Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova (; 5 December 1945 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.

She was honored as a People's Artist of Russia (1998).

Early life Ruslanova was orphaned at two months old in late winter 1945 in Bohodukhiv. Her surname (after Lidia Ruslanova) comes from the orphanages in the Kharkiv Oblast. She lived in five children's homes. She graduated from college with a degree as a construction plasterer. She then entered the Kharkiv Theatre Institute, where she studied for one term.

She moved to Moscow in 1969 and graduated Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Thereafter Ruslanova worked in Vakhtangov Theater, and from 1985 to 1988 in Mayakovsky Theatre. She debuted in movies in 1967. Her first role was Nadezhda in Kira Muratova's film Brief Encounters.

Death Ruslanova died from a long illness complicated by COVID-19 and pneumonia on 21 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. She was 75.

Selected filmography 1967 — Brief Encounters as Nadezhda, housekeeper 1975 — Afonya (Афоня) as Tamara 1980 — Do Not Shoot at White Swans (Не стреляйте в белых лебедей) as Haritina Makarovna 1982 — Tears Were Falling (Слёзы капали) as Dina, girlfriend Vasin's 1982 — Find and Neutralize (Найти и обезвредить) as Nyura 1982 — The Train Has Stopped (Остановился поезд) as Maria Ignatyevna, party secretary 1982 — Be My Husband (Будьте моим мужем) as Albina Petrovna 1983 — Among Grey Stones (Среди серых камней) as housekeeper 1983 — Twice Born (Дважды рождённый) 1984 — My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) as Natasha Adashova 1985 — Do Not Marry, Girls (Не ходите, девки, замуж) as Anisa Ilinichna 1986 — Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза) as Galina Borisovna 1987 — Tomorrow Was the War (Завтра была война) as Comrade Polyakova 1987 — She with a Broom, He in a Black Hat (Она с метлой, он в чёрной шляпе) as Vasilisa 1988 — Heart of a Dog (Собачье сердце) as Darya Petrovna Ivanova 1991 — Promised Heaven (Небеса обетованные) as Jeanne's aunt, dressmaker from Tver 1991 — Afghan Breakdown (Афганский излом) as Tatyana 1992 — Trifles of Life (Мелочи жизни) as Natalia Yevdokimovna 1997 — Poor Sasha (Бедная Саша) as Beryozkin's ex-wife 1998 — The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались) as Toma 1998 — Mama Don't Cry (Мама, не горюй) as Tanya's mother 1998 — Khrustalyov, My Car! (Хрусталёв, машину!) as wife of General 2002 — Chekhov's Motifs (Чеховские мотивы) as woman 2004 — The Tuner (Настройщик) as Lyuba 2004 — My Fair Nanny (Моя прекрасная няня) as aunt Faya 2006 — My Love (voice) 2007 — The Irony of Fate 2 (Ирония Судьбы. Продолжение) as neighbor 2010 — What Men Talk About (О чём говорят мужчины) as hotel administrator 2011 — Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (Жила-была одна баба) as Kryachiha 2014 — Viy (Вий) as wife Yavtukh's