We will introduce our today's readers to the biography and work of the famous Soviet actress Vera Glagoleva. In addition to the characters, she played the role of directors, screenwriters and producer. For her services in the field of cinema, she received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Vera's acquaintances and friends describe her character differently - some talk about constant whims, others note the ease with which she managed to build her life. But everyone agrees on one thing - she was quite a talented actress and director. Despite her outward fragility, Glagoleva was very strong, principled and unpredictable. Those who are familiar with her work still say that she was the most extraordinary on the entire Soviet stage. In addition, Vera Glagoleva was able to show the necessary stamina and willpower when society was going through a difficult period.
Height, weight, age. How old is Vera Glagoleva
First of all, we will present some external indicators of the actress. This will be interesting to everyone, including those who have just decided to get acquainted with her work. Therefore, we bring to your attention exact figures, in particular height, weight, age. How old was Vera Glagoleva when she died? Many viewers ask, who remember the actress’s characters from Soviet times.
There is nothing to hide here - the approximate height of the actress was a little more than 160 centimeters. Most viewers say that Vera had an ideal figure - of course, it is very difficult to argue about this. The artist died in the summer of 2020, and at the time of her death she was 61 years old.
Biography of Vera Glagoleva
The biography of Vera Glagoleva begins in the capital of the USSR, in the winter of 1956. The family of the future artist was far from creativity. Father Vitaly was a teacher, as was his wife, and also Verina’s mother, Galina. When the girl was six years old, the family moved to the city of Izmailovo. After 4 years, the parents go to Germany, and, of course, take Vera with them. After another five years, the family returns to the capital.
The actress begins to practice shooting professionally. She chooses bow as a sport, and for good reason - within a year she becomes a master of sports. The head of the Glagolev family did not like his daughter’s hobbies - he wanted her to become a gymnast. But this did not reassure Vera - she loved wrestling and boyish games.
Biography of the actress
This year Vera turned 61 years old. She celebrated her birthday on January 31st. The woman was born in 1956 into a modest family of ordinary teachers. The girl spent part of her childhood on the Patriarch's Ponds, partly in Izmailovo and partly in Germany, where her parents were seconded.
One of Vera’s childhood hobbies is archery. She managed to receive the proud title of Master of Sports. Moreover, she played on the Moscow national team. Not every athlete of that time could boast of this. After graduating from school, she thought of continuing her sports activities.
The childhood years of the future actress
Filmography: films starring Vera Glagoleva
Glagoleva's filmography begins immediately after graduation, in 1974. It is noteworthy that our today’s heroine is one of those who made it into the world of cinema without the necessary diploma. Then she accidentally saw the filming of a new film taking place, and the management invited her to one of the roles. She copes with the given character in the film “At the End of the World...”.
Three years later, Vera is again offered to act in a movie - this time, the film “Thursday and Never Again.” The director was impressed by the actress’s performance. Therefore, he invites her to his own theater. In the future, Glagoleva regrets her choice - she refused.
Since the early 1980s, Vera’s popularity has been growing, and she has been invited to appear in various films. Among them, the memorable ones were “Starfall”, “Torpedo Bomber”, “Don’t Shoot the Swans”. The role in “Marry the Captain” also had a good impact on her film career, where Vera Glagoleva perfectly conveyed the feelings and experiences of her own character.
Over the next decade, the actress played many roles in films, playing strong and independent women. The directors say that insidious and negative characters are not suitable for her - Vera’s appearance is “customized” for positive heroines. Since the beginning of the two thousandth, Glagoleva was invited to various TV series.
In 1990, filming of Broken Light ended, which hit theaters in 2001. This film is the directorial debut of a talented woman. Not without awards and titles for his creative achievements.
How did Vera Glagoleva come into the profession?
The biography and personal life of actress Vera Glagoleva are closely related to acting. How did the artist come to this? Vera herself often refused to remember that incident, since she had already spoken about it many times in numerous interviews for print media and television. Despite the widespread circulation, this story is quite interesting for fans of the celebrity. It can be called a real “happy accident”, which does not happen to every person.
