Regina Zbarskaya | |
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Регина Збарская | |
Born | |
Died | 15 November 1987 | (aged 52)
Nationality | Russian |
Citizenship | Soviet Union |
Alma mater | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
Regina Nikolaevna Zbarskaya (Russian: Регина Николаевна Збарская) (born 27 September 1935, Vologda (according to another source - Leningrad) - died 15 November 1987 in Moscow) was a Soviet fashion model. She became world famous in the early 1960s. She gained great fame in Paris, where she was called "the most beautiful weapon of the Kremlin". She was also known by the nickname "the Soviet Sophia Loren".[1]