Background
MICHURINA-SAMOYLOVA, Vera was born on May 17, 1866. Daughter of actress Vera Samoylova World War II
MICHURINA-SAMOYLOVA, Vera was born on May 17, 1866. Daughter of actress Vera Samoylova World War II
Studied acting under aunt, actress Nadezhda Samoylova.
1886 successful debut at Aleksandrinskiy Theater (now Pushkin Drama Theater) as Vera in prologue to Mey’s “Pskovityanka” (The Woman of Pskov). From this date performed uninterruptedly at that theater. After 1917 October Revol active in developing Soviet theater.
Taught stagecraft at School of Russian Drama. 1941-1944 remained in Leningrad during blockade, doing soc work and performing in “Teatr u mikrofona” (Theater at the Microphone), plays, concerts, et cetera Roles: pre-revol roles: Sof’ya in Griboyedov’s Gore ot uma (Woe From Wit).
Luise and Lady Milford in Schiller’s “Kabale und Liebc”. Countess Orsino in Lessing’s “Emilia Galotti”. Sidoni in Daudet and Belot’s “Fromont Jeune et Risler Aine”.
Reneva in Ostrovsky’s Svetit, da ne greyet (lieutenant Lights But Does Not Warm), et cetera Post-revol roles: Mistress Chivley in Oscar Wilde's “An Ideal Husband”.
Kseniya Mikhaylovna and Lenchitskaya in Romashov’s Ognennyy most (Bridge of Fire) and Boytsy (The Fighters). Polina Bardina in Maksim Gorky's Vragi (The Enemies), et cetera