Galina Konovalova
Galina Lvovna Konovalova (
Biography
Konovalova was born in 1916.
Beginning in 2007, Konovalova finally achieved fame with the arrival of a new Lithuanian director, Rimas Tuminas, at the Vakhtangov Theatre.[1] Tuminas cast Konovalova as Marina, a nurse, in his 2009 production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya when she was 95 years old.[1] Prior to her 2009 casting, Konovalova had performed background roles for most of her career.[1] She told The Independent in 2012, "Before Rimas came, I had an entirely different life...He saw the character in me and gave me work and of course I'm grateful...I have lived all my life in this theatre, spent my youth and all my days here, and my feeling of success does not depend on this success – it depends on everything I have done here. They were maybe tiny, small parts, but I admired every single thing I did."[1] In 2012, Tuminas and Vakhtangov Theatre opened a limited-run production of Uncle Vanya in London's West End.[1] The play was performed in Russian with English subtitles.[1] Galina Konovalova, who was 97 years old at the time, reprised her role of Marina in the London production.[1] She achieved attention for her work on Uncle Vanya in both the United Kingdom and Russia. The Independent noted that her swift success during her late 90s was "still pretty rare to get your big break after 70 years."[1] She expressed no interest in retirement.[1]
Galina Konovalova died on 21 September 2014, at the age of 98.[3] Her late husband, actor Vladimir Osenev, also acted until his death in 1977.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Williams, Holly (2012-11-04). "Galina Konovalova: 'I admired every single thing I did'". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ a b Galina Konovalova at the Vakhtangov Theatre
- ^ "Ушла из жизни легенда театра Вахтангова актриса Галина Коновалова". Moskovskij Komsomolets. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
External links
- Galina Konovalova at Find a Grave
- Galina Konovalova at IMDb