Lyubov Polishchuk

Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs in 1977, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Selected filmography

 * The Twelve Chairs (1976) as dancer
 * Zolotaya mina (1978) as Larisa Kovalyova
 * 31 June (1978, TV Movie) as Miss Quinn, hostess of ''The black horse
 * The Very Same Munchhausen (1979, TV Movie) as Bertha, songstress
 * Babylon XX (1980) as Malva
 * I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death (1980) as Vera Sergeevna
 * Vystrel v spinu (1980) as Yelena Vanina
 * Bolshaya-malaya voyna (1980)
 * Belyy voron (1981)
 * Na chuzhom prazdnike (1981)
 * Secret of the Black Birds (1983) as Adele Fortescue
 * Ya gotov prinyat vyzov (1983)
 * Yesli mozhesh, prosti... (1984) as Dasha
 * Vyigrysh odinokogo kommersanta (1984)
 * Dikiy veter (1985) as Nata
 * Snake Catcher (1986) as Vera
 * Raz na raz ne prikhoditsya (1987) as N. Smirnova
 * The Christians (1987)
 * Prezumptsiya nevinovnosti (1988) as Zoya Bolotnikova
 * Proisshestviye v Utinoozyorske (1988)
 * Korshuny dobychey ne delyatsya (1988)
 * Intergirl (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute
 * Ya v polnom poryadke (1989) as Vera Konstantinova
 * The Initiated (1989) as Mother
 * Love with Privileges (1989) as Irina Vasilyevna Nikolaeva
 * Fuflo (1989)
 * Senit zon (1990)
 * Papashka i mem (1990)
 * My Seawoman (1990)
 * Babnik (1990)
 * Verbovshchik (1991)
 * Terroristka (1991)
 * Shchen iz sozvezdiya Gonchikh psov (1991)
 * Semyanin (1991)
 * Medovyy mesyats (1991)
 * Tsena golovy (1992)
 * Novyy Odeon (1992)
 * Babnik-2 (1992)
 * Vashi paltsy pakhnut ladanom! (1993) as Nadezhda Chekrygina
 * Stambulskiy tranzit (1993)
 * Skandal v nashem Kloshgorode (1993)
 * Dafnis i Khloya (1993) as Clearisto / Mother
 * Tretiy ne lishniy (1994)
 * Koroli rossiykogo syska: Ubiystvo Buturlina (1994)
 * Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife
 * Igra voobrazheniya (1995) as Rita Sergeyevna
 * Impotent (1996)
 * Ultimatum (1999) as Doctor
 * Kadril (1999) as Lida Zvyagintseva
 * Chivalric Romance (2000, TV Movie) as Irene Doukaina
 * Still Waters (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
 * Den svyatogo Valentina (2000) as Lyuba
 * Agent v mini-yubke (2000) as Nina
 * Igra na vylet (2001) as Galina Dorofeevna
 * My sdelali eto! (2001)
 * Geroy eyo romana (2001)
 * Snezhnaya lyubov, ili Son v zimnyuyu noch (2003)
 * O lyubvi v lyubuyu pogodu (2004) as Correspondent of a television channel
 * My Fair Nanny (2004-2009, TV Series) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya
 * Star of the Era (2005, TV Mini-Series) as Plavnikova
 * Kill Carp (2005)
 * Ispanskiy voyazh Stepanycha (2013) as Lyusya Okopova, Stepanych's wife (final film role)

Honours and awards

 * People's Artist of Russia (1994)
 * Honoured Artist of Russia (1986)
 * People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (posthumously) (2007)