Lyudmila Chursina
Lyudmila Chursina | |
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Людмила Чурсина | |
 Chursina in 1998 | |
| Born | 20 July 1941 Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 10 June 2026 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961–2026 |
| Awards |       |
Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina (Russian: Людмила Алексеевна Чурсина; 20 July 1941 – 10 June 2026) was a Soviet and Russian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] At the age of 40, she was the youngest actress to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR.[2]
On 11 March 2014, she supported 2014 annexation of Crimea by signing the collective petition to the Russian public "Culture figures of Russia – support of President Putin's position about Ukraine and Crimea".[3]
Chursina died on 10 June 2026, at the age of 84.[4] She died of a long-term cancerous disease.[5]
Selected filmography
- When the Trees Were Tall (1961) as Zoya
- Don Tale (1964) as Darya
- Two Tickets for a Daytime Picture Show (1966) as Inka
- The Andromeda Nebula (1967) as Louma Lasvi
- Virineya (1968) as Virineya
- A Little Crane (1968) as Marfa
- The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969) as Oksana
- Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971) as Pepa
- Olesya (1971) as Olesya
- How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) as Catherine I of Russia
- Primary Russia (1985) as Aneya
- Orlova and Alexandrov (2015) as Yevgenia Nikolaevna
References
- ↑ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Людмила Чурсина". Киноафиша.
- ↑ Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму Deprecated link archived 11 March 2014 at archive.today (in Russian). Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation. March 2014
- ↑ Новиков, Артём. "Умерла народная артистка СССР Людмила Чурсина". expert.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ↑ "Умерла народная артистка СССР Людмила Чурсина". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 10 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
External links
- Lyudmila Chursina at IMDb
- Lyudmila Chursina discography at Discogs
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 2026 deaths
- Soviet film actresses
- Soviet stage actresses
- Soviet television actresses
- Russian film actresses
- Russian stage actresses
- Russian television actresses
- 20th-century Russian actresses
- 21st-century Russian actresses
- People's Artists of the USSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"
- Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute alumni
- Deaths from cancer in Russia