Nina Sazonova

Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (Russian: Ни́на Афана́сьевна Сазо́нова; 1917 — 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet Army Theatre in Moscow.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Afanasievna and the family name is Sazonova.
Nina Sazonova
Born
Nina Afanasievna Sazonova

(1917-01-07)7 January 1917
Konstantinovo, Alexandrovsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 March 2004(2004-03-01) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russia
Occupationactress
Years active1934 — 2002

The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey Popov's theatre school at the age of 17.[1] Popov went on to direct her in a number of productions at the Soviet Army Theatre. In the 1960s, she appeared in supporting roles in a slew of Soviet films and gained wider renown for her portrayal of a World War II survivor in the 1965 melodrama Womenfolk. Sazonova was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1987.[2]

Her later years were plagued by a series of horrible incidents, such as being severely beaten by her drunken son who proceeded to jump 11 stories out of an apartment window to his death.[3]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Nina Sazonova // Stars of the Russian Army Theatre (2002) — ISBN 5-7805-0948-4
  2. Nina Sazonova in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. Квартирный вопрос Нины Сазоновой
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