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Vera Altayskaya is a Actor born on 21 may 1919 at Saint Petersburg (Russie)
Vera Vladimirovna Altayskaya (Russian: Ве́ра Влади́мировна Алта́йская) (21 May 1919 - 28 December 1978) was a Soviet actress known for her roles in children's fairy tale films and comedies.
Born in Petrograd, she was the adoptive daughter of Konstantin Altaysky-Korolyov, a poet and translator, and his wife Vera Petrovna, a pianist. In the late 1930s she moved to Moscow, where in 1940 she graduated from drama school at the Mosfilm studio and joined the studio's repertoire of actors. Her first prominent role was in Yuli Raizman's 1942 film Mashenka.
She married Aleksei Konsovsky, a fellow actor, with whom she had a daughter, Svetlana. In recognition of her film work during the 1940s she received the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
In Mashenka, Altayskaya had played a young beauty, but she later transitioned to character roles. For most of her career, she was typecast as shrewish or matronly characters. She appeared in many children's fairy-tale films, most notably Aleksandr Rou's 1964 film Jack Frost, in which she played a domineering stepmother. She died in Moscow after a brief illness, and her ashes are interred in the columbarium of Vagankovo Cemetery alongside those of her adoptive parents.
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Birth 21 may 1919 at Saint Petersburg (Russie)
Death 28 december 1978 (at 59 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Death 28 december 1978 (at 59 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Born in Petrograd, she was the adoptive daughter of Konstantin Altaysky-Korolyov, a poet and translator, and his wife Vera Petrovna, a pianist. In the late 1930s she moved to Moscow, where in 1940 she graduated from drama school at the Mosfilm studio and joined the studio's repertoire of actors. Her first prominent role was in Yuli Raizman's 1942 film Mashenka.
She married Aleksei Konsovsky, a fellow actor, with whom she had a daughter, Svetlana. In recognition of her film work during the 1940s she received the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
In Mashenka, Altayskaya had played a young beauty, but she later transitioned to character roles. For most of her career, she was typecast as shrewish or matronly characters. She appeared in many children's fairy-tale films, most notably Aleksandr Rou's 1964 film Jack Frost, in which she played a domineering stepmother. She died in Moscow after a brief illness, and her ashes are interred in the columbarium of Vagankovo Cemetery alongside those of her adoptive parents.
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Filmography of Vera Altayskaya (8 films)
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, 1h21Directed by Alexandre Rou
Genres Fantasy
Actors Vera Altayskaya, Anatoly Kubatsky, Leonid Kharitonov, Andrei Veit, Aleksei Smirnov, Pavel Pavlenko
Rating69%
There exists a Russian idiom, "to go through fire, water and brass pipes" (пройти огонь, воду и медные трубы) meaning approximately "to go to hell and back"; in other words, to persevere in the face of extreme adversity.
Father Frost (1965)
, 1h24Directed by Alexandre Rou
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Inna Tchourikova, Eduard Izotov, Pavel Pavlenko, Vera Altayskaya, Tatyana Barysheva, Tatyana Pelttser
Roles Stiefmutter
Rating62%
The lovely, humble Nastenka is despised by her stepmother who favors her own mean-spirited and ugly daughter, Marfushka, and her meek father is powerless to stop her. After forcing Nastenka to knit socks before the rooster crows (with Nastenka ultimately imploring the sun to go down again so she can have more time), Nastenka's stepmother gives Nastenka the tasks of feeding the chickens, watering the cattle, splitting wood, and sweeping the yard. We are then introduced to Ivan, who, finishing his chores, heads out into the woods after receiving some final words of guidance from his mother, such as not forgetting his mother, not harming the weak, and honoring those who are old. To all these pieces of advice Ivan off-handedly replies "Don't worry" repeatedly.
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
, 1h20Directed by Alexandre Rou
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Andrei Veit, Tatyana Barysheva, Anatoly Kubatsky, Pavel Pavlenko, Tamara Nossova, Vera Altayskaya
Roles Asirk
Rating71%
Similar in subject to and perhaps inspired by the novel Through The Looking Glass, the film centers around an encounter between a girl named Olya Yukina and a mysterious counterpart, Yalo, while staring into a mirror. The characters are exact opposites: Yalo is the absolute opposite of Olya in every way. Where Yalo is organized and precise, Olya is careless and absent-minded. In the story, Olya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot) produces crooked mirrors that brainwash its people through subtle changes in reality. When Yalo's friend, a man named Gurd, is suddenly imprisoned for refusing to make crooked mirrors by the evil leaders "Anidag" (reverse of Gadina, meaning snake), "Nushrok" (reverse of Korshun, meaning Kite (bird)) and "Abazh" (reverse of Zhaba, meaning toad), Olya decides to accompany Yalo to rescue him.
, 1h9Directed by Alexandre Rou
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Lyudmila Khityaeva, Yuri Tavrov, Anatoly Kubatsky, Sergey Martinson, Vera Altayskaya, Aleksei Smirnov
Roles Panas's wife
Rating74%
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Maria, the Wonderful Weaver (1959)
, 1h14Directed by Alexandre Rou
Genres Fantasy
Actors Anatoly Kubatsky, Vera Altayskaya
Roles Тetushka-Nepogochuska
Rating70%
An old soldier helps a boy find his mother, Maria the Weaver, who has been kidnapped and carried away by an evil king of the undersea kingdom.
Liberated Earth (1946)
Directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin
Genres Drama, War
Actors Vera Altayskaya, Emma Tsesarskaya
Roles Tanya
Rating60%
It Happened in the Donbass (1945)
, 1h42Directed by Leonid Loukov
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Vera Altayskaya, Ivan Pereverzev, Alekseï Konsovski, Inna Makarova, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov, Yevgeny Morgunov
Roles Marusya Shelkoplyas
Rating62%
The Ural Front (1944)
, 1h23Directed by Sergueï Guerassimov
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Tamara Makarova, Viktor Dobrovolsky, Mark Bernes, Vera Altayskaya
Roles Tosya Ushakova
Rating62%