Alla Sokolova is a Soviet and Russian actress who also gained fame as a playwright and screenwriter. On account of her dozens of successful roles, stage and screen productions.
Early biography
Alla Sokolova was born on February 2, 1944 in the small town of Kovrov in the Ivanovo region. From an early age she showed a desire to become an actress. After school, she successfully entered the correspondence department of GITIS, and after graduating from it, she began performing in theaters in Dushanbe and Liepaja. In 1967, Alla joined the troupe of the Riga Russian Drama Theater, where she performed until 1973. Then the place of her work was the Theater. Lenin Komsomol, also known as the "Baltic House".
It was during this period that Sokolova discovered a talent for drama. She began writing her own plays, and one of them, entitled Faryatyev's Fantasies, was staged with resounding success in the country's leading theaters. Hundreds of people came to the Bolshoi Drama Theater, as well as Sovremennik and the Soviet Army Theater to watch this original performance. It is worth noting that on the Leningrad stage, this production became the directorial debut of the future Soviet artist Sergei Yursky.
Further career
In 1979, a film adaptation of the play "Faryatyev's Fantasies", directed by Ilya Averbakh, was released on the cinema screens. The main roles in the film were played by Andrei Mironov and Marina Neyelova. The successful combination of acting, the director's skill and the amazing music of Alfred Schnittke brought the film an enormous success, and the audience began to become more and more interested in the work of Alla Sokolova. She created dozens of plays, most of which, including "Who is this Dizzy Gillespie?", "Eldorado" and "The Imp of Happiness", became widely known not only in the USSR, but also abroad.
In 1976, Alla Sokolova starred in a movie for the first time. It was the motion picture "It Doesn't Concern Me". She also starred in the 1989 drama Accidental Waltz. Later she played small roles in the television series "The Return of Mukhtar". Already at the end of her life, in 2014, the actress and playwright starred in the short film Let's Not Today. The film unexpectedly won The Best Short Film at the 2015 Moscow Film Festival.
Personal life and death
Alla Sokolova married actor Sergei Dreyden, known for such films as "Fountain", "Window to Paris", "Kuprin" and others. In marriage, a son, Nikolai, was born, who also linked his life with cinema, becoming a successful director and screenwriter.
The famous actress and playwright passed away on December 21, 2018 after a long illness. Alla Sokolova spent most of her life in St. Petersburg, and yet she bequeathed to be cremated and buried in Kiev. Her last will was fulfilled.
