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Larisa DanilinaSoviet and Russian theater and film actress
Date of Birth: 23.03.1938
Country:  Ukraine |
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Larisa Danilina: A Life in Acting and Dubbing
ActressLarisa Danilina is a Soviet and Russian actress known for her leading roles in films and her exceptional dubbing work. Her career in acting began in 1962 after graduating from the acting department of VGIK. She starred in several films, including "Traces Vanish from the Stones" (1959), "Forty Minutes to Dawn" (1963) alongside Gleb Strizhenov, and "First Russians" (1967), a film that was later banned and only restored in 2009.
Master of Dubbing
Danilina's dubbing career took off in 1962 when she lent her voice to Monica Vitti in Michelangelo Antonioni's "Eclipse." She went on to dub prominent actresses such as Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra" (1963), Ingrid Bergman in "Cactus Flower" (1969), and Sophia Loren in "Sunflower" (1970). Over the course of her career, she voiced over 200 Soviet and foreign films, including "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), "The Monster" (1977), and "Gardes-Marines, Forward!" (1987).
Selected Filmography
Acting:1959 - Traces Vanish from the Stones (Maret)
1963 - Forty Minutes to Dawn (Nina)
1965 - Ambassadors' Plot (Dagmara)
1965 - Heart of a Mother (Raisa Romanovna)
1967 - First Russians (Lyuba Gremyakina)
1968 - Adjutant of His Excellency (Natasha)
1969 - Main Witness (Sofya)
1975 - Peasant's Son (Kostya's Mother)
1978 - Gift of the Black Sorcerer (Matrona)
1979 - Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Bride)
1989 - In the Blueberry Forest (Varvara and Varvara's Daughter)
1992 - The Quiet Don (Aksinya's Aunt)
Dubbing:
1962 - Eclipse (Monica Vitti)
1963 - Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor)
1968 - Let's Talk About Men (Serena Vergano)
1969 - Cactus Flower (Ingrid Bergman)
1969 - The Red Tent (Claudia Cardinale)
1970 - Sunflower (Sophia Loren)
1972 - Seeta Aur Geeta (Pratima Devi)
1974 - Murder on the Orient Express (Vanessa Redgrave)
1977 - The Monster (Raquel Welch)
1978 - Several Interviews on Personal Matters (Sofiko Chiaureli)
1981 - Soul (Sofia Rotaru)
1981 - Surprise of Aphrodite (Annie Girardot)
1987 - Gardes-Marines, Forward! (Elena Tsyplakova)
1992 - Gardes-Marines III (Barbara Rudnik)
Yoga
In the 1960s, Danilina discovered yoga as a way to combat her migraines. In 1991, she began practicing yoga under the system of Indian teacher B. K. S. Iyengar and eventually became a certified instructor. She retired from acting in 1995 and opened her own yoga studio in Moscow, devoting her life to teaching yoga on the Arbat.
