Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
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With Mikhail Zharov, 1943
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Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya 8 September 1919 Astrakhan, Russia |
| Died | 4 July 1992 (aged 72) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938–1980s |
| Spouse(s) | Yuri Alexeev-Meskhiyev Boris Voytekhov Mikhail Zharov Karo Alabyan |
| Awards | People's Artist of the RSFSR (1963) |
Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya (Russian: Людмила Васильевна Целико́вская, 8 September 1919 – 4 July 1992) was a Russian actress, best remembered for her leading parts in films like Hearts of the Four (1941–1944), Anton Ivanovich Gets Angry (1941), The Aerial Cabman (1943), Ivan the Terrible (1943), Twins (1945) and The Busy Estate (1946). She had troubled artistic career and received her (relatively modest) People's Artist of the RSFSR title only in 1963 (having been notoriously denied the much coveted People's Artist of the USSR accolade). Ignored by the officialdom, Tselikovskaya was admired by the general public and is revered as a true legend of the Soviet War time cinema.
Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya was born in Astrakhan to a family of musicians. Her father, a theatre musical producer, later went on to conduct the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra. Her mother, an opera singer, also performed in the Bolshoi in the late 1920s. In 1925 the family moved to Moscow where the girl, who had the perfect pitch, joined the piano class at the prestigious Gnessin State Musical College. Despite her parents' disapproval, she preferred to become an actress, though, and in 1937 enrolled in the Shchukin Theatre Institute. While still a student, she joined the staff of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theatre and made her debut there as Clarice in Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni.
In 1938 Tselikovskaya debuted on the big screen as a Young Pioneer leader Valya in Young Captains. Noticed by the film director Konstantin Yudin, she was invited to the cast of his Hearts of the Four comedy, as Shura Murashova. As the Great Patriotic War broke out, the film had to be shelved. It enjoyed great success upon its release in 1945, landing at No.5 in that year's Soviet box-office charts. Mass popularity, though, came to Tselikovskaya two years earlier, with The Aerial Cabman, its script written by Valentin Katayev specifically for her. While shooting the film, Tselikovskaya fell in love with the fellow actor Mikhail Zharov whom she soon married. In 1943 the pair spent several months at the battle front, giving concerts for the fighters of the General Gromov's 3rd Air Army.
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