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- Birth nameGalina Borisovna Volchek
- Galina Volchek was born on December 19, 1933 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress and director, known for Autumn Marathon (1979), Don Kikhot (1957) and King Lear (1970). She was married to Mark Abelev and Evgeniy Evstigneev. She died on December 26, 2019 in Moscow, Russia.
- SpousesMark Abelev(1966 - 1976) (divorced)Evgeniy Evstigneev(1955 - 1964) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris Volchek.
- Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.
- After graduation from a theater school, Volchek in 1956 co-founded the Sovremennik together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The theater's cutting edge performances shaped the Soviet theater scene in the 1960s, becoming a symbol of a short-lived liberal "thaw.".
- Volchek made her debut as a theater director in 1962. In 1972, she became the chief director of the Sovremennik, a job she held until her death.
- She was repeatedly invited to productions in theaters in Germany, Finland, Ireland, the US, Hungary, Poland and other countries.
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