Stefaniya Stanyuta

Stefanija Staniuta
Postage stamp for the centenary of the birth of the actress
Born
Stefanija Michajłaŭna Staniuta

(1905-04-30)30 April 1905
Died6 November 2000(2000-11-06) (aged 95)
Minsk, Belarus
OccupationActress
Years active1919–2000
SpouseAlaksandar Kručynski
Children1
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR (1988)

Stefanija Michajłaŭna Staniuta (Belarusian: Стэфанія Міхайлаўна Станюта; 30 April 1905 – 6 November 2000) was a Soviet and Belarusian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).[1]

Biography

Staniuta was born in Minsk, in the family of the famous Belarusian artist Michaś Staniuta.[2] As a child, she happened to attend the official meeting of Tsar Nicholas II with the Belarusian people.

She studied at the parish school, then at the Minsk Women's Government Gymnasium.[3] In 1926 she graduated from the Belarusan Drama Studio under the Moscow Art Theatre (class of Valentin Smyshlyaev and Sofya Giatsintova).[2]

Since 1932 and until the end of her life Staniuta worked at the Janka Kupala National Academic Theatre in Minsk. In total she played about 200 roles, including in movies from 1958 onward.

Filmography

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ Biography of the actress
  2. ^ a b Стефания Станюта. Чтобы помнили
  3. ^ "Дата в истории: 112 гадоў таму ў Мінску запачаткаваная жаночая ўрадавая ґімназія". Retrieved 7 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)