Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya

Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
Любовь Добржанская
Dobrzhanskaya in 1977
Born(1905-12-24)December 24, 1905
Kiev, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
DiedNovember 3, 1980(1980-11-03) (aged 74)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active1924–1978

Lyubov Ivanovna Dobrzhanskaya (24 December 1905  3 November 1980) was a Soviet singer and actress of theater and cinema. She won the Stalin Prize II degree in 1951 and the People's Artist of the USSR Award in 1965. She is best known for her roles in films Beware of the Car (as Detochkin's mother) and The Irony of Fate (as Zhenya's mother).