Background
RYZHOVA, Varvara was born on January 15, 1871 in Moscow.
RYZHOVA, Varvara was born on January 15, 1871 in Moscow.
1893 graduate A. Lenskiy’s drama class, Moscow Theatrical College.
1893—1956 actress, Maly Theater. 1900-1903 also performed at Moscow’s New Theater. Performed some 300 roles.
Roles: Akulina in Lev Tolstoy’s Vlast' t’my (The Power of Darkness). Liza in Griboyedov’s Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit). Ulita, Kupava and Bobylikha in Ostrovskiy’s Les (The Forest) and Snegurochka (The Snow-Maiden).
Glumova in Ostrovskiy’s Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovol’no prostoty (There’s a Simpleton in Every Sage). Domna Panteleyevna in Ostrovskiy’s Talanty i poklonniki (Talents and Admirers). Anfisa Tikhonovna in Ostrovskiy’s Volki i ovtsy (The Wolves and the Sheep).
Emilie in Hauptmann’s “The Sisters of Bischofsberg”. Avdot’ya in Uspenskiy’s Rasteryayeva ulitsa (Rastcryayeva Street). March’ya in Trenyov’s “Lyubov’ Yarovaya”.
Motyl’kova in Gusev’s Slava (Glory). Dcmid’yevna in Leonov’s Nashestviye (Invasion), etc.