Inna Churikova

Born: 1943-10-05

Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (1943-2023) was a renowned Soviet and Russian actress celebrated for her extensive work in both film and theater. Born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, she moved to Moscow in the early 1950s. She studied at the Stanislavsky Theater's drama studio and graduated from the Shchepkin Theater Institute. Churikova gained fame with films like "No Path Through Fire" (1968) and "The Beginning" (1970), directed by her future husband Gleb Panfilov. Over her career, she appeared in more than 80 films. She received numerous prestigious film awards, including the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and multiple Nika Awards. Her theater career was equally distinguished. She became a leading actress at the Lenkom Theatre. Some of her notable stage roles included Arkadina in Chekhov's "The Seagull," which earned her the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1996. She also received the Stanislavsky Award (2014) for her contributions to theatrical arts​. Inna Churikova passed away on January 14, 2023. Titles and Recognitions (by year): - Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1977) - For her contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985) - For her contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - People's Artist of the USSR (1991) - For her significant contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France) (2010) - Honored for her outstanding contributions to the arts. - Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Major Awards (by year): - Locarno International Film Festival Award (1969) - Best Actress for "No Path Through Fire". - Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival (1984) - For her role in "Wartime Romance". - Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1985) - For her role in the film "Vassa". Nika Award: - Best Actress for "Adam’s Rib" (1991). - Best Supporting Actress for "Bless the Woman" (2004). Golden Eagle Award: - Best Supporting Actress for "The Idiot" (2004). State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996) - For her role in Chekhov's "The Seagull". Stanislavsky Award (2014) - For her outstanding contributions to theater.


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Father Frost

as Marfusha
Released: 1965-03-24

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who...

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Walking the Streets of Moscow

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-11

On a stopover in Moscow, a young writer Volodya makes friends with Kolya, who is returning home...

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The Very Same Munchhausen

as Jacobine von Münchhausen
Released: 1979-12-31

A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His...

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Courier

as Ivan's mother
Released: 1986-06-06

Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do...

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Adam's Rib

as Nina Yelizarovna
Released: 1990-09-07

The film is based on the story of Anatoly Kurchatkin "House of Women". A tragicomedy about four...

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Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

as Old Woman
Released: 2011-05-05

The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home...

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No Borders

as Nina Polyanskaya
Released: 2015-10-22

Few not connected novels about the love. Few couples falling in love in different places of post...

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The Delegation

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

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Vassa

as Vassa
Released: 1983-09-12

Screen adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky "Vassa Zheleznova". Saga of the death of a...

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The Elusive Revengers

as Blond Josy, singer
Released: 1967-09-21

Dan'ka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village has been brutally ended when their father was...

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The Best Day Ever

as uncredited
Released: 2015-12-24

For a successful Road Patrol Service officer time to start a family, but he lives with his...

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What a Mess!

as Praskov'ya Alekseyevna Krolikova
Released: 1995-06-06

The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it...

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Mother

as The Mother
Released: 1990-12-01

The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is...

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War-Time Romance

as Vera
Released: 1983-11-07

This melodrama revolves around the post-war meeting reunion an intelligent front-line officer,...

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Bless the Woman

as Кунина
Released: 2003-09-04

Tiny Soviet village by the sea, in the years before the Second World War... A very young girl,...

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Clouds Over Borsk

as Rayka
Released: 1961-02-25

Tenth grader Olya Ryzhkova can't find understanding among the people around her.

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Marriage

as uncredited
Released: 2009-04-22

About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the...

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Thirty-three

as Roza Lyubashkina
Released: 1965-04-22

The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by...

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The Land of OZ

as mother of the Sofa Warriors
Released: 2015-06-10

In Yekaterinburg over the Christmas period, shop assistant Lenka Shabadinova experiences a...

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I Wish to Speak

as Elizaveta Uvarova
Released: 1976-11-29

The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated...

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The Theme

as Sasha Nikolayeva
Released: 1979-01-09

In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the...

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Dead Souls

as Lady, nice in every respect
Released: 1984-11-19

Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to...

