Galina Volchek
| Galina Volchek | |
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| Born |
Galina Borisovna Volchek 19 December 1933 Moscow, USSR |
| Occupation | actress, theater director |
| Years active | 1956 – presents |
| Awards |
USSR State Prize People's Artist of the USSR Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (full cavalier) |
Galina Borisovna Volchek (Russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; born December 19, 1933) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film director, actress and teacher.[1][2]
Biography
Galina Volchek is a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris Volchek. After finishing the Moscow Art Theatre School (1955, Karev course) she co-founded the Sovremennik Theatre, together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev. Since 1972 she has been the chief director of the theater, and since 1989 its artistic director. Volchek has directed over thirty productions. Among them are Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.[1][2]
She was repeatedly invited to productions in theaters in Germany, Finland, Ireland, the USA, Hungary, Poland and other countries. She was engaged many times in theater pedagogy activities abroad.[2]
Volchek was elected a deputy into the State Duma in 1995, where she became a member of the Committee on Culture. In 1999 Volchek left the parliament.[1][2]
Personal life
Galina Volchek said: I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy.[3] She was married twice:
- First husband: Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev. The marriage lasted for 9 years, divorced for her initiative.
- The son Denis Yevstigneyev (born 1961), filmmaker.
- Second husband: a doctor of technical sciences, professor IISS Mark Abelev, winner of the State Prize of the Soviet Union. Also divorced.[3]
Selected filmography
- Don Quixote (1957)
- Children of Don Quixote (1966)
- Beware of the Car (1966)
- King Lear (1971)
- The Little Mermaid (1976)
- Pro Krasnuyu Shapochku (1977)
- Autumn Marathon (1979)
- Tevye the Dairyman (1985)
Honours and awards
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- USSR State Prize (1967)[1][2]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1989)[1][2]
- Full cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"[4][5][6][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Волчек Галина Борисовна". Кто есть кто в культуре [Who is who in culture] (in Russian). Яндекс.Словари [yandex.ru]. Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Биография. Волчек Галина Борисовна [Biography]" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 "Бабье лето | Женские истории". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 апреля 1996 г. № 556 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени Волчек Г. Б.»
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 декабря 2003 г. № 1494 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ II степени Волчек Г. Б.»
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 декабря 2008 г. № 1789 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени Волчек Г. Б.»
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 2013 г. № 929 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»