Maria Babanova

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovna and the family name is Babanova.

Maria Babanova
Мария Бабанова
Born(1900-11-11)November 11, 1900
Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 20, 1983(1983-03-20) (aged 82)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow Art Theater 1979 – 1982
Mayakovsky Theatre 1922 – 1983
Gostim 1920 – 1922
OccupationsActress, pedagogue
Known forThe Snow Queen
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR, Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1972)

Maria Ivanovna Babanova (11 November 1900 – 20 March 1983) was a Soviet and Russian actress and pedagogue. She has been described as Vsevolod Meyerhold's greatest actress and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1954.


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