Kira Golovko, née Ivanova (11 March 1919 – 16 August 2017) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, winner of the Stalin Prize (1947) and

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(1957).

Life and career

Ivanova was born in

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, the great-niece of the poet Vyacheslav Ivanov. In 1937, she entered the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and Art to study Russian literature. In 1938 she was accepted into the auxiliary of the troupe of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre. In 1957 she returned to the Moscow Art Theater, where she served until 1985. From 1958 to 2007, she taught at the Moscow Art Theater School. Her students included Natalia Yegorova,

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, and Nikolai Karachentsov. She died on August 16, 2017, age 98. She was the widow of Soviet Admiral

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, who served as Soviet Commander of the Red Banner Northern Fleet during

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.Скончалась старейшая актриса МХТ имени Чехова Кира Головко
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Filmography

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* 1919 births 2017 deaths Actresses from Moscow Recipients of the Stalin Prize Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Russian stage actresses Russian film actresses Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class {{Russia-actor-stub