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Serafima Birman(1890-1976)

  • Actress
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Serafima Birman in Don Kikhot (1957)
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
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Serafima Birman was born on 10 August 1890 in Kishinyov, Russian Empire [now Chisinau, Moldova]. She was an actress, known for Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946) and The Girl with the Hat Box (1927). She died on 11 May 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornAugust 10, 1890
DiedMay 11, 1976(85)
BornAugust 10, 1890
DiedMay 11, 1976(85)
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    • 2 wins total

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Known for

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
7.6
  • Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
  • 1944
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
7.7
  • Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
  • 1946
Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in The Girl with the Hat Box (1927)
The Girl with the Hat Box
7.1
  • Madame Irène
  • 1927
Pobeda zhenshchiny (1927)
Pobeda zhenshchiny
  • Nanny
  • 1927

Credits

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Actress

  • Shtorm (1972)
    Shtorm
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Old Teacher
    • 1972
  • Saveliy Kramarov and Georgiy Vitsin in Novogodnee pokhishcheniye (1970)
    Novogodnee pokhishcheniye
    5.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Cameo
    • 1970
  • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1965)
    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
    7.5
    Short
    • Chuchundra (voice)
    • 1965
  • It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)
    It Was I Who Drew the Little Man
    6.6
    • Queen of Lies (voice)
    • 1960
  • Zagadka N. F. I. (1959)
    Zagadka N. F. I.
    • Natalya Khudkova
    • 1959
  • Nikolay Cherkasov and Yuriy Tolubeev in Don Kikhot (1957)
    Don Kikhot
    7.4
    • Ekonomka (as S. Birman)
    • 1957
  • Vasiliy Merkurev in Obyknovennyy chelovek (1956)
    Obyknovennyy chelovek
    6.5
    • Konstantsiya Lvovna
    • 1956
  • Bezumnyy den (1956)
    Bezumnyy den
    6.5
    • Anna Pavlovna - doctor of the «Lipki» holiday house (as S. Birman)
    • 1956
  • Island of Mistakes (1955)
    Island of Mistakes
    7.4
    Short
    • (voice)
    • 1955
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946)
    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
    7.7
    • Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
    • 1946
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
    Ivan the Terrible, Part I
    7.6
    • Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
    • 1944
  • Vladimir Belokurov and Vladimir Kononov in Wings of Victory (1941)
    Wings of Victory
    6.3
    • American Woman
    • 1941
  • Friends (1939)
    Friends
    6.0
    • 1939
  • Boris Tenin in The Man with the Gun (1938)
    The Man with the Gun
    6.3
    • Sibirchev's Wife
    • 1938
  • Three Women (1936)
    Three Women
    6.8
    • 1936

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Ivan the Terrible
Trailer 1:31
Ivan the Terrible

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • S. Birman
  • Born
    • August 10, 1890
    • Kishinyov, Russian Empire [now Chisinau, Moldova]
  • Died
    • May 11, 1976
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Did you know

  • Trivia
    At the age of 11 she visited a theatre and became obsessed with it. One of her stepsisters, then a student at the Saint Petersburg medical university, was offered to play a small part in Konstantin Stanislavski's play. She brought Serafima a signed photo of him and suggested to enter the Moscow Art Theatre.

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