Actress Anna Lisyanskaya: biography, personal life, films

Anna Lisyanskaya is a brilliant actress of Soviet cinema of the 40-50s. The sharp character, incredible charisma, charm and energy that makes your head spin are all about her. At one time, films with the participation of Anna Lisyanskaya blew up blue screens. What is Anna Lisyanskaya?

An Essay from the Life of an Actress

Anna Lisyanskaya was born on the first day of November 1917. The birthplace of the actress is the city of Nikolaev in Ukraine. The father of the actress Grigory Lisyansky was the head of the Jewish theater in Nikolaev. Anna's mother, actress Sofya Dyshlis, and her aunt, Dora Lisyanskaya, also worked here.

When the girl was six years old, she was allowed to participate in performances. And little Anya first appeared on the scene.

The first performances in which the young artist played were “Stempenu”, “Schwer tsu zayn ayid” and “Tevye the Milkman”. In the Nikolaev Jewish theater one of the strongest semi-professional troupes worked. Local residents attended the performances with great pleasure. Some productions were even described in local newspapers. The young artist Anna Lisyanskaya did not go unnoticed either. In particular, the press appreciated its genuine immediacy, characteristic of talented children, as well as sincerity and organicity. These qualities were present in the actress throughout her life.

Years of study and the first serious work

An interesting enough person is Anna Lisyanskaya. Her biography speaks not only about her innate gift, gifted by talented parents, but also about her own efforts. An important role in the life of the actress was played by education. In 1932, Anna Lisyanskaya became a student in the theater studio of the Kiev Youth Theater. Four years later, the actress successfully completed her studies and returned to her hometown. The place of work for the actress in the homeland became the Nikolaev Youth Theater.

But the Kiev Youth Theater did not want to let go of such a talented student and in 1938 invited Anna to work in her troupe. On the Kiev scene, Anna appeared in the image of Juliet from the Shakespeare tragedy, brilliantly played the main character of A. Ostrovsky’s play "Profitable Place" - Yulinka. In the play "A Month in the Village" by Turgenev, Anna played Elena.

First movie roles

Anna Lisyanskaya is an actress from God. The theater stage would sooner or later become crowded for her. And so it happened. In Kiev, Igor Savchenko, then a famous screenwriter, drew attention to a young talent. And in 1941, Anna Lisyanskaya made her debut. She played a major role in the film "Years Young."

Later, Anna's career went uphill. She played Christina in the revolutionary masterpiece "How Steel Was Tempered," Malyuhiha in the military film "Rainbow", Anya Klimenko in the historical film "Days and Nights", which Marusya made in the movie "It Was in the Donbas", Dunya Ostrogova in the love drama "Rural" teacher, "Evdokia Milyagin in the dramatic film" Great Power ". Enormous success was expected by the actress after the publication of the film "Ancient Vaudeville" by Igor Savchenko, where Anna played the Shark.

Splash of creativity

In 1949, Anna Lisyanskaya got into the Russian State Academic Drama Theater. A.S. Pushkin. Here, its full potential was revealed. In the movie, the actress was seen in a variety of ways, ranging from maids and heroines to works by famous classics.

To see Anna was possible not only in the theater. Some roles were also filmed. So, for example, Anna successfully played the role of Mary in the film "Twelfth Night." Critics did not get tired of writing only positive reviews about the actress, calling her the embodiment of the Renaissance. Life out of it was in full swing. No conventions and bigotry - that was all Anna.
Then Anna Lisyanskaya played Grassini's wife in the famous dramatic film Gadfly, Maria Ulyanova in the historical film Tales of Lenin, Natalya Konstantinovna Krupskaya in the film Lenin in Poland, and many other interesting roles. Spectators especially loved the painting "The Magic Power of Art", which was released in 1970. And the reason for this was the brilliantly played role of a neighbor.

Not only in the theater or cinema could one see Anna. She also actively participated in projects on television and radio. One of these works was the operetta “Grooms” by I. Dunaevsky, where the actress appeared in the image of Agrafena Savvishna. This work opened up new facets of the talent of the actress, who were always present in her, but did not have the opportunity to break out. She was extremely musical, graceful and plastic. Easily switched from song to dance, from dialogue to aria.
In 1967, Anna Lisyanskaya was spotted at the Musical Comedy Theater. For a year she worked in two theaters at the same time, but nevertheless of the two she preferred music comedy.

A bit about personal life

What Anna Lisyanskaya carefully concealed was her personal life. The actress preferred not to mention her. Naturally, Anna had fans. It was hard not to notice such a woman and not to pay attention to her. But practically nothing is known about legal relations. Family, children - it seems that the actress simply did not have time for this. She devoted herself to creativity, the stage and the audience. And it seems that she was completely satisfied with this.

Last creative breakthrough

The last roles of Lisyanskaya again acquired Jewish motives. Theater "Experiment" showed a solo performance of the actress according to Zhvanetsky "Odessa Wedding". Anna later appeared in the role of Aunt Pesi in the film "The Art of Living in Odessa." In 1990, the picture “Sunset” (director - A. Zaldovich) was released, in which Anna played the role of Madame Weiner. A year later, the actress starred in the movie "Come Out!" in the role of the mother of a large Jewish family.

The beginning of the 90s was a test for the actress. A serious illness completely took her strength. Lilian Malkin, a close friend of the actress, helped Anna return to Israel, to her family. Here, the actress spent her last years and died in 1999. Her memory still lives in films with her participation.

Anna Lisyanskaya: films

For all her creative life, Anna starred in 46 films:

1. "Years Young" (1942).
2. "Opening of the season" (1942).
3. "How steel was tempered" (1942).
4. The Rainbow (1943).
5. "Little Cherries" (1944).
6. "Days and Nights" (1944).
7. "Man No. 217" (1944).
8. "It was in the Donbass" (1945).
9. The Ancient Vaudeville (1946).
10. "The rural teacher" (1947).
11. "Great Power" (1949).
12. "Alyosha Ptitsyn produces temper" (1953).
13. "Dinner Party" (1953).
14. The Big Family (1954).
15. The Twelfth Night (1955).
16. The Gadfly (1955).
17. "Tales of Lenin" (1957).
18. "The Pazukhin Death" (1957).
19. "Sailor from the" Comet "" (1958).
20. The Abyss (1958).
21. "A Day of Happiness" (1963).
22. "Spring Chores" (1964).
23. The Rabbit (1964).
24. "The Big Cat Parable" (television play) (1965).
25. "Lenin in Poland" (1966).
26. "Envy" (1967).
27. The Zykovs (1968).
28. "Examination for the rank" (1969).
29. "Magic Power" (1970).
30. The Wealth of the Republic (1971).
31. “My brother” (1972).
32. "Acting" (1973).
33. “Remember Your Name” (1974).
34. "Born of the Revolution" (1974-1977).
35. The Nose (1977).
36. "Love at a glance" (1977).
37. "Three Bad Weathers" (1978).
38. "Three in a boat, not counting a dog" (1979).
39. "Lyalka-Ruslan and his friend Sanka" (1980).
40. "The Oriole Cries Here and There" (1982).
41. "The highest standard" (1983).
42. "The Art of Living in Odessa" (1989).
43. Tranti-Vanti (1989).
44. "Sunset" (1990).
45. "Come out!" (1991).
46. "The Passing Gardens" (1993).