Vera Nikolayevna Pashennaya (Russian: Вера Николаевна Пашенная; 19 September 1887, Moscow – 28 October 1962, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian stage and film actress and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1937).
Vera Pashennaya | |
|---|---|
_(A).jpg) Vera Pashennaya with Alexander Yuzhin | |
| Born | Vera Nikolayevna Pashennaya 19 September 1887 |
| Died | 28 October 1962 (aged 75) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow Theatrical School |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, theater pedagogue |
| Years active | 1907–1961 |
Biography edit
Vera Pashennaya was born to the family of the famous actor Nikolay Roshchin-Insarov (1861 — 1899, surname at birth being Pashenny).[1] Her sister, actress Yekaterina Roshchina-Insarov, emigrated in 1919.
Filmography edit
- Polikushka (1922) as Akulina
- Wolves and Sheep (1953) as Murzavetskaya
- Ekaterina Voronina (1957) as Ekaterina's grandmother
- The Idiot (1958) as Yepanchina, General's wife
Awards and honors edit
- Honored Artist of the Republic (1925)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1937)[3]
- Two Orders of Lenin (1937, 1949)
- Stalin Prize, 1st class (1943)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1957)
- Lenin Prize (1961)
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
References edit
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vera Pashennaya.
  | This article about a Russian actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |