Galina Volchek

Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (Russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue.[1][2] People's Artist of the USSR (1989) and Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Borisovna and the family name is Volchek.
Galina Volchek
Volchek in 2013
Born
Galina Berovna Volchek

(1933-12-19)19 December 1933
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died26 December 2019(2019-12-26) (aged 86)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Actress, theater director, pedagogue
Years active1953–2019
AwardsUSSR State Prize
People's Artist of the USSR
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (full cavalier)

Biography

Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris (Ber) Volchek. After finishing the Moscow Art Theatre School (1955, Karev course) she co-founded the Sovremennik Theatre, together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. Since 1972 she was the chief director of the theater, and since 1989 its artistic director. Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.[1][2]

She was repeatedly invited to productions in theaters in Germany, Finland, Ireland, the US, Hungary, Poland and other countries. She was engaged many times in theater pedagogy activities abroad.[2]

Volchek was elected a deputy into the State Duma in 1995, where she became a member of the Committee on Culture. In 1999, Volchek left the parliament.[1][2]

On 26 December 2019, Volchek died in Moscow from pneumonia, one week after her 86th birthday.[3]

Personal life

Galina Volchek said: I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy.[4] She was married twice:

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1957Don QuixoteMaritornes
1963Greshnyy angelAfrodita
1966The Bridge Is BuiltYoung Girl
1966Children of Don Quixote
1966Beware of the CarCustomer
1968Parviyat kurierTyotya Nyusa
1969Svoy
1970King LearRegan
1970Moya sudba
1976Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsyamadam Renesans / aktrisa-khalturshchitsa
1976The Little MermaidInn Hostess - Witch
1977About the Little Red Riding HoodMother WolfTV movie
1979Autumn MarathonVarvara Nikitichna
1983Unikum
1985Tevye the DairymanGoldaTV Mini-Series

Honors and awards
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References
  1. "Волчек Галина Борисовна". Кто есть кто в культуре [Who is who in culture] (in Russian). Яндекс.Словари [yandex.ru]. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. "Биография. Волчек Галина Борисовна [Biography]" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. "Галина Волчек скончалась на 87-м году жизни". IZ. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. "Бабье лето | Женские истории". Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 апреля 1996 г. № 556 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени Волчек Г. Б.»
  6. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 декабря 2003 г. № 1494 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ II степени Волчек Г. Б.»
  7. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 декабря 2008 г. № 1789 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени Волчек Г. Б.»
  8. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 2013 г. № 929 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  9. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 апреля 2017 года № 182 «О присвоении звания Героя Труда Российской Федерации
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