Lydia Knyazeva

Lydia Nikolaevna Knyazeva (1925–1987) - Soviet Russian film and theater actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1970). Lydia Knyazeva was born on February 9, 1925 in Moscow. In 1943-1944 she studied at the theater department of GITIS. In 1945 she entered the studio at the Moscow Youth Theater. In 1947 she made her debut in the same theater, playing the role of the Queen in the play “Twelve Months” by S. Ya. Marshak. Since 1948, at the end of the studio - actress of the Moscow Youth Theater for travesty. Worked on this stage for over 40 years. Almost all my life I played boys, girls, teenagers. Along with Valentina Sperantova, the actress of the travesty was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR. Since 1975, she taught acting at GITIS. Among her students are D.A. Pevtsov, A.V. Korzhenkov, N.N. Dobrynin. Member of the CPSU since 1954. Lydia Nikolaevna Knyazeva died on December 22, 1987 in Moscow [3] (according to other sources - December 31 [4]) (according to the diaries of R. A. Bykov, who was involved in her funeral, L. N. Knyazev died before December 26 and was buried 28 December) [5]. She was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery on December 28, 1987. Family Husband (for 15 years) - Rolan Antonovich Bykov (1929–1998), theater and film actor, theater director, film director, screenwriter, teacher, People’s Artist of the USSR (1990), with whom Oleg’s boy was adopted (1958–2002) . In the performance based on KI Chukovsky's fairy tale “Barmaley”, they played a duet: Rolan Bykov played Barmaley, and Lydia Knyazev played the monkey Chichi. The same collaboration was repeated in the film Bykov "Aibolit-66".