Faina Ranevskaya

Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (Russian Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschewna Feldman; * 15 Augustjul / August 27 1896greg in Taganrog, .. † July 19, 1984 in Moscow ) is a Soviet actress, both in tragedies and comedies has appeared.

Life

She acted in plays by Anton Chekhov, Alexander Ostrovsky, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Krylov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and others. Only photos are available from their theater performances, as only the last three performances of Make Way for Tomorrow ( by Vina Delmar ) The truth is good, but happiness is better ( by Alexander Ostrovsky ), The curious savage ( John Patrick ) were filmed. Faina Ranevskaya is known to a wide audience as a film actress for her roles in films such as Pyschka (Boule de Suif ), The Man in a Shell, Metschta (Dream ), Vesna (Spring), ( Cinderella ), Elephant and twine and many more. In 1984 she died in Moscow and was buried in the cemetery Donskoe.

Awards

Ranevskaya received numerous awards in her career. Three times received the Stalin Prize (1949, twice in 1951 ), was in 1947 appointed to the People's Artist of the RSFSR and 1961 the People's Artist of the USSR,

Ranewskajas aphorisms

She also became famous for her aphorisms.

  • Life is a short walk, just before the eternal sleep.
  • Loneliness is a house that has a phone, but the only ringing comes from the alarm clock.
  • Life is a heaven - crash: from a cunt in the grave. [sic]
  • Aging is tedious, but it is the only way to live.
  • I am all my life swam in the butterfly style in a toilet bowl.
257269
de