Nina Ruslanova

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Biography

Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress, Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova, made her on-screen debut in Kira Muratova's 1967 film "Brief Encounters" after studying at the Kharkiv Theatre Institute for a year. In 1998, she was honored with the "People's Artist of Russia" award. She appeared in over 150 films throughout her nearly 50 year career. She died in 2021 due to COVID-19 complications.

Known For

Forbidden Empire

Zhena Yavtukha

What Men Talk About

Konserzhka

Branded

Lady from the crowd

Heart of a Dog

Darya Petrovna

Afonya

Tamara

The Irony of Fate: Continuation

соседка на крыше

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

Natasha Adasova

My Love

(voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2015	Once There Was a Woman TV	Kryachikha
2014	Forbidden Empire MOVIE	Zhena Yavtukha
2012	Branded MOVIE	Lady from the crowd
2012	Mommies MOVIE	Dmitriy's mother
2011	Once There Was a Woman MOVIE	Kryachikha
2011	Diamond Hunters TV	Self
2010	Find me MOVIE	Self
2010	Chinese Grandma MOVIE	Mila
2010	What Men Talk About MOVIE	Konserzhka
2009	Fighter's Night MOVIE	Вера Петровна
2009	Melody for a Street Organ MOVIE	Self
2009	The House of Sun MOVIE	Baba Olya
2008	Человек без пистолета TV	консьержка
2007	The Irony of Fate: Continuation MOVIE	соседка на крыше
2007	Two in One MOVIE	Self
2007	Vanechka MOVIE	Self
2007	At the River MOVIE	Self
2007	Father MOVIE	Anyuta
2007	Waiting for a Miracle MOVIE	Aunt Valya
2006	Film Festival MOVIE	Self
2006	Tycoon's Interpreter MOVIE	Aunt Nina
2006	Enchanted Region TV	Self
2006	My Love MOVIE	(voice)
2005	The First After God MOVIE	Chief in the canteen
2005	Don't Cry Mommy 2 MOVIE	Sailor's Mother-in-Law
2005	The Tuner MOVIE	Lyuba
2005	The Certificate MOVIE	Lyuba
2004	My Fair Nanny TV	тётя Фая
2004	Careful, Zadov! TV	Self
2004	Frenchman MOVIE	Ania's Mother
2003	Region TV	Мария Липкина (заслуженный химик)
2003	Region TV	Мария Антоновна Липкина
2003	Year of the Horse - Constellation Scorpio MOVIE	Self
2002	Chekhovian Motifs MOVIE	Self
2002	Ivan the Fool MOVIE	Self
2000	Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №2. Testament of the Empress MOVIE	Anna Ioannovna
2000	The Game of Love MOVIE	Tamara Pavlovna Kuznetsova
1999	Khrustalyov, My Car! MOVIE	General's Wife
1998	The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone MOVIE	Тома - первая жена Николая
1997	Poor Sasha MOVIE	Галя (жена Березкина)
1997	Don't Cry Mommy MOVIE	Mother-In-Law
1995	A Boulevard Romance MOVIE	Self
1995	Winter Cherry 3 MOVIE	Self
1995	Winter Cherries TV	Self
1994	I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody MOVIE	Self
1993	Ne Strelyayte v Passazhira MOVIE	мать Романа
1993	Sin: A Story of Passion MOVIE	Self
1993	About Businessman Foma MOVIE	Self
1992	Windhover MOVIE	Self
1992	The Actors MOVIE	Glafira Kirovna
1992	Big Trap, or solo for cat under full moon MOVIE	Self
1992	Goodnight! MOVIE	Self
1992	Ка-ка-ду MOVIE	Self
1991	Tanks Are Running on Taganka MOVIE	saleswoman in a grocery store
1991	Rubber Woman MOVIE	Self
1991	Migrants MOVIE	Self
1991	Auto Stop MOVIE	Self
1991	Until the Thunder Strikes MOVIE	Valentina
1991	Russian Brothers MOVIE	Self
1991	Захочу - полюблю MOVIE	мать Натальи
1991	Promised Heaven MOVIE	Self
1991	Afghan Breakdown MOVIE	Tanya
1991	Don't Ask Me About the Thing MOVIE	Self
