Biography
Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (Russian: Ни́на Афана́сьевна Сазо́нова; 1917 — 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet Army Theatre in Moscow.
The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey Popov's theatre school at the age of 17. Popov went on to direct her in a number of productions at the Soviet Army Theatre. In the 1960s, she appeared in supporting roles in a slew of Soviet films and gained wider renown for her portrayal of a World War II survivor in the 1965 melodrama Womenfolk. Sazonova was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1987.Her later years were plagued by a series of horrible incidents, such as being severely beaten by her drunken son who proceeded to jump 11 stories out of an apartment window to his death.
Filmography
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Movies 22
TV Shows 2
Yurka's Sunrises (1975)
The Siberian Woman (1973)
The End of the Lyubavines (1972)
День за днем (1971)
Руины стреляют... (1971)
Моя улица (1971)
Нюркина жизнь (1971)
День за днём (1971)
Strange People (1969)
New Girl (1969)
Zigzag of Success (1968)
Длинный день Кольки Павлюкова (1968)
Women Kingdom (1967)
Not the Most Successful Day (1967)
North-West of Berlin (1967)
There Is Such a Lad (1966)
Our House (1965)
Light of a Distant Star (1965)
Women (1965)
Early in the Morning (1965)
The First Trolleybus (1963)
The Taming of the Shrew (1961)
A Simple Story (1960)
A Sleepless Night (1960)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1917-01-07
Deathday2004-03-01 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceVladimir Governorate, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
CitizenshipsRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Also Known AsНина Сазонова
AwardsPeople's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Order of Friendship, People's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin
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