Rufina Nifontova
Rufina Nifontova | |
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| Born | Rufina Dmitriyevna Pitade September 15, 1931 |
| Died | November 27, 1994 (aged 63) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–1992 |
Rufina Dmitriyevna Nifontova (Russian: Руфина Дмитриевна Нифонтова; 15 September 1931 – 27 November 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1978).
Biography
[edit]Rufina Nifontova was born in Moscow in a family with Greek roots.[1]
Nifontova studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (course of Bibikov-Pyzhova). In 1955 she graduated from VGIK and was admitted to the Film Actor Theater Studio.
In 1957 Nifontova came into the troupe of the Maly Theatre,[1] where she became a famous actress.
In 1986–1991 – Secretary of the Board Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation.[1]
Nifontova died in Moscow at the age of 63, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[2]
Personal life
[edit]- Father – Dmitry Ivanovich Pitade[1]
- Mother – Darya Semyonovna Pitade
- Brothers – Aleksandr, Boris, and twin Vyacheslav
- Husband – Gleb Nifontov, filmmaker
- Daughter – Olga, graduated from VGIK
Awards and honors
[edit]- 1956 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Award for Best Actress, for film Volnitsa)
- 1958 – Laureate Union Film Festival in First prize for the actors of the 1958
- 1960 – Laureate Union Film Festival in First prize for Best Actress for the 1960
- 1962 – Honored Artist of the RSFSR
- 1966 – People's Artist of the RSFSR
- 1967 – Order of the Badge of Honour
- 1974 – Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- 1978 – People's Artist of the USSR
- 1981 – Order of Friendship of Peoples[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Sisters (1957) as Katya Bulavina
- The First Visitor (1965) as Alexandra Kollontai
- Year as Long as Life (1966) as Jenny Marx
- Intervention (1968) as Madam Tokarchuk, raider
- Honoré de Balzac's Mistake (1968) as Ewelina Hańska
- Do Not Part with Your Beloved (1979) as people's judge
- Could One Imagine? (1980) as Tatyana Nikolayevna's mother
- Time and the Conways (1984) as Mrs. Conway
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Rufina Nifontova at IMDb
- Могила Нифонтовой на Ваганьковском кладбище
- Rufina Nifontova at Find a Grave
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- 1994 deaths
- 20th-century Russian actresses
- Actresses from Moscow
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian film actresses
- Russian people of Greek descent
- Russian stage actresses
- Soviet film actresses
- Soviet people of Greek descent
- Soviet stage actresses
- Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery