Irina Skobtseva
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Irina Konstantinova Skobtseva(-Bondarchuk) is a Russia
n/Soviet
actress, wife of Sergei Bondarchuk
, and mother of Elena and Fyodor Bondarchuk
.
She first met Sergei shooting Othello
in 1955, and became his second wife in 1959. She starred as Pierre Bezukhov
's wife Elena Kuragina Bezukhova in the juggernaut War and Peace
- a husband-wife pairing, as Pierre was played by Sergei himself. She also had a small cameo role in Waterloo as a French woman who followed her husband to the battlefield, in 1970.
She semi-retired in the 1980s, but has made some appearances on television since.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n/Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
actress, wife of Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.- Biography :Born in Belozerka, in the Kherson Governorate, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeysk and Taganrog, graduating from the Taganrog School Number 4 in 1938. His first performance as an...
, and mother of Elena and Fyodor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk is a Russian film director and actor. He is the director of the acclaimed film The 9th Company, and producer of the 2006 film Heat, where he starred as himself with his mother Irina Skobtseva....
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She first met Sergei shooting Othello
Othello (1955 film)
Othello is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich, based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sergei Bondarchuk - Othello* Irina Skobtseva - Desdemona...
in 1955, and became his second wife in 1959. She starred as Pierre Bezukhov
Pierre Bezukhov
Count Pyotr "Pierre" Kirillovich Bezukhov is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. He is the favourite of several illegitimate sons of the wealthy nobleman Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov.-Description:...
's wife Elena Kuragina Bezukhova in the juggernaut War and Peace
War and Peace (1968 film)
War and Peace is a Soviet-produced film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. Sergei Bondarchuk directed the film, co-wrote the screenplay and also acted in the lead role of Pierre. It was produced over a seven year period and released in four parts between 1965 and...
- a husband-wife pairing, as Pierre was played by Sergei himself. She also had a small cameo role in Waterloo as a French woman who followed her husband to the battlefield, in 1970.
She semi-retired in the 1980s, but has made some appearances on television since.
Selected filmography
- Thirty ThreeThirty Three (film)Thirty Three is a 1965 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgi Daneliya.-Plot:A rough factory worker of a distant rural town of Russia becomes a national celebrity, when it's discovered that his mouth bears 33 teeth...
(1965) - Boris GodunovBoris Godunov (1986 film)Boris Godunov is a 1986 Soviet drama film directed by and starring Sergei Bondarchuk. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sergei Bondarchuk - Boris Godunov* Alyona Bondarchuk - Tsarevna Kseniya...
(1986)