| Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya | |
| Birth Name: | Lyubov Ivanovna Dobrzhanskaya |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation: | actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1924–1978 |
Lyubov Ivanovna Dobrzhanskaya (Russian: Любо́вь Ива́новна Добржа́нская; 24 December 1905 — 3 November 1980) was a Soviet singer and actress of theater and cinema. She won the Stalin Prize II degree in 1951[1] and the People's Artist of the USSR Award in 1965.[2] She is best known for her roles in films Beware of the Car (as Detochkin's mother) and The Irony of Fate (as Zhenya's mother).
Dobrzhanskaya was born to a noble family on December 24, 1905, in Kiev.
In 1923-1924 she studied at the theater studio. In 1934 she began acting in the Russian Army Theatre in Moscow where Aleksey Popov had a great influence on her art.
She participated in various concerts. Her performances of romances enjoyed great success. She was also the author of Leonid Utyosov's song Under the Spring Foliage.[3]
She was married four times but had no children.[4]
Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya died on November 3, 1980, in Moscow. She was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[5]