Vera Orlova

Vera Markovna Orlova (; 25 May 1918, Yekaterinoslav – 16 September 1993, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She was awarded a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1960.

Biography She graduated from the Moscow theatrical school in 1942 and started to work at the Mayakovsky Theatre in Moscow. In 1974, she transferred to the Lenkom Theatre. At the same time, she also actively starred in cinema and provided a voice in cartoons.

For many years, she also led the Sunday radio broadcast S dobrym utrom! (Good morning!).

A serious foot disease in the mid-1980s made it difficult for her to work. She died in Moscow and was buried in the Donskoye Cemetery.

Filmography The Call of Love (1945) as Liza Karasyova Happy Flight (1949) as Fenya Two Friends (1954) as Vitya Maleyev's mother Least We Forget (1954) as Glasha Private Ivan (1955) as Polina Different Fortunes (1956) as Nina Nikiforovna Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm (1958) as Polina The Key (1961) as Olga Zakharova, boy's mother (voice) Seven Nannies (1962) as Shamskaya, Maya's mother Children of Don Quixote (1965) as Vera Bondarenko I Loved You (1967) as Kolya's mother The Twelve Chairs (1976) as Yelena Stanislavovna Bour Do Not Part with Your Beloved (1979) as exchanger

Awards and honors

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1954) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1960) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) Order of Friendship of Peoples (1981)