In 1974, Vera Glagoleva, a graduate of one of the Moscow schools, came to Mosfilm. This event turned out to be a pure coincidence. Vera’s friend worked here. She invited the girl to watch a foreign film. Naturally, such films were not shown at regular screenings.
V. Glagoleva in her youth
Before the session, the girlfriends decided to look at the buffet. There the girl was noticed by Rodion Nakhapetov. He was one of the most brilliant actors of his time. Vera immediately guessed who this man was.
Vera says that she knew about films with Nakhapetov in her youth. These were wonderful black and white pictures about love. "Romance. Romance and poetics of cinema,” is how the actress described films with Rodion in her interviews.
Having met Vera at the buffet, Nakhapetov approached her and offered to try out for a role in his new film “At the End of the World.”
Now Rodion says that for a very long time he was looking for a girl suitable for this unusual role. “This was supposed to be a strange girl, sincere, devoted. A good, professional girl, so to speak. I did a lot of tests and looked for the one. When the assistants talked to her, she said that she was not going to be an actress,” says Nakhapetov.
The actress's first role in the film "To the End of the World"
Vera herself said that it was thanks to this meeting that she came to the cinema. She was lucky that Nakhapetov turned out to be a professional. He told her many important details about working in films, which the young actress herself, naturally, did not yet know about. Rodion showed a lot and talked about how to introduce yourself in order to look perfect on camera. Vera tried to grasp on the fly everything that the director told her. Moreover, he helped her create her unique image.
Vera Glagoleva said that Rodion Nakhapetov played an important role in her biography and personal life. He taught her the wisdom of acting, taught her how to communicate with others and how to approach life.
Personal life of Vera Glagoleva
The personal life of Vera Glagoleva, although not complete, contains all sorts of novels and rumors, but her admirers will be interested in knowing some information.
The actress's first marriage was with a famous director. They met in 1974, and the young couple got married two years later. Having lived together for almost 17 years, the couple divorced and separated.
Vera Glagoleva meets a businessman, and later they decide to formalize their relationship. Since 2005, rumors sometimes appeared about the collapse of the union, saying that Vera Glagoleva and Kirill Shubsky would divorce in the near future. As far as we know, they both lived together until the actress’s death.
Personal life
In 2020, the ballerina celebrated her 40th anniversary. But her figure still evokes admiration and white envy (height is 1.68 m and weight is 54 kg).
In 2006, Anna Nakhapetova married her friend Yegor Simachev. They met while still teenagers, after which they lived for 10 years in a civil marriage. They had a daughter, Polina. Despite a long-term relationship and the birth of a daughter, the couple announced a breakup. But friendship has remained between the former spouses, and Simachev is involved in raising the child. Now the woman hides information about her personal life.
On August 16, 2020, a tragedy occurred - in Germany from cancer. This event shocked the family and the whole country. The daughters refused to comment on their mother’s illness or give interviews on this matter. On November 27 of the same year, Anna Nakhapetova and Kirill Shubsky received the “Word” prize, posthumously awarded to Glagoleva.
The ballerina's ex-husband said that he and his mother-in-law fought cancer together. Simachev beat cancer.
Family of Vera Glagoleva
We already mentioned a little higher that Vera Glagoleva’s family was not directly connected with art. Dad was a physics and biology teacher and worked at school. Died in 2007. Mom also worked as a teacher, only in a primary school. She died in 2010, at that time she was 81 years old.
The only creative person in the Glagolev family, before the appearance of a talented daughter, was her aunt Lena, who painted pictures and was fond of art. Also, the elder brother of the future actress, whose name was Boris, was raised in the family. However, now it is difficult to say which direction he chose.
Movies
Anna Nakhapetova understood perfectly well that she would not be able to dance on stage all her life, because a certain age was set for the retirement of ballerinas. Those who stay until old age are few. Therefore, you need to realize yourself in other areas. And she, following the example of her parents, goes into the world of films.
The first work in the filmography is the Russian-American series “Russians in the City of Angels”. Father Rodin Nakhapetov took over the script and production. Anna had a small role in this crime drama, but it was a good start in her career.
