Background
YERMOLOVA, Mariya was born on July 15, 1853 in Moscow.
YERMOLOVA, Mariya was born on July 15, 1853 in Moscow.
From age nine trained at theater school. 1871 graduate Theatrical College.
1870 made stage debut. May 1871 enrolled at Maly Theater, with which she performed until 1921. Roles: Katerina in Ostrovskiy’s Groza (The Storm) (1873).
Tugina in Ostrovskiy’s Poslednyaya zhertva (The Last Victim) (1877). Ycvlaliya in Nevol’nitsa (The Prisoner) (1880). Neginain Ostrovskiy’s Talanty i poklonniki (Talents and Admirers) (1881).
Lyudmila in Ostrovskiy’s Pozdnyaya lyubov’ (Late Love) (1896). Kruchinina in Ostrovskiy’s Bez viny vinovatyye (Guilty Withouts Guilt (1908). Laurenzia in Lope de Vega’s “The Sheep’s Spring” (1876).
Joan in Schiller’s ‘The Maid of Orleans” (1884). Yudif’ in Gutskov’s “Uriel’ Akosta” (1879). Maria in Schiller’s “Maria Stuart” (1886).
Queen Margaret in Shakespeare’s “Richard III”. Princess Plavutina-Plavuntsova in Gnedich’s Kholopy (The Serfs).