Ivanova was born in
Yessentuki, the great-niece of the poet
Vyacheslav Ivanov. In 1937, she entered the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and Art to study Russian literature. In 1938 she was accepted into the auxiliary of the troupe of the
Gorky Moscow Art Theatre. In 1957 she returned to the Moscow Art Theater, where she served until 1985. From 1958 to 2007, she taught at the Moscow Art Theater School. Her students included Natalia Yegorova,
Boris Nevzorov, and
Nikolai Karachentsov. She died on August 16, 2017, age 98. She was the widow of Soviet Admiral
Arseniy Golovko, who served as Soviet Commander of the
Red Banner Northern Fleet during
World War II. ==Filmography==