Lydia Smirnova

Lydia Smirnova studied at Moscow State Academy of Choreography. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Mosfilm, National Film Actors' Theatre and Kamerny Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 3rd degree, Order of the October Revolution, People's Artist of the USSR and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class.

• Name — Lidiya Smirnova • Native Name — Лидия Смирнова • Birth Name — Lidiya Nikolayevna Smirnova • Born — 13 February 1915 • Birthplace — Menzelinsk, Ufa Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 25 July 2007 • Place of death — Zelenograd, Russia • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1934–2005 • Awards — People's Artist of the USSR (1974)

• The New Moscow (1938) as a girl (uncredited) • My Love (1940) as Shura • Lad from Our Town (1942) as Varya Lukonina-Burmina • She Defends the Motherland (1943) as Fenya • They Have a Motherland (1949) as orphanage teacher Smayda • The Miners of Donetsk (1951) as Vera Nikolayevna, Trofimenko's wife • Silvery Dust (1953) as Flossie Bate, prostitute • Least We Forget (1954) as Anna Dashenko • Michman Panin (1960) as Grigoryev's wife • Silence (1963) as Serafima Ignatyevna Bykova • It Happened at the Police Station (1963) as Zubareva, professor's wife • Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964) as doctor • Balzaminov's Marriage (1964) as Akulina Gavrilovna Krasavina, matchmaker • Village Detective (1969) as Yevdokiya Mironovna Pronina, rural shop clerk • Ilf and Petrov Rode a Tram (1972) as handler and artistic director of circus • Rudin (1977) as Darya Mikhailovna Lasunskaya • Carnival (1981) as chairman of the inspection board • Premonition of Love (1982) as Marya Georgiyevna