Actress

Lyudmila Lyubimova graduated from the the Shchukin College affiliated with the Vakhtangov Theater in 1959; she had worked at the Moscow Theater of Young People for three seasons, being engaged in various roles of modern and classic repertoire. The Orel Regional Drama Theater named after I. Turgenev became Lyudmila Lyubimova’s next theater. The actress created a series of unforgettable stage characters on its stage. Lushka from M. Sholokhov’s “Virgin Lands Upturned” and Liza from I. Turgenev’s “The Noble Nest” were among her roles on this stage. After the Orel Drama Theater, Lyudmila Lyubimova spent a season at the Vilnius Russian Drama Theater, where she played Belissa (“The Madrid Steel” by Lope De Vega) and Serafima Korzukhina (“Flight” by M. Bulgakov).

Lyudmila Lyubimova started her work at the Leningrad Academy Drama Theater named after Pushkin in 1967, then at the top of her creative form. “Life of Saint Exupery” by L. Malyugin (1967) became her first performance; she was introduced into it for the role of Madame N, a charming French woman, harmonically combining in herself intelligence, energy, and femininity. The actress endowed her other heroine, Masha Zabelina (“The Kremlin Chime” by N. Pogodin, 1967), with strong character and passionate nature. Lyudmila Lyubimova avoided unequivocal assessments and implemented psychologically accurately the character of her heroine on the stage: almost a girl, who dared to change her life absolutely. All her characters -- Madame N, Masha Zabelina, Anna Pavlovna (“A Fat Job” by A. Ostrovsky, 1968) – a young woman practically sold by her relatives to a shameless climber Vyshnevsky.

In the years of her work at the Alexandrinsky Theater, Lyudmila Lyubimova had played forty roles. Among them are Zosya (“Rush Hour,” Ye. Stavinsky, 1971), Kaleen (“The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel” by C. de Coster, 1971), Lena (“At Night with No Stars,” A. Shtein, 1976), Lidia (“Alone, Without Angels” by L. Zhukhovitsky, 1977),  Physician (“While the Heart Is Beating” by D. Khrabrovitsky, 1977), Kharisova (“The Thirteen’s Charman,” A. Abdullin, 1980), Maria Egorovna (“On the Big Road,” A. Chekhov, 1981), Cindy (“Airport,” A. Hailey, 1982),  Antipova (Uncle’s Dream” by Fedor Dostoyevsky, 1987), Advisor’s Wife (“The Moral of Pani Dulska,” G. Zapolska, 1987), Levushkina (“Slowdown in the Skies,” R. Solntsev, 1988), Lampito (“Lisistrata” by Aristophane, 1989),  Princess Tugoukhovskaya (“Woes of Wits,” A. Griboyedov, 1996), Arina (“Poverty is no Vice,” A. Ostrovsky, 1996),  Waiting Lady (“The Fairy Tale about Tsar Saltan,” A. Pushkin, 1999),  Missis Pinkerton (“Vanity Fair,” W. Thakeray,  2002), and others. Currently, the actress’ repertoire includes the role of the Official’s Wife in Valery Fokin’s performance “The Double” after the Petersburg poem of Fedor (2005). She is engaged in the group scenes of W.Shakespeare's Hamlet (Director Valery Fokin, 2010).