Russia in dramatic farewell to Soviet film queen

MOSCOW: Thousands of Russians on Saturday in the queue to pay a final farewell to the grand dame of Soviet cinema, whose death this week of a million stolen their relationship the most beloved in the past.
Lyudmila Gurchenko, died on Wednesday aged 75, played in a series of successful movies that are monitored Soviet to date, winning hearts with her radiant voice and sweet girl-next-door look.
In a dramatic final act of his life, thousands of Russians braved the late winter cold and long queues to file past his coffin at the Central House of Literature in the center of Moscow, showed television pictures.
Meanwhile, his former daughter Maria, who had not spoken to his mother for years and only discovered his death by the media, made an unexpected appearance to lay flowers at the coffin.
"An incredible number of people came to say goodbye. She won. She always said she worked for the people," said legendary Soviet and Russian Sergei Yursky movie star, quoted by RIA Novosti.
"A golden age has ended," said Mikhail Zhvanetsky writer. "This is his last full house."
These films are still remembered with emotion in Russia, especially by the older generation of Soviet films that combine with their young and remain nostalgic for the 1960s and 70s.
But she found a new wave of fame in the 1970s with subtle performances in films by directors including Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovsky.
Bright and sharp tongue in interviews, she never retired and reinvent itself again in 2005 by performing duets with Russia as openly gay pop star, Boris Moiseyev. - (AFP)