Actress Olga Chipovskaya. Biography

Olga Chipovskaya was born on July 12, 1958. In 1980, she graduated from the Shchukin Theater College. She studied at Leonid Kalinovsky's course. In the same year, she was accepted into the troupe of the Evgeny Vakhtangov Theater, where she worked for most of her life.

In 2021, the actress was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, for her great contribution to the development of Russian culture and art.

Career, roles

The role of Solange in the play "Summer in Milan" became the debut for the actress. This was followed by Adelma in "Princess Turandot", Mimi ("The Three Ages of Casanova"), Gabriel ("Old Russian Vaudeville"), Veselkina ("Barbarians"), Abigail ("A Glass of Water"), Fanchetta ("Two Hours in Paris with one intermission"), Manyushka ("Zoya's Apartment"), Seklita Pilipovna Lymarikha ("After two Hares..."), Doris ("Bachelorette Party over Eternal Rest"), Rosalia Solimene ("Filumena Marturano" in the play "The Pier"), Kapitolina Petrovna ("Baba Chanel").

In recent years, she has played Gypsy Khasi in "Smile upon Us, Lord", Marya Akhrosimova in "War and Peace", Dolly de Vries in the play "Theater".

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The actress starred in a number of famous films and TV plays. The audience remembered her for her roles as Galina Dorosh in the film "Smotry" (1979), Maria in the film performance "The Artist from Sherwood Forest" (1980) and Maria Pavlovna in the drama "Lull" (1981). In the television play "Tevye the Milkman" (1985), she played the role of Zeitl. Later, the actress appeared in the production "For Two Hares" (2001), the TV series "Russian Amazons 2" (2003) and the New Year's comedy "Christmas Trees 3" (2013), where she played Nastya's grandmother.

Personal life

The actress Chipovskaya was married to the Russian jazz musician, conductor, composer, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Boris Frumkin.

The family had a daughter, Anna Chipovskaya, who, following her mother's example, also chose the acting profession. Olga and Anna appeared together on the screen in the movie "Christmas Trees 3", playing the grandmother and mother of the heroine named Nastya.

Death

Honored Artist of Russia Olga Chipovskaya died at the age of 68. In a memorable speech, the theater noted that the artist's entire life was completely devoted to serving the stage.

"One of the brightest actresses of her generation. Olga Chipovskaya's lyricism, depth, and charm manifested themselves from her first steps on stage," the Vakhtangov Theater's press service emphasized.

The theater staff expressed their deepest condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and all fans of Chipovskaya's talent.

The cause of death of the actress was not reported. The date and time of the farewell will be announced later.