Actress Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina dies
Soviet and Russian actress Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina has died at the age of 88. Her death was announced by her daughter Maria Shukshina. The actress was known for her roles in films by Vasily Shukshin, and in recent years for her scandalous personal life and participation in TV shows.
At the age of 88, the renowned Soviet and Russian actress Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina has passed away. Her daughter Maria Shukshina announced this on her Telegram channel. Lidiya was born in 1938 in Leningrad and graduated from VGIK in 1964, from the workshop of Sergei Gerasimov. She began gaining popularity in the 1950s, but true fame came after meeting writer and director Vasily Shukshin. In his films, her talent blossomed, creating the image of a kind, compassionate, buxom but modest beauty, with whom many women in the USSR identified. After Shukshin's death in 1974, the actress continued to act actively. In recent decades, she gained scandalous fame: she married show business figure Bari Alibasov, then separated from him, and was a regular participant in scandalous TV shows about personal life. Lidiya was married five times. In recent months, she was seriously ill and was connected to a ventilator.