Born Dec. 16, 1936 in Moscow. In 1955 she graduated from the Moscow Ballet School of the Bolshoi Theater in 1960, Acting Department of State Institute of Cinematography (studio BV Bibikova and OI Pyzhova), and in 1968 - directing department VGIK (workshop of Talankin). The first role of the actress in the film - Sonia Bozhko in the film 'the windows of the store'. Fame has brought her role of Larisa in the drama 'It was in Penkovo' (1958) and Stanislav Rostotsky Anfisa in lyrical comedy 'Girls' (1962) Yuri Chulyukina. As director
Svetlana Druzhinina debut in 1974 film 'Performance desires'. From her directorial works successfully used a picture of 'Dulcinea del Toboso' and 'The Circus Princess'. The huge audience success fell to the lot of historical-adventure film
Svetlana Druzhinina 'midshipmen, forward! ", Which appeared on the screens of the country in 1987. Popularity of 'cadets' was so great that soon the director made two sequels. Worth noting that
Druzhinina frequent speaker and author and co-author of scripts for his films.
Druzhinina, Svetlana: Secrets of the empire of women 
