Nina Sazonova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian actor (1917-2004)
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Place of Birth: Vladimir Governorate
About Nina Sazonova
- Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (Russian: ???? ??????????? ????????; 1917 — 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet Army Theatre in Moscow. The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey Popov's theatre school at the age of 17.
- Popov went on to direct her in a number of productions at the Soviet Army Theatre.
- In the 1960s, she appeared in supporting roles in a slew of Soviet films and gained wider renown for her portrayal of a World War II survivor in the 1965 melodrama Womenfolk.
- Sazonova was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1987.Her later years were plagued by a series of horrible incidents, such as being severely beaten by her drunken son who proceeded to jump 11 stories out of an apartment window to his death.
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