Klara Luchko Explained

Birth Date:	1 July 1925
Birth Place:	Chutovo, Ukraine
Death Date:	26 March 2005 (aged 79)
Death Place:	Moscow, Russia
Resting Place:	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Occupation:	Film actress
Years Active:	1948–2005

Klara Stepanivna Luchko (uk|Клара Степанівна Лучко; ru|Кла́ра Степа́новна Лучко́; 1 July 1925 – 26 March 2005) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cinema.

She received the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the highest honour that could be bestowed to a cinema artist, in 1978.^[1] She was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (2000).^[2]

Selected filmography

• Michurin (ru|Мичурин, 1948) as guest
• The Young Guard (Молодая гвардия, 1948) as Aunt Marina
• Cossacks of the Kuban (Кубанские казаки, 1949) as Darya Shelest
• The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (Возращение Василия Бортникова, 1953) as Natalya
• A Big Family (Большая семья, 1954) as Lida Zhurbina
• Twelfth Night (Двенадцатая ночь, 1955) as Viola / Sebastian
• A Snow Fairy Tale (Снежная сказка, 1959) as Black Soul
• Dreams of Love – Liszt (Szerelmi álmok – Liszt, 1970) as Marie d'Agoult
• The Gypsy (Цыган, 1979) as Claudia Pukhlyakova
• The Casket of Maria Medici (Ларец Марии Медичи, 1980) as Madam Locar
• Do Not Part with Your Beloved (С любимыми не расставайтесь, 1980) as Larisa's mother
• Carnival (Карнавал, 1981) as Josephine Viktorovna, the wife of Mikhail Solomatin
• We, The Undersigned (Мы, нижеподписавшиеся, 1981) as Violetta Matveyevna Nuikina
• Anxious Sunday (Тревожное воскресенье, 1983) as Anna Golovina
• Budulai's Return (Вовзращение Будулая, 1985) as Claudia Pukhlyakova

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160406050151/http://rusakters.ru/luchko-klara.html Клара Лучко
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330124922/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?656795 Указ Президента РФ от 01 июля 2000 года No. 1218