1990	Gambrinus MOVIE	мадам Иванова
1990	Winter Cherries 2 MOVIE	Self
1990	Braking in the Heavens MOVIE	Laletina
1990	The World In Another Dimension MOVIE	Self
1990	The Vultures on the Road MOVIE	Rita
1990	Swindlers MOVIE	Саввишна
1990	Who's There? MOVIE	(voice)
1989	The Humble Cemetery MOVIE	Valentina Ivanova
1989	The Public House MOVIE	Self
1989	The Maid of Rouen Named Boule de Suif MOVIE	Self
1989	It Happened Near the Sea MOVIE	Self
1989	Music Shop MOVIE	Bug (voice)
1989	The Time That Has Passed MOVIE	Self
1988	Heart of a Dog MOVIE	Darya Petrovna
1988	Bread MOVIE	Self
1988	Bird Market Incident MOVIE	Self
1988	Karpusha MOVIE	Cow (voice)
1988	At the End of the Night MOVIE	Self
1988	Having Lied Once MOVIE	Partirnaya rabotnitsa
1988	The Gray-Haired Bear MOVIE	Self
1988	The Black Monk MOVIE	эпизод
1988	Seven Days of Nadezhda MOVIE	Self
1987	Fun of the Young MOVIE	Vera Semyonovna
1987	Tomorrow Was the War MOVIE	Iskra's Mother
1987	She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat MOVIE	Vasilisa
1987	Sign of Disaster MOVIE	Self
1987	With the Doors Open MOVIE	Зинаида Ивановна
1987	Martinko MOVIE	Mashka the servant (voice)
1986	An Amazing Find, Or the Most Ordinary Miracles MOVIE	Marina
1986	That's My Village... MOVIE	Self
1986	Return of Budulai MOVIE	Katerina
1986	Return of Budulai TV	Катя «Аэропорт»
1986	Дикий хмель MOVIE	Self
1986	Beyond the Vetluga River MOVIE	Self
1985	Valentin and Valentina MOVIE	Valentin's mother
1985	Do Not Marry, Girls MOVIE	Self
1985	Winter Cherries MOVIE	Larisa Pavlovna
1985	My Friend Ivan Lapshin MOVIE	Natasha Adasova
1984	Zudov, You're Fired! MOVIE	Katerina, Nikita's wife
1984	Very Important Person MOVIE	Galina
1984	Twice Born MOVIE	Andrey's mother
1983	Among Grey Stones MOVIE	Self
1983	Phenomenon MOVIE	председатель худсовета
1983	Tears Were Falling MOVIE	Dina
1982	To Find and Neutralize MOVIE	Self
1982	The Train Has Stopped MOVIE	Maria Ignatyevna
1982	Купальская ночь MOVIE	Паланея
1982	Where Would He Go! MOVIE	Екатерина Гребенько, бригадир и руководитель самодеятельности
1982	Take Care of the Men! MOVIE	Marfa Rodionova
1982	The Fish Carriage MOVIE	Crow (voice)
1981	Be My Husband MOVIE	Альбина Петровна
1981	The Leshy MOVIE	Self
1981	Two Lines in Small Font MOVIE	Self
1981	Homeless House-Elves MOVIE	Self
1981	What's There Around the Bend? MOVIE	Self
1980	I Don't Guarantee Personal Safety MOVIE	Self
1980	Gypsy MOVIE	Katerina
1980	Gypsy TV	Katerina
1980	Do Not Shoot at White Swans MOVIE	Haritina Makarovna (Egor's wife)
1980	And the Eternal Battle... From the Life of Alexander Blok MOVIE	Self
1980	Meeting MOVIE	Self
1980	Родное дело MOVIE	Marusya
1979	Trasa MOVIE	Coordinator
1978	The Orlovs MOVIE	Self
1978	Getting to Know the Big Wide World MOVIE	Lyuba
1977	The Bourgeois Gentleman MOVIE	Nicole
1975	Afonya MOVIE	Tamara
1975	Contraband MOVIE	Self
1974	There's Still Time MOVIE	Self
1974	My Friends MOVIE	Self
1974	Yeralash TV	Self
1974	Alyonushka and the Soldier MOVIE	(voice)
1973	Fearless Ataman MOVIE	Self
1973	Yegor Bulychyov and Others MOVIE	Glafira
1973	Until We Meet Again! MOVIE	Self
1972	Shadows Disappear at Noon TV	Self
1971	Second Wind MOVIE	Nadezhda
1970	Drama on the Hunt MOVIE	Self
1969	What About You, Comrade? MOVIE	Self
1969	Her Name Is Spring MOVIE	Self
1968	A Case from Investigative Practice MOVIE	Tonya Trushina - "Khrulya"
1967	Brief Encounters MOVIE	Nadya

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