Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (Russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema.[1]

Irina Murzaeva
Born	Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (1906-05-15)May 15, 1906 Krasnoufimsk, Krasnoufimsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 3, 1988(1988-01-03) (aged 81) Moscow, USSR
Occupation	actress
Years active	1927–1988
Awards	Medal For Labour Valour

Biography

She graduated from the Lunacharsky Theater College (1927). In 1927-1928 and 1930-1931 an actress Sverdlovsk Youth Theater, in 1928-1937 Ruben Simonov's theater studio, in 1937-1956 an actress and director of Moscow Lenkom Theatre.[2]

In the movie she made her debut in the film Four Hearts by Konstantin Yudin.[3] Repeatedly shot in the newsreels Yeralash and Fitil.

One of the most popular comic old women of Soviet cinema.[1][3][4]

She died on January 3, 1988 in Moscow at the age of 82.[2] Buried in Moscow in the Don Cemetery.[5]

Personal life

Son Boris Nikolayevich Murzaev (1938), who was brought up alone; grandson Igor Murzaev (1975), granddaughter Yekaterina Lazareva (1968), great-grandsons Boris (1999), Tamara (1999), Mikhail (2002).[2]

Selected filmography

• Four Hearts (1941) as Tamara Spiridonovna, manicurist
• The Wedding (1944) as guest
• The Call of Love (1944) as Alla Vladimirovna Broshkina
• The Anna Cross (1954) as Mavra Grigorievna
• The Snow Queen (1957) as old fairy (voice)
• Ekaterina Voronina (1957) as Kaleria Ivanovna
• The Girl Without an Address (1957) as conductor
• A Simple Story (1960) as Sasha's mother
• The Night Before Christmas (1961) as deaconess
• Children of Don Quixote (1966) as old woman
• Torrents of Steel (1967) as Gorpina
• Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes (1968) as 2nd guest at the wedding
• Shine, Shine, My Star (1970) as Tapera
• The Twelve Chairs (1971) as guide
• Grandads-Robbers (1972) as the museum keeper
• Practical Joke (1977) as neighbor Fira Solomonovna
• Incognito from St. Petersburg (1978) as elderly lady
• Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1987) as Tatyana Grigoryevna

References

External links

• Ирина Мурзаева at IMDb
• Новейшая история отечественного кино^{[permanent dead link]}

На других языках

[ru] Мурзаева, Ирина Всеволодовна