Lyudmila Mikhailovna Savelyeva

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Lyudmila Savelyeva (1972)

Lyudmila Mikhailovna Saweljewa ( Russian Людмила Михайловна Савельева ; born January 24, 1942 in Leningrad ) is a Russian actress .

Life

In 1962 she graduated from the Leningrad Academic Choreographic Vaganova School of ballet . She was then accepted into the renowned company of the Kirov Ballet . Since 1967 she has belonged to the ensemble of the theater-studio of film actors. She made her film debut in 1966 in the role of Countess Natascha in Sergei Bondartschuk's monumental literary film adaptation of War and Peace . As a result, she gained international fame and the readers of Sowetski Ekran magazine voted her best actress of the year. In her second film, she took on the lead role in Vittorio de Sica's Sunflowers in 1969 . In 1978 she was awarded the Actor Award at the Varna Film Festival for playing Julija Wrewskaja , a freedom fighter in the Russo-Ottoman War in Bulgaria . Since the mid-1980s she played frequently under the direction of Sergei Solowjow .

In 1985 Savelyeva was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR . She is the bearer of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor .

Savelieva is married to the actor Alexander Sbrujew and mother of the actress Natalja Sbrujewa .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966–1967: War and Peace (Война и мир)
  • 1970: Sunflowers (I girasoli)
  • 1971: The Escape (Бег)
  • 1972: The Seagull (Чайка)
  • 1973: Headless rider (Всадник без головы)
  • 1978: Between the Tsar's court and the battlefield - Julia Wrewskaja (Юлия Вревская)
  • 1978: Disappeared (Исчезновение)
  • 1982: Starallüren (Шляпа)
  • 1983: Reconnaissance aircraft in action (Шёл четвёртый год войны)
  • 1985: success (Успех)
  • 1986: The Strange White (Чужая белая и рябой)

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