Ada Voytsik

Ada Ignatievna Voytsik (Russian: Ада Игнатьевна Войцик; 1 August 1905 – 2 September 1982) was a Soviet actress. In 1935 she received the title RSFSR Honored Artist.[1]

Ada Voytsik
Born
Ada Ignatievna Voytsik

(1905-08-01)1 August 1905
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died2 September 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 77)
Moscow, USSR
OccupationActress
Years active1926-1971

Biography

Ada Ignatievna Voytsik was born on 1 August 1905 in Moscow.

In 1923 Ada graduated from secondary school and entered the acting department of the State College of Cinematography (today known as VGIK), where she graduated in 1927.[2][1]

She started acting in cinema in the year 1925. In 1934 Ada Voytsik joined the staff of the Mosfilm film studio.[2]

She married director Ivan Pyryev and they had a son, Eric Pyryev (1931-1970), who also subsequently became a director.

In 1941 together with the studio she was evacuated to Alma-Ata.[2]

On her return to Moscow in 1943, Ada became an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre, where she worked until her retirement in 1961.[2]

In the last years of her life, Ada Voytsik did not appear in films.

Ada Voytsik lived through the death of her son and Ivan Pyryev. She died in Moscow on 2 September 1982 at the age of 77, and was buried in the Khovanskoye Cemetery.[3]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Ада Войцик". Encyclopedia of Native Cinema. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. "Ада Войцик". VokrugTV.
  3. "Войцик Ада Игнатьевна (1905-1982)". necropol.
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