10 best actresses of the comedy genre in the USSR

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Today, November 7, marks the 113th anniversary of the birth of the remarkable comedic actress Rina Zelena. During her career, she performed about 50 roles and voiced 28 cartoons. We decided to recall other comedic actresses of the Soviet Union and their main roles

Rina Zelena

The real name of the actress is Catherine. When she played in the first performance in her life, the name Ekaterina did not fit on the poster, and she decided to shorten it to "Rina". This pseudonym remained with her for life. The girl became an actress quite by accident: she was walking down the street and saw an ad for a theater school. She entered and read Nikitin's poem "Departure of the coachman", which made the famous actors Pevtsov and Shatrova laugh to tears. Green was taken to school.

Rina's first steps as an actress were on the stage of the theater.

Rina's first steps as an actress were on the stage of the theater. This was followed by shooting in the film "Pass to Life", and Zelena was not even mentioned in the credits. Together with Agnia Barto Rina wrote the script for the film The Foundling and played a small role in it. Despite the fact that the role was small, Rina was able to show her comedic talent. Since then, the actress has often been invited to the movies to play small but funny roles. One of the last works of Zelena was the role in the detective "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins", where the actress played Mrs. Hudson.

Faina Ranevskaya

Modern journalists call Faina "one of the greatest Russian actresses of the XX century" and "the queen of the second plan." Ranevskaya performed only 27 film roles and countless roles in the theater. Her film debut took place in the film "Pyshka" by Mikhail Romm, where she played Madame Loiseau. The film was a runaway success largely thanks to Ranevskaya.

The next big milestone on her way was the film "Foundling". Her character with the famous phrase "Mulya, don't make me nervous!" it was impossible not to remember. By the way, Ranevskaya invented this phrase herself, and many years later she was not happy about it: all the people they met began a conversation with her with "Mulya, don't make me nervous!" This very annoyed Ranevskaya, over time she simply began to hate the role that gave her popularity. One of Faina's favorite roles was Stepmother in Cinderella. The audience was delighted with this negative heroine. Colleagues and directors noted Faina's bad character, because of which she never got married. Ranevskaya did not have a chance to play really big roles, more often she played minor characters. However, it was impossible to ignore her talent, and the title of "People's Artist of the USSR" was given to her.

Tamara Nosova

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In the 50s, Tamara was considered one of the most famous comic actresses, and at the end of her life she could not even pay the rent - she had such a tiny pension. The film debut for Nosova was the war drama "Young Guard". The actress performed her first comedic role in the film "The Inspector General". Her Maria Antonovna became the first and classic image of an empty and stupid provincial young lady in Russian cinema.

Tamara dreamed of playing dramatic roles, but director Boris Bibikov saw in her the talent of a comedian actress and advised her to use it. Nosova most often played in episodes, but it was these episodes that were most memorable. Secretary Tosya Burygina, aunt Aksal, Tosya Ogurtsova, Donna Rosa - all these roles were remembered by the audience thanks to the humor and subtle voice of Tamara.

Olga Aroseva

Aroseva became popular in the 50s, having played in such films as "We met somewhere …", "Guest from the Kuban", "Crazy day", "Girl without an address", and many others. She became a real star, appearing in Eldar Ryazanov's comedy Beware of the Car, where she played the role of Lyuba (Detochkin's fiancee). The film was a resounding success.

Since the 80s, working in cinema has become an extremely rare phenomenon for Aroseva, she almost completely switched to the theater. But she did not forget about the films, although she often dubbed cartoons. For example, Mrs. Belladonna speaks in her voice in the cartoons about Funtika. More recently, she played Lyudmila Stepanovna in the comedy series "Matchmakers".

Nadezhda Rumyantseva

Many people remember Nadezhda for the role of Tosya Kislitsyna in the comedy "Girls", but this actress has many other worthwhile roles. Her voice was always young and fervent, she laughed a lot and loved to dream. After "Girls" Rumyantseva starred in about 20 films. She voiced several film roles: Nina speaks in her voice in "Prisoner of the Caucasus", Zita and Gita in "Zita and Gita", Maria in "The Sound of Music" and Nicole in the film "How to Steal a Million".

