Lyudmila Kasatkina

Lyudmila Ivanovna Kasatkina graduated from the State Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow in 1947 and joined the Central Theatre of the Red Army, where she performed for over sixty years. Her film debut in the romantic comedy 'Tiger Girl' (Ukrotitelnitsa tigrov, 1954) was a sensation, drawing over thirty-six million Soviet viewers.

Kasatkina frequently collaborated with her husband, film director Sergey Kolosov, starring in the first Soviet television mini-series 'Calling Fire upon Ourselves' (1964) and the moving Holocaust drama 'Remember Your Name' (1974), which won the Polish State Prize. She was designated People's Artist of the USSR in 1975.