Vera Vasileva

Vera Vasilyeva is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR.

Vera Vasilyeva was born in Moscow, in Gusyatnikov Lane. Her father, Kuzma Vasilyev, came from a village, while her mother Aleksandra Andreevna came from a city. Her father, according to her, was a very kind, honest, religious and modest man. He worked as a driver in a factory and her mother kept house. In the family, besides Vera, there were two more daughters - Valentina and Antonina - and son Vasiliy.

Vera studied well at school. In her free time, she read a lot, studied in groups: drama and choral. She even performed with the choir at the Bolshoy Theater. She fell in love with the theater from the age of seven, after a neighbor took her to the opera 'The Tsar's Bride'. Bewitched by that fabulous, magical world, she began to dream of theater.

In 1943, Vera Vasilyeva entered the Moscow City Theater School. While still a student, in 1945, Vera made her film debut. Then she got a cameo role in the film Twins (1945). The first big role was offered in 1947. The actress played Nastya Gusenkova in the film Symphony of Life (1948) by Ivan Pyrev. After this film and her role, Vera Vasilyeva was noticed by the audience.

Among other films with her participation, one can especially note the super-popular Bride with a Dowry (1953), the comedy Zvezda ekrana (1974), the drama Nesovershennoletnie (1977), Tatyana Lioznova's musical comedy Karnaval (1982), the melodrama of Vitaliy Melnikov Vyyti zamuzh za kapitana (1986), a comedy film by Elem Klimov Pokhozhdeniya zubnogo vracha (1965).