Olga Pyzhova

Olga Pyzhova
О́льга Ива́новна Пыжо́ва
Pyzhova (1920)
Born(1894-10-29)29 October 1894
Moscow, Russia
Died7 or 8 November 1972(1972-11-00) (aged 78)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationStage actress
SpouseBoris Bibikov
Children1

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]

  1. ^ a b c d e ПЫЖО'ВА Ольга Ивановна [Olga Ivanovna PYZHO'VA]. Istoriya-teatra.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. ^ Ignatieva, Maria (7 October 2008). Stanislavsky and female actors: women in Stanislavsky's life and art. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 9780761841791. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d ПЫЖОВА, ОЛЬГА ИВАНОВНА [PYZHOVA, OLGA IVANOVNA]. krugosvet.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference sewellsmout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference mayakovsky was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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