Elena Granovskaya is a Russian Soviet actress, who in the first half of her career gained fame as a brilliant lyrical and comedy actress, and later revealed new facets of her talent, demonstrating an amazing art of reincarnation. Elena Mavrikievna was born in Tver, in 1877, studied at the St. Petersburg German school, after which she received a diploma of governess. Her career began with playing in semi-professional and amateur productions, the official debut as an actress took place in 1898. She
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Elena Granovskaya is a Russian Soviet actress, who in the first half of her career gained fame as a brilliant lyrical and comedy actress, and later revealed new facets of her talent, demonstrating an amazing art of reincarnation. Elena Mavrikievna was born in Tver, in 1877, studied at the St. Petersburg German school, after which she received a diploma of governess. Her career began with playing in semi-professional and amateur productions, the official debut as an actress took place in 1898. She played on the theatrical stages of both capitals, including the Passage in St. Petersburg, which after the revolution in 1925 was transformed into the Comedy Theatre, and in 1931 merged with the Theatre of Satire. Granovskaya all this time occupied the position of one of the leading actresses in it, played in comedies and vaudevilles, and in 1939 she moved to BDT, where at that time the artistic director was the artist.
