Natalya Chistyakova-Ionova
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash” / Mikhail Frolov
The singer is better known under the pseudonym “Glucose” and is remembered in the image of a cartoon girl with a Doberman. Let's go back to an even earlier time - to 1997. Then Natasha passed the casting for Yeralash (the Toadstool series), but received only a minor role. On the set, the girl pleasantly surprised the creators with her talent and character, and she was given all the lines of the main character. As Boris Grachevsky recalls, Natasha was absolutely suitable, her own person. The truth always played the punk and behaved like a tomboy. Even at the age of fifteen, having gone to Kinotavr for the first time with the director, the young artist found herself at the event with torn knees. By the way, Glyukoza’s eldest daughter Lydia followed in her mother’s footsteps and last year went to the filming of “Yeralash” to meet Grachevsky.
Sad stories of the magazine "Yeralash": early deaths and serious illnesses of TV show stars
Vera Ivanko
In the 70s, director Alla Surikova turned to the government with a request to create a film magazine “Fitilek” for children. The idea was supported, the founders of the project were Boris Grachevsky and Alexander Khmelik. Soon the name was changed to “Yeralash”, the first issue of which was released on September 11, 1974. At first, humorous stories were broadcast before showings in cinemas, and then on television.
Over time, “Yeralash” began to light up the stars: even in a short episode, directors managed to discern talent in young actors and invited them to big movies. But not every little artist was able to use the lucky ticket correctly. Unfortunately, the fates of many of them were full of disappointments and failures.
VERA IVANKO
The future star was born in 1993 in Moscow. Since childhood, the girl loved performing in public, and therefore she easily passed the casting for “Yeralash”. A nine-year-old child brilliantly performed the miniature “Nobody’s Home.” Vera began to be recognized on the street and, inspired by her popularity, she continued to develop her artistic skills.
In 2011, the girl was accepted into VGIK. From her first year, Ivanko played in the Taganka Theater, remembered by the audience for the plays “The Snow Queen” and “The Bremen Town Musicians,” and starred in the series “Beautiful to Death.” She only managed to study for two years... In 2013, the actress left home to go to an important rehearsal, but tragically died under the wheels of a train while crossing the railway tracks. The results of the investigation showed that it was an accident, but Vera’s parents are not entirely sure of the investigation’s version.
“She came up to me the evening before, hugged me tenderly and said: “Mommy, I love you so much.” She was a reserved girl, but then she seemed to feel something,” Ivanko’s mother said in the “We Talk and Show” program on the NTV channel.
Vera Ivanko managed to star in several TV series
The section of the road where the tragedy occurred was considered one of the safest. A good overview provided the opportunity to see the train from a long distance. There was an assumption that Vera was distracted while listening to music on the player, but the artist’s father Alexey Ivanko refuted the hypothesis.
“Half her head was missing when she was found on the rails, and her clean headphones were lying to the side. They would have been stained with blood if she had listened to music on the way. We think that there was a shock: the injury was specific, none of the drivers reported anything, no one saw anything. If you push into the “blind” zone, the driver will not see anything,” explained Alexey.
The ashes were buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery, and classmates raised money for a monument to the untimely deceased actress. Until now, friends and relatives cannot understand how a 20-year-old girl got hit by a train. Was it an accident or murder?
ALEXEY FOMKIN
Since childhood, Lesha dreamed of becoming an actor and studied in a club at the puppet theater. After a reading competition, in which the boy performed in 1982, he was offered to try out for a role in the film “Scarecrow”. Fomkin didn’t get the job, but he left his application form at the studio. Soon the producers of Yeralash contacted the child.
The newsreel became a launching pad for Alexey: Pavel Arsenov noticed him and invited him to the fairy tale “Guest from the Future.” Fomkin was predicted to be a huge success; all the girls on the set were crazy about him.
“The boy was unusually charming, beautifully built and very sensitive to the world, to people, to the camera, to the director - a born actor. Of course, I fell in love almost immediately. Looks and sighs, and he reciprocated my feelings to spite all the girls!” - recalled Natalya Shanaeva, Fomkin’s colleague and first love.
For many years, viewers saw only Kolya Gerasimov in the actor.
Popularity fell on Alexey, and on the wave of success, he starred in several more episodes of Yeralash and the film Occasion. But because of his work in cinema, the boy neglected his studies, and after graduating from school with a certificate, he lost the opportunity to enter a prestigious university. At 18, Fomkin joined the army. Ironically, it was then that directors began sending him film offers. The actor could not escape from service and, after waiting for demobilization, tried to get a job at the Moscow Art Theater.
