“Now my favorite role is the grandmother of four grandchildren.” Family photo album of Anastasia Vertinskaya
Actress Anastasia Vertinskaya grew up in an intelligent family. Her father Alexander Vertinsky is a great Russian chansonnier, poet and composer. Mother Lydia Tsirgvava is an actress and artist. And all her life Anastasia was surrounded by talented, creative people. Photo: family archive “My dad was orphaned very early, he experienced a lot of hardships, he had to sing in the choir for a plate of borscht, he lived with his aunts and uncles, but then left them because they treated him cruelly.