Svetlana Toma
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Svetlana Fomichyova May 24, 1947  Chişinău, Moldova (USSR)
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Partner(s) | Oleg Lachin |
| Children | Irina Lachina |
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Svetlana Andreevna Toma (Russian: Свeтлана Андpeeвна Тома, born Svetlana Andreevna Fomichyova (Russian: Свeтлана Андpeeвна Фомичёва); May 24, 1947 in Chişinău, Moldova) is a Moldovan actress. She debuted at the Moldova-Film studio in 1966. She worked in Moldova and Russia.
She is the mother of actress Irina Lachina.
Toma gained global fame after starring in the film Queen of the Gypsies directed by Emil Loteanu, which brought the actress huge international success.. The picture was bought by 112 countries. This record still has not been beaten, by Soviet or Russian films.
The artistic alias Toma is usually pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable. However, the actress herself points out that originally (with emphasis on the second syllable) it was the surname of her great-grandmother from her mother's side, of French origin.
Toma was born as Svetlana Andreevna Fomichyova in 1947 in Chisinau. Her father was Andrei V. Fomichev (originally from the village Somovka Dobrinsky District of Lipetsk region), chairman of the "Truth" collective farm in Balti MSSR area. Mother, Ides Saulovna Sukhaya (? -1987) in 1930 was a member of a communist underground movement (messenger) in Bessarabia; together with sisters Bertha, Sarah, Rebecca, Ada and Anna she kept in her basement a collection of banned literature. Her parents met while her father studied at the Chisinau Agricultural Institute, where her mother worked as a secretary.
Svetlana Toma graduated from the acting department; an objective course of Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. Her diploma was from the Chisinau Institute of Arts named after Musicescu. She starred in many Moldovan films, and later in the films of the Moldovan director Emil Loteanu. Notable films include "Red Meadows" (1965), Lăutarii (1972), Queen of the Gypsies (1976) (the role of gypsy Rada), Anna Pavlova (1983).
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