Biography
Iya Sergeyevna Savvina (Russian: Ия Серге́евна Саввина; 2 March 1936 – 27 August 2011) was a Soviet film actress who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990. Savvina was not a professionally trained actress. She graduated from the Department of Journalism of the Moscow State University and has appeared in 30 films following her star turn as Anna Sergeyevna in Iosif Kheifets's The Lady with the Dog (1960). Since 1977, she had served in Moscow Art Theatre. During her career she received many awards including the Crystal Turandot Award and State Prizes of USSR and Russian SFSR.
Savvina was a notable memoirist and cinema scholar who wrote about her colleagues Faina Ranevskaya, Mikhail Ulyanov, Lyubov Orlova and others. She is also known for providing the voice of the Piglet in the Soviet animation of Winnie-the-Pooh. She was a prominent actress by then, and director Fyodor Khitruk invited her merely to review his initial work, because he knew that Savvina was a big fan of the Winnie-the-Pooh story. The decision to cast her as the Piglet came later, and her records had to be sped up to change the tone of her voice (the same technique was used for the main character). Savvina based her intonation on Bella Akhmadulina.Savvina was married to Vsevolod Shestakov, a prominent geologist and amateur stage actor. Their son Sergey was born in 1957 with Down syndrome, yet became a professional graphical artist and Russian-English translator.
Filmography
all 45
Movies 39
TV Shows 6
Narrator 1
Listening to SIlence (2007)
Through Line (2005)
Bed Stories (2003)
List of Lovers of the RF (2003)
Two comrads (2000)
Chekhov and Co. (1998)
Trotsky (1994)
To Remember (1993)
Remember Me This Way (1988)
Lasted, lasted, charm … (1984)
Tears Were Falling (1983)
Private Life (1982)
Наше призвание (1981)
Open Book (1980)
Three Years (1980)
The Garage (1979)
Arrival Day is a Departure Day (1978)
Someone Else's (1978)
Nose (1977)
Confusion of Feelings (1977)
Postage Stamp from the Country of Hondelupa (1977)
We Are Men (1976)
The Diaries of a School Principal (1975)
Romance for Lovers (1974)
Последний подвиг Камо (1974)
Every day of Dr. Kalinnikova (1974)
Облака (1973)
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)
Месяц август (1972)
Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting (1971)
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971)
Красный дипломат (1971)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
Subject for a Short Story (1969)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
Angel Pavement (1969)
Two Comrades Were Serving (1968)
Anna Karenina (1967)
The Story of Asya Klyachina, Who Loved, But Did Not Marry (1966)
In the Town of S. (1966)
The Girl and the Bugler (1965)
The Seagull (1964)
Грешница (1962)
The Meek One (1960)
Lady with the Dog (1960)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1936-03-02
Deathday2011-08-27 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceVoronezh, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsИя Саввина, Саввина Ия Сергеевна, I. Savvina
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Order of Friendship, USSR State Prize, Medal "Veteran of Labour", People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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