Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Biography

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina is a Russian actress born on September 25, 1938, in Leningrad. She studied at VGIK workshop of Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova, graduating in 1964, and began her acting career in the late 1950s with uncredited roles before landing major parts in films, including "Peers" (1959). Her personal life took a turn when she met writer and director Vasily Shukshin on set in 1964, with whom she married.