Lyudmila Maksakova

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Lyudmila Maksakova
Maria Maksakova, Jr.

Lyudmila Vasilyevna Maksakova (

Maria is an opera singer and Russian TV Kultura presenter.[2]

Biography

Lyudmila Maksakova was born in

Stalin himself, who was known to have favoured the famous Bolshoi singer.[3]

Career

After the simultaneous graduation from a secondary school, and the Moscow Central music school where she studied

Tatar Princess Adelma in the much acclaimed Vakhtangov production of Princess Turandot, revived by director Ruben Simonov. Among her other lauded performances were those of Lolya (Dion), Knipper-Chekhova (My Whimsical Happiness), Nicol (Le Bourgeois gentilhomme), Maria (The Cavalry Army, after Babel) and Mamayeva (Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man).[1]

In 1964 Maksakova debuted in film, as Nina in

The early 1980s saw Maksakova enjoying her second wave of success in theatre. Much lauded were her Anna Karenina in

novel) and Louise in I Don't Know You From Now On, Dear (after Aldo De Benedetti's play).[5] Her performance in Pyotr Fomenko's production of Guilty Without Fault by Alexander Ostrovsky, earned Maksakova the USSR State Prize in 1995, and the Stanislavsky Prize a year later. In 2000s Maksakova started to teach at the Shchukin Theater Institute; her appearances on stage and on screen became rare and far between.[1]

Private life

Lyudmila Maksakova's first husband was the artist Lev Zbarsky (who in 1972 departed to Israel, then to the USA); they had a son, Maxim. In the mid-1970s Maksakova married Peter Igenbergs, a West German citizen. On 24 July 1977, she gave birth to a daughter, Maria, an opera singer and TV presenter.[1]

Filmography

  • There Was an Old Couple (Nina, 1964)
  • Tatyana's Day (Tatyana Ogneva, 1967)
  • A Road to 'Saturn' (Sophia Krauze, 1967)
  • The End of 'Saturn' (Sophia Krauze, 1968)
  • Not Guilty (Nadya, 1969)
  • Faust (Margarita, 1969)
  • A Train into Tomorrow (Lydia Konoplyova, 1970)
  • Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man, TV series (Mamayeva, 1971)
  • Princess Turandot (Adelma, 1971)
  • Witness' Disappearance (Nastya, 1971)
  • The Battle After the Victory (Sophia Krauze, 1972)
  • The Bad Good Man (Nadezhda Fyodorovna, 1973)
  • The Touch (Tamara Fabritsius, 1973)
  • Personal Matters Reception Day (Galina, 1974)
  • Autumn (Margo, 1974)
  • The Clara Gazul Theater (Clara Gazul, 1974)
  • The 'Izotop' Cafe (Skurlatova, 1976)
  • Summer in Nohant-Vic (George Sand, 1976)
  • Father Sergius (Makovkina, 1978)
  • The Old Russian Vaudevilles Evening (Kletkina, 1978)
  • Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde, 1979)
  • The Glembais (Charlotte, 1979)
  • Idiot, television (Nastasya Filippovna, 1979)
  • Richard III (Lady Anna, 1982)
  • Prokhindiada or Running on the Spot (rector Maria Nikitichna, 1983)
  • Trips on an Old Car (Zoya Pavlovna, 1985)
  • By the Main Street with an Orchestra (Alla Maksimovna, 1986)
  • Desyat Negrityat (Emily Brent, 1987)
  • Mu-Mu (The Lady, 1989)
  • An Ideal Couple, television series (Nadezda Potapova, 1989)
  • Anna Karenina (Lydia Ivanovna, 2009)
  • Attraction (Lyuba, 2017)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Максакова Людмила Васильевна". www.rusactors.ru. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. ^ Vergasov, F. "Людмила Васильевна Максакова: Ходили слухи, что я - дочь Сталина". www.pseudology.org. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Мария Максакова хочет знать имя своего дедушки". Комсомольская правда. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Людмила Васильевна Максакова". krugosvet.ru. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Уроки мастера". vahtangov.ru. Retrieved 10 October 2011.[permanent dead link]

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