Lala Mnatsakanyan
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Lala Mnatsakanyan | |
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Լալա Մնացականյան | |
| File:Lala Mnatsakanyan.jpg Mnatsakanyan in 2012 | |
| Born | 8 October 1957 |
| Died | 22 June 2024 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Armenian |
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| Years active | 1975–2024 |
Lala Babkeni Mnatsakanyan (Armenian: Լալա Բաբկենի Մնացականյան; 8 October 1957 – 22 June 2024) was an Armenian actress who was named an Honoured Artist of Armenia in 2006.
Biography
Born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Lala Mnatsakanyan was the third and youngest daughter in the family. Her mother Elza Gyuleseryan was an associate professor of stage speech at Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts. Her father Babken Mnatsakanyan was a mathematician and a candidate of physico-mathematical science. After graduating from school N78, Lala Mnatsakanyan entered the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts. In 1978, she graduated from the Faculty of Acting, receiving a diploma with honors. She played many diverse roles in theatre, film, and television, and performed many roles in various theatres of the country–The Yerevan Youth Experimental Theatre, The Vanadzor State Drama Theatre (named after Hovhannes Abelyan), The Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, The “Metro” Theatre, and The “Mher Mkrtchyan” Artistic Theatre. She was a scriptwriter and performer of 140 miniatures. She was a professor of stage speech at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography from 1991 until her death. Mnatsakanyan was a co-author of the first and to-date only tutorial “The Art of Teaching Stage Speech” written in Armenian. Mnatsakanyan died on 22 June 2024, at the age of 66.[1]
Theatrical roles
Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts
1975 – Smeraldina “Servant of Two Masters” Carlo Goldoni 1976 – Augustina “Eight Women” Robert Thomas 1978 – Giza “King Arlequin” Rudolf Lothar
The Yerevan Youth Experimental Theatre
1979–1980 – Rosalia Pavlovna “The Bedbug” Vladimir Mayakovsky 1979–1980 – Mezalyapsova “The Bathhouse” Vladimir Mayakovsky 1979–1980 – Gertrude “William Tell Has Sad Eyes” Alfonso Sastre 1979 – Polly “The Threepenny Opera” Bertolt Brecht 1979–1980 – Sonya “Uncle Vanya” Anton Chekhov 1980 – Lika “Two sisters” Armen Zurabov 1984 – Vera “The bench” Alexander Gelman
The Vanadzor State Drama Theatre named after Hovhannes Abelyan
1982 – Armine “Beroyan family” Zhora Sarksyan 1982 – Anahit “Horovel” Gevorg Sarksyan
The Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre
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1983 – Marina "Finding Joy" Viktor Rozov 1983 – Princess “The Twelve months” Samuil Marshak 1986 – Presenter “Blue Horses on Red Grass” Mikhail Shatrov 1987 – Ninuccia “Christmas at the Cupiello's” Eduardo De Filippo 1989 – Lisa “Save our souls” Anahit Aghasaryan 1991 – Sorrentino “Widows’ Comforter” G. Marotta and B. Randone
The “Metro” Theatre
1995 – Eva “Ungrateful men” ("Love till death") Aldo Nicolaj 1995–1996 – Mary “Willy, Titi, Jig” Anahit Aghasaryan
The “Mher Mkrtchyan” Artistic Theatre
2004 – Graciela “Love rebuff to the man sitting in armchair” Gabriel García Márquez 2009 – Filumena “Filumena Marturano” Eduardo De Filippo
The Theatre of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography
2012 – Mother “The Mother” Karel Čapek
TV performances
1982–1983 – Lusik “Barsegh aga and others” Hagop Baronian 1983 – Policeman “Brave Nazar” L. Miridzhanyan 1984 – Janet “In the name of land and sun” Ion Druţă 1984 – Mary “God help us” Jackson 1984 – Masha "Look, who's come!" Vladimir Arro 1984 – Varya “Anton and Others” Aleksei Kazantsev 1986 – Hasmik “Aralez” Aghasi Ayvazyan 1989 – Nargiz “Leaven” Avetis Aharonyan 1994 – Vera “The bench” Alexander Gelman
Radio performances
1983 – Hasmik “Peak of courage” Lalayants 1983 – Anna “Groom from forest” Hrachya Kochar 1983 – Nene “The Memoir of A Cross-Stealer” Raffi 1984 – Gladiator “Stranger” Chalikyan 1984 – Dulcinea del Toboso “Don Quixote” Miguel de Cervantes 1986–1987 – Prince “The Prince and the Pauper” Mark Twain 1991 – Swan “The Laughing Matter” William Saroyan
TV programs
1992–1997 – Comic miniatures 1992–1997 – “Voice of the Greats”
TV movies
1996 – Lala “Our yard 1” 1997 – Seller at flower store “Favourite songs 1” 1998 – Café owner “Favourite songs 2” 2005 – Lala “Our yard 3” 2021 – Lala “Our yard 25 year later”
TV series
2010 – Lala “Our yard” 2015-2016 – “With the Whole Family” 2016-2017 – “Golden School” 2021 – “Unfinished Road” 2022 – “Guests from the past”
Production
Performances
2000 – “Fairy tales” Hovhannes Tumanyan 2001 – “Prometheus Bound” Aeschylus 2002 – “Musical Farce” Lala Mnatsakanyan 2007 – “Funny miniatures” Hagop Baronian 2012 – “The Mother” Karel Čapek
Authoress TV program
1997 – “You bet” Comedy program 1998–2001 – “What's new?” Comedy musical program 2002–2003 – “Lala & Harut” Comedy program 2004–2007 – “To be continued” TV serials-miniatures
Yeralash “Gzhuk” comedy TV show
2008 – “No lie, No truth” 2008 – “The Master and Margarita” 2009 – “Hidden talent” 2010 – “Football” 2011 – “The Present” National Cinema Center of Armenia
Prizes and awards
1977 – First award for the republican competition of readers 1978 – All-union competition of masters of artistic word named after Yakhontov 2004 – International festival of mono-performances “Armmono2” – award in nomination “Artistic skills” for Gabriel Garcia Marques play “Love reproof to the man sitting in armchair” or “Happy marriage like hell...” 2004 – Given an academic rank of associate professor in the specialty “dramatic art” and “cinematography” 2005 – Kyiv International festival of mono-performances “Vidlunnya” – awards in nominations “Best actress” and “Audience sympathy” for Gabriel Garcia Marques play “Love reproof to the man sitting in armchair” or “Happy marriage like hell...” 2006 – Honored Artist of Armenia 2008 – Given an academic rank of “professor” in the specialty “dramatic art” and “cinematography” 2012 – "Belaya Vezha" International Theatre festival in Brest – “Audience sympathy” for Karel Chapek play "The Mother"
References
- ↑ "Մահացել է դերասանուհի Լալա Մնացականյանը". Panorama. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- Ամեն ինչ պետք է անենք, որպեսզի հայ ոգեղեն խոսքը վերածնունդ ապրի 1 August 2012
- Սերիալները հասարակությանը տանում են դեպի տգիտություն և անճաշակություն. Լալա Մնացականյան 26 July 2012
- Հրավիրել էր Լալա Մնացականյանը 31 August 2012
