Faina Ranevskaya

Faina Ranevskaya

Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (born Faina Girschevna Feldman, on August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog), was a Soviet theatre and film actress. She is also very well known for her cheeky aphorisms. In childhood, she attended the Mariinskaya Gymnasium for Girls, receiving additional education usual for someone from an affluent family (music, singing, foreign languages). Heavily influenced by her mother's...

Known For

Karlson Returns

as Freken Bok (voice)

Cinderella

as Stepmother

The Foundling

as Lyalya (as F.G. Ranevskaya)

Cast Credits

The Rest Is Silence

as Lucy Cooper

Karlson Returns

as Freken Bok (voice)

New Attraction Today

as Ada Konstantinovna

An Easy Life

as Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen Margot

Be Careful, Grandma!

as Elena Timofeevna

Drama

as Murashkina

A Girl with Guitar

as Sviristinskaya

Meeting on the Elbe

as Mrs. MacDermott

Spring

as Margarita Lvovna, housekeeper

Cinderella

as Stepmother

The Sky Slow-Mover

as military doctor, professor of medicine

Wedding

as Настасья Тимофеевна Жигалова (мать невесты)

Dream

as Madame Rosa Skorokhodova

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

as Babarikha (voice)

Aleksandr Parkhomenko

as female pianist (uncredited)

The Beloved

as Marya Ivanovna

The Foundling

as Lyalya (as F.G. Ranevskaya)

Man in a Shell

as жена инспектора

Boule de Suif

as Mme. Loiseau