Olga Ostroumova
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Buguruslan
Buguruslan is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population:...

) is a Russian and Soviet actress, best known for her roles in films Monday Sure Will Come (1968, her debut), The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a feature film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. In 1973 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.-Plot:...

(1972, Italian Silver Nymph Award) and Vasily and Vasilisa (1981). In 1979 Olga Ostroumova was awarded the USSR State Prize
USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize was the Soviet Union's state honour. It was established on September 9, 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation....

; in 1993 - the title People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

.

Biography

Olga Ostroumova was born on 21 September 1947 in Buguruslan
Buguruslan
Buguruslan is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population:...

, Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkalov...

, USSR. In 1970, she graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

. Her film debut as a high school student in Monday Sure Will Come (Доживём до понедельника, 1968) brought her immediate fame among Soviet audiences. From 1973 to 1983, she worked at the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, continuing her stage work alongside film and later television roles. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

 in 1993. Ostroumova is married to Russian actor Valentin Gaft
Valentin Gaft
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft is a Russian and Soviet actor, People's Artist of Russia .-Biography:Valentin Gaft was born in Moscow to a family of a lawyer Iosif Romanovich Gaft and Gita Davydovna Gaft . The family moved to Moscow from Poltava, Ukraine...

. She lives and works in Moscow.

Select filmography

  • Monday Sure Will Come (Доживём до понедельника, 1968)
  • The Dawns Here Are Quiet
    The Dawns Here Are Quiet
    The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a feature film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. In 1973 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.-Plot:...

    (А зори здесь тихие, 1972)
  • Earthly Love
    Earthly Love
    Earthy Love is a 1974 directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, Yury Yakovlev. Screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's novel Earthy Love. This film has got 50,9 million spectators in 1975...

    (Земная любовь, 1974)
  • Destiny
    Destiny (1977 film)
    Destiny is a 1977 directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, Yury Yakovlev,screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's second book, the novel Earthy Love. This film had 57,8 million spectators in 1978...

    (Судьба, 1977)
  • The Garage (Гараж, 1979)
  • Vasily and Vasilisa (Василий и Василиса, 1981)
  • One Mad Day in the Life of Engeneer Barkasov (Безумный день инженера Баркасова, 1983)
  • Tower (Башня, 1987)
  • Don't Play the Fool
    Don't Play the Fool
    Don't Play the Fool is russian comedy, parody of Valeri Chikov. It shows unlight relations between The USSR and The USA after Cold War with a tragicomic side.- Plot :...

    (Не валяй дурака, 1997)
  • Poor Nastya (Бедная настя, 2003)
  • Don't Be Born Pretty (Не родись красивой, 2005)

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