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Rufina Dmitriyevna Nifontova (Russian: Руфина Дмитриевна Нифонтова; 15 September 1931 – 27 November 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1978).




Biography


Rufina Nifontova was born in Moscow in a family with Greek roots.
Nifontova studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (course of Bibikov-Pyzhova). In 1955 she graduated from VGIK and was admitted to the Film Actor Theater Studio.
In 1957 Nifontova came into the troupe of the Maly Theatre, where she became a famous actress.
In 1986–1991 – Secretary of the Board Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation.
Nifontova died in Moscow at the age of 63, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.




Personal life


Father – Dmitry Ivanovich Pitade
Mother – Darya Semyonovna Pitade
Brothers – Aleksandr, Boris, and twin Vyacheslav
Husband – Gleb Nifontov, filmmaker
Daughter – Olga, graduated from VGIK




Awards and honors


1956 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Award for Best Actress, for film Volnitsa)
1958 – Laureate Union Film Festival in First prize for the actors of the 1958
1960 – Laureate Union Film Festival in First prize for Best Actress for the 1960
1962 – Honored Artist of the RSFSR
1966 – People's Artist of the RSFSR
1967 – Order of the Badge of Honour
1974 – Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1978 – People's Artist of the USSR
1981 – Order of Friendship of Peoples




Selected filmography


The Sisters (1957) as Katya Bulavina
The First Visitor (1965) as Alexandra Kollontai
Year as Long as Life (1966) as Jenny Marx
Intervention (1968) as Madam Tokarchuk, raider
Honoré de Balzac's Mistake (1968) as Ewelina Hańska
Do Not Part with Your Beloved (1979) as people's judge
Could One Imagine? (1980) as Tatyana Nikolayevna's mother
Time and the Conways (1984) as Mrs. Conway




References






External links


Rufina Nifontova at IMDb
Могила Нифонтовой на Ваганьковском кладбище
Rufina Nifontova at Find a Grave

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