I - a Diverse Old Woman

Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya — a Russian and Soviet actress of theater and cinema, People’s Artist, knight of the order, laureate of three awards, an asteroid was named after her in 1986… Unique and talented, she devoted many years of her life to the 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 could sting with her words like a wasp, but at the same time she was sensitive. She could easily give away 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 lonely. Some sought to meet her; others avoided her; some idolized her; others feared her and fell into paralysis, caught in the verbal "fire" of her paradoxical nature. It was precisely her wit and sparkling humor that made Faina Georgievna a favorite of many. In conversations, Ranevskaya did not hold back her expressions; her brilliant phrases were dissected into quotes and immediately spread across cities and villages. She was an inconvenient actress on stage, and sometimes even a person in daily life, because she reacted sharply to falsehood and lies. Her sharp-witted wisdom was, is, and will be relevant.