Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (Russian: , born 8 December 1934 in
Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's
Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading
actress of the Bolshoi Drama in St. Petersburg, Russia.Alisa
Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent
actor and People's Artist of the USSR. She is of German and Russian
ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living
in Russia for more than a century. In her childhood years, Alisa
Freindlich attended the drama and music classes of the Leningrad
Palace of Pioneers. During the Second World War she survived the
900-day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad and continued her school studies
after the war.In the 1950s she studied acting at the Leningrad State
Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema, graduating in 1957 as actress.
From 1957 to 1961 Alisa Freindlich was a member of the troupe at
Komissarjevskaya Theatre in Leningrad. Then she joined the Lensovet
Theatre company, but in 1982, she had to leave it following her
divorce from the theatre's director, Igor Vladimirov. Thereupon
director Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to join the troupe of BDT in
which she works to this day.Although Freindlich put a premium on her
stage career, she starred in several notable movies, including Eldar
Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy Office Romance (1977), the
long-banned epic Agony (1975) and Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker
(1979). Another notable role was the Queen Anne of Austria in the
Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its later
Russian sequels, Musketeers Twenty Years After (1992) and The Secret
of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1993).
Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's
Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading
actress of the Bolshoi Drama in St. Petersburg, Russia.Alisa
Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent
actor and People's Artist of the USSR. She is of German and Russian
ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living
in Russia for more than a century. In her childhood years, Alisa
Freindlich attended the drama and music classes of the Leningrad
Palace of Pioneers. During the Second World War she survived the
900-day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad and continued her school studies
after the war.In the 1950s she studied acting at the Leningrad State
Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema, graduating in 1957 as actress.
From 1957 to 1961 Alisa Freindlich was a member of the troupe at
Komissarjevskaya Theatre in Leningrad. Then she joined the Lensovet
Theatre company, but in 1982, she had to leave it following her
divorce from the theatre's director, Igor Vladimirov. Thereupon
director Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to join the troupe of BDT in
which she works to this day.Although Freindlich put a premium on her
stage career, she starred in several notable movies, including Eldar
Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy Office Romance (1977), the
long-banned epic Agony (1975) and Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker
(1979). Another notable role was the Queen Anne of Austria in the
Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its later
Russian sequels, Musketeers Twenty Years After (1992) and The Secret
of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1993).
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