Lyubov Polishchuk

Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Selected filmography

The Twelve Chairs (1976) as dancer Golden Mine (1978) as Larisa Kovalyova 31 June (1978, TV Movie) as Miss Quinn, hostess of The Black Horse The Very Same Munchhausen (1979, TV Movie) as Bertha, songstress Babylon XX (1980) as Malva I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death (1980) as Vera Sergeevna Secret of the Black Birds (1983) as Adele Fortescue Snake Catcher (1986) as Vera The Christians (1987) as Pelageya Karaulova Intergirl (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute The Initiated (1989) as Mother Love with Privileges (1989) as Irina Vasilyevna Nikolaeva My Seawoman (1990) as lambada dancer The Recruiter (1991) as Zina Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife Chivalric Romance (2000, TV Movie) as Irene Doukaina Still Waters (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife My Fair Nanny (2004-2009, TV Series) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya Star of the Era (2005, TV Mini-Series) as Plavnikova Kill Carp (2005) as Lydia Mikhailovna

Honours and awards People's Artist of Russia (1994) Honoured Artist of Russia (1986) People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (posthumously) (2007)