Galina Belyayeva
Galina Viktorovna Belyaeva is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress, best known for her leading roles in A Hunting Accident and Anna Pavlova . Galina Belyaeva, the The Meritorious Artist of Russia , has been one of the leading actresses at the Moscow Mayakovsky Theatre since 1983.
Galina Belyaeva was born in Irkutsk and spent her childhood years in Nevinnomyssk, Northern Caucasus, raised with her younger sister by a single mother, who worked at construction site for a meagre monthly salary of 100 rubles. An avid dancer, atshe went to Voronezh to study classical ballet at the Choreography College. It was there that she was spotted by the assistant of film director Emil Loteanu who was at the time looking for a teenage actress for the role of Olya Skvortsova in A Hunting Accident. Belyayevas striking performance next to Oleg Yankovsky, made her an overnight sensation and earned her an epithed our Russian Audrey Hepburn from the Soviet critics. Yankovsky admitted later that it was Galinas charming presence that imparted the film its unique, haunting atmosphere. During the shooting Belyaeva became romantically involved with 40yearold Loteanu, who two years later married the 18yearold actress.
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