Sofya Vasilyevna Khalyutina (, 22 January 1875 – 10 March 1960) was a Russian and Soviet actress, associated with

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; , ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in by the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright ...

which she started to perform at in 1898, officially joined in 1901 and spent half a century with.Sofya Khalyutina
at Krugosvet, the Russian On-line encyclopedia "The MAT's perpetual teenager in the course of its first decade" (according to Yuri Sobolev), Khalyutina's most memorable parts were Anyutka (''

The Power of Darkness ''The Power of Darkness'' (, Vlast′ t′my) is a five- act drama by Leo Tolstoy. Written in 1886, the play's production was banned in Russia until 1902, mainly through the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev. In spite of the ban, the play wa ...

'',

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, 1902), Dunyasha (''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...

'' by

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

, 1904), Tiltil ('' The Blue Bird'' by

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, 1908), Nastya (''

The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. It became his first ma ...

'' by

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, 1916). In 1907–1908 Khalyutina read drama in the Adashev Drama School. In 1909 she launched her own theatre college where she was a stage director, reader of drama and manager. It attracted several respected tutors, including

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, and lasted till 1914. After 1917 Khalyutina stayed with MAT and enjoyed more success with Isabella in

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's ''

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'' (1927), Charlotte (''The Cherry Orchard'', 1928), Amalia (''Fear'',

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, 1933), Gornostayeva ('' Lyubov Yarovaya'',

Konstantin Trenyov Konstantin Andreyevich Trenyov (, – May 19, 1945) was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright, USSR State Prize laureate (1941), best known for his Russian Civil War history drama '' Lyubov Yarovaya'' (1926). File:Виталий Тренев � ...

, 1936). She was also cast in three films, ''Andrey Toboltsev'' (1915), '' The Ural Front'' (1944) and ''Guilty Without Guilt'' (1945). Khalyutina retired from stage in 1950. She died in Moscow on 10 March 1960.Софья Васильевна Халютина
Biography at the Moscow Art Theatre site.

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