He was accepted into the theater, but was soon fired for systematic absenteeism. Disappointment and unemployment pushed Alexei into the abyss of parties, where alcohol flowed like a river. He tried to pull himself together and quit the addiction, but the addiction forced him to reach for the bottle again and again. Desperate to return to cinema, Fomkin even got a job as a painter at a construction site, but from there he was kicked out for terrible discipline.
“He didn’t need fame”: why the star of “Guest from the Future” Alexey Fomkin died at 26 years old
Alexey got a second chance by leaving the metropolis for the village. The former actor met a woman named Elena, with whom he fell madly in love. The couple got married and settled in Vladimir. For the sake of his wife, Fomkin began to drink less. Friends believed: now the artist was saved. But on February 22, 1996, a tragedy occurred - the couple stayed overnight with friends, and a fire started in the apartment. The star of “Guest from the Future” and “Jumble” died of smoke poisoning at the age of 26.
MAXIM PUCCHOV
Thanks to his dad, who worked as a cameraman at the Gorky Film Studio, the boy spent his childhood on the set. It is not surprising that one day the child was noticed by director Mikhail Bogin. The playwright invited five-year-old Maxim to play in the film “Looking for a Man.” After the first success, films with Puchkov’s participation were released one after another: “Fiery Childhood”, “Once Upon a Time 20 Years Later”. He also turned out to be a godsend for Boris Grachevsky, who used the talent of the young actor in “Jumble.”
Although the artist’s roles did not diminish over the years, he did not dream of becoming a movie star. The actor’s last work was the film “Name”. Maxim wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps, so he entered the camera department of VGIK.
Maxim Puchkov did not dream of becoming an actor
Puchkov’s personal life did not work out: he got married, but soon separated from his wife because he did not want to have children. In fact, the Yeralash star was afraid of passing on a serious illness to his heir - for many years he suffered from diabetes. In addition, as a child Maxim often caught colds due to his weak immune system.
However, the cause of the actor’s death was a completely different disease - tuberculosis. The artist’s health deteriorated sharply in 1998. He was rapidly losing weight: he weighed 56 kilograms with a height of 180, but he went to the clinic too late. On May 23, Puchkov’s heart stopped. Maxim never managed to make a career as an operator, dying at the age of 30.
ALEXANDER VARAKIN
Sasha became an actor at the age of 13, and his role developed almost immediately: directors gave the teenager the roles of inveterate hooligans. Nevertheless, after “Jumble,” the charismatic blond gained thousands of fans. After finishing his work in the film magazine, Varakin continued acting.
The artist’s finest hour came with the release of the film “Petrov and Vasechkin’s Vacations, Ordinary and Incredible.” His hero, the insidious and daring Goose, became one of the audience's favorite characters.
Alexander Varakin played hooligans throughout his acting career
According to his colleagues, Varakin listened to the director’s advice, showed courtesy and friendliness, and could find a common language with everyone. But, like for many, the 90s became a real test for the actor. His film career ended, and Alexander decided to go into business. He became involved with dangerous people and became increasingly immersed in the world of crime. Gradually, the former artist became addicted to illegal drugs.
Constant stress and failures in business brought Varakin to nervous exhaustion. The ending of his fate was sad. The movie star died of a drug overdose at the age of 36.
NIKOLAI RUMYANTSEV
Nikolai played his first notable role in 1975 in the episode of “Jumble” - “Wonderful Moment”. Boris Grachevsky appreciated Rumyantsev's talent and began to involve him in stories. The actor has embodied a dozen diverse characters on screen.
“Yeralash” gave me an education,” the artist shared. — By communicating with interesting, smart and competent people, you yourself begin to adhere to certain rules of behavior. On the set of my first story, “A Wonderful Moment,” I met Georgy Vitsin. He was a wonderful actor and person. It so happened that that day I found myself without lunch, and he fed me in a cafe with his own money. It was a shock for me: such a “block” - and such an act. I still remember it with gratitude.”
After such a brilliant start, Rumyantsev played in the films “Spring Olympics, or the Head of the Choir” and “A Martian Arrived on an Autumn Night.” But later he did not have time to enroll in the acting department: the defense of his diploma at the technical school coincided with the entrance exams to the theater university. The artist joined the army, and after that he forgot to think about a career in cinema. The promising star of “Jumble” faced oblivion and work as a plumber.
