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Ada Wójcik

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Birth Date:
01.08.1905
Death date:
02.09.1982
Patronymic:
Ignatievna
Person's maiden name:
Ada Ignatievna Wójcik
Extra names:
Ада Войцик, Ada Voicika, Ада Игнатьевна Войцик
Categories:
Actor
Cemetery:
Moskva, Khovanskoye Cemetery

Ada Ignatievna Wójcik (Russian: Ида Игнатьевна Войцик; August 1, 1905 – September 2, 1982) was a Soviet actress. In 1935 she received the title RSFSR Honored Artist.

Biography

Ada Ignatievna Wójcik was born on August 1, 1905 in Moscow. The name Ada is a diminutive of Adriana or Adrianna and Wójcik (/ˈvujt͡ɕik/ ) is a Polish surname.

In 1923 Ada graduated from secondary school and entered the acting department of the State College of Cinematography (today known as VGIK), where she graduated in 1927.

She started acting in cinema in the year 1925. In 1934 Ada Wójcik joined the staff of the Mosfilm film studio.

She married director Ivan Pyryev and they had a son, Eric Pyryev (1931-1970), who also subsequently became a director.

In 1941 together with the studio she was evacuated to Alma-Ata.

On her return to Moscow in 1943, Ada became an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre, where she worked until her retirement in 1961.

In the last years of her life, Ada Wójcik did not appear in films.

Ada Wójcik lived through the death of her son and Ivan Pyryev. She died in Moscow on September 2, 1982 in the age of 77, and was buried in the Khovanskoye Cemetery.

Selected filmography

  • All the King's Men (TV mini-series) (1971)
  • Vyzyvaem ogon na sebya (TV mini-series) (1963)
  • Nine Days in One Year (1962) as Maria Tikhonovna
  • Sampo (1959) as Mother of Lemminkäinen
  • Rozhdyonnye burey (1958) as Yadviga Rayevskaya
  • Puti i sudby (1955) as Maria Vasilyevna
  • Attack from the Sea (1952) as Queen Carolina
  • Ivan the Terrible (1944) as Elena Glinskaya
  • Dream (1943) as Vanda
  • The Murderers are Coming (1942) as Marta
  • The Oppenheim Family (1939) as Liselotte Lavendal Oppenheim
  • The Happy Canary (1929) as Lugovec' wife
  • Ukhod za bolnym (1929) as Nurse
  • Svoi i chuzhiye (1928) as Shura
  • The House on Trubnaya (1928) as Fenya
  • The Doll With Millions (1928) as Maria Ivanova
  • Bulat-Batır (1928) as Asma
  • The Forty-First (1927 film) as Maryutka
  • Raznostoronniy treugolnik (1927) as Wifey

Source: wikipedia.org, calend.ru

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        1Эрик  ПырьевЭрик ПырьевSon00.00.193100.00.1970
        2Ivan  PyryevIvan PyryevHusband17.11.190107.02.1968
        3Sergei   EisensteinSergei EisensteinCoworker22.01.189811.02.1948
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        5Yevgeniy YevstigneyevYevgeniy YevstigneyevCoworker09.10.192604.03.1992
        6Александра КлимоваАлександра КлимоваCoworker01.10.192113.05.2005
        7Ростислав ПляттРостислав ПляттCoworker13.12.190830.06.1989
        8Anatoli PapanovAnatoli PapanovCoworker30.10.192207.08.1987
        9Олег ЕфремовОлег ЕфремовCoworker01.10.192724.05.2000
        10Татьяна ЛавроваТатьяна ЛавроваCoworker07.06.193816.05.2007
        11Mikhail KozakovMikhail KozakovCoworker14.10.193422.04.2011
        12Георгий ЖжёновГеоргий ЖжёновCoworker22.03.191508.12.2005
        13Marina LadyninaMarina LadyninaIdol24.06.190810.03.2003

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