Further work is closely related to the professional activities of the young actress. One of the most striking examples of this is the film “The Secret of Swan Lake” with a detective story. Often the girl played creative personalities - the ballerina Maryana in “The Personal Life of Doctor Selivanova” and the aspiring singer Lyudmila Rubina in the film “Upside Down”. The last appearance on the big screen took place in the film “Blockade” in 2020.
Children of Vera Glagoleva
The children of Vera Glagoleva are a topic that has rarely been covered by controversial data. We can say that everything is transparent here, although shortly before his death, the yellow press “threw in” information about third-party children of Vera’s husband. She herself did not comment on this, and was it worth it - Vera completely trusted her husband.
From her first marriage, the Soviet actress had two daughters, who were named Anna and Maria. We’ll talk about how the girls’ fates developed in the future below, in the relevant sections.
In the second marriage of the actress, another daughter was born, named Nastya. It is noteworthy that at the moment, there are already grandchildren of the talented artist.
Daughter of Vera Glagoleva - Anna
Vera Glagoleva's first daughter, Anna, was born in October 1978. Then, the actress was married to her first husband Rodion. The girl decided not to deviate from her creative mother and father, so she received an acting education, and later took up ballroom dancing. Now Anna is performing at the Bolshoi Theater, which is a good achievement.
Mom and her eldest daughter even have joint films in which they starred - these are “Sunday Dad”, “One War” and others. In 2006, the daughter of Vera Glagoleva gave birth to a girl, Polina, who became the first granddaughter of the Soviet actress. But Anna did not live long in her marriage to a young man, the father of her granddaughter.
Two marriages - two betrayals
Vera Glagoleva was married twice. Her first husband, director and actor Rodion Nakhapetov, became the person who discovered Vera’s talent for the audience: while filming the film “To the End of the World...”, he decided to give the main role to an unknown girl with huge eyes, who accidentally appeared at the Mosfilm film studio. .
In marriage with Nakhapetov, two daughters were born - Anna and Maria. Vera Glagoleva not only loved her husband, she idolized him. The news of her husband’s betrayal became all the more painful for her. After 12 years of marriage, they divorced, but Vera did everything possible to ensure that her daughters retained respect and love for their father.
After the divorce, Glagoleva tried very hard to remain strong, although it was not easy. Her beloved daughters supported her. And Vera plunged headlong into her work - despite the fact that perestroika was in full swing and domestic cinema was going through hard times, the actress was quite in demand.
Then she tried filming herself - her film “Broken Light” entered the Odessa Film Festival “Golden Duke”, and there Vera met the man who became her second husband - businessman Kirill Shubsky.
Vera agreed to marry him after persistent romantic courtship, and in this marriage she had a third daughter, Anastasia. It seemed that this was it - the long-awaited serene family happiness.
But Glagoleva’s second husband did not stand the test of time - while in America, he cheated on his wife with the famous gymnast Svetlana Khorkina. Their romance soon became public knowledge, and there was especially much talk about it after Khorkina and Shubsky had a son, Svyatoslav.
The eldest daughter of Vera Glagoleva was born in 1978. Anya has been seriously involved in ballet since childhood, graduated from the Academy of Choreography, and danced in many ballet performances on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater.
In addition, Anya has always been attracted to the world of cinema. She first appeared on screen with her mother in the film “Sunday Dad” at the age of 7 years. Then Rodion Nakhapetov gave his grown-up daughter the main role in his film “Russians in the City of Angels.” Today Anna is a famous actress: she has more than a dozen film roles.
While working at the Bolshoi Theater, the girl met Yegor Simachev - he is also from the ballet. A close relationship developed between them. However, the young people decided to get officially married only after 10 years of marriage. In 2006, their daughter Polina was born. However, the marriage soon broke up, although Anna managed to maintain friendly relations with her ex-husband.
Yegor Simachev also had to fight with insidious cancer, like Vera Glagoleva. In those days, he and his former mother-in-law became very close - they were united by one misfortune. Yegor’s young body coped with the disease. He married a second time, is raising a son from his second marriage and often sees his daughter Polina, continuing to dance at the Bolshoi Theater.
