Margarita Savitskaya
Margarita Savitskaya | |
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Born | Margarita Georgiyevna Savitskaya Маргарита Георгиевна Савицкая 30 October 1868 |
Died | 27 March 1911 | (aged 42)
Occupation | Stage actress |
Margarita Georgiyevna Savitskaya (
Stanislavski troupe.[1]
She was from the Russian Empire.
Career
Among the parts she was the first performer of in MAT were Antigona in the
Maria Ermolova who became her close friend in late 1900s. Savitskaya, who died in 1911, has been described as "the symbol of the original MAT's ethics". She was interred in the Novodevichy Cemetery, next to the Chekhov monument.[1]
Georgy Burdzhalov of The Moscow Art Theatre was her husband.
References
- ^ a b Маргарита Георгиевна Савицкая. Biography at the Moscow Art Theatre site by Inna Solovyova