They say that the calling to make people laugh and not be a laughing stock is given to only a few. Faina Ranevskaya, Rina Zelenaya, Tatyana Peltzer knew how to evoke kind smiles and boisterous laughter. Or they could make you remain silent for a long time in thought... The images played by these brilliant comedic actresses will always cause admiration. Phrases from films that they came up with right on the set became catchphrases. The brilliant Faina Ranevskaya turned even her own life into a theatrical tragicomedy. The unique Rina Zelyonaya is remembered and loved for her roles as Tortilla the turtle in “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, Mrs. Hudson in “Sherlock Holmes” and a huge number of episodic but memorable roles. The unfading Tatyana Peltzer called herself a “happy old woman.” This was her truth of life: at seventy-five, playing a variety of old ladies, she jumped from a fence, danced on the roof of a house, rode on the roof of a trolleybus. Their creative biographies seem to be known far and wide. All the more valuable for the reader will be the observations of a contemporary of these great actresses, Gleb Skorokhodov, who personally knew each one.