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Soviet-Russian singer and actress (1928?2011)
Tatyana Ivanovna Shmyga
(
Russian
:
Татьяна Ивановна Шмыга
; born 31 December 1928 ? died 3 February 2011) was a
Soviet
and
Russian
operetta/musical theatre
performer. She went on to act in films as well. She was a
People's Artist of the USSR
(1978).
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Moscow
-born Shmyga graduated from the
Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts
, where she studied voice under Dora Borisovna Beliavskaia and acting under Joseph Mikhailovich Tumanov, later becoming a soloist with the Moscow Operetta Theater the same year. She began acting in films in 1962, notably appearing in
Eldar Ryazanov
's
The Hussar Ballad
.
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Awards
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Shmyga remains the only musical theatre actress to date to receive the title of
People's Artist of the USSR
. She also received the M.I. Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR in 1974, the Order of the Badge of Honor and several other medals.
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Personal life
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She was married three times:
- television journalist Rudolf Borecki
[3]
- musical director Vladimir Kandelaki
[3]
- composer Anatoly Kremer
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Death
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Shmyga died in
Moscow
, aged 82, from vascular disease.
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