Rufina Nifontova
Rufina Dmitriyevna Nifontova was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR.
Biography
Rufina Nifontova was born in Moscow in a family with Greek roots.Nifontova studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. In 1955 she graduated from VGIK and was admitted to the Film Actor Theater Studio.
In 1957 Nifontova came into the troupe of the Maly Theatre, where she became a famous actress.
In 1986–1991 – Secretary of the Board Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation.
Nifontova died in Moscow at the age of 63, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.
Personal life
- Father – Dmitry Ivanovich Pitade
- Mother – Darya Semyonovna Pitade
- Brothers – Aleksandr, Boris, and twin Vyacheslav
- Husband – Gleb Nifontov, filmmaker
- *Daughter – Olga, graduated from VGIK
Awards and honors
- 1956 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- 1958 – Laureate Union Film Festival in First prize for the actors of the 1958
- 1960 – Laureate Union Film Festival in First prize for Best Actress for the 1960
- 1962 – Honored Artist of the RSFSR
- 1966 – People's Artist of the RSFSR
- 1967 – Order of the Badge of Honour
- 1974 – Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- 1978 – People's Artist of the USSR
- 1981 – Order of Friendship of Peoples
Selected filmography
- The Sisters as Katya BulavinaThe First Visitor as Alexandra KollontaiYear as Long as Life as Jenny Marx
- Intervention as Madam Tokarchuk, raiderHonoré de Balzac's Mistake as Ewelina HańskaDo Not Part with Your Beloved as people's judgeCould One Imagine? as Tatyana Nikolayevna's mother
- Time and the Conways as Mrs. Conway