Nina Arkhipova

Nina Nikolayevna Arkhipova (; 1 May 1921 – 24 April 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. She was a People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Her parents were Nikolai Matveyevich Arkhipov, a Siberian native of Irkutsk, and Maria Nikolayevna from St. Petersburg, who was shot when Nina was ten years old.

As a child, Nina Arkhipova loved to sing, dance, and play the piano. Living in Zamoskvorechye, she frequented the theater and began to think about the acting profession. After high school, she decided to apply not only to the studio theater – at the Vakhtangov and the Maly Theater and Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, but also to the law faculty of Moscow State University. Arkhipova passed exams and was accepted everywhere. She decided to stop the choice on the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute at the Vakhtangov Theater. Her teacher was the famous Cecilia Mansurova. In 1945 she graduated from drama school. From 1943 to 1951, she worked at the Vakhtangov Theatre.

From 1951 till 2016, she was a leading actress of the Moscow Satire Theatre. Over the years, she performed over 100 roles.

Selected filmography Year Title Role 1951 Bountiful Summer Vera Groshko 1971 Oh, That Nastya!Ryabinina 1974 Rise and Shine!Erzhi1978 Errors of Youth soldier mom 1983 Quarantine Aunt Polina 1984 Two Hussars Older Anna Zaytseva 1984 Extend, Extend, Fascination...Elena Georgievna 1994 Burnt by the Sun Yelena Mikhailovna 2011 Burnt by the Sun 2 Yelena Mikhaylovna

Recognition and awards Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1967) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1988) Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"я