Alla Pokrovskaya

Alla Pokrovskaya studied at Moscow Art Theatre School and Moscow Pedagogical State University. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Sovremennik Theatre, Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre and Moscow Art Theatre School. Distinctions recorded are Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

• Name — Alla Pokrovskaya • Born — 18 September 1937 • Birthplace — Moscow, Soviet Union • Died — 25 June 2019 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Resting Place — Troyekurovskoye Cemetery • Occupation — actress • Children — Mikhail Yefremov

Pokrovskaya was born in Moscow. Her father was the opera director Boris Pokrovsky and her mother, Anna Nekrasova, was the director of the Central Children's Theatre. Her parents did not encourage or rate her acting talents. She initially decided to be a teacher but then went into acting. She studied at the Moscow Art Theater School and, in her spare time, she volunteered as a stage hand for Oleg Yefremov's theatre. Whilst there she saw Igor Kvasha, Galina Volchek and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev perform at the Sovremennik Theatre. She graduated in 1959. Pokrovskaya was a professor at the Moscow Art Theatre School. She was married to Oleg Yefremov. Pokrovskaya was known for her roles in Take Aim, Fox Hunting and July Rain. One of her last films was Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive, where she appeared as Vladimir Vysotsky's mother. Pokrovskaya died on 25 June 2019 at a Moscow hospital due to sepsis caused by liver disease, aged 81.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1967 — July Rain — Lelya Kurikhina • 1969 — Mine — Tatyana • 1975 — Diary of a School Director — Lida • 1975 — Take Aim — Tanya • 1976 — Family Melodrama — teacher • 1978 — Namesake — Alja • 1980 — Fox Hunting — Olga Sergeyevna • 1984 — Third in the Fifth Row — Vera Matveevna • 1984 — The Tale of Tsar Saltan — weaver — voice • 1988 — Self-Portrait of an Unknown — Ryabov's mother • 2011 — Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive — mother of Vladimir Vysotsky — final film role