Lyubov Petrovna Orlova

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Lyubov Orlova with soldiers, April 1943

Lyubov Petrovna Orlova (born January 29, jul. / 11. February  1902 greg. In Zvenigorod , † 26. January 1975 in Moscow ) was the first star of the Soviet film, theater actress and singer.

Life

Her father Peter Orlow served as a military engineer and came from the Tsar dynasty of the Rurikids , more precisely the princes of Tver. Her mother Yevgenia Suchotina also came from an old noble family.

Lyubov grew up in Yaroslavl on the Volga , 280 kilometers northeast of Moscow . Parents dreamed of their daughter becoming a pianist and sent Lyubov to piano lessons at the age of seven.

Family friends included many artists, including the opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin . When Chaliapin once again stayed at the Orlov house, Lyubov played in a children's theater, whereupon the opera singer is said to have said: "This girl will be a famous actress!"

She studied at the Moscow Conservatory , but had to drop out. From 1922 to 1925 she studied at the Moscow Ballet School, a department of the Moscow Theater School. This training was the basis of her work from 1926 to 1933 at the Nemirowitsch-Danchenko Music Theater, a department of the Moscow Art Theater directed by Vladimir Nemirowitsch-Danchenko .

In 1934 Orlowa made her film debut as Gruschenka in Grigory Roschal 's Dostoyevsky film Peterburgskaja notsch . With the film Funny Boys (1934) she gained Stalin's sympathy and the following year she received the award “ Honored Artist of the RSFSR ”. After that she advanced to the female superstar of Soviet film with her roles in musical comedies , usually under the direction of Grigory Alexandrow . The following four films, Circus (1936), Volga-Volga (1938), The Bright Way (1940) and Spring (1947) brought her various honors and immediately became classics of Soviet film.

A Russian postage stamp with Lyubov Orlova

Orlova received the Lenin Prize in 1939 . In 1941 (for circus and Volga, Volga ) and 1950 (for encounter on the Elbe ) she received the Stalin Prize . In 1947 she was honored as a People's Artist of the RSFSR , and in 1950 she was also honored as a People's Artist of the USSR . In addition to the “For the Defense of the Caucasus” medal , Orlova received the Order of the Red Labor Banner twice .

After two composer biographies - Melodie des Lebens (1950) about Modest Mussorgsky and Lied der Heimat (1952) about Michail Glinka - Orlowa devoted himself again to the theater and from 1955 played at the Mossoviet Theater .

Orlova was married to the film director Grigory Alexandrov - the author of Funny Guys , Circus and Volga-Volga . In 1984 the film compilation Lyubow Orlowa made about them by Alexandrow and Jelena Michailowa was released .

Others

Filmography (selection)

  • 1934: Funny guys ( Весёлые ребята )
  • 1936: Circus ( Цирк )
  • 1938: Volga, Volga ( Волга-Волга )
  • 1939: The mistake of the engineer Kochin ( Ошибка инженера Кочина )
  • 1940: The bright way ( Светлый путь )
  • 1941: The work of Artamonovs ( Дело Артамоновых ) based on the novel of the same name by Maxim Gorky from 1925.
  • 1947: Spring ( Весна )
  • 1949: Meeting on the Elbe ( Встреча на Эльбе )
  • 1950: Melody of Life ( Мусоргский )
  • 1952: Song of the Homeland ( Композитор Глинка ) Role: Lyudmilla Ivanovna Glinka

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personal data
SURNAME Orlova, Lyubov Petrovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Orlova, Lyubov; Orlova, Lyubov Petrovna (English); Орлова, Любовь Петровна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Zvenigorod
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1975
Place of death Moscow