Biography
Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko (Russian: Кла́вдия Ива́новна Шульже́нко , Ukrainian: Клавдія Іванівна Шульженко; March 24 [O.S. March 11] 1906, Kharkiv – June 17, 1984, Moscow) was a Soviet popular female singer and actress.
Shulzhenko started singing with jazz and pop bands in the late 1920s. She rose to fame in the late 1930s with her version of Sebastian Yradier's La Paloma. In 1939, she was awarded at the first all-Soviet competition of pop singers.
During World War II, Shulzhenko performed about a thousand concerts for Soviet soldiers in besieged Leningrad and elsewhere. The lyrics of one of her prewar songs, The Blue Headscarf ("Синий платочек"), were adapted so as to suit wartime realities. Another iconic song of the Eastern Front (World War II), Let's Smoke ("Давай закурим"), was later used by Vladimir Menshov in his Oscar-winning movie Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears.
In 1945, Shulzhenko was awarded the Order of the Red Star. She, as traditional pop singer, was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1971.
On April 10, 1976, Shulzhenko performed to enraptured audience in the Column Hall of the House of Unions in what would become her most famous concert.
Filmography
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Movies 4
self 3
Variety Stars (1954)
Concert for the Front (1942)
На отдыхе (1937)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1906-03-24
Deathday1984-06-17 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceKharkiv, Ukraine
CitizenshipsUkrainian People's Republic, Soviet Union
Also Known AsКлавдия Шульженко
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "Veteran of Labour"
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