Премьера советской комедии "Веселые ребята"

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        23.05.1936 | Премьера фильма "Цирк"

        Фильим гениален. С одной стороны, простая пропаганда, но полностю соотвествует духу времени. Пафосно, красиво и со счастливым концом. Голливуд до сих работает по этой схеме.

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        06.09.1936 | Nodibināts goda nosaukums - PSRS Tautas mākslinieks

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