Tatyana Shmyga

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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). [1]

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 . [2]

Awards [ edit ]

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. [2]

Personal life [ edit ]

She was married three times:

  • television journalist Rudolf Borecki [3]
  • musical director Vladimir Kandelaki [3]
  • composer Anatoly Kremer [4]

Death [ edit ]

Shmyga died in Moscow , aged 82, from vascular disease. [1] [5]

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