Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1896-08-27
- Day of Death1984-07-19 (87 years)
- Place of BirthTaganrog, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]
- Also Known AsFaina Grigoryevna FeldmanF.G. RanevskayaF. RanevskayaFaina Georgijewna RanewskajaФаина Георгиевна Раневская
Faina Ranevskaya
Biography
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (born Faina Girschevna Feldman, on August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog), was a Soviet theatre and film actress. She is also very well known for her cheeky aphorisms. In childhood, she attended the Mariinskaya Gymnasium for Girls, receiving additional education usual for someone from an affluent family (music, singing, foreign languages). Heavily influenced by her...Read More
Acting Career
- 1978
The Rest Is Silence
As: Lucy Cooper
- 1970
Karlson Returns
As: Freken Bok (voice)
- 1968
Junior and Karlson
As: Фрекен Бок
- 1966
New Attraction Today
As: Ada Konstantinovna
- 1964
An Easy Life
As: Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen Margot
- 1961
Be Careful, Grandma!
As: Elena Timofeevna
- 1960
Drama
As: Murashkina
- 1958
A Girl with Guitar
As: Sviristinskaya
1949Meeting on the Elbe
As: Mrs. MacDermott
1947Spring
As: Margarita Lvovna, housekeeper
- 1947
Cinderella
As: Stepmother
- 1946
The Sky Slow-Mover
As: military doctor, professor of medicine
1945An Elephant and a Rope
As: Grandmother
1944Wedding
As: Настасья Тимофеевна Жигалова (мать невесты)
1943Dream
As: Madame Rosa Skorokhodova
1943The Tale of Tsar Saltan
As: Babarikha (voice)
1942Aleksandr Parkhomenko
As: female pianist (uncredited)
1941How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
As: Горпина
1940The Beloved
As: Marya Ivanovna
- 1939
The Foundling
As: Lyalya (as F.G. Ranevskaya)
1939Man in a Shell
As: жена инспектора
- 1934
Boule de Suif
As: Mme. Loiseau