Hanna Yanushevych

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Hanna Yakivna Yanushevych (December 14, 1907 – December 25, 1983) was a Ukrainian actress. She was named Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1946 and later People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1965.

She studied at the Kyiv M. Lysenko Music and Drama Institute and finished in 1928. Her stage career began at the Kyiv I. Franko Theater in 1927, then she worked at the Kharkiv State Revolution Theater from 1931 to 1936. In 1940 she moved to Chernivtsi, joining the Chernivtsi State Ukrainian Drama Theater (which had grown from the Kharkiv theater). Since 1954 this theatre was known as the Chernivtsi O. Kobylianska Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater, where she performed with her husband, actor Petro Mikhnevych, and continued acting for many years.

While in Chernivtsi, Yanushevych created more than 200 notable roles in Soviet and classical plays. She also appeared in films starting in 1954. Her name is listed on Chernivtsi’s Alley of Stars, and a memorial plaque at Taras Shevchenko Street 13 reads: “People’s Artist of Ukraine Hanna Yanushevych lived in this building from 1963 to 1983.”