Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (Russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue.[1][2] People's Artist of the USSR (1989) and Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017).

Galina Volchek
Галина Волчек
Volchek in 2013
Born
Galina Berovna Volchek

(1933-12-19)19 December 1933
Died26 December 2019(2019-12-26) (aged 86)
Occupation(s)Actress, theater director, pedagogue
Years active1953–2019
AwardsUSSR State Prize
People's Artist of the USSR
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (full cavalier)

Biography

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Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris (Ber) 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 Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. Since 1972 she was the chief director of the theater, and since 1989 its artistic director. Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were 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 US, 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]

On 26 December 2019, Volchek died in Moscow from pneumonia, one week after her 86th birthday.[3]

Personal life

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Galina Volchek said: I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy.[4] She was married twice:

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1957 Don Quixote Maritornes
1963 Greshnyy angel Afrodita
1966 The Bridge Is Built Young Girl
1966 Children of Don Quixote
1966 Beware of the Car Customer
1968 Parviyat kurier Tyotya Nyusa
1969 Svoy
1970 King Lear Regan
1970 Moya sudba
1976 Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya madam Renesans / aktrisa-khalturshchitsa
1976 The Little Mermaid Inn Hostess - Witch
1977 About the Little Red Riding Hood Mother Wolf TV movie
1979 Autumn Marathon Varvara Nikitichna
1983 Unikum
1985 Tevye the Dairyman Golda TV Mini-Series

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Волчек Галина Борисовна". Кто есть кто в культуре [Who is who in culture] (in Russian). Яндекс.Словари [yandex.ru]. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Биография. Волчек Галина Борисовна [Biography]" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Галина Волчек скончалась на 87-м году жизни". IZ. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Бабье лето | Женские истории". Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 апреля 1996 г. № 556 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени Волчек Г. Б.»
  6. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 декабря 2003 г. № 1494 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ II степени Волчек Г. Б.»
  7. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 декабря 2008 г. № 1789 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени Волчек Г. Б.»
  8. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 2013 г. № 929 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  9. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 апреля 2017 года № 182 «О присвоении звания Героя Труда Российской Федерации
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