Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya (Russian: А́лла Бори́совна Покро́вская; 18 September 1937 – 25 June 2019) was a Soviet-Russian actress and educator.

Alla Pokrovskaya
Born(1937-09-18)18 September 1937
Died25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 81)
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
NationalityRussian
Occupationactress
ChildrenMikhail Yefremov[1]

Life

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Pokrovskaya was born in Moscow her father was the opera director Boris Pokrovsky and her mother, Anna Nekrasova [Wikidata] was the director of the Central Children's Theatre. Her parents' did not encourage or rate her acting talents. She initially decided to be a teacher but then went into acting. She studied at the Moscow Art Theater School and in her spare time she volunteered as a stage hand for Oleg Efremov's theatre. Whilst there where she saw Igor Kvasha, Galina Volchek and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev perform at the Sovremennik Theatre. She graduated in 1959.[2]

Pokrovskaya was a professor at the Moscow Art Theatre School. She was married to actor Oleg Yefremov. Pokrovskaya was known for her roles in Take Aim, Fox Hunting and July Rain,[3]

One of her last films was Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive where she appeared as Vladimir Vysotsky's mother.

Pokrovskaya died on 25 June 2019 at a Moscow hospital due to sepsis caused by liver disease, aged 81.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 July Rain Lelya Kurikhina
1969 Mine Tatyana
1975 Diary of a School Director Lida
1975 Take Aim Tanya
1976 Family Melodrama teacher
1978 Namesake Alja
1980 Fox Hunting Olga Sergeyevna
1984 Third in the Fifth Row Vera Matveevna
1984 The Tale of Tsar Saltan weaver voice
1988 Self-Portrait of an Unknown Ryabov's mother
2011 Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive mother of Vladimir Vysotsky final film role

References

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  1. ^ Михаил Ефремов в Воронеже признался в любви к Андрею Платонову
  2. ^ "Алла Покровская". 24SMI (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  3. ^ Young, Deborah (2000-08-21). "July Rain". Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
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