Faina Ranevskaya

Personal Info

Birthday

August 27, 1896

Day of Death

1984-07-19

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Taganrog, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]

Also Known As

Faina Grigoryevna Feldman

F.G. Ranevskaya

F. Ranevskaya

Faina Georgijewna Ranewskaja

Фаина Георгиевна Раневская

Faina Ranevskaya

Biography

Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (born Faina Girschevna Feldman, on August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog), was a Soviet theatre and film actress. She is also very well known for her cheeky aphorisms.

In childhood, she attended the Mariinskaya Gymnasium for Girls, receiving additional education usual for someone from an affluent family (music, singing, foreign languages). Heavily influenced by her mother's love for the arts, Ranevskaya had a budding interest in theatre and by the age of 14 was attending classes at the private theatre studio of A. Jagiello (A.