Education
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
She began her career at the age of 18 at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. lieutenant was to Kazanskaya that the composer Aram Khachaturian dedicated the "Waltz" from his incidental music to Lermontov"s Masquerade. By the time of her death at age 88, she was the theatre"s oldest working actress.
Kazanskaya was the fourth wife of director Boris Barnet, who committed suicide in 1965.
Their daughter Olga Barnet is also an actress.