Biberovych, Ivanna

Biberovych, Ivanna [Біберович, Іванна; Biberovyč] (birth name Koralevych), b 30 December 1861 in Falysh, Stryi county, Galicia, d 7 September 1937 in Kolomyia. Spouse of Ivan Biberovych, a dramatic actress, she used the stage name Lianovska. She played heroic and lyric roles on the stage of the Ruska Besida Theater in Lviv in 1876–92, and such roles as Rohnida in Kornylo Ustyianovych's Iaropolk Sviatoslavych, Ruta in his Oleh Sviatoslavych, Marusia in Panas Myrny's Lymerivna (The Daughter of the Harness Maker), and Adrienne in Eugéne Scribe and Ernest Legouvé's Adrienne Lecouvreur.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]