Anna Aleeva-Stecker Explained

Anna Aleeva-Steker
Birth Name:Anna Alekseeva
Birth Date:15 November 1866
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian Empire
Death Date:1 May 1936
Nationality:Russian

Anna Sergeevna Aleeva-Steker (real name - Alekseeva, married - Steker) (November 15, 1866, Moscow - May 1, 1936, Moscow) - Russian actress. Sister of K. S. Stanislavsky.[1]

Early life

She was a student and partner of K. S. Stanislavsky in the Alekseevsky circle [2] and the Society of Art and Literature.

Career

From 1899 to 1903 she played in the troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre. She performed under the pseudonym Aleeva-Steker.

She played on the stage of the Moscow Art Theatre:

• Maria Godunova in The Death of Ivan the Terrible by A. K. Tolstoy,

• Hannu in "Gannel" by Hauptmann,

• Elena the Beautiful and Spring (once) in Alexander Ostrovsky's The Snow Maiden and other roles.

In the post-revolutionary years she worked in amateur circles in the countryside. She taught rhythm.[3]

She left the theatre due to domestic circumstances.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.peoplelife.ru/6794/ Aleeva-Steker, Anna Sergeyevna, People Life
  2. https://mxat.ru/history/persons/aleeva/ Anna Sergeyevna Aleeva, Moscow Art Theatre
  3. https://www.kino-teatr.ru/teatr/acter/empire/272749/bio/ Aleeva-Steker Anna Sergeyevna