Lyubov Petrovna Orlova
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.
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
- A minor planet of the asteroid belt discovered on August 18, 1972 by the Soviet astronomer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa at the Crimean observatory in Nautschnyj bears the designation (3108) Lyubov (provisional designation 1972 QM).
- Orlowa gave its name to the passenger ship Lyubovy Orlova, built in 1976 .
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
literature
- Oksana Bulgakova: the first Soviet film star. In: Klaus Heller (ed.): Personality Cults in Stalinism - people Cults in Stalinism . V & R unipress, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89971-191-2 .
Web links
- Lyubov Petrovna Orlova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Article Lyubov Petrovna Orlowa in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Orlova Site Museum (en.)
personal data | |
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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 |