Irina Skobtseva - film and theater actress, she is an Honored and People's Artist. The most famous films are Boris Godunov, War and Peace, Othello. On account of Irina Konstantinovna more than 70 films.
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Family, early years
Irina Konstantinovna was born on August 22, 1927. Her hometown is Tula. Irina's father is a researcher, he worked in the weather service. Mother was an archivist. Grandmother and aunt were often engaged with a little girl. Thanks to them, Ira learned to read and write early.
During the war, she independently studied the high school curriculum. After school, Skobtseva began her studies at the University of Moscow, choosing the Faculty of History. Her specialty was art history.
As a student, Irina fell in love with the theater, began to participate in amateur performances. After graduating from Moscow State University, she began to study at the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theater. Education Skobtseva completed in 1955.
Creative career
After graduation, Irina was accepted into the Theater Studio of the film actor. She made her debut on the screen, being a student. Yutkevich Sergey invited her to shoot the film Othello, which became very successful. This work made the actress famous throughout the world. At the festival in Cannes, she was called "Miss Charm."
Then there were shootings in other films. In total, Skobtseva has more than 70 paintings. She starred in the film "Thirty-Three, " "I am walking in Moscow, " "War and Peace, " "Fifty-Fifty, " "Zigzag of Fortune, " "Seryozha, " Ordinary Man, and many others. The actress was equally good at both the main and secondary characters.
In 1971, Skobtseva was offered a teaching position at VGIK. In 1979, she became an assistant professor. In the two thousandths, Irina Konstantinovna also continued to act in films, she played in the movie "Inhabited Island", "White Guard", "Gold". At 88, she appeared in the movie "The Secret of the Dark Room." Skobtseva is a People’s and Honored Artist, has the Order of Friendship.
In 2016, Irina underwent 2 operations due to injuries she received during an accidental fall. In 2017, the actress hosted a creative evening at the Moscow Art Theater, where her son Bondarchuk Fedor was. In the same year, Fyodor Sergeyevich and Irina Konstantinovna opened the cabinet-exhibition of Sergei Bondarchuk in Glavkino, the theme was the famous film directed by War and Peace.