Malvina Shvidler

Malvina Zinoviivna Shvidler (19 August 1919, Odesa – 15 July 2011, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, People's Artist of Ukraine (1996). Winner of the Kyiv Pectoral Award for outstanding contribution to theatrical art (1999). Member of the National Union of Theater Actors of Ukraine.

Early life and education Malvina Shvidler was born on August 19, 1919, in Odesa. Her father operated a brickmaking factory. In 1934, after graduating from a labor school, she took part in the competition for the preparatory course for the Russian department of the Odessa Theater School. In 1939, Shvidler graduated from Odesa Theater School and played in Odesa Theater of Miniatures. The same year she married the director of the Lviv variety art Boris Zhelkov.

Career From 1939 to 1941 she was an actress of the Lviv Philharmonic Society. Since 1945 she was an actress at the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama. Among her works in cinema are such films as: Trap, Your Name, Mistress, Where are you knights?, Adventures with a Tarapunka jacket, Tatarka. She was buried in Kyiv at the Baikove cemetery.

Awards

Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1972) People's Artist of Ukraine (1996) Kyiv Pectoral Award (1999)

Filmography

1948 – The third blow 1955 – Adventures with a Tarapunka jacket (short film) 1965 – The Viper 1966 – Alone with the night 1970 – The Way to the Heart 1971 – Where are you knights? 1978 – Mistress 1989 – Your name 1993 – Trap