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Kira Kreylis-Petrova

Kira Kreylis-Petrova

Soviet and Russian actress (1931–2021)

Kira Alexandrovna Kreylis-Petrova (Russian: Кира Александровна Крейлис-Петрова; 1 July 1931 – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian stage, television, and film actress. She was an Honored Artist of Russia (1993).

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Biography

Kira Petrova was born in Leningrad, and as a child survived the Siege of Leningrad. From an early age she engaged in playing the violin, always loved to make people laugh all around. After school, she decided to become an actress. On the first attempt, she entered the Moscow Art Theatre School. In Moscow, which came to the commission of the Art Theatre, flew a telegram: We carry a pearl of laughter.

The course, where she studied, Kira Petrova proved stellar: Galina Volchek, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Igor Kvasha, Leonid Bronevoy, Irina Skobtseva, Pyotr Fomenko, Lyudmila Ivanova and others. Kira married the Institute's future director Yacov Kreylis and took the surname Kreylis-Petrova.

Careers

In 1955, Kira Kreylis-Petrova graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of Alexander Karev).[1]

In 1955–1956 the fleet was a theater actress in Liepaja, in 1956–1957 — in the Drama Theatre name of Chekhov (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk).

In 1957–1974 in Bryantsev Youth Theatre.

Since 1980 to 2012 — Alexandrinsky Theatre's actress.

She played more than 50 roles in film and TV.[2]

She died on 12 May 2021 in Saint Petersburg from cancer.[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. [1]
    Выпускники школы-студии МХАТ 1950-х годов Archived 12 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Kira Kreylis-Petrova Filmography
  3. [3]
    Умерла заслуженная артистка России Кира Крейлис-Петрова
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