In 1943, now husband and wife, the pair spent several months at the frontline, performing before Soviet soldiers and officers of the General Gromov's 3rd Air Army to the great delight of the fighters who admired the tandem and the film they starred in.
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While still a student, she joined the staff of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theatre, making her debut on stage as Clarice in Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni.
Lyudmila Ulitskaya | Lyudmila Zykina | Lyudmila Petrushevskaya | Lyudmila Maksakova | Lyudmila Zhuravlyova | Lyudmila Tselikovskaya | Lyudmila Titova | Lyudmila Khazieva |
Among the family friends were renowned Soviet actors Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Mikhail Zharov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, a star circus comic Rumyantsev.