Larisa Eryomina-Wain (born September 19, 1950, Moldavia) is a stage
and screen actress, particularly in Soviet films of the 1970s. She
left the Soviet Union in 1979, to raise her family and pursue a career
in Hollywood. She has acted in dozens of films, television programs
and stage productions. She has also taught acting and directing
extensively. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and
two children.Born in Tiraspol, the second largest city of the
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Eryomina is prominent among
European actors and directors living in the United States. She studied
the renowned Stanislavsky System at the Moscow Art Theatre, with
actors and directors who worked directly with Stanislavsky.Her
graduation parts were Desdemona of Shakespeare's "Othello" and the
Countess in "The Marriage of Figaro," a musical production based on
the play by Beaumarchais. After graduation she played roles in dramas,
comedies and musicals, on stage and in movies. "That girl can play
anything", said Andrei Goncharov, the artistic director of the Moscow
repertory theatre where Eryomina worked. She was popular all over the
Soviet Union and in Eastern European countries such as Poland,
Germany, Czechoslovakia, and many others.Eryomina and her family left
the Soviet Union for the United States at the peak of her acting
career, having four offers for leading roles in major movies at the
time of her immigration. Immediately after arriving in New York City,
she was offered a contract by one of the most prestigious modeling
agencies, and promptly turned it down. In 1980 she and her family
moved to Los Angeles, where she has been working successfully in
movies and on stage. She also directs, writes and continues working on
enhancing her acting skills. After a stage production based on the
play "Between East and West" by Richard Nelson, Silvia Dreik, a
theatre critic from the Los Angeles Times said "...Larisa Eryomina is
an actress of a caliber of Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman."
and screen actress, particularly in Soviet films of the 1970s. She
left the Soviet Union in 1979, to raise her family and pursue a career
in Hollywood. She has acted in dozens of films, television programs
and stage productions. She has also taught acting and directing
extensively. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and
two children.Born in Tiraspol, the second largest city of the
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Eryomina is prominent among
European actors and directors living in the United States. She studied
the renowned Stanislavsky System at the Moscow Art Theatre, with
actors and directors who worked directly with Stanislavsky.Her
graduation parts were Desdemona of Shakespeare's "Othello" and the
Countess in "The Marriage of Figaro," a musical production based on
the play by Beaumarchais. After graduation she played roles in dramas,
comedies and musicals, on stage and in movies. "That girl can play
anything", said Andrei Goncharov, the artistic director of the Moscow
repertory theatre where Eryomina worked. She was popular all over the
Soviet Union and in Eastern European countries such as Poland,
Germany, Czechoslovakia, and many others.Eryomina and her family left
the Soviet Union for the United States at the peak of her acting
career, having four offers for leading roles in major movies at the
time of her immigration. Immediately after arriving in New York City,
she was offered a contract by one of the most prestigious modeling
agencies, and promptly turned it down. In 1980 she and her family
moved to Los Angeles, where she has been working successfully in
movies and on stage. She also directs, writes and continues working on
enhancing her acting skills. After a stage production based on the
play "Between East and West" by Richard Nelson, Silvia Dreik, a
theatre critic from the Los Angeles Times said "...Larisa Eryomina is
an actress of a caliber of Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman."
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