Olga Knipper
Russian and Soviet stage actress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (Russian: Ольга Леонардовна Книппер-Чехова; 21 September [O.S. 9 September] 1868 – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov.[1]
Olga Knipper | |
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Born | Olga Leonardovna Knipper 21 September [O.S. 9 September] 1868 |
Died | 22 March 1959 (aged 90) |
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Relatives | Olga Chekhova (niece) Lev Knipper (nephew) Marina Ried (great-niece) Vera Tschechowa (great-great niece) |
Knipper was among the 39[2] original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it was formed by Konstantin Stanislavski in 1898. 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). She married Anton Chekhov, the author of these plays, in 1901. She played Ranevskaya again in 1943, when the theatre marked the 300th performance of The Cherry Orchard.