Daughter of Vera Glagoleva - Maria
The second daughter of Vera Glagoleva, Maria, was also born in the actress’s first marriage, in the summer of 1980. After graduating from school, the girl decides to go to America and continue her studies there. As a result, Maria studies computer graphics. It is noteworthy that after their parents’ divorce, both daughters from their first marriage remained with their mother.
There, she met her first husband. However, there were no children in this marriage, and soon the young people divorced. In 2007, Maria returns to the capital of Russia, where she gets married again. Here two more grandchildren of Vera Glagoleva are born - Kirill and Miron, with an interval of 5 years.
The happiness of the daughter of Nakhapetov and Glagoleva was found in the Bolshoi
The bride Anna is the daughter of famous actors Vera Glagoleva and Rodion Nakhapetov. The groom Egor is the son of former leading soloists of the Bolshoi Theater ballet Nikolai Simachev and Tatyana Krasina. But the children of “star” parents met once not in Moscow, but in America...
Anya was then still a student at the choreographic school, and Yegor was already performing in the Bolshoi Theater troupe. Then, after college, she will go to the Bolshoi. And so for 10 years - together both at home and at work. If they didn’t dance in the same performance, they definitely went to watch and support each other as best they could... And now, when a child is about to appear in their ballet family, they decided to have a wedding.
Naturally, the parents came to the wedding. Glagoleva with her husband, and Nakhapetov with his current wife...
“A wedding is always difficult,” the newlywed shares her impressions of the celebration with Nedelya. “You need to spend so much time and effort to organize it.”
All these troubles did not affect me only thanks to my younger sister Masha. She devoted her whole soul to this business and simply organized such a celebration in record time that our friends still ask: “You probably spent six months preparing?” But in fact, everything was organized in just a month.
While I was vacationing with my mother in Italy, my sister was negotiating with the administrators of the Kino club, decorating the hall - this was the most nervous moment in preparation. Masha is an artist and is very meticulous about all design and design things...”
The script for Yegor and Anya’s wedding was so cinematic. Nakhapetov, Anya’s dad, brought souvenir Oscar figurines from America - they were awarded to guests for the best toasts. Certificates were awarded for unusual congratulations and all kinds of prepared scenes. The role of the traditional toastmaster was performed by the presenter. And in general, they decided to abandon the usual wedding entertainment - they left only the loaf and the dance of the newlyweds (also, by the way, not “like everyone else” - to the music of Bregovich).
Sister Masha prepared a gift for Anya: a real light and music show. She played the piano, from which a fountain was gushing and sparks were falling - very spectacular. Perhaps one of the most fun moments was the auction. Anya's pointe shoes, Yegor's book and a specially purchased movie clapper were put up for sale (it turned out to be the most expensive and went to the bride's mother, Vera Glagoleva). Well, then the newlyweds and guests listened to jazz, watched a drag show and, of course, danced.
Twists in the life of the bride's parents
Nakhapetov and Glagoleva
The first role in Rodion Nakhapetov’s film “To the End of the World” brought fame to the young 18-year-old Vera Glagoleva. Her acting career took off - and her romance with Nakhapetov grew into marriage. The happiness and success of the creative couple could be envied. The couple, as they say, shone: Nakhapetov’s films were shown in cinemas and on television, Glagoleva adorned with her acting the directorial works of A. Efros, S. Aranovich, Y. Karasik... A stormy creative life did not prevent them from raising their daughters - Anya and Masha.
However, after 14 years of a happy marriage, in 1989, the acting union broke up. Nakhapetov moved to America. Glagoleva and her children remained in Russia.
Nakhapetov and Shlyapnikoff
Producer efforts in the first months of his life in America brought Nakhapetov together with Natasha Shlyapnikoff, an American of Russian origin. Natasha was then married, also to a Russian emigrant, and was raising a daughter, which, however, did not stop them. The relationship went so far that soon all of Nakhapetov’s plans to transport his wife and children to America collapsed.
He divorced Glagoleva and married a second time. In his new family, the actor has been raising Natasha’s daughter, Katya, since she was two years old. The previous relationship with his own daughters will not improve, but they communicate.
Perhaps Natasha's jealousy played a role in this. Although Masha lived in her father’s house for two years while she was studying in the States... Now the actor spends six months in Russia, six months in America, more often communicates with his daughters and ex-wife, who at one time suffered her husband’s betrayal very hard.
