I Am a Diverse Old Woman

Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya — a Russian and Soviet actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the USSR, holder of the Order of Lenin, laureate of three Stalin Prizes, an asteroid was named after her in 1986… Unique and talented,... she devoted many years of her life to theater, but she is better known to us for her bright and memorable film roles. However, most of us love and remember her not for this. Smart and self-ironic, she pierced with her words like a sting, yet was sensitive at the same time. She could easily give half of her salary to those in need and tossed gifts into the pockets of departing guests… This amazing woman was the embodiment of contradiction: she wanted to love but was alone. Some sought meetings with her, others avoided her, some worshipped her, while others were afraid and fell into a stupor under the verbal 'fire' of her paradoxical nature. It was her sharp wit and sparkling humor that made Faina Georgievna a favorite of many. In conversations, Ranevskaya was not shy with her expressions; her brilliant phrases were dissected into quotes and immediately spread across cities and towns. She was an inconvenient actress on stage and sometimes even a person in everyday life because she had a keen reaction to falsehood and lies. Her caustic wisdom was, is, and will be relevant.