Tatyana Ivanovna Shmyga (; born 31 December 1928 – died 3 February 2011) was a

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and

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n operetta/musical theatre performer. She went on to act in films as well. She was a

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

(1978).Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies"
lenta.ru, 3 February 2011; accessed 2 June 2017.

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

-born Shmyga graduated from the

Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) () is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Mu ...

, where she studied voice under Dora Borisovna Beliavskaia and acting under Joseph Mikhailovich Tumanov, later becoming a soloist with the Moscow Operetta Theater the same year. She began acting in films in 1962, notably appearing in

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrat ...

's '' The Hussar Ballad''.Profile
encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com; accessed 2 June 2017.

Awards

Shmyga remains the only musical theatre actress to date to receive the title of

. She also received the

Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR The Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (Государственная премия РСФСР имени М.И. Глинки) was a prize awarded to musicians of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1965–1991. To be distinguished f ...

in 1974, the

Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

and several other medals.

Personal life

She was married three times: * television journalist Rudolf BoreckiПрекрасная леди российской оперетты
* musical director Vladimir KandelakiПрекрасная леди российской оперетты
* composer Anatoly Kremer

Death

Shmyga died in

, aged 82, from vascular disease.Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies"
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References

External links

Страница Татьяны Шмыги на сайте Московского театра оперетты

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