Olga Barnet
Olga Borisovna Barnet (Russian: О́льга Бори́совна Ба́рнет; 3 September 1951 – 25 June 2021)[1] was a Soviet and Russian actress who worked at the Moscow Art Theatre.[2] She made her film debut as Mother in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972). She also appeared in the 1979 film Takeoff.
Biography
[edit]Barnet was born into the family of film director Boris Barnet and actress Alla Kazanskaya.[3]
She graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1972 and joined the company of the Moscow Art Theatre. She became one of its leading actresses and performed dozens of roles. She also appeared at the Oleg Tabakov Theatre.[4][3][5]
In the final period of her life, Barnet was seriously ill and had not appeared at the Moscow Art Theatre for a long time. According to her colleagues, she had lost considerable weight during the preceding year and complained of poor health. Shortly before her death, she told writer Tatyana Bronzova that doctors had been unable to establish a diagnosis.[3]
Barnet died on 25 June 2021.[6]
Her former husband was director Valery Fokin. They studied at the Shchukin Theatre School and were briefly married while they were students.[3]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Solaris[2] | Kris Kelvin's mother | |
| 1975 | The Flight of Mr. McKinley | miss Ketti Benson | |
| 1979 | Takeoff[2] | Trustee's wife | |
| 1980 | Moment of Structure | Nina | TV |
| 1981 | Born of the Storm | Yadviga | |
| 1982 | The Hat | Denisov's sister | |
| 1982 | Fairy tales... fairy tales... fairy tales of the old Arbat | episode | |
| 1988 | Restricted Area | Dymakovsky 's wife | |
| 1992 | Three Days in August | babysitter | |
| 1993 | Gladiator for Hire | Klavdievna | |
| 2002 | Poirot's Failure | Mrs. Ferrar | TV series |
References
[edit]- ↑ Скончалась актриса Ольга Барнет из "Соляриса" (in Russian)
- 1 2 3 "МХТ им. А. П. Чехова: Ольга Барнет". mxat.ru. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- 1 2 3 4 Zimnyaya, Tatyana (26 June 2021). "«Врачи так и не смогли поставить диагноз»: Близкая подруга рассказала о последних днях жизни Ольги Барнет" ["Doctors Were Unable to Make a Diagnosis": A Close Friend Recounts Olga Barnet's Final Days]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 3 September 2026.
- ↑ "Умерла актриса театра и кино Ольга Барнет" [Stage and Film Actress Olga Barnet Dies]. Kommersant (in Russian). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
- ↑ "Умерла актриса МХТ им. Чехова Ольга Барнет - ТАСС". TASS. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ↑ "Умерла актриса театра и кино Ольга Барнет" [Stage and Film Actress Olga Barnet Dies]. Kommersant (in Russian). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
External links
[edit]- Olga Barnet at IMDb
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