Eugenie Leontovich (Born Evgenia Konstantinovna Leontovich; Russian:
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tr. Evgéniya Konstantinovna Leontóvich; March or April [a] â€"
April , ) was a Russian-born United States stage actress with a
distinguished career in theatre, film and television, as well as a
dramatist and acting teacher.In an obituary, she was described as
"[o]ne of the most colourful figures of the th-century theatre, a
successful actress, producer, playwright and teacher." She was
nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for William
Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers.Born in Podolsk, she studied at Moscow's
Imperial School of Dramatic Art, and then under Meyerhold at the
Moscow Art Theatre, which she subsequently joined. The daughter of
Konstantin Leontovich, an officer in the Russian Imperial Army, she
suffered greatly during the Revolution. Her three brothers (who were
Army officers like their father) were murdered by the Bolsheviks. In ,
she "found her way to New York City and set about mastering the
English language". That year, she joined a touring company of the
musical Blossom Time in and traveled throughout much of the U.S. Her
success led to Broadway stardom.
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tr. Evgéniya Konstantinovna Leontóvich; March or April [a] â€"
April , ) was a Russian-born United States stage actress with a
distinguished career in theatre, film and television, as well as a
dramatist and acting teacher.In an obituary, she was described as
"[o]ne of the most colourful figures of the th-century theatre, a
successful actress, producer, playwright and teacher." She was
nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for William
Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers.Born in Podolsk, she studied at Moscow's
Imperial School of Dramatic Art, and then under Meyerhold at the
Moscow Art Theatre, which she subsequently joined. The daughter of
Konstantin Leontovich, an officer in the Russian Imperial Army, she
suffered greatly during the Revolution. Her three brothers (who were
Army officers like their father) were murdered by the Bolsheviks. In ,
she "found her way to New York City and set about mastering the
English language". That year, she joined a touring company of the
musical Blossom Time in and traveled throughout much of the U.S. Her
success led to Broadway stardom.
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