Background
Evdokia was born in 1812 in Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, Oryol province, Russian Federation.
Evdokia was born in 1812 in Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, Oryol province, Russian Federation.
She was the serf of landowner V.P. Turgeneva. She studied at a theatrical school at a serf theater.
At the age of 13, she was given to the impresario P.A. Sokolov, who kept the theater in Voronezh. After performing in the role of Anyuta in the comic opera “The Miller - the Sorcerer, Deceiver, and Matchmaker” by Alexander Alesimova, the 16-year-old actress started performing the leading opera roles and the first roles of the ingenue in vaudeville. Later with the troupe Sokolova, she played in other cities. In 1833-1942 she worked in Kazan. In 1843-1975 she conducted professional activities in the Urals (Perm, Irbit, Irkutsk). From 1875 in Yekaterinburg, where she predominantly performed the roles of grandes dames and old women. The last time she performed in 1899 (the role of Kluchnina in vaudeville, “The Poor Grandmother”).
With the words of Ivanova, the history of the Ekaterinburg theater was written. The life story of Ivanova served as the basis for some works of Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak.
Biographers call Eudoxia Ivanova "the grandmother of the Ural theater", "the grandmother of the Ural scene".
The life story of Eudoxia Ivanova formed the basis of the story "Good old days" by D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak.
E.A. Ivanova's stage acting was highly appreciated by M. Pisarev, V. Davydov, I. Turgenev (in 1861 the writer presented the portrait for her ).
