Olga Androvskaya was an actress of Moscow Art Theatre best known for
her role opposite Mikhail Zharov in
Der Bär (1938).
She was born Olga Nikolaevna Shultz, on July 31, 1898, in Moscow,
Russia. From 1916 - 1918 she studied acting at the Studio of
Feodor Chaliapin Sr., then attended
the 2nd MKhAT Studio of Michael Chekhov,
graduating in 1924 as an actress. In 1919, while a student, she made
her stage debut at MKhAT.
From 1924 to 1975 Olga Androvskaya was a permanent member of the troupe
at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There her stage partners were such
renown Russian actors as
Konstantin Stanislavski,
Aleksei Dikij,
Ivan Moskvin,
Alla Tarasova,
Anatoli Ktorov,
Mark Prudkin,
Angelina Stepanova,
Nikolay Khmelyov,
Mikhail Yanshin,
Aleksey Gribov,
Boris Livanov,
Mikhail Kedrov,
Viktor Stanitsyn,
Anastasiya Georgievskaya,
Vasili Toporkov,
Mikhail Bolduman,
Pavel Massalsky, and the next generation
of MKhAT actors - Oleg Efremov,
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy,
Kira Golovko,
Iya Savvina,
Alla Pokrovskaya,
Anastasiya Voznesenskaya,
Irina Miroshnichenko,
Oleg Tabakov,
Andrey Myagkov,
Vladimir Kashpur,
Viktor Sergachyov,
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy,
Stanislav Lyubshin,
Sergey Sazontev,
Avangard Leontev,
Igor Vasilev, and others. Androvskaya was
a member of the board at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). Her most acclaimed
stage performances at Moscow Art Theatre were as Suzanna in 'The
Marriage of Figaro' (1930) directed by
Konstantin Stanislavski, and as
Roxy Hart in 'Reklama' (1930). Her last stage role was as Pani Konti in
'Solo dlya chasov s boem' (1970) by director
Oleg Efremov.
Olga Androvskaya was designated People's Actress of the USSR. She was
married to actor Nikolay Batalov, and
the couple had one daughter, actress Svetlana Batalova. Olga
Androvskaya died on March 31, 1975, in Moscow, and was laid to rest
next to her husband, Nikolay Batalov, in
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia.
