Izolda Vasilyevna Izvitskaya (Russian: Ð˜Ð·Ð¾Ì Ð»ÑŒÐ´Ð°
Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ì Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð˜Ð·Ð²Ð¸Ì Ñ†ÐºÐ°Ñ , 21 June 1932 â€" 1 March
1971) was a Soviet actress.Isolda Izvitskaya was born in the small
town of Dzerzhinsk, Russia. Her father was a chemist, her mother a
teacher. Upon leaving high school she enrolled at VGIK (the All-Union
State Institute of Cinematography). She was given small parts in
several movies while still a student. In 1955 Izvitskaya was chosen
for the lead in The Forty-First, a film based on a short story by
Boris Lavrenyov. The film was very successful all over the country and
in 1957 it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival where it was very
well received. A new café in Paris was named after her.At home
Izvitskaya was made a member of the Association for Cultural Relations
with Latin American countries; this gave her the opportunity to travel
outside of the USSR.Izvitskaya starred in several more movies;
however, none of them achieved the success of The Forty-First. She
made several more attempts to work in films but parts were getting
smaller and scarcer, and she became depressed. In 1971 her husband,
the actor Eduard Bredun, left her. She had a nervous breakdown and
locked herself in her apartment in Moscow. She was found dead in her
home, which was empty of any food. Her husband insisted that the
obituary state "poisoning with an unknown substance" as the cause of
death but according to the BBC Russian Service she died of cold and
starvation.
Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ì Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð˜Ð·Ð²Ð¸Ì Ñ†ÐºÐ°Ñ , 21 June 1932 â€" 1 March
1971) was a Soviet actress.Isolda Izvitskaya was born in the small
town of Dzerzhinsk, Russia. Her father was a chemist, her mother a
teacher. Upon leaving high school she enrolled at VGIK (the All-Union
State Institute of Cinematography). She was given small parts in
several movies while still a student. In 1955 Izvitskaya was chosen
for the lead in The Forty-First, a film based on a short story by
Boris Lavrenyov. The film was very successful all over the country and
in 1957 it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival where it was very
well received. A new café in Paris was named after her.At home
Izvitskaya was made a member of the Association for Cultural Relations
with Latin American countries; this gave her the opportunity to travel
outside of the USSR.Izvitskaya starred in several more movies;
however, none of them achieved the success of The Forty-First. She
made several more attempts to work in films but parts were getting
smaller and scarcer, and she became depressed. In 1971 her husband,
the actor Eduard Bredun, left her. She had a nervous breakdown and
locked herself in her apartment in Moscow. She was found dead in her
home, which was empty of any food. Her husband insisted that the
obituary state "poisoning with an unknown substance" as the cause of
death but according to the BBC Russian Service she died of cold and
starvation.
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