Irina Skobtseva

Biography

Irina Skobtseva was a Russian film actress who trained at the Moscow Art Theatre Studio from 1951 to 1955 after studying art at Moscow State University, where she took part in student drama. She was born in Tula. Her film debut came as Desdemona opposite Sergey Bondarchuk in Sergei Yutkevich's Othello (1956). She became famous as Helen Kuragina in Bondarchuk's epic War and Peace (1965), an eight-hour adaptation of Tolstoy that grew into the most expensive film ever made and in 1969 won the Academy Award in the foreign-language film category. The production was noted for its vast scale and record-setting battle sequences. Skobtseva was named People's Artist of Russia in 1974 and received festival awards, including two at Cannes. She taught at the Moscow State Film Institute during the 1970s, then semi-retired in the 1980s while making later television appearances. She died in 2020.

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 56 years1965 to 2021

Every film, newest first

2021Bondarchuk. BattleIMDb rating 5.3
1984Mary Poppins, GoodbyeIMDb rating 7.5
1968Zigzag of SuccessIMDb rating 7.2
1965War and Peace, Part I: Andrei BolkonskyIMDb rating 8.1
1965War and Peace, Part II: Natasha RostovaIMDb rating 7.9

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Irina Skobtseva movies on Netflix

Bondarchuk. Battle2021IMDb rating 5.3as Himself
Mary Poppins, Goodbye1984IMDb rating 7.5as Dog owner
Zigzag of Success1968IMDb rating 7.2as Lidiya Sergeyevna
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1as Hélène Bezukhova
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9as Hélène

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Sergey Bondarchuk directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Oleg Tabakov

Sergei Bondarchuk

Ludmila Savelyeva

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Oleg Efremov

Irina Gubanova

Sergey BondarchukDirector, 2 films

Films together

Oleg Tabakov3 films together, 1965 to 1984
Oleg Tabakov's page
- Mary Poppins, Goodbye1984IMDb rating 7.5Skobtseva as Dog ownerTabakov as Miss Andrew
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène BezukhovaTabakov as Nikolai Rostov
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as HélèneTabakov as Nikolai Rostov
Sergei Bondarchuk3 films together, 1965 to 2021
Sergei Bondarchuk's page
- Bondarchuk. Battle2021IMDb rating 5.3Skobtseva as HimselfBondarchuk as self (archive)
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène BezukhovaBondarchuk as Pierre Bezukhov
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as HélèneBondarchuk as Pierre Bezukhov
Ludmila Savelyeva3 films together, 1965 to 2021
Ludmila Savelyeva's page
- Bondarchuk. Battle2021IMDb rating 5.3Skobtseva as HimselfSavelyeva as Himself
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène BezukhovaSavelyeva as Natasha Rostova
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as HélèneSavelyeva as Natasha Rostova
Vyacheslav Tikhonov2 films together, 1965
Vyacheslav Tikhonov's page
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène BezukhovaTikhonov as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as HélèneTikhonov as Andrei Bolkonsky
Oleg Efremov2 films together, 1965
Oleg Efremov's page
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène BezukhovaEfremov as Dolokhov
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as HélèneEfremov as Dolokhov
Irina Gubanova2 films together, 1965
Irina Gubanova's page
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène BezukhovaGubanova as Soniya
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as HélèneGubanova as Sonya
Sergey BondarchukDirector, 2 films, 1965
All films by Sergey Bondarchuk
- War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky1965IMDb rating 8.1Skobtseva as Hélène Bezukhova
- War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1965IMDb rating 7.9Skobtseva as Hélène
Also two films together7 more actors
- Kira GolovkoWar and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) and War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
- Angelina StepanovaWar and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) and War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
- Antonina ShuranovaWar and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) and War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
- Viktor StanitsynWar and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) and War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
- Anastasiya VertinskayaBondarchuk. Battle (2021) and War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965)
- Anatoli KtorovWar and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) and War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
- Klavdiya PolovikovaWar and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) and War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
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