Yeva Olenskaya
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1900
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| Born | Yevgenia Nikitichna Olenskaya 1900 Quba, Baku Province, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1959 (aged 58–59) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | actress |
| Notable work | The Cloth Peddler (1917 film) |
Yeva (Yevgenia) Nikitichna Olenskaya (1900, Quba, Baku Province, Russian Empire – 20 May 1959, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union) was an Azerbaijani Soviet actress, Hero of Labor (1927), People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1949).[1] She is best known for her role in the silent film “Arshin mal alan” (The Cloth Peddler) (1917).
Yeva Olenskaya was born in 1900 in Quba, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire.[1] She was of Russian nationality but learned Azerbaijani language as a child. Her elder sister Alexandra Olenskaya was an actress in various Azerbaijani theater troupes and encouraged her sister to try herself on stage too.[2] Later the sister's husband, Heydar Vezirov, People's Commissar of Agriculture of the Azerbaijan SSR, was repressed as a people's enemy along with his wife and two sons.[3]