Nina Ter-Osipyan

Nina Mamikonovna Ter-Osipyan (, ; 5 April 1909 — 24 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Early life and education Nina Ter-Osipyan was born on 5 April 1909 in Baku. From 1918 the Ter-Osipyan family lived in Saratov. At the age of ten, she moved with her parents to Moscow. Ter-Osipyan studied at the "School of Juniors" a children's studio at the Theater of the Revolution, and from the very first years, she began to appear on the stage of this theater.

Career Ter-Osipyan played Kukushkina in Aleksandr Ostrovsky's A Profitable Position staged by Vsevolod Meyerhold.

Ter-Osipyan was one of the leading actresses in the theater. She created vivid and memorable images in the performances Front, Ordinary Man, Thunderstorm, Legend of Love, and Uncle's Dream.

Among the latest works of the actress in the cinema are a colorful fairy grandmother in the film Nastya by Georgy Danelia and Yossi's mother in Eldar Ryazanov's film Old Hags (2000).

Selected filmography

1978 — Five Evenings as Nina Mamikonovna, Tamara's neighbor (the character was named after the actress) 1979 — There Was a Piano-Tuner... as Nika's grandmother 1982 — Look for a Woman as Madame Tashar 1986 — Kin-dza-dza! as Paje's mother 1986 — Jaguar as Teresa's aunt, dressmaker 1990 — Passport as Uncle Easy's mother 1990 — Deja Vu as old Armenian woman 1993 — Nastya as kind sorceress 2000 — Old Hags as Yossi's mother

Awards and honors

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1954) Order of the Badge of Honor People's Artist of the RSFSR (1972) Order of Honor (1998)