Alla Zinovievna Budnitskaya (; born 1937, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. Biography Born July 5, 1937, in the family of the builder Zinovy Lazarevich Budnitsky. She graduated from VGIK, studied with Grigory Kozintsev. From 1964 to 2003 she was an actress of the National Film Actors' Theatre. In the cinema since 1960. TV presenter, the author of programs on TNT, NTV, and REN TV. Personal life He husband is Alexander Orlov, the film director. Foster daughter Daria Drozdovskaya, daughter of the tragically dead actress Mikaela Drozdovskaya (1937—1978). Selected filmography 1955: A Guest from Kuban () as young collective farmer 1963: The Alive and the Dead (Живые и мертвые) as Masha's friend 1964: There Was an Old Couple (Жили-были старик со старухой) as fellow traveler 1969: King Stag (Король-олень) as Serendipist girl 1970: Sunflower (Подсолнухи) as bellhopper 1970: The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (Корона Российской империи, или Снова неуловимые) as emotional lady 1972: Train Stop—Two Minutes (Стоянка поезда—две минуты) as Tamara Krasovskaya 1978: The Woman who Sings (Женщина, которая поёт) as Masha 1979: Nameless Star (Безымянная звезда) as Mrs. Ispas 1980: The Garage (Гараж) as secretary 1982: Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) as Masha 1982: Simply Awful! (Просто ужас!) as Varvara Ivanovna 1988: Criminal talent (Криминальный талант) as Ustyuzhanina 1989: A Bright Personality (Светлая личность) as guide 1993: The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (Тайна королевы Анны, или Мушкетёры тридцать лет спустя) as Duchess of Orleans References External links Алла Будницкая—интервью журналу «Театрал» 1937 births Living people Actresses from Moscow People's Artists of the RSFSR Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet television actresses Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Russian television actresses Russian memoirists Soviet Jews Russian television presenters Women memoirists Russian women television presenters Jewish Russian actors 20th-century Russian women