During her long life, Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (1896–1984) never managed to play a single great role in the world repertoire. You can count all her screen and theater works on your fingers. But they also made it great. It is not for nothing that the editorial board of the Encyclopedia Britannica “Who is who” (“Who is who”) included Ranevskaya among the ten most outstanding actresses of the 20th century. Faina Georgievna was a unique, paradoxically thinking person and became famous for her sparkling statements, many of which became popular. And the life of a brilliant actress, full of incredible incidents and encounters, has long been perceived as a story.