Tatyana Ivanovna Shmyga (; 31 December 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a Soviet and Russian operetta/musical theatre performer. She went on to act in films as well. She was a People's Artist of the USSR (1978).Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies", lenta.ru, 3 February 2011; accessed 2 June 2017.
Moscow-born Shmyga graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts, where she studied voice under Dora Borisovna Beliavskaia and acting under Joseph Mikhailovich Tumanov, later becoming a soloist with the Moscow Operetta Theater the same year. She began acting in films in 1962, notably appearing in Eldar Ryazanov's The Hussar Ballad.Profile, encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com; accessed 2 June 2017.
Awards Shmyga remains the only musical theatre actress to date to receive the title of People's Artist of the USSR. She also received the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR in 1974, the Order of the Badge of Honor and several other medals.
Personal life She was married three times: television journalist Rudolf BoreckiПрекрасная леди российской оперетты musical director Vladimir KandelakiПрекрасная леди российской оперетты composer Anatoly KremerИнтервью Татьяны Шмыги и Анатолия Кремера на радиостанции Эхо Москвы 17 января 1999 года
Death Shmyga died in Moscow, aged 82, from vascular disease.Lenta.ru "Tatyana Shmyga dies", lenta.ru, 3 February 2011; accessed 2 June 2017.Татьяна Шмыга борется с тяжёлым недугом
References
External links Страница Татьяны Шмыги на сайте Московского театра оперетты Фотогалерея Татьяны Шмыги на сайте «Мастера музыкального театра»