Glagoleva and Shubsky
Vera met her second great love only two years later. The prince on the white horse turned out to be businessman Kirill Shubsky, whom the actress met in Odessa at the Golden Dick festival in 1991. Kirill accidentally sat down at the actress’s table, recognized Glagoleva, was privately surprised that she was drinking glasses of vodka (later it turned out that it was mineral water), fell in love and courted her for a long time and sought her hand.
Just a coincidence or really fate - Nakhapetov and Shubsky were born on the same day (only the second was 20 years later). After that meeting and long months of courtship, Glagoleva dropped out of metropolitan life for two years - she left with her chosen one for Switzerland, where she celebrated her wedding. There, the couple had a daughter, Nastya.
Daughter of Vera Glagoleva - Anastasia
The third daughter of Vera Glagoleva, Anastasia, was born in 1993. At that time, the actress was already married to businessman Kirill. After receiving secondary education, the girl entered VGIK and graduated with a degree in production. Afterwards, she works on her own projects, gradually improving her skills in the film industry.
She starred in several films and TV series. A year ago, Anastasia and Alexander Ovechkin got married. It is noteworthy that, despite her serious illness, Vera Glagoleva managed to organize the event at the highest level. For now, the media is waiting for news about the addition to the newly made family.
Former husband of Vera Glagoleva - Rodion Rafailovich
The ex-husband of Vera Glagoleva, Rodion Rafailovich, was born in 1944, and as you already calculated, he is 12 years older than his wife. But the age difference did not prevent them from starting a family and living in marriage for many years. The man is an actor and director. He also has several production works and script productions for theatrical performances.
The future spouses met in 1974 - it was at this time that Vera began to develop a film career. On one of the film sets, a man noticed an interesting girl and suggested going on a date. Two years later, the young people are getting married. The marriage lasted more than fifteen years, but in 1991, they separated. In this marriage, the actress’s first children were born - daughters Marina and Anna.
Childhood and youth
Nakhapetova Anna Rodionovna was born in Moscow on October 14, 1978. Her parents belonged to the acting circle. Father is an actor, director and screenwriter of Ukrainian-Armenian origin. Mother - actress and director. In 1991, she married a second time to a businessman. The natural father continued to participate in raising the children.
Anna has sisters - her own Maria, an artist and designer, and a step-sister (from her mother’s second marriage), the wife of a hockey player.
The talents of the future artist began to manifest themselves from an early age. She was attracted to ballet - the beauty, airiness and elegance of the dance. Therefore, the father enrolled his daughter in the ballet studio at the Palace of Pioneers. The girl was only 3.5 years old. There she studied until she was 9 years old and entered a choreographic school to pursue a career in the future.
As a child, Anya made her film debut. In the film “Sunday Dad” she got a small but memorable role of Nina, the daughter of a teacher. It is noteworthy that the teacher Lena was played by Vera Glagoleva, who is Anna’s mother in real life.
At the age of 10, the girl experienced a real shock when she learned about Rodion Rafailovich’s departure to America. As the ballerina recalls, her sister Masha experienced this event much calmer than she did.
“Masha is almost 2 years younger than me and, due to her age and easy-going nature, she took this news more calmly than I did. And I became hysterical - I cried my eyes out and shouted that I would not stay with dad, and if they took me by force, I would break all the dishes in his house and run away.”
She wrote letters to her father, where she took out all her anger. She signed with her name and Maria’s name. The girls' mother corrected the situation, trying to improve relations between relatives. Glagoleva’s plans included touring America. The woman took the girls with her. There they met their father and stayed with him.
At first, the relationship between Anna and Rodion was tense. But the father should be given credit - he spent his free time with the children. Gradually trust was restored.
After returning from the USA, Nakhapetova continued her ballet classes. At the age of 13, she transferred from the Leningrad Choreographic School to the Moscow Academic School, the class of Sofia Golovko, where she studied until graduation in 1996. After graduating, he immediately went to work at the Bolshoi Theater. There the girl participates in such productions as “Don Quixote”, “Spartacus”, “La Bayadère”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Scarlet Sails”, etc.
