She played Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), played Elena in the Moscow premiere of Uncle Vanya (1899), and was the first to play Masha in Three Sisters (1901) and Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1904).

Knipper was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it was formed by Konstantin Stanislavski in 1898.

Olga Fleisher Ornithological Foundation, Inc.Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (Russian: Ольга Леонардовна Книппер-Чехова 21 September 1868 – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress.

Olga Antonovna Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaia.

Tolstoy’s Resurrection (1930), and Polina Bardina in Gorky’s The Enemies (1935).Ī recipient of the State Prize of the USSR in 1943, Knipper-Chekhova was awarded two Orders of Lenin and two other orders. In the Soviet period she played, in satirical manner, Mariia Aleksandrovna in an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Uncle’s Dream (1929), Countess Charskaia in an adaptation of L. Her portrayal of Natal’ia Petrovna in Turgenev’s A Month in the Country (1909) was marked by particular elegance.

Her roles from the classical comical repertoire included the Countess-Granddaughter in Griboedov’s Woe From Wit (1906), Anna Andreevna in Gogol’s The Inspector-General (1908), and Belina in Molière’s Le Malade imaginaire (1913). Her portrayal of Nastia in Gorky’s The Lower Depths (1902) was socially expressive and filled with transitions from a comical to a highly dramatic spirit. Her portrayals of such characters as Elena in Gorky’s Smug Citizens (1902), Anna Mahr in Hauptmann’s Ein-same Menschen (1899), and Maia in Ibsen’s When We Dead Awaken (1900) were imbued with an optimistic love of life, a spirit of rebelliousness, and emotional fortitude. Knipper-Chekhova was the first to create the Chekhovian women, portraying the “charming vulgarian” (Nemirovich-Danchenko’s definition) Arkadina in The Sea Gull (1898), the spiritually passive Elena Andreevna in Uncle Vanya (1899), the infatuated Masha in The Three Sisters (1901), the lyrical-comical Ranevskaia in The Cherry Orchard (1901), and the tragic Sarra in Ivanov (1901). She was able to capture the essence of a character and had the ability to project a bizarre image. She was capable of conveying both subtle lyricism and deeply hidden passion. Despite the unique individuality of her artistic style, Knipper-Chekhova was an extremely versatile actress. Tolstoy’s Tsar Fedor Ioannovich, she played the part of Tsarina Irina. Nemirovich-Danchenko, she was accepted into the company of the newly founded Moscow Art Theater. Upon graduation from the drama division of the School of Music and Drama of the Moscow Philharmonic Society in 1898, where she had been a pupil of V. Knipper-Chekhova was the daughter of an engineer. 9 (21), 1868, in Glazov, in present-day Udmurt ASSR died Mar.

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