Ekaterina Munt


Ekaterina Mikhaylovna Munt was a Russian stage actress, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre.

Biography

A Philharmonic Institute graduate who studied in the class of Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Munt was one of the founding members of the original Stanislavski troupe. She was the original performer of the First Elf, Franziska Wermelskirch, Ejlif, m-lle Solntseva.
After leaving MAT in 1902, Munt worked in Kherson and Tiflis, before joining the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre in 1906. In 1906 she went again to the Russian province. In 1920 she moved to Petrograd to become a member of the People's Palace troupe. In 1932 Ekaterina Munt was designated as a Meritorious Artist of RSFSR.