Lyubov Polishchuk

Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (Russian: Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs in 1977, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Lyubov Polishchuk

Selected filmography

The Twelve Chairs (1976) as dancer
31 June (1978) as Miss Quinn, hostess of The black horse
I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death (1979) as Vera Sergeevna
The Very Same Munchhausen (1979) as Bertha, songstress
The Christians (1987)
Love with Privileges (1989) as Irina Nikolaeva
Intergirl (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute
The Initiated (1989) as Mother
My Seawoman (1990)
Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife
Still Waters (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
Chivalric Romance (2000) as Irene Doukaina
My Fair Nanny (2004-2009) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya
Star of the Era (2005) as Plavnikova

Honours and awards

People's Artist of Russia (1994)
Honoured Artist of Russia (1986)
People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (posthumously) (2007)

External links

Lyubov Polishchuk on IMDb
Russia-InfoCentre Obituary
Lyubov Polishchuk bio at Lifeactor.ru (in Russian)

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