Biography
Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (Russian: Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная); (7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1901 — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1970. Ekaterina Zelyonaya was born in Tashkent (modern-day Uzbekistan) into a Russian family of modest means, the third of four children. Her rare surname which translates from Russian as Green had been often taken for a pseudonym by people, just like her stage name Rina (short for Ekaterina). Her paternal grandfather Ivan Kuzmich Zelyoniy was a member of the Tashkent City Duma. According to the actress, her parents didn't fit each other at all.Her mother Nadezhda Fyodorovna Zelyonaya was given away to marriage at the age 16. She was absolutely careless and couldn't plan family budget which led to grand scandals involving her husband – Vasily Ivanovich Zelyoniy, a low-ranking official, a stingy and generally unsympathetic man, as Rina described him. After he was transferred to Moscow, Rina entered a prestigious gymnasium for girls despite the lack of money.
During the October Revolution she entered the Moscow Theatre School where she studied for two years. Among her teachers were Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina, Illarion Pevtsov and Nikolai Radin. Hunger and the lack of job made her seek other options. By that time her father had been assigned with restoration of storage facilities in Odessa. Rina along with her mother and younger sister decided to join him and traveled to Odessa, but it turned out Vasily Zelyoniy had left the family for another woman.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 78
Voice 5
TV Shows 3
self 1
Writer 1
Memories of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 2 (1986)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
Valentin and Valentina (1985)
Citizens of the Universe (1984)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Irene Adler (1983)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Secret of Treasures (1983)
I Am Returning Your Portrait (1983)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983)
The Secret of the Third Planet (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2 (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1 (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
Mother For Baby Mammoth (1981)
Alice in Wonderland (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription (1979)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance (1979)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
Moomintroll and the others (1978)
100 grams for Bravery (1977)
About the Little Red Riding Hood (1977)
Одиннадцать надежд (1976)
The Adventures of Buratino (1975)
Starling and Lyre (1974)
Cipollino (1973)
Nylon 100% (1973)
Заветная мечта (1972)
Telegram (1972)
How We Were Searching for Tishka (1971)
Приключения Незнайки и его друзей (1971)
Приключения Незнайки и его друзей (1971)
Losharik (1971)
Hello, Warsaw! (1971)
The Canterville Ghost (1970)
Attention, Turtle! (1970)
The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (1970)
New Year's Abduction (1970)
The Blue Bird (1970)
How to Become a Grown-Up (1967)
Elephant (1967)
Four from the Same Yard (1967)
In the Town of S. (1966)
Three Fat Men (1966)
The Most, the Most, the Most (1966)
Жёлтик (1966)
Голубой огонек - в первый час (1965)
A Foreign Woman (1965)
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Everything for You (1965)
Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away (1965)
Лягушка-путешественница (1965)
Новогодняя ярмарка (1965)
Give Me a Complaints Book (1964)
The Bicycle Tamers (1964)
A Little Frog is Looking For His Father (1964)
A Tale of Lost Times (1964)
What a Tiger! (1963)
Cain the XVIII-th (1963)
Cherry Town (1962)
My Younger Brother (1962)
Seven Babysitters (1962)
Who Said Miau? (1962)
Sovershenno seryozno (1961)
История с пирожками (1961)
The Key (1961)
The Iron Friends (1960)
A Groom from the Right Society (1958)
Girl without an Address (1958)
Poet (1957)
Precious Gift (1956)
Variety Stars (1954)
Spring (1947)
The Shining Path (1940)
The Foundling (1939)
Love and Hate (1935)
Road to Life (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1901-11-07
Deathday1991-04-01 (89 years old)
Birth NameЕкатерина Васильевна Зелёная
Birth PlaceTashkent, Uzbekistan
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russian Empire
Also Known AsRina Zelyonaya, Рина Зелёная, Рина Зеленая, R. Zelenaya, R. Zelyonaya, Рина Зелена, Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya, Rina Zelonaya, Rina Zelyonaja, Rina Zelonaja, Rina Zelenaja, Rina Zelenaya, Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная, Екатерина Васильевна Зеленая, Rina Wassiljewna Seljonaja
AwardsMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Order of the Red Star, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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