Alisa Freindlich

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name = Alisa Freindlich


caption = Alisa Freindlich in the 1984 screening of Alexander Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa"
birthname = Alisa Brunovna Freindlich
birthdate = birth date|1934|12|8
birthplace = flagicon|Soviet Union Leningrad, USSR
occupation = actress
yearsactive = 1957-present
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children = Varvara Vladimirova
parents = Bruno Freindlich, Ksenia Fedorova
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Alisa Brunovna Freindlich ( _ru. Али́са Бру́новна Фре́йндлих, IPA2|ɑlisɑ 'freɪndlix, born December 8, 1934, Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.

Biography

Alisa Freindlich was born in the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the USSR. She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a century. [cite web|title=My mother is Russian, father is German. Our roots in Saint Petersburg are very old. My ancestors were brought there by Catherine II|publisher=ab-freindlih.narod.ru|url=http://ab-freindlih.narod.ru/litva.htm|accessdate=2007-12-25|language=Russian] . She worked in the Lensovet Theatre from 1961 but had to leave it following her divorce with the theatre's director in 1982. Thereupon Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to join his company, Bolshoi Drama Theater in which she works to this day.

Although Freindlich put a premium on her stage career, she starred in several notable movies, including Eldar Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy "Office Romance" (1977), the long-banned epic "Agony" (1971) and Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie "Stalker" (1979). Another notable role was the Queen Anne of Austria in the Soviet TV series "D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers" (1978) and its later Russian sequels "Musketeers 20 Years Later" (1992) and "The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later" (1993).

On her 70th birthday, Freindlich's flat was visited by President Putin, who invested her with one of the top decorations of the Russian Federation. She was honored with a Nika Award for Best Actress in 2005.

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293981/ Alisa Frejndlikh] at IMDB
* [http://ab-freindlih.narod.ru/ Unofficial Fan Club of Alisa Freindlich]
* [http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/freyndlih_a/ Alisa Freindlich at Peoples.ru]
* [http://www.eldar-ryazanov.ru/index.php?r=11&m=62&p=20 Eldar Ryazanov about Alisa Freindlich and making of Office Romance]