Sofia Sotnichevskaya Explained

Sofia Sotnichevskaya
Post-Nominals:Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Birth Name:Sofia Vladimirovna Sotnichevskaya
Birth Date:8 May 1916
Birth Place:Petrograd, Russian Empire
Death Place:Tula, Russia
Yearsactive:1940 – 2008
Occupation:Actress

Sofia Vladimirovna Sotnichevskaya (Russian: Софья Владимировна Сотничевская, 8 May 1916 — 12 December 2011) is a Soviet and Russian theatre actress.[1]

Sotnichevskaya was born in Petrograd. In 1940, she graduated from Voronezh Teatral College. From 1964 to 2003 she was an actress of the Tula Academic Theatre.[2] In 1962, she was named a Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Actress was married to theater artist Vladimir Grigorievich Schildkret (1907–1976).

Sotnichevskaya died on 12 December 2011, aged 95, in Tula.[3] She was buried in Tula in Smolenskoye Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tula.rodgor.ru/news/tkult/23376/4 MySLO.ru — Актриса Софья Сотничевская попрощалась со зрителями / 29.12.2008
  2. http://www.tula.rodgor.ru/news/t_gorod_oblast/52555/ В Туле умерла легендарная актриса Софья Сотничевская
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223448/http://www.kultura-portal.ru/tree_new/cultpaper/article.jsp?number=254&rubric_id=210&crubric_id=100444&pub_id=51017 Газета «Культура» — Линия жизни Софьи Сотничевской