Lyudmila Kasatkina (1925-2012) was a Soviet theatre and film actress, a People's Artist of the USSR (1975) a Winner of the Vasiliev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1976) and the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1968).
Lyudmila Kasatkina was born on May 15 of 1925 in the village of Novoye Selo, Vyazemsky Uyezd of the Smolensk Province. In 1943, she entered the A. Lunacharsky State Institute of Theater Arts. In 1947, upon graduation from the Institute, she was accepted into the company of the Central Theatre of the Soviet Army, where she worked all her life. In 1954, she made her debut in cinema, starring in the lead role in the comedy The Tiger Tamer. In 1964, Kasatkina starred in the title role in the first Soviet TV serial film Calling Fire on Yourself based on the novel of the same name by Ovidiy Gorchakov and Janusz Przymanowski. She hosted two Blue Lights shows: on the 25th Anniversary of Victory Day on May 9 of 1970 and on the 29th Anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War on June 22 of 1970. She gave classes at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts and Smolensk State Institute of Arts.
Awards: an Order For Merit to the Fatherland, the fourth class (2000), an Order For Merit to the Fatherland, the third class (2005), an Order For Merit to the Fatherland, the second class (2010), an Order of Friendship (1995), an Order of the Badge of Honor (1967), an Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1980), an Order of Lenin (1985) and others.
The commemorative stamp features a portrait of Lyudmila Kasatkina against the background of a film and a theatre curtain; the main illustration is a shot from the film The Tiger Tamer.
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the postal card |
Edition |
| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
Offset |
105 × 148 mm |
5 thousand postcards |