Olga Borisovna Barnet (; 3 September 1951 – 25 June 2021)Скончалась актриса Ольга Барнет из "Соляриса" was a Soviet and Russian actress who worked at the Moscow Art Theatre. She made her film debut as Mother in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972). She also appeared in the 1979 film Takeoff.
Biography Barnet was born into the family of film director Boris Barnet and actress Alla Kazanskaya.
She graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1972 and joined the company of the Moscow Art Theatre. She became one of its leading actresses and performed dozens of roles. She also appeared at the Oleg Tabakov Theatre.
In the final period of her life, Barnet was seriously ill and had not appeared at the Moscow Art Theatre for a long time. According to her colleagues, she had lost considerable weight during the preceding year and complained of poor health. Shortly before her death, she told writer Tatyana Bronzova that doctors had been unable to establish a diagnosis.
Barnet died on 25 June 2021.
Her former husband was director Valery Fokin. They studied at the Shchukin Theatre School and were briefly married while they were students.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1972 Solaris Kris Kelvin's mother 1975 The Flight of Mr. McKinley miss Ketti Benson 1979 Takeoff Trustee's wife 1980 Moment of Structure Nina TV1981 Born of the Storm Yadviga1982 The Hat Denisov's sister 1982 Fairy tales... fairy tales... fairy tales of the old Arbat episode 1988 Restricted Area Dymakovsky 's wife1992 Three Days in August babysitter1993 Gladiator for Hire Klavdievna2002 Poirot's Failure Mrs. Ferrar TV series
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