{{short description|Russian actress (1933–2019)}} {{family name hatnote|Borisovna|Volchek|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Galina Volchek | honorific_suffix = | image = Galina Voltchek 02.jpg | image_size = | caption = Volchek in 2013 | native_name = {{nobold|Галина Волчек}} | birth_name = Galina Berovna Volchek | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|26|1933|12|19|df=y}} | death_place = Moscow, Russia | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | native_name_lang = ru | other_names = | occupation = Actress, theater director, pedagogue | years_active = 1953–2019 | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | website = | awards = USSR State Prize<br/>People's Artist of the USSR<br/>Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (full cavalier) }}
'''Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek''' ({{langx|ru|Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек}}; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue.<ref name="Кто есть кто в культуре">{{cite web |url=http://slovari.yandex.ru/~книги/Кто%20есть%20кто%20в%20культуре/Волчек%20Галина%20Борисовна/ |title=Волчек Галина Борисовна |work=Кто есть кто в культуре [Who is who in culture] |publisher=Яндекс.Словари [yandex.ru] |access-date=2015-10-11 |ref=Кто есть кто в культуре |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526133242/https://www.webcitation.org/6Eim6Zsf0?url=http://slovari.yandex.ru/~%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8/%D0%9A%D1%82%D0%BE%20%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%20%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%25D |archive-date=2024-05-26 |language=Russian |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Biography">{{cite web | url = http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/sov/853/bio/| title = Биография. Волчек Галина Борисовна [Biography] | publisher = kino-teatr.ru |accessdate = 2015-10-11 | language = Russian}}</ref> People's Artist of the USSR (1989) and Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017).
== Biography == Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris (Ber) Volchek. After finishing the Moscow Art Theatre School (1955, Karev course) she co-founded the Sovremennik Theatre, together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. Since 1972 she was the chief director of the theater, and since 1989 its artistic director. Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.<ref name="Кто есть кто в культуре"/><ref name="Biography"/>
She was repeatedly invited to productions in theaters in Germany, Finland, Ireland, the US, Hungary, Poland and other countries. She was engaged many times in theater pedagogy activities abroad.<ref name="Biography"/>
Volchek was elected a deputy into the State Duma in 1995, where she became a member of the Committee on Culture. In 1999, Volchek left the parliament.<ref name="Кто есть кто в культуре"/><ref name="Biography"/>
On 26 December 2019, Volchek died in Moscow from pneumonia, one week after her 86th birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iz.ru/958817/2019-12-26/galina-volchek-umerla |title=Галина Волчек скончалась на 87-м году жизни |last= |first= |date=26 December 2019 |website=IZ |publisher= |access-date=27 December 2019 |quote=}}</ref>
== Personal life == Galina Volchek said: ''I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy''.<ref name="Babie Leto">{{cite web |url=http://babie-leto.ru/stories/xPages/entry.295.html |title=Бабье лето | Женские истории |access-date=2013-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914023604/http://babie-leto.ru/stories/xPages/entry.295.html |archive-date=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was married twice: * First husband: Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The marriage lasted for 9 years, after she initiated divorce proceedings. ** The son Denis Yevstigneyev (born 1961), filmmaker. * Second husband: a doctor of technical sciences, professor of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Mark Abelev, winner of the State Prize of the Soviet Union. Also divorced.<ref name="Babie Leto"/>
==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1957|| ''Don Quixote'' || Maritornes || |- |1965|| ''The Bridge Is Built''|| Rimma Sinayskaya || |- |1966|| ''Beware of the Car''|| Tape recorder buyer (uncredited) || |- |1970|| ''King Lear''|| Regan|| |- |1976|| ''The Little Mermaid''|| Inn Hostess / Witch || |- |1977|| ''About the Little Red Riding Hood'' || Mother Wolf || TV movie |- |1979|| ''Autumn Marathon'' || Varvara Nikitichna || |}
== Awards and honors == {{Commons category|Galina Volchek}} * USSR State Prize (1967)<ref name="Кто есть кто в культуре"/><ref name="Biography"/> *Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1969) *Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976) *People's Artist of the RSFSR (1979) * People's Artist of the USSR (1989)<ref name="Кто есть кто в культуре"/><ref name="Biography"/> * Order of Friendship of Peoples (1993) * Full cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"<ref>Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 апреля 1996 г. № 556 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени Волчек Г. Б.»</ref><ref>Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 декабря 2003 г. № 1494 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ II степени Волчек Г. Б.»</ref><ref>Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 декабря 2008 г. № 1789 «О награждении орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени Волчек Г. Б.»</ref><ref>Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 2013 г. № 929 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»</ref> * Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (2004) * Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2004) * Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017)<ref>[http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/41887 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 апреля 2017 года № 182 «О присвоении звания Героя Труда Российской Федерации]</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> RIAN archive 85824 President Boris Yeltsin Extends March 8 Greetings.jpg|With Boris Yeltsin on 8 March 1998 Putin, Volchek 2002-06-12.jpeg|Presentation of the State Prize, 12 June 2002 Putin, Volchek 2006-04-14 02.jpg|With Vladimir Putin on 50th anniversary of Sovremennik, 14 April 2006 Medvedev, Volchek 2008-12-23.jpg|Presentation of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st class, 23 December 2008 Putin awarded Volchek 3.jpg|Presentation of the star of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation, 28 April 2017 Sovremennik Theatre (2018-04-16) 07.jpg|With Sergey Sobyanin, 16 April 2018 Vladimir Putin and Galina Volchek (2018-12-19) 01.jpg|With Vladimir Putin on 85th anniversary, 19 December 2018 </gallery>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name| id=0901360| name=Galina Volchek}}
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