Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (Russian: Рина Ð Ñ„Ð°Ð½Ð°Ñ ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð°
Сазонова; 1917 â€" 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet
Army Theatre in Moscow.The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey
Popov's theatre school at the age of 17. Popov went on to direct her
in a number of productions at the Soviet Army Theatre. In the 1960s,
she appeared in supporting roles in a slew of Soviet films and gained
wider renown for her portrayal of a World War II survivor in the 1965
melodrama Womenfolk. Sazonova was named a People's Artist of the USSR
in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1987.Her later years
were plagued by a series of horrible incidents, such as being severely
beaten by her drunken son who proceeded to jump 11 stories out of an
apartment window to his death.
Сазонова; 1917 â€" 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet
Army Theatre in Moscow.The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey
Popov's theatre school at the age of 17. Popov went on to direct her
in a number of productions at the Soviet Army Theatre. In the 1960s,
she appeared in supporting roles in a slew of Soviet films and gained
wider renown for her portrayal of a World War II survivor in the 1965
melodrama Womenfolk. Sazonova was named a People's Artist of the USSR
in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1987.Her later years
were plagued by a series of horrible incidents, such as being severely
beaten by her drunken son who proceeded to jump 11 stories out of an
apartment window to his death.
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