Olga Knipper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olga Knipper

actress

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1868

Place of Birth: Glazov, Vyatka Governorate, Russia

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1959

Profession: actor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (Russian: ????? ??????????? ???????-??????; 21 September [O.S.
9 September] 1868 – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress.
She was married to Anton Chekhov.Knipper was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it was formed by Konstantin Stanislavski in 1898.
She played Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), played Elena in the Moscow premiere of Uncle Vanya (1899), and was the first to play Masha in Three Sisters (1901) and Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1904).
Knipper married Anton Chekhov, the author of these plays, in 1901.
Knipper-Chekhova played Ranevskaya again in 1943, when the theatre marked the 300th performance of The Cherry Orchard.