Born July 28, 1876· Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia]
† Died December 3, 1949
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A native of Tula who first studied singing in Warsaw and then acting in Moscow, she was shaped by Konstantin Stanislavsky and his assistant Leopold Sulerzhitsky as a founding member of the Moscow Art Theatre’s First Studio. After the company’s 1922 tour of New York, she remained in the United States, appearing regularly on Broadway and teaching future luminaries such as Lee Strasberg and Anne Baxt…
