Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova (Russian: Нина Ивановна Русланова; 5 December 1945 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
She was honored as a People's Artist of Russia (1998).
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Early life
Ruslanova was orphaned at two months old in late winter 1945 in Bohodukhiv. Her surname (after Lidia Ruslanova) comes from the orphanages in the Kharkiv Oblast. She lived in five children's homes. She graduated from college with a degree as a construction plasterer. She then entered the Kharkiv Theatre Institute, where she studied for one term.
She moved to Moscow in 1969 and graduated Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Thereafter Ruslanova worked in Vakhtangov Theater, and from 1985 to 1988 in Mayakovsky Theatre. She debuted in movies in 1967. Her first role was Nadezhda in Kira Muratova's film Brief Encounters.
Death
Ruslanova died from a long illness complicated by COVID-19 and pneumonia on 21 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. She was 75.
Selected filmography
1967 — Brief Encounters (Russian: Короткие встречи) as Nadezhda, housekeeper
1975 — Afonya (Афоня) as Tamara
1980 — Do Not Shoot at White Swans (Не стреляйте в белых лебедей) as Haritina Makarovna
1982 — Tears Were Falling (Слёзы капали) as Dina, girlfriend Vasin's
1982 — Find and Neutralize (Найти и обезвредить) as Nyura
1982 — The Train Has Stopped (Остановился поезд) as Maria Ignatyevna, party secretary
1982 — Be My Husband (Будьте моим мужем) as Albina Petrovna
1983 — Among Grey Stones (Среди серых камней) as housekeeper
1983 — Twice Born (Дважды рождённый)
1984 — My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) as Natasha Adashova
1985 — Do Not Marry, Girls (Не ходите, девки, замуж) as Anisa Ilinichna
1986 — Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза) as Galina Borisovna
1987 — Tomorrow Was the War (Завтра была война) as Comrade Polyakova
1987 — She with a Broom, He in a Black Hat (Она с метлой, он в чёрной шляпе) as Vasilisa
1988 — Heart of a Dog (Собачье сердце) as Darya Petrovna Ivanova
1991 — Promised Heaven (Небеса обетованные) as Jeanne's aunt, dressmaker from Tver
1991 — Afghan Breakdown (Афганский излом) as Tatyana
1992 — Trifles of Life (Мелочи жизни) as Natalia Yevdokimovna
1997 — Poor Sasha (Бедная Саша) as Beryozkin's ex-wife
1998 — The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались) as Toma
1998 — Mama Don't Cry (Мама, не горюй) as Tanya's mother
1998 — Khrustalyov, My Car! (Хрусталёв, машину!) as wife of General
2002 — Chekhov's Motifs (Чеховские мотивы) as woman
2004 — The Tuner (Настройщик) as Lyuba
2004 — My Fair Nanny (Моя прекрасная няня) as aunt Faya
2006 — My Love (voice)
2007 — The Irony of Fate 2 (Ирония Судьбы. Продолжение) as neighbor
2010 — What Men Talk About (О чём говорят мужчины) as hotel administrator
2011 — Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (Жила-была одна баба) as Kryachiha
2014 — Viy (Вий) as wife Yavtukh's