Lyubov Polishchuk
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Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk ({{langx|ru|Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к}}; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57.{{cite web|url=http://www.obozrevatel.com/news/2006/11/29/146764.htm|title=Когда умирает Любовь. Подробности смерти Полищук|publisher=obozrevatel.com|date=2006-11-29|access-date=2015-10-31|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122149/http://obozrevatel.com/news/2006/11/29/146764.htm}} She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.
Selected filmography
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- The Twelve Chairs (1976) as dancer
- Golden Mine (1978) as Larisa Kovalyova
- 31 June (1978, TV Movie) as Miss Quinn, hostess of ''The black horse
- The Very Same Munchhausen (1979, TV Movie) as Bertha, songstress
- Babylon XX (1980) as Malva
- I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death (1980) as Vera Sergeevna
- Secret of the Black Birds (1983) as Adele Fortescue
- Snake Catcher (1986) as Vera
- The Christians (1987) as Pelageya Karaulova
- Intergirl (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute
- The Initiated (1989) as Mother
- Love with Privileges (1989) as Irina Vasilyevna Nikolaeva
- My Seawoman (1990) as lambada dancer
- The Recruiter (1991) as Zina
- Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife
- Chivalric Romance (2000, TV Movie) as Irene Doukaina
- Still Waters (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
- My Fair Nanny (2004-2009, TV Series) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya
- Star of the Era (2005, TV Mini-Series) as Plavnikova
- Kill Carp (2005) as Lydia Mikhailovna
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Honours and awards
- People's Artist of Russia (1994){{Cite web |url=https://ru.m.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4_%D0%BE%D1%82_29.12.1994_%E2%84%96_2227 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 29 декабря 1994 года|access-date=2022-04-04 |archive-date=2020-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031140827/https://ru.m.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4_%D0%BE%D1%82_29.12.1994_%E2%84%96_2227}}
- Honoured Artist of Russia (1986)
- People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (posthumously) (2007)
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|0689189}}
- [http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/3034/ Russia-InfoCentre Obituary]
- [http://lifeactor.ru/1253-lyubov-polischuk.html Lyubov Polishchuk bio] at [http://lifeactor.ru/ Lifeactor.ru] {{in lang|ru}}
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Category:Soviet film actresses
Category:Russian film actresses
Category:Actresses from Moscow
Category:Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Category:People's Artists of the RSFSR
Category:Honored Artists of the RSFSR
Category:Deaths from cancer in Russia
Category:Deaths from bone cancer
Category:20th-century Russian actresses
Category:21st-century Russian actresses
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