Galina Volchek

Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017).

Biography Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris (Ber) Volchek. After finishing the Moscow Art Theatre School (1955, Karev course) she co-founded the Sovremennik Theatre, together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. Since 1972 she was the chief director of the theater, and since 1989 its artistic director. Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.

Personal life Galina Volchek said: I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy. She was married twice: First husband: Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The marriage lasted for 9 years, after she initiated divorce proceedings. The son Denis Yevstigneyev (born 1961), filmmaker. Second husband: a doctor of technical sciences, professor of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Mark Abelev, winner of the State Prize of the Soviet Union. Also divorced. Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (2004) Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2004) Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017)

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