Constantin Stanislavski
Klimovitskaya began her career in the 1960s as an actress in Moscow, studying acting with disciples of Constantin Stanislavski and Yevgeny Vakhtangov. In the United States, she performed at Yale Repertory Theater under the direction of Andrzej Wajda in "White Marriage" (1977) and played "Mama" in the Academy Award winning film, "Molly's Pilgrim" (1985).