She was trained by Konstantin Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theater and became the only woman to teach acting at the school run by the M.A.T.
Ouspenskaya believed in doing extensive research for the parts she played.
Ouspenskaya achieved her long-time goal of appearing in a Western when she was cast in Wyoming (1947).
She was usually referred to as "Madame" or "Madame Ouspenskaya" (in Russia of the pre-revolutionary era, French was the language
of culture and the educated classes).
In 1941 she told an interviewer that she wanted to do a musical--"I'm good at ballroom dancing" (this goal was never realized).
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By what name was She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya (2024) officially released in Canada in English?
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