Ada Wójcik

Ada Ignatievna Wójcik (Russian: Ада Игнатьевна Войцик; 1 August 1905 – 2 September 1982) was a Soviet actress. In 1935 she received the title RSFSR Honored Artist.[1]

Ada Wójcik
Born
Ada Ignatievna Wójcik

(1905-08-01)1 August 1905
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died2 September 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 77)
Moscow, USSR
OccupationActress
Years active1926-1971

Biography

Ada Ignatievna Wójcik was born on 1 August 1905 in Moscow. The name Ada is a diminutive of Adriana or Adrianna and Wójcik (/ˈvujt͡ɕik/ ) is a Polish surname.

In 1923 Ada graduated from secondary school and entered the acting department of the State College of Cinematography (today known as VGIK), where she graduated in 1927.[2][1]

She started acting in cinema in the year 1925. In 1934 Ada Wójcik joined the staff of the Mosfilm film studio.[2]

She married director Ivan Pyryev and they had a son, Eric Pyryev (1931-1970), who also subsequently became a director.

In 1941 together with the studio she was evacuated to Alma-Ata.[2]

On her return to Moscow in 1943, Ada became an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre, where she worked until her retirement in 1961.[2]

In the last years of her life, Ada Wójcik did not appear in films.

Ada Wójcik lived through the death of her son and Ivan Pyryev. She died in Moscow on 2 September 1982 at the age of 77, and was buried in the Khovanskoye Cemetery.[3]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Ада Войцик". Encyclopedia of Native Cinema. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. "Ада Войцик". VokrugTV.
  3. "Войцик Ада Игнатьевна (1905-1982)". necropol.
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