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Ceciliya Mansurova
Цецилия Мансурова
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20 March 1896 - 22 January 1976
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CeciliaLvovna Mansurova (real surname - Vollerstein) (1896 Moscow - 1976 ibid.) actress educator People's Artist of the USSR (1971). Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Kyiv University. In 1919 she entered the Studio under the direction of E. B. Vakhtangov (“Mansurov Studio” by the name of the alley where she was located; hence the stage name of the actress). She made her debut as Turandot (Princess Turandot by K. Gozzi 1922). Throughout her stage life, she remained faithful to Vakhtangov’s artistic
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CeciliaLvovna Mansurova (real surname - Vollerstein) (1896 Moscow - 1976 ibid.) actress educator People's Artist of the USSR (1971). Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Kyiv University. In 1919 she entered the Studio under the direction of E. B. Vakhtangov (“Mansurov Studio” by the name of the alley where she was located; hence the stage name of the actress). She made her debut as Turandot (Princess Turandot by K. Gozzi 1922). Throughout her stage life, she remained faithful to Vakhtangov’s artistic principles: her play was distinguished by her emotional infectiousness, the impetuousness of plastics expressing the intensity of the inner life of her heroines. This much contributed to the individuality of the actress - explosive temperament singing voice mischief mind. Among her best roles: Zhanna Barbier (“Intervention” by L.I. Slavin 1933) Zoya Denisovna (“Zoykina Apartment” by M.A. Bulgakov 1926) Xenia (“The Fault” by B.A. Lavreneva 1927) Shura (“Egor Bulychov and Others” by M. Gorky 1932) Beatrice (“Much noise from nothing” by W. Shakespeare 1936) Inken (“Before sunset” by G.A. Hauptman 1941) Roxana (“Syrano de Bergerak” by E.Fasturamano (1956) by Philippereman. E. In many works her partner was R.N. Simonov. Since 1921 Mansurova taught at the Vakhtangov Studio and then at the Shchukin Theatre School. During the Great Patriotic War, she was the artistic director of the front branch of the Evg. Vakhtangov Theatre (1942–45), where she staged “Don’t Sit in Your Sled” by A. N. Ostrovsky (1944).