Irina Skobtseva
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva (Template:Lang-ru; 22 August 1927 – 2 December 2017) is a Russian/Soviet actress and second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk.
Early life and career
Skobtseva appeared in Othello in 1955 along with Sergei Bondarchuk.
She played Pierre Bezukhov's wife Elena Kuragina Bezukhova in the juggernaut War and Peace – a husband-wife pairing, as Pierre was played by Bondarchuk himself. She also had a small cameo role in the 1970s film Waterloo as a French woman who followed her husband to the battlefield.
Retirement
She semi-retired in the 1980s, but has made some appearances on television since.
Personal life
She first met Bondarchuk shooting Othello, and they married a year later. His second wife, Skobtseva is the mother of Elena Bondarchuk and Fyodor Bondarchuk.
Selected filmography
- A Unique Spring (1957) as Claudia Novozhilova
- Splendid Days (1960) as Marianna
- Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963) as Nadya
- Thirty Three (1965) as Vera Sergeyevna
- Zigzag of Success (1968) as Lidia Sergeevna, photographer
- Boris Godunov (1986) as the innkeeper
Honours and awards
- Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1965)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
- Order of Friendship (1997)
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