Natalya Lisenko Explained

Natalya Lisenko
Birth Name:Natalya Andrianovna Lisenko
Birth Date:10 August 1884
Birth Place:Nikolayev, Russian Empire
Death Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1915 - 1939
Spouse:Nikolai Radin (divorced)
Ivan Mosjoukine (divorced 1927)
Relatives:Mykola Lysenko (uncle)

Natalya Andrianovna Lisenko (Russian: Наталья Андриановна Лисенко; 10 August 1884 – 7 October 1969), also known as Nathalie Lissenko, was a Russian actress who was active during the silent era.[1]

Biography

Natalya Andrianovna Lisenko was born on 10 August 1884 to Andrew Lisenko (1851 - 1910), a physician. She had an older brother, Yuriy Lisenko (1881 - 1958). Some sources list Lisenko's birth date as 1886.[2] She was the niece of the Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko.[3]

In 1904 she left school at Moscow Art Theatre and started to work in theater with her first husband Nikolai Radin. After they were divorced, Natalya Lisenko became the wife of the well known Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine, and they appeared in multiple films together.

Her film debut was in Katyusha Maslova (1915), directed by Pyotr Chardynin and based on Leo Tolstoy's novel Resurrection.[4]

In 1920, Natalya Lisenko, alongside her husband and several other actors, left Russia and moved to Paris. There, she continued her film career, starring in productions such as Kean (1924) and The Lion of the Moguls (1924). Her final film appearance was in The Fatted Calf (1939).

She died in Paris and is buried in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery near her second husband Mosjoukine.[4]

Roles in cinema

Notes and References

  1. Book: Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Peter Rollberg. Rowman & Littlefield. 2009. US. 978-0-8108-6072-8. 409–410.
  2. Web site: Nathalie Lissenko. IMDb.
  3. Web site: ru: Наталья Лисенко . 2011-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928080750/http://video.ru/persons/person/24441 . 2012-09-28 . dead .
  4. http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/sov/32153/bio/ ru: Лисенко Наталья Андриановна