Varvara Massalitinova: Varvara Massalitinova. Actress: Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky. Varvara Osipovna Massalitinova was born on July 29, 1878, in Yelets, Lipetsk province, Russian Empire (now Yelets, Russia). She began acting at an amateur theatre club in the Siberian city of Tomsk, then moved to Moscow and studied acting under A. Lensky at Moscow Theatrical school from which she graduated in 1901, as an actress. From 1901-1945 Varvara Massalitinova was a...
Known For: Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (Akulina Ivanva Kashirin, grandmother), Alexander Nevsky (Amelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother(as V. Massalitova)), Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship (Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina), Aelita, the Queen of Mars (Neighbour at funeral)