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Where Are You Now, Maxim?

as uncredited
Released: 1965-06-14

A story of a young man who is returning to his home town after being evacuated as a boy during WWII.

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The Beginning

as Pasha Stroganova
Released: 1970-10-12

A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress....

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Valentina

as Anna Vasilievna Khoroshikh - the dinning-room host
Released: 1980-06-06

A drama about an affair between 18 years old dinning-room waitress and much older police...

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No Path Through Fire

as Tanya Tyotkina
Released: 1967-12-25

A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil...

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The Cook

as Varvara
Released: 1966-05-23

Based on the play of the same name by Anatoly Sofronov. In one of the Kuban collective farms, a...

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Guilty Without Guilt

as uncredited
Released: 2008-10-05

In a small provincial town, a famous actress comes on tour, who once fled from here from the...

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The Year of the Dog

as Vera Morozova
Released: 1994-02-01

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After...

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Keep Forever

as uncredited
Released: 2007-01-01

Diplomat Volodin is going to work in the States for a responsible job. But, having crossed the...

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Save My Speech

as old Nadezhda Mandelstam (voice)
Released: 2015-10-22

This is the story of the poet Osip Mandelstam, recreated at the intersection of the arts and...

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Ryaba, My Chicken

as Ася Клячина
Released: 1994-05-01

In Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees...

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Khalif the Stork

as Fairy (voice) / фея
Released: 1981-02-02

A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that...

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Patient No. 1

as Zhena Genseka
Released: 2023-10-06

The end of the Soviet empire. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and...

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I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-01

This glasnost-era documentary, which incorporates footage from films from the 1920s through the...

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The Cat Who Walked by Herself

as Cat (voice)
Released: 1988-01-01

Two parents put their child in his crib for the night and leave the room. The child starts...

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Elder Sister

as Nelli 'Sorceress'
Released: 1967-03-06

A drama about a life of two sisters - Nadya and Lida, who both are dreaming about theater and...

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Hamlet

as uncredited
Released: 1989-08-01

TV performance of the famous work of Shakespeare.

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Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

as стоматолог
Released: 2006-06-06

The author's remake of the famous New Year's comedy is not an exact copy of the original....

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Because It's Me

as uncredited
Released: 2009-01-01

The cycle consists of four short stories ("Record", "Havana", "Close Embrace", "Uncle from...

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Yankovsky

as uncredited
Released: 2015-02-19

This film is not about Oleg Yankovsky in the usual sense: not a biography of a great actor, not...

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Autumn Memories

as Vera Aleksandrovna Ikonnikova
Released: 2016-03-08

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You Youth!

as uncredited
Released: 1966-01-01

A story about high school students preparing for New Year's Eve and what can happen if the wrong...

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Lie for Salvation

as uncredited
Released: 2015-08-01

The action of the play has been transferred to our time. Can a lie be a salvation? Is it...

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Aquitaine Lioness

as uncredited
Released: 2013-08-01

A TV play in two acts based on the play "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman. King Henry II,...

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Peppermint Gingerbread

as uncredited
Released: 2022-02-26

"Peppermint Gingerbread" is two stories – two lives. One is extremely sweet and cloying, like a...

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Audience

as uncredited
Released: 2019-04-25

...Every Tuesday, at six o'clock in the evening, the Queen of Great Britain gives an audience to...

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The Idiot

as Elizaveta Epanchina
First aired: 2003-05-12

The Idiot is a costume drama TV series produced by Russia TV Channel in 2003, based on Fyodor...

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Легенды кино

as Self
First aired: 2016-09-16

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Dinosaur

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-10-08

The elderly criminal authority Semyon Timofeevich Babushkin, about whose thieving talent legends...

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Secrets of Palace Coups

as Anna Ioanovna
First aired: 2000-01-01

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Dead Souls

as дама приятная во всех отношениях
First aired: 1984-11-19

Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to...

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Винтовая лестница

as Ольга Михайловна Горчакова
First aired: 2005-04-12

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