Maria Klyuchareva

Biography

Maria Nikolaevna Klyucharyova's father was a priest. After the death of his wife, he left the dignity, married the future mother of Mary (apparently a former housekeeper) and taught at the Kiev Theological Academy. Maria was born around 1910. Klyucharyova was a graduate of the Vakhtangov school (1933-36), actress of the Vakhtangov theater (1934-38). Maria Nikolaevna's husband, a colonel (pilot?), died during the war. After that, she moved to live in Zagorsk. All property was donated to the Orthodox Church (MN did not have children). She lived in Zagorsk near the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in a private house in very modest living conditions. Perhaps she lived in the Lavra for some time. In the early 60's. M.N. was alive.