Mariya Rusalieva(1928-2015)

Mariya Vladimirova Rusalieva is Bulgarian theater and film actress . She was born on July 21, 1928 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1953 in the class of Professor Filip Filipov and immediately joined the troupe of Bulgarian Army's Theater, debuted in the Georgian play "Scorcher". At Bulgarian Army's Theater Rusalieva played until 1990 when she retired. She starred in the cinema. Among its significant films are "Knight without Armour" (1966), the first Bulgarian soap opera "Family Kalinkov" (1966), "Lyubimetz 13" and "La the Donna e Mobile" (1993). Rusalieva's rich voice data is a cause to be invited to dub at Radio Sofia and later in television. In 2004, she received a nomination for the Union of Bulgarian Actors' Award "Icarus" "Golden Voice" for dubbing cycle "Shakespeare plays". In 2007, Rusalieva was awarded the prize Dub Art Lifetime Achievement. One of the most iconic native actresses she had uncanny ability to shine with positivism to everyone and everything around her. She wore her years with the smile of a child who has just earned her first win in life! The actress had four marriages and four divorces. Her first husband was a great Bulgarian cinematographer Dimo Kolarov, follow radio speaker Alexander Alexandrov and Gabriel Markov. Her last husband Bob was an electrician in the Bulgarian Army's Theater. She has one daughter, Elena Rusalieva , who is also an actress and a grandson - Martin. She died on August 5, 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria.