Svetlana Penkina

Svetlana Alexandrovna Penkina
Native name Светлана Александровна Пенкина
Born (1951-06-06)6 June 1951
Belarussian SSR
Died c. 20 October 2016(2016-10-20) (aged 65)
Minsk, Belarus
Occupation Actress
Years active 1971–1985

Svetlana Alexandrovna Penkina (Russian: Светлана Александровна Пенкина; Byelorussian, Святлана Аляксандраўна Пенкіна; 6 June 1951 – October 2016) was a Soviet actress.

Career

Svetlana Penkina graduated from the Minsk Theater and Art Institute.[1] She got the first taste of success for her role of Katya Bulavina in the Soviet thirteen-episode television drama series The Road to Calvary (Russian: Хождение по мукам) based on the trilogy The Road to Calvary (Russian: Хождение по мукам) by Aleksey Tolstoy. The role was her diploma work at the Minsk Theater Institute.[2]

While working on the character, the young actress co-starred in two films. In the movie Dust in the Sun (Russian: Пыль под солнцем) she played Anna Mikhailovna, an associate of Lithuanian revolutionary Joseph Vareikis. In The Color of Gold (Russian: Цвет золота) she appeared in one of the starring roles, Zoya. In 1982, she played Lida in The Solar Wind (Russian: Солнечный ветер). In 1985, she had the role of secretary Vika in For The Coming Age, the adaptation of the novel by Soviet writer Georgiy Markov. Soon after that, she retired from movie roles.

Personal life

Svetlana was born in 1951 in Belarus. She is the daughter of Alexander Pavlovich Penkin, who was a colonel in the army.

Penkina is the widow of musician and singer Vladimir Mulyavin (1941– 2003), whom she married in 1981. She changed her last name to Mulyavin-Penkina. In 1982, they had a son, Valery Vladimirovich Mulyavin.[3][4]

On 20 October 2016, her body was found in her home. She was 65 years old. No cause of death was provided.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Светлана Александровна Пенкина (Russian)
  2. ↑ Светлана Мулявина-Пенкина: "Я не похожа на Катю. Просто живу ее испытаниями" (Russian)
  3. ↑ Известия, 13 ноября 2006
  4. ↑ "Был. Есть. Буду." — 65 лет со дня рождения Владимира Мулявина (Russian)
  5. ↑ УСК проводит доследственную проверку по факту смерти вдовы Мулявина

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