Vera Pashennaya was a stage actress and theatre pedagogue, and People's Artist of the USSR. Born in 1887 in Moscow into a theatrical family, she entered the Moscow Theatre School in 1904, becoming a student of Alexander Lensky. In 1907, the actress joined the Maly Theatre troupe, making her debut in the play "Businessmen" ("Deltsy") by Iosif Kolyshko. Among Vera Pashennaya’s most famous roles are Lyubov Yarovaya in the eponymous play by Konstantin Trenyov, Vassa Zheleznova in Maxim Gorky's play, as well as Kabanikha in "The Storm" and Murzavetskaya in "Wolves and Sheep" by Alexander Ostrovsky. In addition to acting, the artist was actively engaged in pedagogical work, heading the department of acting skills at the Mikhail Shchepkin Theatre School from 1945. The online collection of the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum features Vera Pashennaya’s stage makeup tools, photographs of the actress in roles and in life, her letters, and other materials.