Maya Grigoryevna Bulgakova (; 19 May 19327 October 1994) was a
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n
actress
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. She was one of the
People's Artist of the RSFSR
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Bulgakova was born on 19 May 1932 in the village of Buky (now
Kyiv Oblast
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,
Ukraine
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). In 1941 the Bulgakov family moved to
Kramatorsk
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, to this place they later returned from evacuation. In Kramatorsk, Bulgakova graduated from high school and decided after graduation to become an actress. In 1955, Bulgakova graduated from
VGIK
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning
''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...
(actor's workshop of Olga Pyzhova and Boris Bibikov) and started working in the National Film Actors' Theatre. She made her debut film in
Grigori Roshal
Grigori Lvovich Roshal (; 21 October 1899 – 11 January 1983) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1967).
Biography
Grigori Roshal was born on 21 in October 1899 (according to other sources eithe ...
's ''The Libertine''. Bulgakova began to sing on stage with the Utesov orchestra and won a prize at the 1957
World Festival of Youth and Students
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The festival has been held occasionally since 1947, mainl ...
in
Moscow
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. The actress has become the first in the USSR to perform on the stage the songs of
Edith Piaf
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.
After a decade of inactivity episodic roles, her first major work were in ''
Wings
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''. After that. Bulgakova began to have a high output of small rolls in film and episodes.
Bulgakova first married cinematographer Anatoly Nitochkin, and then had a second marriage with Aleksey Gabrilovich, the son of the prominent screenwriter
Yevgeny Gabrilovich
Yevgeny Iosifovich Gabrilovich (; 29 September 1899 – 5 December 1993) was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for 29 films between 1936 and 1988.Lyubov Sokolova were in a car accident while on their way to a concert. The driver died at the scene; Bulgakova went into intensive care. Sokolova was released after a few weeks but Bulgakova died a few days later without regaining consciousness. Shortly before the accident, her husband died. A year later, her second husband Alexey Gabrilovich died.
Filmography
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Resurrection
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Wings
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Crime and Punishment
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The Youth of Peter the Great
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Stalin's Funeral
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'' (1990)
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Terminal Velocity
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