Irma Raush
Russian actress (born 1938)
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Irma Yakovlevna Raush (Russian: Ирма Яковлевна Рауш; born 21 April 1938) is a Russian actress. She is best known for her role as Durochka in Andrei Rublev and as Ivan's mother in Ivan's Childhood.
21 April 1938
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| Born | Irma Yakovlevna Raush 21 April 1938 |
| Other names | Irma Tarkovskaya |
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Biography
Irma Raush was born in Saratov on 21 April 1938 into a Volga German family. In 1954, she began to study at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) under Mikhail Romm. She was one of two women in a class of fifteen aspiring film directors. Andrei Tarkovsky was in the same class and she became his supporter, marrying him in April 1957.[1] On 30 September 1962, their son Arseny Tarkovsky was born. They divorced in June 1970. Tarkovsky remarried.[1]
Irma Raush played several roles in Tarkovsky's early films. She played Ivan's mother in Ivan's Childhood in 1962[1] and Durochka in Andrei Rublev.[2] For the latter role she was awarded the Étoile de Cristal in 1970 for best foreign actress. The Étoile de Cristal was a French film award and predecessor to the César Award. In 1970, she became a film director for the Gorky Film Studio. After finishing her film career, she began to write children's books.
Filmography
As actress
- 1962 - Ivan's Childhood (Ivan's mother)[1]
- 1966 - Andrei Rublev (Durochka)[2]
- 1967 - Doktor Vera
As director
- 1969 - Zhenya
- 1974 - Let Him Stay With Us
- 1975 - Peasant Son
- 1981 - A Tale Told at Night
- 1982 - The Adventures of Dunno
- 1986 - Steppe Squadron
Personal life
Raush was the first wife of film director Andrei Tarkovsky.