Kornienko Nelly

Actress

Nelly Ivanovna Kornienko was invited to join the company of the Maly State Academic Theatre of Russia after graduating from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. She soon became one of the leading actresses of the theatre. Bright personality, great stage presence, charisma, grace and a deep musical voice let her play major roles on the oldest drama stage - Lady Windermere («Lady Windermere's Fan»), Sasha (« Ivanov»), Sonia («Summerfolk» («Dachniki») and others.

Nelly Ivanovna created a whole gallery of amazing female images on the Maly Theatre's stage, including Liza Protasova («The Living Corpse»), Lyudmila («Vanyushin's Children»), Josiana («The Man Who Laughs»), Lady Roxane («Cyrano de Bergerac»), Sofia («Woe from Wit»), Lydia («Money to Burn») Emilia Marti («The Makropulos Affair»).

Nelly Ivanovna is distinguished for such qualities as great diligence, high self-discipline, devotion to her work. Kornienko is endowed with luminous beauty – she has very refined features and gives off an intelligence that is more charisma.

Nelly Ivanovna starred in a number of films and television movies: Dahlia («The Scandalous Accident in Brickmill»), Theresa («Theresa's Birthday»), Emilia («The Makropulos Affair»), Vishnevskaya («A Profitable Position» ), and others.

1969 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR. 1974 - People's Artist of the RSFSR. Awards: medal "For Valiant Labor in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1970), the medal Veteran of Labor (1984), the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1989), the Order of Honor (1999).

Nelly Ivanovna Kornienko was invited to join the company of the Maly State Academic Theatre of Russia after graduating from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. She soon became one of the leading actresses of the theatre. Bright personality, great stage presence, charisma, grace and a deep musical voice let her play major roles on the oldest drama stage - Lady Windermere («Lady Windermere's Fan»), Sasha (« Ivanov»), Sonia («Summerfolk» («Dachniki») and others.

Nelly Ivanovna created a whole gallery of amazing female images on the Maly Theatre's stage, including Liza Protasova («The Living Corpse»), Lyudmila («Vanyushin's Children»), Josiana («The Man Who Laughs»), Lady Roxane («Cyrano de Bergerac»), Sofia («Woe from Wit»), Lydia («Money to Burn») Emilia Marti («The Makropulos Affair»).

Nelly Ivanovna is distinguished for such qualities as great diligence, high self-discipline, devotion to her work. Kornienko is endowed with luminous beauty – she has very refined features and gives off an intelligence that is more charisma.

Nelly Ivanovna starred in a number of films and television movies: Dahlia («The Scandalous Accident in Brickmill»), Theresa («Theresa's Birthday»), Emilia («The Makropulos Affair»), Vishnevskaya («A Profitable Position» ), and others.

1969 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR. 1974 - People's Artist of the RSFSR. Awards: medal "For Valiant Labor in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1970), the medal Veteran of Labor (1984), the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1989), the Order of Honor (1999).

Publications

IN MEMORY OF NELLY KORNIENKO

Nelly Kornienko, an incredibly beautiful actress of the Maly Theatre, passed away. She played in few films. Yuri Solomin, her stage partner, made up for this injustice - he gave her the main female role in the film The Scandalous Affair in Brickmill​, which he himself directed.

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THE LOSS

​On May 9 People's Artist of Russia Nelly Ivanovna Kornienko has died after a long illness. Our deepest sympathies go out to to her family, friends, and loved ones. Farewell with Nelly Ivanovna will be held ion May 13 in the Shchepkinskoe foyer of the main stage of the Maly Theatre beginning at 11:00.

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