Altai, Vera Vladimirovna

Vera Vladimirovna Altai was born in Petrograd . Her adoptive father was the writer Konstantin Nikolaevich Altai-Korolev . In the late 1930s , she moved to Moscow , where in 1940 she graduated from the acting school at the Mosfilm film studio, after which she worked at the Theater-Studio of the film actor . She made her debut on the movie screens in 1939 , and played her first major role in the movie "Mashenka" in 1942 .

Altai was awarded the medal " For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War ".

The actress gained popularity in negative roles in children's fairy tales and comedies - Nina Pavlovna, the bride of Petukhov (“ The Bridegroom from the Other World ”, 1958), Bad Aunt (“ Mary the Artisan ”, 1959), Anna Shkapidar (“ Evdokia ”, 1961), Asyrk (“ Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors ”, 1963), The Old Woman (“ Morozko ”, 1964), the Old Lady, the merry-go-round (“ Barbara Beauty, the long braid ”, 1969), the Cookess (“ Golden Horns ”, 1972), etc.

In addition, the actress appeared in the films " It Was in the Donbass " (1945) - Maroussia; “Earth and People” (1955) - Matilda; “ Fire, water and ... copper pipes ” (1967) - the daughter of Baba Yaga and many others.

Vera Altai was married to actor Alexei Konsovsky , from whom in 1941 she gave birth to a daughter, Svetlana (d. 1994), who worked in the committee on television and radio broadcasting. Together with her husband, she appeared in several paintings of the 1940s .

The last years of his life were seriously ill. Vera Altai died on December 28, 1978 and was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery near her parents.

• Vera Altayskaya in the Author's project by Alexei Tremasov
• Vera Altai on the Internet Movie Database