Angelina Iosifovna Stepanova ( rus, links=no, Ангели́на Ио́сифовна Степа́нова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə sʲtʲɪˈpanəvə; 23 November 1905 – 17 May 2000) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, teacher. She was winner of the Stalin Prize of I class (1952) and

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(1977).

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(1960).

Biography

Stepanova was born on 23 November 1905 in Nikolayevsk (now

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) in the family of an

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. Studying in a Moscow gymnasium, she was fond of ballet. Since 1921 she studied at the theater school at the

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, which she graduated in 1924, from the same year she worked at the

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. She later became a professor at the

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Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1932) as female student * '' The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (1951) as Olga Butkevich * ''

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'' (1964) as Nadezhda Belova, Volodya's mother * ''

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'' (1965—1967) as Anna Pavlovna SchererAngelina Stepanova
at the kino-teatr.ru * '' Day by Day'' (1972) as Sokolova * ''

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'' (1975) as Mrs. Ann Shamway * ''

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'' (1975) as old cossack woman * ''

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'' (1976) as Zinaida Antonovna * '' A Declaration of Love'' (1977) as Zinochka in old age

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Эрдман. Переписка сo Степановой
* Vitaly Vulf
Ангелина Степанова. Большая роль.
1905 births 2000 deaths People from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur People from Primorskaya Oblast Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet television actresses Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the USSR State Prize Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery {{USSR-actor-stub