Nonna Kronidivna Koperzhynska (1 May 1920 - 10 June, 1999) was a Soviet and Ukrainian theater and film actress, People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1967). Winner of the Kyiv Pectoral Theater Award (1995).
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Born | Nonna Kronidivna Koperzhynska (1920-05-01)May 1, 1920 Kyiv, Ukraine |
Died | 10 June 1999(1999-06-10) (aged 79) Kyiv, Ukraine |
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1939-1999 |
Nonna Koperzhynska was born on 1 May 1920 in Kyiv.[1] When she was 2 years old, her father died.[2] Then Koperzhynska moved to Donbas where her mother worked until 1937.[3] Later her mother was transferred to work in Kyiv and they moved back there.[4]
In 1938, Koperzhynska entered the Kyiv Theater Institute where she took courses with Amvrosy Buchma.[5] Soon her talent was noticed by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Koperzhynska made her film deput in film Shchors directed by Dovzhenko.[6]
In 1941, Koperzhynska had to interrupt her studies because the World War II began.[7] After the war she returned the Kyiv Theater Institute and in 1945 played a role in Hnat Yura’s play that became her student’s diploma work.[1]
In 1946, Koperzhynska was accepted into the troupe of Ivan Franko Kyiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater, where she worked until the end of her life.[8] In 1952 Koperzhynska starred in the film Stolen Happiness.[1] She became recognized by the public after her roles in the films Chasing Two Hares (1961) and Queen of the Gas Station (1963).[6] In 1967, Koperzhynka was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.[9]
Nonna Koperzhynska died on 10 June 1999 in Kyiv.[10] She is buried on Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.[11]
A memorial plaque in honor of Nonna Koperzhynska also known as the Mother of the Ukrainian Theater was erected on 9 June 9 2009 at 2 Mykhailivska Street in Kyiv, where the actress lived since 1981.[1]
In 2019 a book “People's Artist. About Nonna Koperzhynska” by Oleg Vergelis was published.[11]
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