Her voice was always young and fervent, she laughed a lot and loved to dream.

In the late 1960s, Nadezhda Vasilievna stopped acting in films, since she lived abroad. Upon returning to her homeland, she again began to work, however, she played only cameo roles. The last films of Rumyantseva were "Wonderful Valley", "Unexpected Joy" and "Village".

Olga Volkova

This actress is still acting in films, despite her venerable age (now Olga Vladimirovna is 75 years old). She began, like many Soviet actresses, from the theater. In the cinema, Volkova began acting in 1965. Initially, she played little and mostly cameo roles. Most notable work was the role of Lotte in the film-operetta "The Bat". Eldar Ryazanov noticed Olga's comedic talent when he saw her in the play "Co-workers", however, he invited her to play in a melodrama. This was followed by roles in the comedies "Olga and Konstantin", "Did you call the Snow Maiden?" By the way, after the last film, Eldar Ryazanov named the actress his mascot.

In total, Olga has more than 150 roles in the film collection. Among the latter, the most famous roles in such films as "Twelve Chairs", "Lyuba, Children and the Factory …", "Daddy's Daughters", "Man with a Guarantee" and "Moms". Now Olga is involved in the filming of four films, which will soon be available to watch.

Natalia Krachkovskaya

The actress has a wonderful type - she looks great in the role of a harmful mother-in-law or an overweight wife. She perfectly copes with the roles of heroines, as if emerging from anecdotes. And the actress is not afraid to laugh at herself. Real success came to Natalia after the role of Madame Gritsatsuyeva. Then came the comedy "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession", where Krachkovskaya played the wife of a weak-willed peasant. Krachkovskaya also played in children's films: "Cipollino", "Tsarevich Prosha", "After the Rain on Thursday", "One, Two - Grief Doesn't Matter!".

Natalya Leonidovna brought a new type of the second plan to the cinema - fighting and uncomplexed women. Currently, Natalia is almost never removed anywhere, with the exception of advertisements and TV shows.

Natalia Selezneva

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A wonderful actress with a pretty face and a sonorous surname got the first role in the film "Alyosha Ptitsyn develops character", where she played the girl Sasha. And success came to her after the role of the student Lida in the film by Leonid Gaidai "Operation" Y "and other adventures of Shurik. Selezneva has appeared in Gaidai's paintings more than once and also successfully.

Natalya Igorevna managed to prove herself in modern cinema. For example, in the melodrama "You will not leave me" she played the mother of the main character - Vera. In the comedy "Fun with" Selezneva played the role of Aunt Sima, and in "The Land of Good Children" she played one of the main roles. On New Year's Eve, the comedy "New Year's Watch" will be released, where she will be reincarnated as the former actress Agnessa Leopoldovna.

Lyubov Orlova

The directors admired Lyubov Orlova's talent, and other actresses wanted to be at least a little like her. She became a star exactly 70 years ago, when in the winter of 1934 in Moscow the premiere of the comedy film "Merry Fellows" took place. Her parents wanted her daughter to be a pianist, and she chose the path of an actress. In all films, Lyubov independently performed vocal parts, played the piano, danced, and performed acrobatic stunts.

The roles of Orlova are still popular with the people. People laugh at her, admire her. And the famous theater critic and critic Vitaly Wolf compared Orlova to Marlene Dietrich.

Natalya Varley

In total, during her acting career, Natalya played about 40 roles, and not all heroines speak in her voice.

Nearly five hundred actresses applied for the role of a student, Komsomol member and simply beautiful Nina in Gaidai's film "Prisoner of the Caucasus". But the director gave preference to Natalia, seeing in her that charm and artistry that other applicants lacked. This film was followed by Viy, 12 Chairs, Talisman, Guest from the Future and The Wizard of the Emerald City.

In total, during her acting career, Natalya played about 40 roles, and not all heroines speak in her voice. At first, the young actress did not manage to get into the desired articulation of the lips on the screen while dubbing the film.