Alla Budnitskaya

Alla Zinovievna Budnitskaya (; born 1937, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema.

Biography Born July 5, 1937, in the family of the builder Zinovy Lazarevich Budnitsky.

After graduating from secondary school in 1954, she attempted to enter the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and VGIK, but failed to pass the qualifying rounds at either university. From 1954 she studied at the Institute of Foreign Languages, which she did not finish, because in 1957 she managed to get in VGIK. She studied with Grigory Kozintsev and graduated in 1962.

From 1964 to 2003 she was an actress of the National Film Actors' Theatre. In the cinema since 1960.

TV presenter, the author of programs on TNT, NTV, and REN TV.

Personal life He husband is Alexander Orlov, the film director. Foster daughter Daria Drozdovskaya, daughter of the tragically dead actress Mikaela Drozdovskaya (1937—1978).

Selected filmography 1955: A Guest from Kuban as young collective farmer 1963: The Alive and the Dead (Живые и мертвые) as Masha's friend 1964: There Was an Old Couple (Жили-были старик со старухой) as fellow traveler 1969: King Stag (Король-олень) as Serendipist girl 1970: Sunflower (Подсолнухи) as bellhopper 1970: The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (Корона Российской империи, или Снова неуловимые) as emotional lady 1972: Train Stop – Two Minutes (Стоянка поезда — две минуты) as Tamara Krasovskaya 1978: The Woman who Sings (Женщина, которая поёт) as Masha 1979: Nameless Star (Безымянная звезда) as Mrs. Ispas 1980: The Garage (Гараж) as secretary 1982: Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) as Masha 1982: Simply Awful! (Просто ужас!) as Varvara Ivanovna 1988: Criminal Talent (Криминальный талант) as Ustyuzhanina 1989: A Bright Personality (Светлая личность) as guide 1993: The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (Тайна королевы Анны, или Мушкетёры тридцать лет спустя) as Duchess of Orleans 1994: La Piste du télégraphe as John's mother