Laryssa Lauret (married name: Laryssa Lysniak,[a] née Kukrycka;[b][2] August 9, 1939 – July 5, 2015) was an American actress of Ukrainian descent. She worked on Broadway and off Broadway,[citation needed] as well as in television in long-running roles, such as Dr. Karen Werner in The Doctors[3] and for one season of Guiding Light as Simone Morey.[3] Her most notable film role was for Everything Is Illuminated as Lista.[3] In 2013, she took on the role as Pavla in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black.
Laryssa Lauret | |
|---|---|
Лариса Лоре | |
| Born | Larysa Kukrycka August 9, 1939 |
| Died | July 5, 2015 (aged 75) |
| Other names | Laryssa Lysniak |
Lauret died on July 5, 2015, in New York. At the time of her death, she was married to her husband of over fifty years, Wolodymyr Lysniak. With Lysniak, Lauret had two daughters, Ula and Lada.[4]
Filmography
edit- Guiding Light as Simone Kincaid (1977-78)
- The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964) (Ingrid)
- The Doctors (1963 TV series) as Dr. Karen Werner Aldrich (1967-1975)
- Everything Is Illuminated (film)
- Orange Is The New Black
- Gods Behaving Badly (film)
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Laryssa Lauret". Playbill. 1961. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Jamison, R. J. (2006). Grayson Hall: A Hard Act to Follow. iUniverse. p. 76. ISBN 9780595848324.
- ^ http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/jam62423/Laryssa%20memorial_zpsthewoth4.jpg [bare URL image file]
External links
edit- Laryssa Lauret at IMDb
- FaceBook page Laryssa Lauret
- Lista in Everything is Illuminated
- Laryssa Lauret at the Internet Broadway Database
- BuzzCinema.com biography[permanent dead link]
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