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Soviet and Russian actress Alla Demidova, who turns 90 today, built a career on firsts. One of them was speaking the word ‘erection’ on a Russian stage.

Alla Demidova turned 90 on September 29. An actress, writer, and scholar of Russia’s Silver Age, she has worked in film and theater with leading directors at home and abroad, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Kira Muratova, Yuri Lyubimov, Anatoly Efros, Roman Viktyuk, Kirill Serebrennikov, Giorgio Strehler, and Theodoros Terzopoulos.

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