Marina Golub

Marina Grigorievna Golub (Russian: Марина Григорьевна Голуб; 8 December 1957 — 9 October 2012) was a Russian film, television and stage actress. Most well known for her performances in Russian television program Morning Mail, Ah, Semenovna, Girls, Travelling Naturalist.

Her father – GRU Colonel Grigori E. Golub (1923-2014), a former military intelligence officer, served as consul in Finland and his mother – actress Ludmila Golub, played in the Theater Gogol. Grandfather – Efim Samoilovich Golub, at one time was the People's Commissar of Finance of the Ukrainian SSR (arrested in 1937).

In 1979 she graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School. From 2002 to 2012 she played on stage in the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre.

Murdered in Moscow on the night of 9 to 10 October 2012 in a road accident.

Selected filmography

• The Youth of Peter the Great (1980)
• At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980)
• Shirli-Myrli (1995)
• The Burning Land (2003)
• The Wedding (2000)
• A Driver for Vera (2004)
• Poor Relatives (2005)
• Playing the Victim (2006)
• Wedding Ring (TV) (2008)
• Moms (2012)

Awards

• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1995) or achievements in the arts
• Order of Friendship (2008) for his great contribution in the development of national culture and art, and many years of fruitful activity