Lyudmila Chursina
Soviet and Russian actress (1941–2026)
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Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina[a] (20 July 1941 – 10 June 2026) was a Soviet and Russian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] At the age of 40, she was the youngest actress to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR.[2]
Lyudmila Chursina | |
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Людмила Чурсина | |
Chursina in 2016 | |
| Born | 20 July 1941 Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR |
| Died | 10 June 2026 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961–2026 |
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On 11 March 2014, she supported 2014 annexation of Crimea by signing the collective petition to the Russian public "Culture figures of Russia – support of President Putin's position about Ukraine and Crimea".[3]
Chursina died on 10 June 2026, at the age of 84.[4] She died of a long-term cancerous disease.[5]
Selected filmography
- When the Trees Were Tall (1961) as Zoya
- Don Tale (1964) as Darya
- Two Tickets for a Daytime Picture Show (1966) as Inka
- The Andromeda Nebula (1967) as Louma Lasvi
- Virineya (1968) as Virineya
- A Little Crane (1968) as Marfa
- The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969) as Oksana
- Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971) as Pepa
- Olesya (1971) as Olesya
- How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) as Catherine I of Russia
- Primary Russia (1985) as Aneya
- Orlova and Alexandrov (2015) as Yevgenia Nikolaevna