Lyubov Polishchuk


Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Selected filmography

The Twelve Chairs as dancerGolden Mine as Larisa Kovalyova31 June as Miss Quinn, hostess of The Black HorseThe Very Same Munchhausen as Bertha, songstressBabylon XX as MalvaI Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death as Vera SergeevnaSecret of the Black Birds as Adele FortescueSnake Catcher as VeraThe Christians as Pelageya KaraulovaIntergirl as Zina Meleyko, prostituteThe Initiated as MotherLove with Privileges as Irina Vasilyevna NikolaevaMy Seawoman as lambada dancerThe Recruiter as ZinaShirli-Myrli as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wifeChivalric Romance as Irene DoukainaStill Waters as Pauline, Kashtanov's wifeMy Fair Nanny as Lyubov Grigorevna PrutkovskayaStar of the Era as PlavnikovaKill Carp as Lydia Mikhailovna

Honours and awards