To Love and Dream

In the biographical book "To Love and Dream," actress Vera Vasilyeva (1925-2023) from the Satire Theater sincerely shares her thoughts and feelings, being grateful to fate for much. While still a student at the theater school, she starred in the... film "The Tale of the Siberian Land" and became instantly famous, later performing in the play "A Wedding with a Dowry" and shining on the theatrical stage. She worked with wonderful directors and actors, including Andrei Mironov, Anatoly Papanov, Georgy Menglet, Olga Aroseva, Nina Arkhipova, Alexander Shirvindt, Elena Obraztsova, Ivan Pyryev, Erast Garin, Boris Ravenstich, Valentin Pluchek. Her roles in the plays "Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro," "Ornifl," "Talents and Admirers," "Moliere," "Fateful Attraction," "The Queen of Spades," and many others were forever loved by the audience. She always amazed with her beauty, grace, youthful fervor, and remarkable love for life. Vera Vasilyeva performed on stage for exactly 75 years. All these years, she delighted us, her audience, and returned home with unchanging bunches of flowers. Before saying goodbye to us forever, the actress managed to finish the last chapter of her book, each edition of which was always supplemented.