Stefaniya Stanyuta

Stefanija Michajłaŭna Staniuta (Belarusian: Стэфанія Міхайлаўна Станюта; 30 April 1905 – 6 November 2000) was a BelarusSoviet theater and movie actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).[1]

Stefanija Staniuta
Postage stamp for the centenary of the birth of the actress
Born
Stefania Michajłaŭna Staniuta

(1905-04-30)30 April 1905
Died6 November 2000(2000-11-06) (aged 95)
Minsk, Belarus
Occupationactress
Years active1919–2000
Spouse(s)Alexander Kruchynski
Children1
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR (1988)

Stefaniya was born on April 30, 1905 in Minsk in the family of the famous Belarusian artist Mikhail Stanyuta.[2] As a child, she happened to attend the official meeting of Tsar Nicholas II with the Belarusian people.

She studied at the parish school, then at the Minsk Women's Government Gymnasium.[3] In 1926 she graduated from the Belarusan Drama Studio under the Moscow Art Theater (class Valаncin Smyshlajaŭ and Safija Gijacyntava).[2]

Since 1932 and until the end of his life Stefanija Staniuta worked at the Janka Kupala National Academic Theatre in Minsk. In total she played about 200 roles, including in movies from 1958 onward.

Selected filmography

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