Lyubov Polishchuk

Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (Russian: Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs in 1977, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Lyubov Polishchuk

Selected filmography

• The Twelve Chairs (1976) as dancer
• 31 June (1978) as Miss Quinn, hostess of The black horse
• I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death (1979) as Vera Sergeevna
• The Very Same Munchhausen (1979) as Bertha, songstress
• The Christians (1987)
• Love with Privileges (1989) as Irina Nikolaeva
• Intergirl (1989) as Zina Meleyko, prostitute
• The Initiated (1989) as Mother
• My Seawoman (1990)
• Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Jennifer, USA Ambassador's wife
• Still Waters (2000) as Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
• Chivalric Romance (2000) as Irene Doukaina
• My Fair Nanny (2004-2009) as Lyubov Grigorevna Prutkovskaya
• Star of the Era (2005) as Plavnikova

Honours and awards

• People's Artist of Russia (1994)
• Honoured Artist of Russia (1986)
• People's Artist of the Republic of Karelia (posthumously) (2007)

External links

• Lyubov Polishchuk on IMDb
• Russia-InfoCentre Obituary
• Lyubov Polishchuk bio at Lifeactor.ru (in Russian)