Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Anastasiya Alexandrovna Vertinskaya (Russian: Анастасия Александровна Вертинская, born 19 December 1944, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress, who came to prominence in the early 1960s with her acclaimed performances in Scarlet Sails, Amphibian Man and Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet.
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Vertinskaya at the Master and Margarita film presentation, 2011 | |
Born | Anastasiya Alexandrovna Vertinskaya 19 December 1944 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1961–2002 |
Spouse | Nikita Mikhalkov (1967–1970) |
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In the 1990s, disillusioned with the state of cinema at home, she went abroad to teach and spent 12 years in France, England, the United States and Switzerland. In 1988 Vertinskaya was designated a People's Artist of Russia. She is also a recipient of the Order of Honour (2005) and the Order of Friendship (2010).
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