Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (Russian: Ð Ð»Ð¸Ñ Ð° Ð'руновна
Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union)
is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading actress of the Bolshoi Drama
in St. Petersburg, Russia.Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of
Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the USSR.
She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal
relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a
century. In her childhood years, Alisa Freindlich attended the drama
and music classes of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. During the
Second World War she survived the 900-day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad
and continued her school studies after the war.In the 1950s she
studied acting at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and
Cinema, graduating in 1957 as actress. From 1957 to 1961 Alisa
Freindlich was a member of the troupe at Komissarjevskaya Theatre in
Leningrad. Then she joined the Lensovet Theatre company, but in 1982,
she had to leave it following her divorce from the theatre's director,
Igor Vladimirov. Thereupon director Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to
join the troupe of BDT in which she works to this day.Although
Freindlich put a premium on her stage career, she starred in several
notable movies, including Eldar Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy
Office Romance (1977), the long-banned epic Agony (1975) and
Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker (1979). Another notable role was the
Queen Anne of Austria in the Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three
Musketeers (1978) and its later Russian sequels, Musketeers Twenty
Years After (1992) and The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty
Years After (1993).
Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union)
is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading actress of the Bolshoi Drama
in St. Petersburg, Russia.Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of
Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the USSR.
She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal
relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a
century. In her childhood years, Alisa Freindlich attended the drama
and music classes of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. During the
Second World War she survived the 900-day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad
and continued her school studies after the war.In the 1950s she
studied acting at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and
Cinema, graduating in 1957 as actress. From 1957 to 1961 Alisa
Freindlich was a member of the troupe at Komissarjevskaya Theatre in
Leningrad. Then she joined the Lensovet Theatre company, but in 1982,
she had to leave it following her divorce from the theatre's director,
Igor Vladimirov. Thereupon director Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to
join the troupe of BDT in which she works to this day.Although
Freindlich put a premium on her stage career, she starred in several
notable movies, including Eldar Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy
Office Romance (1977), the long-banned epic Agony (1975) and
Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker (1979). Another notable role was the
Queen Anne of Austria in the Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three
Musketeers (1978) and its later Russian sequels, Musketeers Twenty
Years After (1992) and The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty
Years After (1993).
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