Alla Pokrovskaya

Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya (Russian: А́лла Бори́совна Покро́вская; 18 September 1937 – 25 June 2019) was a Soviet-Russian actress and educator.

Alla Pokrovskaya
Born(1937-09-18)18 September 1937
Moscow
Died25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 81)
Moscow
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
NationalityRussian
Occupationactress
ChildrenMikhail Yefremov[1]

Life

Pokrovskaya was born in Moscow her father was the opera director Boris Pokrovsky and her mother, Anna Nekrasova was the director of the Central Children's Theatre.[2] Her parent's did not encourage or rate her acting talents. She initially decided to be a teacher but then went into acting. She studied at the Moscow Art Theater School and in her spare time she volunteered as a stage hand for Oleg Efremov's theatre. Whilst there where she saw Igor Kvasha, Galina Volchek and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev perform at the Sovremennik Theatre. She graduated in 1959.[3]

Pokrovskaya was a professor at the Moscow Art Theatre School. She was married to actor Oleg Yefremov. Pokrovskaya was known for her roles in Take Aim, Fox Hunting[2] and July Rain,[4]

One of her last films was Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive where she appeared as Vladimir Vysotsky's mother.[5]

Pokrovskaya died on 25 June 2019 at a Moscow hospital due to sepsis caused by liver disease, aged 81.[2]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1967July RainLelya Kurikhina
1969Svoy
1975Diary of a School DirectorLida - zhena Sveshnikova
1975Take AimTanya
1976Semeynaya melodramaTeacher
1978OdnofamiletsAlja
1980Fox HuntingOlga Sergeyevna
1984Tretiy v pyatom ryadu
1984Skazka o tsare SaltaneTkachikhaVoice
1988Avtoportret neizvestnogo
2011Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy(final film role)

References
  1. Михаил Ефремов в Воронеже признался в любви к Андрею Платонову
  2. Умерла актриса Алла Покровская (in Russian)
  3. "Алла Покровская". 24SMI (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. Young, Deborah; Young, Deborah (2000-08-21). "July Rain". Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. Anonym. "People's Artist of Russia Alla Pokrovskaya died | tellerreport.com". tellerreport.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
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