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Galina Makarova

1919 – 1993

Soviet actor

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About Galina Makarova

Lived 1919 – 1993 (aged 73). Galina Makarova was a Russian and Belarusian actor and film actor.

Galina Klimentevna Makarova (real name Agatha; , ; December 27, 1919 — September 28, 1993) was a Soviet and Belarusian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR.

She was born in the Starobin village (now Salihorsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus).

The first success on the stage came to her in 1954.

She began to play in movies in 1958. Her first star role in film was the role of Aleksandra Matveyevna Gromova in the film Widows in 1976.

Galina Makarova died on September 28, 1993, at her dacha near Minsk (other sources say she died in Moscow). She was buried in Minsk on the Vostochnoye Cemetery.

Filmography 1965 — Alpine Ballad as Pelageya 1966 — East Corridor as woman behind table (uncredited) 1976 — Widows as Aleksandra Matveyevna Gromova 1978 — Young Wife as grandma Agasha 1983 — White Dew as Matruna 1985 — Do Not Marry, Girls as granny "Bushtit" 1985 — Confrontation as Klavdiya Yegorovna Yefremova 1985 — Farewell of Slavianka as Anna Ivanovna 1986 — Coasts in the Mist as Avdotya Yefimovna 1986 — Summer Impressions of Planet Z as Marivanna the janitor 1987 — The Garden of Desires as grandma 1992 — I Hope for You as Matveyevna

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Employers
Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre
Awards
Order of Lenin; People's Artist of the USSR; People's Artist of Byelorussian SSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For Distinguished Labour"; Honored Artist of the Belarusian SSR
Also known as
Galina Klimentevna Makarova

Contemporaries

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Galina Makarova?

Soviet actor (1919-1993)

When was Galina Makarova born?

Galina Makarova was born on 27 December 1919 in Starobin.

When did Galina Makarova die?

Galina Makarova died on 28 September 1993 in Minsk region.

What was Galina Makarova's occupation?

Galina Makarova was an actor and film actor.

What nationality was Galina Makarova?

Galina Makarova was Russian and Belarusian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Galina Makarova

· Wikidata: Q3919055

· DBpedia: Galina Makarova

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