Svetlana Ivanovna Savyolova (Russian: , 7 January 1942 30 January
1999) was a Soviet Russian film and stage actress. Savyolova starred
in seven films and then acted on stage. For her look Savyolova was
sometimes called "the Russian Brigitte Bardot".[1]Savyolova was born
in the city of Simferopol,[2] then part of the Crimean Autonomous
Soviet Socialist Republic which was in the grip of World War II at the
time. Having finished school, Savyolova initially planned a medical
career.[2] She started to work in a Sevastopol drugstore.[2] In her
student years, Savyolova was briefly married to film director Gennadiy
Baysak, but the marriage fell apart.[1]Savyolova was discovered by
film director Yakov Segel, who was searching for an actress in his
film A Farewell to Doves. Having a headache, Segel visited a drugstore
in Sevastopol where Savyolova was working.[2] Segel decided it was
Savyolova he was searching for and gave her the lead role of nurse
Tanya in A Farewell to Doves, which became Savyolova's breakthrough.
She decided to postpone the medical career and continued acting. In
1968, Savyolova played the lead role of Lena Velichko in the Soviet
comedy Seven Old Men and a Girl. Savyolova was chosen over other
candidates, such as Natalya Seleznyova and Lyudmila
Gladunko.[2]Throughout her career, Savyolova starred in seven Soviet
films: A Farewell to Doves (1960), Listen (1963), Small Green Light
(1964), The Last Swindler (1966), A Day of Sun and Rain (1967), Seven
Old Men and a Girl (1968) and Throughout Rus (1968). Throughout Rus
became Savyolova's last film, after which she was no longer offered
any film roles.[2]
1999) was a Soviet Russian film and stage actress. Savyolova starred
in seven films and then acted on stage. For her look Savyolova was
sometimes called "the Russian Brigitte Bardot".[1]Savyolova was born
in the city of Simferopol,[2] then part of the Crimean Autonomous
Soviet Socialist Republic which was in the grip of World War II at the
time. Having finished school, Savyolova initially planned a medical
career.[2] She started to work in a Sevastopol drugstore.[2] In her
student years, Savyolova was briefly married to film director Gennadiy
Baysak, but the marriage fell apart.[1]Savyolova was discovered by
film director Yakov Segel, who was searching for an actress in his
film A Farewell to Doves. Having a headache, Segel visited a drugstore
in Sevastopol where Savyolova was working.[2] Segel decided it was
Savyolova he was searching for and gave her the lead role of nurse
Tanya in A Farewell to Doves, which became Savyolova's breakthrough.
She decided to postpone the medical career and continued acting. In
1968, Savyolova played the lead role of Lena Velichko in the Soviet
comedy Seven Old Men and a Girl. Savyolova was chosen over other
candidates, such as Natalya Seleznyova and Lyudmila
Gladunko.[2]Throughout her career, Savyolova starred in seven Soviet
films: A Farewell to Doves (1960), Listen (1963), Small Green Light
(1964), The Last Swindler (1966), A Day of Sun and Rain (1967), Seven
Old Men and a Girl (1968) and Throughout Rus (1968). Throughout Rus
became Savyolova's last film, after which she was no longer offered
any film roles.[2]
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