Irina Murzaeva

Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906  —  January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema.

Biography
She graduated from the Lunacharsky Theater College (1927). In 1927-1928 and 1930-1931 an actress Sverdlovsk Youth Theater, in 1928-1937  Ruben Simonov's theater studio, in 1937-1956 an actress and director of  Moscow Lenkom Theatre.

In the movie she made her debut in the film Four Hearts by Konstantin Yudin. Repeatedly shot in the newsreels Yeralash and Fitil.

One of the most popular comic old women  of Soviet cinema.

She died on January 3, 1988, in Moscow at the age of 82. Buried in Moscow in the Don Cemetery.

Personal life
Son Boris Nikolayevich Murzaev (1938), who was brought up alone; grandson    Igor Murzaev (1975), granddaughter   Yekaterina Lazareva (1968), great-grandsons   Boris (1999), Tamara (1999), Mikhail (2002).

Selected filmography

 * Four Hearts (1941) as Tamara Spiridonovna, manicurist
 * The Wedding (1944) as guest
 * The Call of Love (1944) as Alla Vladimirovna Broshkina
 * The Anna Cross (1954) as Mavra Grigorievna
 * The Snow Queen (1957) as old fairy (voice)
 * Ekaterina Voronina (1957) as Kaleria Ivanovna
 * The Girl Without an Address (1957) as conductor
 * A Simple Story (1960) as Sasha's mother
 * The Night Before Christmas (1961) as deaconess
 * Children of Don Quixote (1966) as old woman
 * Torrents of Steel (1967) as Gorpina
 * Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes (1968) as 2nd guest at the wedding
 * Shine, Shine, My Star (1970) as Tapera
 * The Twelve Chairs (1971) as guide
 * Grandads-Robbers (1972) as the museum keeper
 * Northern Rhapsody (1974) as hockey fan
 * Practical Joke (1977) as neighbor Fira Solomonovna
 * Incognito from St. Petersburg (1978) as elderly lady
 * There Was a Piano-Tuner... (1979) as Lena's neighbor
 * Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1987) as Tatyana Grigoryevna