performed for soldiers, for which she was awarded the Order of the Red Star in 1944. Later life At an advanced age, she was cast in film roles of grannies, notably as Mrs. Hudson in the TV series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson filmed by the Lenfilm movie studio between 1979 and 1986. She also published a book of memoirs Scattered Pages in 1981 which had been re-released several times since. She died of cancer on 1 April, the same day she was supposed to receive the title People's Artist of the USSR. She was later buried in Vvedenskoye Cemetery near her husband – a famous Soviet architect Konstantin Topuridze (1905—1977), designer of The Stone Flower Fountain in Moscow with whom they had spent 40 years together. Selected filmography actress Road to Life (, 1931) as a girl from a gang Zhigan The Foundling (Подкидыш, 1939) as Arisha Tanya (Светлый путь, 1940) as secretary Encounter at the Elbe (Встреча на Эльбе, 1949) as female German with a bike Springtime (Весна, 1947) as film makeup artist The Girl Without an Address (Девушка без адреса, 1957) as Yelizaveta Timofeyevna A Groom from the Other World (Жених с того света, 1958) as Nina's mother Seven Nannies (Семь нянек, 1962) as woman in red Cain XVIII (Каин XVIII, 1963) as foreign governess A Tale of Lost Times (Сказка о потерянном времени, 1964) as old Nadia Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Операция "Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика, 1965) as a perturbed female passenger on bus №13 Give me a complaints book (Дайте жалобную книгу, 1965) as elderly singer Three Fat Men (Три толстяка, 1966) as Ganimed The Twelve Chairs (12 стульев, 1971) as editor of "Bride and Groom" Chipollino (Чиполлино, 1972) as Countess Cherry The Adventures of Buratino (Приключения Буратино, 1975) as Tortila the Turtle About the Little Red Riding Hood (Про Красную Шапочку, 1977) as Grandma The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона, 1979–1986) as Mrs. Hudson voice The Key (Ключ, 1961) as fairy Giatsinta Who Said Meow? (Кто сказал мяу? 1962) as puppet A Little Frog Is looking for His Father (Лягушонок ищет папу? 1964) as little frog Vovka in a Far Away Kingdom (Вовка в Тридевятом царстве, 1965) as Vovka Most, Most, Most, Most (Самый, самый, самый, самый, 1966) as little Lion The Blue Bird (Синяя птица, 1970) as grandmother Losharik