Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya (; 18 September 1937 – 25 June 2019) was a Soviet-Russian actress and educator.

Life

Pokrovskaya was born in

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her father was the opera director

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and her mother, was the director of the Central Children's Theatre. Her parents' did not encourage or rate her acting talents. She initially decided to be a teacher but then went into acting. She studied at the Moscow Art Theater School and in her spare time she volunteered as a stage hand for Oleg Efremov's theatre. Whilst there where she saw

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and

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perform at the Sovremennik Theatre. She graduated in 1959. Pokrovskaya was a professor at the

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. Pokrovskaya was known for her roles in ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', One of her last films was '' Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive'' where she appeared as

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's mother. Pokrovskaya died on 25 June 2019 at a Moscow hospital due to

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caused by

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, aged 81.

Filmography

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