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- Angelina Stepanova was a notable actress of Moscow Art Theatre known as Anna Sherer in War and Peace (1965) by director Sergey Bondarchuk.
She was born Angelina Iosifovna Stepanova on November 23, 1905, in Nikolaevsk-na Amure, Russian Empire (now Nikolaevsk-na Amure, Russia). Her father, Iosif Stepanov, was an insurance agent, her mother, Maria Vladimirovna, was a dentist. From 1921 - 1924 Angelina Stepanova studied acting under Evgeni Vakhtangov at 3rd Studio of Moscow Art Theatre, making her stage debut in the legendary Vakhtangov's staging of Carlo Gozzi's comedy 'Princess Turandot'. In 1924, Stepanova was invited to perform in A.K. Tolstoy's play 'Tsar Fedor Ioannovich' opposite Konstantin Stanislavski.
From 1924 to 1994 Angelina Stepanova was a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There her stage partners included such renown Russian actors as Ivan Moskvin, Nikolay Khmelyov, Nikolai Sosnin, Alla Tarasova, Anatoli Ktorov, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Mikhail Yanshin, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Vasili Toporkov, Mark Prudkin, Mikhail Bolduman, and the next generation of MKhAT actors - Oleg Efremov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Kira Golovko, Nina Gulyaeva, Tatyana Lavrova, Iya Savvina, Olga Barnet, Irina Miroshnichenko, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Andrey Myagkov, Vladimir Kashpur, Vladlen Davydov, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Stanislav Lyubshin, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, Igor Vasilev, and others.
Stepanova was a member of the board at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). Her most acclaimed stage performances at Moscow Art Theatre were as Irina in 'The Three Sisters' (1930) directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, and as Betsy in Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina' (1937), for which Stepanova won critical acclaim on a tour in Paris. She was equally compelling playing epic leads and character roles. During the 50s, 60s and 70s, her most memorable appearances were in classic plays by Anton Chekhov, such as Arkadina in 'Chayka' (aka.. 'The Seagull), as Avdotya in 'Ivanov', as Irina in 'Tri sestry' (aka.. The Three Sisters), and as Ranevskaya in 'Vishnevy sad' (aka.. The Cherry Orchard), the role she inherited from Olga Knipper-Chekhova. During the 80s, Stepanova joined Oleg Efremov after the split of the Moscow Art Theatre in two companies. In 1998 she made her last public appearance at the Centennial Anniversary of the Moscow Art Theatre.
During the Stalin's era, Stepanova was rarely cast in Soviet movies, according to "Stalin's spell" upon actors of the Moscow Art Theatre. She made her film debut in 1946 when the Soviet State allowed filming of the Moscow Art Theatre stage productions. At that time Stepanova, aged 40, appeared as young Anya, Ranevskaya's daughter opposite Olga Knipper-Chekhova. In 1953 she appeared opposite Alla Tarasova in Anna Karenina (1953), another record of a stage production by the cast of the Moscow Art Theater. Stepanova had to wait until the age of 60 to play her best known film role as Anna Sherer, a noblewoman in War and Peace (1965) by director Sergey Bondarchuk. She later co-starred opposite Boris Babochkin and Donatas Banionis in Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli (1975), and also played bit parts in a few more Soviet films.
Stepanova received the Stalin's Prize (1952), and was designated People's Actress of the USSR (1960). She was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1977), was named Hero of Socialist Labour (1975), and received numerous decorations from the Soviet and Russian State. She was married to writer Aleksandr Fadeyev, whom she met on her first tour in Paris in 1937, and the couple had two sons, Shura Fadeev, and Mikhail Fadeev. Angelina Stepanova died of natural causes on May 18, 2000, in Moscow, and was laid to rest next to her husband, Aleksandr Fadeyev, in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Aleksei Tolstoy was born on 10 January 1883 in Nikolayevsk, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pugachyov, Saratov Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924), Khromoy barin (1929) and Peter the First (1937). He was married to Julia V.Rozhansky, Lyudmila Ilinichna Krestinskaya-Barsheva, Sophia Isaakovna Dymshits and Natalia V. Krandievskaya. He died on 23 February 1945 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Pyotr Omelchenko was born on 15 June 1924 in Komarye, Novo-Nikolayevsk Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Novosibirsk oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Gori, moya zvezda! (1958), Pod zolotym orlom (1958) and Po Rusi (1968). He died in 1985.
- Evgeniy Lemeshonok was born on 3 June 1921 in Novo-Nikolayevsk [now Novosibirsk, Russia], RSFSR. He was an actor, known for PiraMMMida (2011), U nas yest deti (1966) and Ne poteryayte znamya (1968). He died on 5 April 2011 in Novosibirsk, Russia.
- Pavel Leshkov was born in 1884 in Nikolayevsk, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pugachyov, Saratov oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Golod (1921). He died in 1964 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
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Aleksei Popov was born on 24 March 1892 in Nikolayevsk, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pugachyov, Saratov Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Dva druga, model i podruga (1927), Krupnaja neprijatnost' (1930) and Two Soldiers (1943). He died on 18 August 1961 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Viktor Grigoryuk was born on 25 April 1944 in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Thief (1997), Semyon Dezhnev (1984) and Tayna zolotoy gory (1985). He died on 16 January 2020.
- Nikolay Solovyov was born on 26 August 1941 in Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Volgograd Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Tolko ty (1972) and Podpolnyy obkom deystvuet (1979). He died on 17 December 2015.
- Veniamin Nechaev was born on 20 March 1915 in Novo-Nikolayevsk [now Novosibirsk, Russia], Russian Empire. He died on 15 August 1987 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.