Olga Ostroumova

Soviet and Russian actress

Olga Ostroumova

Born	Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (1947-09-21) September 21, 1947 (age 76) Buguruslan, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–present
Spouse(s)	Boris Annaberdiyev (m.1969) Mikhail Levitin (m.1970-1993; 2 children) Valentin Gaft (m.1996-present)
Children	Olga Levitina (b. 1975) Mikhail Levitin, Jr. (b. 1983)
Awards

Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (Russian: О́льга Миха́йловна Остроу́мова; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films We'll Live Till Monday (1968, her debut), The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972, Italian Silver Nymph Award), Vasily and Vasilisa (1981).

In 1979 Olga Ostroumova was awarded the USSR State Prize; in 1993 - the title People's Artist of Russia.^[1]

Biography

Olga Ostroumova was born in Buguruslan, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1970, she graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow. Her film debut as a high school student in Monday Sure Will Come (Доживём до понедельника, 1968) brought her immediate fame among Soviet audiences.

From 1973 to 1983, she worked at the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, then moved to Mossovet Theatre, continuing her stage work alongside film and later television roles. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 1993.^[2] Ostroumova is married to Russian actor Valentin Gaft. She lives and works in Moscow.^[1]

Select filmography

1968 We'll Live Till Monday as Rita Cherkasova, a pupil
1971 Sea on Fire as Yulia Prihodko
1972 The Dawns Here Are Quiet as Zhenya Komelkowa
1974 Earthly Love as Manya
1977 Destiny as Manya Polivanova
1979 The Garage as Marina
1981 Vasili and Vasilisa as Vasilisa
1983 Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov as Sofochka
1987 Tower as Kara Semenovna
1987 Filer as Nina
1997 Don't Play the Fool as Polina
2003-2004 Poor Nastya (TV series) as Maria Alekseyevna Dolgorukaya
2004 Women in a game without rules (TV series) as Maria Petrovna Gromova
2005-2006 Don't Be Born Pretty (TV series) as Margarita Zhdanova
2008 Admiral as Daria Fedorovna Kamenskaya
2008 One Night of Love as Daria Matveevna Urusova
2012 Yefrosinya (TV series) as Olimpiada Zhuravskaya
2014 Pope to Sofia (Mini-series) as Marina

References

^ ^a ^b "Ostroumova, Olga Mikhaylovna". www.rusactors.ru. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
^ "Honorary title awarded by President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, 16 December 1993". Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.