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Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Actress

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya was a Russian film and stage actress, and unofficial sex symbol in the 1940s Soviet Union. She was loved by general public, but was censored under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. She was born Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya on September 8, 1919, in Astrakhan, Russia. Her father, Vasili Tselikovsky, was an orchestra conductor, her mother was an opera singer. Young Tselikovskaya studied piano at the Gnesin School of Music in Moscow, then, from 1937 to 1941 she studied acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre, graduating in 1941 as an actress. From 1941 to 1992 Lyudmila Tselikovskaya was a member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There her stage partners were such actors as Mikhail Ulyanov, Ruben Simonov, Boris Zakhava, Mikhail Astangov, Varvara Popova, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Irina Kupchenko, Yuliya Borisova, Lyudmila Maksakova, Marianna Vertinskaya, Nina Ruslanova, Nikolai Plotnikov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Vladimir Etush, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Andrei Abrikosov, Grigori Abrikosov, Boris Babochkin, Nikolai Gritsenko, Nikolai Timofeyev, Evgeni Fedorov, Aleksandr Grave, Vladimir Koval, Viktor Zozulin, Evgeniy Karelskikh, Sergey Makovetskiy, and Ruben Simonov, among others. Tselikovskaya gave memorable performances in the classic Shakespeare's plays, such as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', and Beatrice in 'Mnogo shuma is nichego' (aka.. Much Ado about Nothing). At the beginning of her film career, Tselikovskaya gave a stellar performance in Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945) by director Sergei M. Eisenstein. However, Joseph Stalin canceled her nomination for Stalin's Prize, and as a consequence, Tselikovskaya did not have any official support for the rest of her career. During the Second World War Lyudmila Tselikovskaya entertained the Red Army troops at the front-lines together with her husband, actor Mikhail Zharov. However, after the war, she and Zharov were censored by the Soviet officials, and both became virtually unemployed. In 1948 Tselikovskaya married Karo Alabyan, a prominent architect, but soon he was falsely accused of anti-Soviet activity, was fired from all government projects, became depressed, and later died of cancer. For the next 15 years, Tselikovskaya lived in a civil union with director Yuri Lyubimov, and their home in Moscow was a meeting place for such cultural figures as Boris Pasternak, Petr Kapitsa, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Fedor Abramov, Evgeniy Evtushenko, and other Russian intellectuals. At the same time, Tselikovskaya did not have new roles to play, she was ignored by official Soviet critics, and was rarely mentioned in the Soviet press. However, she was still loved by general public, and was eventually designated People's Actress of Russia. She died of cancer on July 2, 1992, in Moscow, Russia. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov

Born: September 8, 1919 in Astrakhan, RSFSR, USSR

Died: July 4, 1992 (Age 72)

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Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.8
ActressCzarina Anastasia Romanovna1944
Movie
6.8
Actress1954
Movie
6.7
Actress1980
Movie
6.6
ActressAntonina Pavlovna Kalmykova1946
Movie
6.8
ActressOlga Dymova1955
Movie
6.7
ActressLyuba Karaseva1945
Movie
ActressNatasha1943
Movie
5
ActressЗинаида Сергеевна1987
Movie
7.1
ActressШура Мурашова1941
Movie
6.8
ActressZinochka1948
Movie
ActressВарвара Ивановна Сибирцева
TV Show
6.7
Actressarchivefootage
1 Episode
1993-2004
TV Show
ActressАнастасия Романовна, царица (1-я серия)
2 Episodes
1944-1944
Short Film
5.3
Actress1948
Movie
6.5
Actress1976
Movie
7
Actressмиссис Берлинг, его супруга1973
Movie
7.4
ActressMadam Brykovich1984
Movie
7.1
Actress1978
Movie
6.3
ActressTatyana Ivanovna Korobova1970
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