Lyubov Polishchuk

Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (Russian: Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; May 21, 1949 – November 28, 2006) 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 12 stulyev (The Twelve Chairs) in 1977, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of sarcoma in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Selected filmography

• The Twelve Chairs as dancer
• 31 June (1978) as Miss Quinn, hostess of "The black horse"
• The Very Same Munchhausen (1979) as Bertha, songstress
• Intergirl (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute
• Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife
• Still Waters (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
• Chivalric Romance (2000) as Irene Doukaina
• My Fair Nanny (2004-2009) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya
• Podikraika (2005) as Grandma Caillou

Honours and awards

• People's Artist of Russia (1994)
• Honoured Artist of Russia (1986)
• People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (posthumously) (2007)

External links

• Lyubov Polishchuk at the Internet Movie Database
• Russia-InfoCentre Obituary
• Lyubov Polishchuk bio at Lifeactor.ru (Russian)