Izolda Izvitskaya

Izolda Vasilyevna Izvitskaya (Russian: Изо́льда Васи́льевна Изви́цкая, 21 June 1932 – 1 March 1971) was a Soviet actress.

Izolda Izvitskaya
Born
Izolda Vasilyevna Izvitskaya

(1932-06-21)21 June 1932
Dzerzhinsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Died1 March 1971(1971-03-01) (aged 38)
Moscow, USSR
NationalitySoviet Union
OccupationActress

Isolda Izvitskaya was born in the small town of Dzerzhinsk, Russia. Her father was a chemist, her mother a teacher. Upon leaving high school she enrolled at VGIK (the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography). She was given small parts in several movies while still a student. In 1955 Izvitskaya was chosen for the lead in The Forty-First, a film based on a short story by Boris Lavrenyov. The film was very successful all over the country and in 1957 it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival where it was very well received. A new café in Paris was named after her.

At home Izvitskaya was made a member of the Association for Cultural Relations with Latin American countries; this gave her the opportunity to travel outside of the USSR.

Izvitskaya starred in several more movies; however, none of them achieved the success of The Forty-First. She made several more attempts to work in films but parts were getting smaller and scarcer, and she became depressed. In 1971 her husband, the actor Eduard Bredun, left her. She had a nervous breakdown and locked herself in her apartment in Moscow. She was found dead in her home, which was empty of any food. Her husband insisted that the obituary state "poisoning with an unknown substance" as the cause of death but according to the BBC Russian Service she died of cold and starvation.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1954Bogatyr idyot v MartoNastenka
1955Trevozhnaya molodostKetrin
1955Dobroe utroMasha Komarova
1956The First EchelonAnna Zalogina
1956The Forty-FirstSoldier Maria Filatovna
1957PoetOlga, communist agent
1957A Unique SpringAnna Burova
1958K Chyornomu moryuIrina Kruchinina
1958Ocherednoy reys
1959Ottsy i detiFenichka
1960A Man Changes Skin
1961Peace to Him Who EntersKlava
1962Tsepnaya reaktsiyaNadya Vorobyova
1962Armageddon
1966On Thin IceOksana
1967Avdotya PavlovnaNyura - Avdotya's girlfriend
1969Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsatZhenya(final film role)

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