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Sofka Skipwith (Sophia Dolgorukova) was a Russian princess, but her life took her far from royalty. In World War II, she worked with Laurence Olivier and was later interned by the Nazis in France. However, she worked during this time to save ... Skipwith’s concern for economic inequality and her evolving political beliefs led her to join the ...
Before the War, Sofka worked for the Old Vic theatre and for Laurence Olivier, who became a personal friend. At the start of the war, Sofka visited her mother in Paris. Princess Sophy Volkonsky (née Bobrinksy) was descended from Catherine the Great and as a young woman had been a doctor, one of the first female pilots in Russia and a rally car driver.
Sofka Skipwith, born Princess Sophia Dolgorouky, was a Russian princess, who after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews. She was honoured for her efforts by both the British government and by Israel, where she has been named one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.
Sofka Skipwith arbeitete vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als Assistentin des Schauspielers Laurence Olivier. Trotz des Kriegsausbruchs 1939 reiste sie in der Zeit des Drôle de guerre mehrfach und auch noch im April 1940 zu ihrer Mutter und ihrem Stiefvater nach Paris , konnte aber im Juni nach der deutschen Eroberung Frankreichs nicht mehr nach England zurückkehren.
8 de mar. de 1994 · Sofka Dolgorouky, writer, translator, political activist: born St Petersburg 1907; married 1932 Leo Zinovieff (two sons; marriage dissolved 1937), 1937 Grey Skipwith (died 1942; one son); died ...
26 de abr. de 1994 · Sofka Skipwith (born Princess Sophia Dolgorouky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23 October 1907 – 26 February 1994 in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England) was a Russian princess, who after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews. She was honoured for her efforts by both the British ...
Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Dolgorukova; 23 October 1907 – 26 February 1994) was a Russian princess, who after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews. She was honoured for her efforts by both the British government and by Israel, where she has been named one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.
