Stefaniya Stanyuta Explained

Stefanija Staniuta
Birth Name:Stefania Michajłaŭna Staniuta
Birth Date:1905 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Minsk, Russian Empire
Death Place:Minsk, Belarus
Occupation:actress
Yearsactive:1919–2000
Spouse:Alaksandar Kručynski
Children:1
Awards:People's Artist of the USSR (1988)

Stefanija Michajłaŭna Staniuta (Belarusian: Стэфанія Міхайлаўна Станюта; 30 April 1905 – 6 November 2000) was a BelarusSoviet theater and movie actress. She was awarded as the 1988 People's Artist of the USSR.[1]

Stefanija was born on April 30, 1905, in Minsk in the family of the famous Belarusian artist Michaś Staniuta.[2] As a child, she happened to attend the official meeting of Tsar Nicholas II with the Belarusian people.

She studied at the parish school, then at the Minsk Women's Government Gymnasium.[3] In 1926 she graduated from the Belarusan Drama Studio under the Moscow Art Theater (class of Valentin Smyshliayev and Sofia Giatsyntova).[2]

Since 1932 and until the end of her life Stefanija Staniuta worked at the Janka Kupala National Academic Theatre in Minsk. In total she played about 200 roles, including in movies from 1958 onward.

Selected filmography

Awards and decorations

Her major awards and decorations include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/sov/4082/bio/ Biography of the actress
  2. http://belactors.info/memory/stanuta.html Стефания Станюта. Чтобы помнили
  3. Web site: Дата в истории: 112 гадоў таму ў Мінску запачаткаваная жаночая ўрадавая ґімназія. 2013-01-07. https://archive.today/20130120203042/http://govorim.by/minskaya-oblast/minsk/novosti-minska/16710-data-v-istorii-112-let-nazad-v-minske-osnovana-zhenskaya-pravitelstvennaya-gimnaziya.html. live. 2013-01-20.