Olga Pyzhova | |
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О́льга Ива́новна Пыжо́ва | |
![]() Pyzhova (1920) | |
Born | Moscow, Russia | 29 October 1894
Died | 7 or 8 November 1972 Moscow, Russia | (aged 78)
Occupation | Stage actress |
Spouse | Boris Bibikov |
Children | 1 |
Olga Ivanovna Pyzhova (29 October 1894, Moscow—7 or 8 November 1972, Moscow; О́льга Ива́новна Пыжо́ва) was a Russian stage actress, director, and teacher.[1][2][3] She spent her early years with the Moscow Art Theatre before moving to the Revolution Theatre in 1928.[1][3][4][5] She taught and directed at several schools and theatres, including Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS), All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK),[4][5][3] Moscow Central Children's Theater, and Auezov Theater.[1][3] Her awards included Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947), People's Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1949), the People's Artist of the Tajik SSR (1964),[5][1] and a Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945",[5] as well as a State Stalin Prize in the third degree for her and her husband's production of Sergey Mikhalkov's play I Want to Go Home.[5][1]
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