The most beautiful and beloved actresses of Soviet cinema of the 20th century!

Anna Chipovskaya

It was Chipovskaya who was supposed to play the role of Benefit in Hipsters, but studying at the Moscow Art Theater School came first. The role went to Akinshina, and Chipovskaya continued her studies. A few years later, Anna received the main role in the TV series “The Thaw” and woke up famous. Since then, the actress has been filming a lot, playing in the theater and never leaving the covers of glossy magazines. In 2020, we learned that Chipovskaya also sings: for the film Cold Front, she brilliantly sang the song Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Nirvana.

Impeccable actresses from the golden age of cinema who will outshine any modern beauty.

Beautiful actresses are a dime a dozen, but Marilyn Monroe is still considered the most seductive film star of all time. But let's not neglect the luxurious Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor. They drove our grandfathers crazy, but what can I say, many modern men are still crazy about the goddesses of old cinema.

Here is a selection of the 20 most memorable actresses of the last century who will outshine any modern starlet.

Jayne Mansfield

Hollywood actress and Playboy star of the 1950s. She achieved considerable success on Broadway, playing in several productions.

Loretta Young

American actress, style icon and embodiment of 1940s elegance. Over the course of her 25-year film career, Young starred in 100 films and won an Oscar for her leading role in The Farmer's Daughter.

Marilyn Monroe

This radiant film star needs no introduction. More than 50 years have passed since her death, but the cult of Marilyn Monroe's personality has not yet become obsolete.

Veronica Lake

Actress and pin-up model of the 1940s. Her signature hairstyle - long hair covering one eye - was extremely fashionable at the time and was called "hide and seek." The most famous films with the participation of the beauty: “The Glass Key”, “I Married a Witch”, “Gun for Hire”.

Diana Dors

Actress and singer, she is called the English Marilyn Monroe. Between the 1940s and 1980s she starred in more than 20 films, mostly British-made. Take a close look at the cover of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The lady in the golden dress is Diana Dors.

Lana Turner

One of the most glamorous and sensual film stars of old Hollywood. During the war, her pin-up photographs were in great demand among American soldiers. The blonde is also known for her love affairs: she was married 8 times, but never succeeded in her personal life.

Carol Lombard

Classic Hollywood actress of the 1930s. Charming brawler and joker. Included in the list of "100 Greatest Movie Stars" according to the American Film Institute. She starred in the films “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, “In Words Only”, “Difficult Man”.

Ginger Rogers

American singer, dancer and actress. In 1941 she received an Oscar for Best Actress in the film Kitty Foyle. She gained great fame for her joint musicals with Fred Astaire. Films with her participation: “Storm Warning”, “Top Hat”, “Shall We Dance?”

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress, officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, journalist and photographer. The peak of her acting career was in the 1950s and 1960s. Famous works: “Fanfan Tulip”, “Solomon and the Queen of Sheba”, “Notre Dame Cathedral”, “When September Comes”.

Ann Sheridan

American singer and actress. Pictures with her participation: “Angels with Dirty Faces”, “Soldier in a Skirt”, “Woman on the Run”.

Sophia Loren

Italian film star. Winner of an Oscar, as well as honorary awards at the Cannes, Berlin, Moscow and Venice film festivals. Her main film works: “The Countess from Hong Kong”, “Black Orchid”, “Arabesque”, “Pride and Passion”.

Ava Gardner

American actress of the 1940s–1950s, one of the brightest movie stars in Hollywood. For her aristocratic appearance and talent, she was often called a vamp, “an actress with the body of a goddess and the face of an angel,” and even “the most beautiful animal in the world.” Pictures in which the actress starred: “Mogambo”, “On the Shore”, “Snows of Kilimanjaro”.

Rita Hayworth

American dancer and actress, Hollywood legend of the 1940s. Named one of the 100 greatest movie stars by the American Film Institute. Pictures with her participation: “Cover Girl”, “Gilda”, “Lady from Shanghai”.

Vivien Leigh

A legend of English cinema, the embodiment of sophistication and aristocracy. Winner of two Oscar awards, including for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Paintings: “Storm in a Teacup”, “Caesar and Cleopatra”, “London Sidewalks”, “Anna Karenina”.

Elizabeth Taylor

An actress with English-British roots, winner of two Oscars for Best Actress. She became the first actress whose fees reached a million dollars. Main film works: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, “Smell of Secret”, “Cleopatra”, “National Velvet”.

Mamie Van Doren

American film actress. She played her first roles in the films of American billionaire Howard Hughes. She posed for erotic pin-up artist Albert Vargas. Pictures with her participation: “Jet Pilot”, “Teacher’s Pet”, “Dudes”.

Grace Kelly

American actress, since 1956 - wife of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, 10th Princess of Monaco, mother of the now reigning Prince Albert II. Pictures with her participation: “Country Girl”, “High Noon”, “Window to the Courtyard”.

Jeanne Carmen

American pin-up icon, Hollywood starlet, successful golfer. She mostly starred in low-budget films that were something between arthouse and films for adults.

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Ravshana Kurkova

An oriental beauty with a soulful gaze and a shock of luxurious hair, Ravshana Kurkova always dreamed of becoming an actress. Her parents decided otherwise, and the girl graduated from the Pedagogical University. But she didn’t give up her dream of a film career: after training, Ravshana got a job on television as a makeup assistant, where she was noticed by producers. After the video “Tenderness” by the group “Machete,” we fell in love with Kurkova hopelessly and forever.

Tatiana Arntgolts

Twin sisters Tatyana and Olga literally grew up on the stage of the Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theater, where their parents played.

Photo: Tatyana Arntgolts 2015

As a child, Tatyana was passionate about sports and never even dreamed of an artistic career. But their parents enrolled the twins in a theater lyceum, where their acting genes awoke. After graduating from the Lyceum, Tatyana and her sister go to Moscow and enter the famous Shchepkinsky School. Already during her studies, Tatyana became widely in demand in cinema. She stars in many TV series. The actress's performance is distinguished by its wide variety and subtle psychologism. Tatyana is raising a daughter from her marriage to actor Ivan Zhidkov.

Agnia Ditkovskite

Another sultry beauty with a piercing gaze and a disarming smile. Despite the lack of specialized education (Agniya left after the 1st year of VGIK), Ditkovskite became a very popular actress. Perhaps this is the very case when nature decided not to rest on the daughter of a talented and beautiful mother. Agnia’s mother, actress Tatyana Lyutaeva, who played Anastasia Yaguzhinskaya in Midshipmen, was a real sex symbol of the USSR for many years.

Diana Arbenina

The main “Night Sniper” had a special relationship with her bandmate Svetlana Suroganova for a long time. Fans are sure that their romance was only for the benefit of the team - these years are considered the best period of the Night Snipers.

But one day, there was a quarrel between the girls, and they broke up. According to rumors, the reason was Sveta’s betrayal, which Diana was never able to forgive.

Now Arbenina has become the mother of two sons, whom she allegedly gave birth to from an American businessman. True, no one saw this mysterious man, and most fans are inclined to believe that the singer resorted to the IVF procedure.

Yulia Volkova

Many considered the lesbianism of “tattoo” Yulia Volkova to be ordinary PR and shocking. After the breakup of the group, Julia turned into an ordinary girl, and even got married and became a mother. But in 2012, Volkova was caught by paparazzi relaxing with a blonde on one of the Cuban beaches.

Volkova herself, after being asked by journalists about her blond companion, did not prevaricate and honestly admitted.