Olga Volkova (actress)
Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (Russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theatre and film actress. She began her career at the Bryantsev Youth Theatre in Leningrad. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1968.
Biography
[edit]Olga Volkova was born in Leningrad (modern day - St. Petersburg), in a family of actors. In 1960 she graduated from the acting studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater (workshop of Leonid Makariev).[1]
In 1970-1976, a meeting took place at the Leningrad Comedy Theater, after which Olga moved to the Bolshoi Drama Theater, where she worked until 1996.
Selected filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Secret of Lilith | Galina Lvovnа | |
| Dibs (Babki) | Evgenia Vasilievna | ||
| Cursed Official | Valentina Serafimovna | ||
| 2020 | Ivanko | Valya's grandmother | |
| Chorus | Olga Ilyinichna | ||
| Parents 4 | Grandmother | ||
| Cursed Days | Irina, Lena's mother | Short story "Happy Ending" | |
| 2019 | Unfinished Battle | Dorm commandant | |
| Belovodie. Mystery of the Lost Country | Landlady | ||
| 2018 | What Men talk about. Continuation | Lesha's mother | |
| 2016 | Nurse | Raisa Mikhailovna, Anna's mother-in-law | |
| Life After Life (Heaven Will Wait) | Margarita Stepanovna, mother of Khorkov | ||
| 2014 | The Line | Marfa, "commandant" of a communal apartment | |
| Fedka | Nadezhda Vasilievna | ||
| Under the Heel | Elizaveta Borisovna, Kostya's mother | ||
| Moms 3 | Antonina Ivanovna | ||
| In the Same Breath | Vera Vasilievna | ||
| 2013 | Treasures of O.K. | Museum curator | |
| Toy Seller | Tour guide | ||
| Twists of Fate | Maria Ivanovna | ||
| Upside Down | Raisa, Andrey's mother | ||
| Veronica. Fugitive | Marya Stepanovna | ||
| Marathon | Valentina Ivanovna | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | Emma Naligan | ||
| 2012 | Daddy's Daughters: Superbrides | Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko, grandmother of the girls, mother of Lyudmila Sergeevna | |
| Yegor's Secret | Alevtina Petrovna | ||
| Holiday Locked Up | Kira Pavlovna | ||
| The Last Role of Rita | Tatyana Yuryevna | ||
| Moms | Mother | Short story "My Beloved" | |
| Veronica. Lost Happiness | Maria Stepanova | ||
| Dodo Day | Zoya Anatolyevna | ||
| A Man With a Guarantee | Grandma Nina | ||
| Exchange Rings | Maria Ivanovna | ||
| 2011 | Newlyweds | A friend of Andrei Petrovich at the dance | |
| Pandora's Box | Lyudmila | ||
| Comrade Stalin | Thrush | ||
| Comrade Police Officers | Galina Evgenievna | ||
| The Best Summer of Our Life | Klara Semyonovna | ||
| 2010 | Olympic Village | Janitor | |
| Ivanov (film) | Avdotya Nazarovna | ||
| Lawyers | Galina Arkadievna Vitruk | ||
| There is Someone Here | Tamara Proskurina, Dmitry's mother | ||
| Death of Vazir-Mukhtar. Love and Life of Griboedov | Praskovya Nikolaevna | ||
| Wedding. A Business. Death | Atueva | ||
| Grandmother Ada | Grandmother Ada | ||
| 2009 | I Will Live! | Margarita Pavlovna | |
| Blood is Not Water | Anya and Masha's grandmother | ||
| Zhurov | Pankratova | Series "Resort Romance" | |
| Unfinished Lesson | Nadezhda Petrovna, headmistress of the school | ||
| Moscow Courtyard | Sofia Sergeevna | ||
| Cossacks (cartoon series) | Mother of Empress Catherine II | Voice | |
| 2008 | The Vicissitudes of Fate | Olga Petrovna | |
| Thank You for Everything 3 | Henrietta Leopoldovna | ||
| Harp for Your Beloved | Ada, Zoya's mother, Honored Teacher of the USSR | ||
| Hope as Evidence of Life | Nina Nikolaevna Tikhomirova, headmistress of a private school | ||
| 2007—2012 | Daddy's Daughters | Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko, grandmother of girls, mother of Lyudmila Sergeevna | |
| 2007 | Treasure | Tamara | |
| Rude and Sam | Anna Romanovna | ||
| Luna-Odessa | Borya's mother | ||
| House on the English Embankment | Dunya | ||
| 20 Cigarett | Zinaida Arkadievna (Andrei's mother-in-law) | ||
| 2006 | Three From Above | Martha | |
| Vices and Their Fans | Elena Tikhonovna Filimonovna, Masha's grandmother | ||
| Virtual Romance | Inessa Sigismundovna, neighbor on the porch | ||
| Payment for Love | Mother | ||
| Travesty | Student, director's assistant | ||
| 2005-2006 | Lyuba, Children and the Plant | Evgenia Aleksandrovna Orlova | |
| 2005 | Twelve Chairs | Madame Petukhova, mother-in-law Vorobyaninov | |
| My Love | Rosa, Vadim and Angela's neighbor | ||
| Fool | Tatyana Ivanovna Pereverzeva | ||
| The Machinations of Love | Zinaida Romanovna | ||
| The Most Beautiful | Librarian | ||
| 2003 | Evlampia Romanova. The Investigation is Conducted by an Amateur | Emma Markovna | Series "Poker with a Shark" |
| The Modern Game | Kitsinskaya | ||
| 2002-2005 | Friendly Family | Olga Ivanovna, grandmother | |
| 2001 | New Year's Adventures | Oskolkina | |
| Drakosha and Company | Zhanna Eduardovna | ||
| Trail of the Werewolf | Sonya Gurvich | ||
| The Tale of Fedot the Archer | Baba Yaga | ||
| 2000 | Still Waters | Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective | |
| Fortuna | Saleswoman | ||
| Still Waters (2000 film) | Varvara Petrovna Muromova, investigator | ||
| Bremen Town Musicians & Co | Donkey senior's wife | ||
| 1998 | Paradise Apple | Doctor | |
| Totalitarian Novel | Andrei's aunt | ||
| 1997 | Poor Sasha | Amalia Arkadievna, Sasha's nanny | |
| 1996 | Hello, Fools! | Ophthalmologist | |
| 1994 | Tribulation | Clasha, Olya's grandmother | |
| I'm Free, I'm Nobody's | Gulyaev's wife | ||
| Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet Roses | Varvara | ||
| 1993 | Passion for Angelica | Kirillovna, mother of Angelica | |
| Happy Loser | Psychiatrist | ||
| I Don't Want to Get Married! | Tsvetkova, Alexander's mother | ||
| Devil, I’m bored | Junk witch | ||
| 1992 | Racket | Melnikov's mother | |
| Oriental Novel | Fatima, wife of Said | ||
| Old Young People | Alla Petrovna Shapkina, secretary of the city committee | ||
| Strange Men of Semenova Ekaterina | Headmistress of the boarding school | ||
| 1991 | Anna Karamazoff | Neighbor | |
| Promised Heaven | Katya Ivanova | ||
| Inner Circle | Tamara Petrovna | ||
| Promised Heaven | Katya Ivanova | ||
| Anna Karamazoff | Neighbor | ||
| 1990 | Jokes | Marina Rodionovna/ lady/devil | |
| Pit | Lady-charity | ||
| Quarry | Baranovskaya | ||
| Sunset | Potapovna | ||
| Suicide | Raisa Filippovna | ||
| 1988 | To Kill a Dragon | Wife of a blacksmith | |
| Treasure | Director of a jewelry store | ||
| Gypsy Baron | Mirabella | ||
| Physicists | Matilda von Zand, chief physician of the Cherry Orchard sanatorium | ||
| Weekdays and Holidays of Serafima Glukina | Elvira Pavlovna, double bass player | ||
| 1987 | Forgotten Melody for a Flute | Surova | |
| Madam Minister | Savka | ||
| Daughter | Insurance agent | ||
| The Tale of the Painter in Love | Queen Driesophila II | ||
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali | Grandmother | ||
| 1986 | Forgive Me (film) | Lydia Mikhailovna Svirskaya | |
| Exceptions without Rules | Secretary Yascherova | Short story "Paper Clips" | |
| With Open Doors | Nadezhda Petrovna, engineer | ||
| My Dearly Beloved Detective | Mary Harvey, actress | ||
| 1985 | Dream in Hand, or Suitcase | Antonina Sergeevna, editor | |
| Defendant | Lidia Sergeevna, people's assessor | ||
| Did you call the Snow Maiden? | Svetlana Ivanovna | ||
| 1984 | TASS Is Authorized to Declare... | Emma Schantz | |
| A Cruel Romance | Modiste | ||
| Overheard Conversation | Teacher | ||
| Olga and Konstantin | Saleswoman | ||
| And then Came Bumbo... | The Sister-in-law | ||
| Applause, Applause... | Polina, director's assistant | ||
| Understudy Begins to Act | Lydia Ivanovna, secretary | ||
| 1983 | Unique | Member of the artistic council | |
| 1982 | Station for Two | Violetta, waitress | |
| Treasure Island | Mrs. Hawkins, Jim's mother | ||
| The Hat of Monomakh | Alla Perfilievna, the school principal's secretary | ||
| Theft | Mrs. Stone, typist Starkuetra | ||
| 1979 | Die Fledermaus | Lotta | |
| I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death | Irina Grigorievna, kindergarten teacher | ||
| Three Men in a Boat (1979 film) | The boy's mother, lost in the maze | ||
| Autumn Story | Teacher | ||
| My First Friend | Sasha's mother | ||
| We'll Be Back in The Fall | Zina Vyazova | Uncredited | |
| 1972 | A Teacher of Singing | Mila's mother |
Awards
[edit]In 1993 Volkova received the People's Artist of Russia award.[2] In 2002 won Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film The Tale of Fedot-Sagittarius (Baba Yaga).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ M. I. Andreeva, N. E. Zvenigorodskaya, A. V. Martynova (2001). Russian Drama Theatre: Encyclopedia.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Награждена указом президента России № 523 от 23 апреля 1993 года". Archived from the original on 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ Лауреаты премии «Золотой орёл» на официальном сайте Национальной академии кинематографических искусств и наук России
External links
[edit]- Olga Volkova at IMDb
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