Vera Glagoleva's husband - Kirill Shubsky
Vera Glagoleva's husband, Kirill Shubsky, is a reputable businessman. The age difference was just over eight years, in favor of the actress. The couple met at the Golden Duke, a famous film festival, in 1992. After a little time, they decide to legitimize their relationship.
A year and a half later, the third daughter, Nastya, is born - the birth took place in Switzerland. She always told reporters that she was happy in her personal life. But this did not stop the yellow press from launching scandals related to the “secret” daughter of her husband Kirill. This media behavior did not harm the couple in any way.
Health of Vera Glagoleva: sick with cancer
Shortly before her death, news headlines reported information such as “The health of Vera Glagoleva: sick with cancer,” but this was not given much importance. Already in August 2020, it became known about the death of the Soviet actress.
As Vera’s relatives say, the disease did not appear suddenly - long before that, Glagoleva’s condition was getting worse. But this did not stop her from appearing at various special events, in particular at the wedding of her daughter Nastya.
As soon as the information leaked to the media, fans became seriously concerned - Vera Glagoleva’s health was under threat. After the death of the actress, fans learned that the diagnosis was disappointing - stomach cancer. Most critics called her a legend and argued that Vera’s death was a serious loss for Russian cinema.
Causes of death of Vera Glagoleva. Funeral of the actress
On Wednesday, August 16, 2020, it became known that at the age of 62, the beautiful actress of Russian and Soviet cinema, Vera Vitalievna Glagoleva, died overseas.
Recently, the woman lived in the United States of America, where she was undergoing treatment for cancer. The press started talking about Vera Glagoleva having cancer in May 2020. All that was known was that six months ago the actress was given a disappointing diagnosis of incurable oncology. The actress’s daughters knew that Vera Vitalievna was sick, so they sent their mother abroad for treatment. Three months ago, the actress was in the hospital in serious condition and was given a blood transfusion. After discharge, Vera Vitalievna practically did not appear in public, did not communicate with the press and did not give any comments. Close people of the beloved actress say that she was tormented by pain, which is why she practically did not leave her home. The causes of Vera Glagoleva's death are most likely related to her serious illness. But it is not yet known for certain why Vera Glagoleva died.
Some unofficial sources claim that, despite the fact that the actress’s body is in America, her relatives intend to transport and bury the actress in her homeland, in Moscow, where she was born in 1956. It is still unknown at which Moscow cemetery the grave of the famous actress will be located, and on what exact day her funeral will take place so that everyone can say goodbye to their favorite and see her off on her last journey.
During her career, Vera Glagoleva managed to act in more than 50 films. Since 1990, the actress herself sat in the director's chair. Under her leadership, 6 films were released. For her contribution to Russian cinema, she has the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Representatives of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia have not yet commented on the terrible news for the actress’s family, as well as for all her fans. Viewers will remember Vera Glagoleva as a stunning and charming woman, a good screenwriter and a talented actress.
Photo by Vera Glagoleva in Maxim magazine
Many movie stars appear in men's magazines. Some time ago, a request regarding a photo of Vera Glagoleva in Maxim magazine became popular among those familiar with her work. But the actress did not agree to invitations from glossy publications to appear naked. Therefore, any explicit photos on the Internet are not true. However, for those who want to evaluate the actress’s figure during her lifetime, you can find pictures in a swimsuit.
Also, fans were interested in such topics as Vera Glagoleva, photos before and after plastic surgery. It’s safe to say that the actress did not use such services, and, as she herself claims, sports and a good mood help her to maintain excellent shape.
Instagram and Wikipedia of Vera Glagoleva
Social networks are popular among stars of various sizes. Not surprising, because this is a convenient and quick way to advertise, attract new fans, and so on. Also, it helps to promote your own creativity abroad.
As far as we know now, during her lifetime, our heroine did not maintain pages on the Internet, so Vera Glagoleva’s Instagram and Wikipedia requests often remain unanswered. However, you can find communities of fans of creativity, where everyone can express condolences and leave warm words about the life of the actress. The free encyclopedia contains the main films in which Glagoleva was involved.
