Acting
Oct 4, 1943
Belebey, Bashkirskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Inna Churikova
Acting
Biography
Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (1943-2023) was a renowned Soviet and Russian actress celebrated for her extensive work in both film and theater. Born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, she moved to Moscow in the early 1950s. She studied at the Stanislavsky Theater's drama studio and graduated from the Shchepkin Theater Institute. Churikova gained fame with films like "No Path Through Fire" (1968) and "The Beginning" (1970), directed by her future husband Gleb Panfilov. Over her career, she appeared in more than 80 films. She received numerous prestigious film awards, including the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and multiple Nika Awards. Her theater career was equally distinguished. She became a leading actress at the Lenkom Theatre. Some of her notable stage roles included Arkadina in Chekhov's "The Seagull," which earned her the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1996. She also received the Stanislavsky Award (2014) for her contributions to theatrical arts. Inna Churikova passed away on January 14, 2023. Titles and Recognitions (by year): - Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1977) - For her contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985) - For her contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - People's Artist of the USSR (1991) - For her significant contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France) (2010) - Honored for her outstanding contributions to the arts. - Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Major Awards (by year): - Locarno International Film Festival Award (1969) - Best Actress for "No Path Through Fire". - Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival (1984) - For her role in "Wartime Romance". - Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1985) - For her role in the film "Vassa". Nika Award: - Best Actress for "Adam’s Rib" (1991). - Best Supporting Actress for "Bless the Woman" (2004). Golden Eagle Award: - Best Supporting Actress for "The Idiot" (2004). State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996) - For her role in Chekhov's "The Seagull". Stanislavsky Award (2014) - For her outstanding contributions to theater.
Feature Films (52)
A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Father Frost
The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient’s oral cavity, Ivan Sergeyevich Travkin. Travkin, exhausted from pain, was taken to Moscow. Ivan Sergeyevich first becomes a patient of a madhouse (thanks to envious persons), and then — a hero of a scientific international conference and, finally, a patient of a dentist professor Bruk.
Thirty-three
A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior is what sets him apart from others. He becomes alienated from the society that failed to grasp his brilliance. In fact, his brilliance is what underlines the faults with the society itself. It's a beautiful yet tragic story that is filled with dense and intellectual dialogue.
The Very Same Munchhausen
The film is based on the story of Anatoly Kurchatkin "House of Women". A tragicomedy about four women of three generations who lives in a tiny Moscow apartment: a sick grandmother, constantly requiring attention; a mother, very peculiar woman, who still hoping to somehow arrange her personal life; and two daughters, each of whom has a lot of problems.
Adam's Rib
A gentleman hires a female private detective to spy on his wife - and suddenly falls in love.
Casus Belli
Television & Series (8)
The elderly criminal authority Semyon Timofeevich Babushkin, about whose thieving talent legends were made up at the time, has not left prison for the last 35 years, preferring it to freedom, where he has no friends or relatives left.
Dinosaur
Moscow. The year is 1925. Professor Gradov, his wife Mary, their children Nina, Nikita and Kirill, and long-term friends at home, relatives from Moscow and Tiflis, and those who have yet to enter this family and history, are all young and full of hope. Many hopes will come true, but the history of the country in the 30-50s left no chance for a cloudless life for anyone...
The Moscow Saga
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
