Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (Russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, 27 August [O.S. 15 August] 1896 — 19 July 1984) was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
She acted in plays by Anton Chekhov, Alexander Ostrovsky, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Krylov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and others.
Acted in
Old Masters
1983
as Herself
The Rest Is Silence
1978
as Lucy Cooper
Karlson Returns
1970
as Freken Bok (voice)
Junior and Karlson
1968
as Фрекен Бок
New Attraction Today
1966
as Ada Konstantinovna
An Easy Life
1964
as Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen Margot
Fuse
1962
Be Careful, Grandma!
1961
as Elena Timofeevna
Drama
1960
as Murashkina
A Girl with Guitar
1958
as Sviristinskaya
They Have a Motherland
1949
Meeting on the Elbe
1949
as Mrs. MacDermott
Spring
1947
as Margarita Lvovna, housekeeper
Cinderella
1947
as Stepmother
Private Aleksandr Matrosov
1947
The Sky Slow-Mover
1946
as military doctor, professor of medicine
An Elephant and a Rope
1945
as Grandmother
Wedding
1944
as Настасья Тимофеевна Жигалова (мать невесты)
The New Adventures of Schweik
1943
Dream
1943
as Madame Rosa Skorokhodova
Native Shores
1943
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
1943
as Babarikha (voice)
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
1942
as female pianist (uncredited)
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
1941
as Горпина
The Beloved
1940
as Marya Ivanovna
The Foundling
1939
as Lyalya (as F.G. Ranevskaya)
Engineer Kochin's Error
1939
Man in a Shell
1939
as жена инспектора
The Ballad of Cossack Golota
1937
Boule de Suif
1934
as Mme. Loiseau