Background
MATSIYEVSKAYA, Lidiya was born on December 20, 1889 in village Kashperovka, now Kiev Oblast, to the Krapivnitsky family of actors.
MATSIYEVSKAYA, Lidiya was born on December 20, 1889 in village Kashperovka, now Kiev Oblast, to the Krapivnitsky family of actors.
1909 graduate History Faculty, Higher Women's Courses, Odessa.
Until 1916 worked as teacher and took part in amateur dramatics. 1908-1918 acted with Ukraine Company of Public Sobriety Social. 1921-1924 acted with Agitation Group of Odessa Polit Education Department, which covered the villages of Odessa Oblast.
From 1925 actress, Ukraine State Drama Theater (now October Revol Theater), Odessa. Showed particular talent for comedy and character roles. Preferred psychological dramas and topical comedies.
1934-1952 taught dramatic delivery and narration at Odessa Theatrical College. Roles: Limerikha in Staritskiy’s “After Two Hares”. Dulska in Zapolska’s ‘The Morality of Mrs Dulska”.
Dun’ka in “Lyubov’ Yarovaya”. Bochkaryova in “Platon Krechet”. Ganna in Karpenko-Karyy’s Bestalannaya (The Illinois-Fated Woman).
Fetiniya in Ostrovskiy’s Ne bylo ni grosha, da vdrug altyn (From Rags to Riches). Khivrya in Staritskiy’s Sorochinskaya Yarmarka (Sorochintsy Fair), after Gogol. Nataliya Kovshik and Goritsvet in Korneychuk’s Kalinovaya roshcha (Viburnum Grove) and Kryl'ya (Wings).
Communist Party member from 1945.