“I worked in my profession for a long time, then as a driver, and was involved in installing hydromassage equipment on bathtubs. In the evenings my wife and I embroider. I already have about a dozen paintings. Pride is the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which I worked on for two years,” Rumyantsev said in an interview.
After acting, Nikolai Rumyantsev chose a working profession
People asked him for autographs on the street even many years later, when the Yeralash star had already started a family. “I’m reviewing a film magazine with my granddaughter Vika. True, she doesn’t recognize the grandfather in that boy yet,” said the former actor.
Actor from “Jumble” Nikolai Rumyantsev has died
Last November, 54-year-old Nikolai Rumyantsev died suddenly. One morning he simply did not show up for work at the plumbing company where he had worked for several years. Relatives did not name the diagnosis due to which the former artist’s life was cut short, preferring not to comment on personal grief. Colleagues and friends expressed condolences to the family, emphasizing that they were proud to know such a talented person.
Based on materials from Woman's Day, Alexey Fomkin.ru.
Photo: still from the film magazine “Yeralash”, still from the TV series “Beautiful to Death”, stills from the films “Guest from the Future”, “Once Upon a Time 20 Years Later”, “Petrov and Vasechkin’s Vacation, Ordinary and Incredible”, “A Martian Flew in the Autumn” night"
Sergey Lazarev
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash”/globallookpress.com
It’s hard to believe this and guess on your own, but the fact remains a fact. The singer, who defended the honor of Russia this year at Eurovision, is famous not only for his single “You Are the Only One”. After all, it is Lazarev’s voice that sounds in the intro for the project. “Boys and girls, as well as their parents...” Sergei performed when he was 12 years old - it turned out to be a long-lasting hit. At the age of 14, the artist appeared in the project in a small role, almost without words. But, as the singer recalls, he took the work seriously and even shaved for the first time in his life for her sake. In one of the episodes of “Jumble”, Lazarev’s former partner in the group “Smash!” also appeared. - Vlad Topalov.
Mikhail Kazakov
Mikhail Kazakov is a well-known artist, not only for “Jumble”, but also for the role of Polezhaikin in the TV series “Daddy’s Daughters”. His fate was not cloudless: in 2005, he served a year in prison on charges of exceeding the limits of self-defense. The editors of uznayvse.ru clarify: now Kazakov is not acting in films: he has retrained as a businessman. Mikhail is married and has two children.
Mikhail Kazakov played Polezhaikin, but became a businessman
Yulia Volkova
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash”/globallookpress.com
The dark ex-soloist of the group “Tatu” was a very relaxed and confident child - she even quickly offered to switch to the director’s first name. She starred in two episodes - “Help Me Out” and “Mannequin”. During the filming of the second episode with her participation, Yulia had already passed the casting and was working on a musical project called “Tattoo”.
Anton Kolesnikov (1983)
Anton Kolesnikov in “Jumble” and now
The actor got into “Jumble” when he was still very young. From the first episode he was remembered and loved by TV viewers, so he took part in the filming of several episodes.
After school, Anton Kolesnikov entered the Institute of Contemporary Art in the acting department, and managed to star in many popular Russian TV series.
Now the artist works at the Ermolova Theater and is actively working on dubbing foreign films.
Anastasia Sivaeva
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash”/globallookpress.com
Nastya grew up as a creative child, at the beginning of her life she was fond of dancing and modeling, entered the agency, and then the theater of Vyacheslav Zaitsev. Her first screen debut took place... no, not in “Jumble”. For Sivaeva, everything turned out the other way around. It wasn’t directors who started flooding her with invitations after comedic roles in a film magazine, but Boris Grachevsky noticed the girl after filming the film “Words and Music” and invited her to play funny stories. The actress played three main roles in the stories “I Will Return My Beloved,” “Rivals,” and “Test of Strength” in 2004. And three years later the series “Daddy’s Daughters” started, and the role of Daria Vasnetsova brought Sivaeva wide fame.
Pavel Kassinsky
The son of artist Roman Kartsev, Pavel Kassinsky got into cinema as a child. He starred in Yeralash for quite a long time - he had several dozen episodes to his credit, and he usually got the roles of hooligans. By 2020, the matured actor continues to act in films and on television. Among other things, he has roles in the TV series “SashaTanya”, “Soldiers” and others.
Pavel Kassinsky continues to act in films
Olga Kuzmina
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash” / press service of the STS TV channel.
Do you recognize the waitress from the TV series “Kitchen”? And she began her career by filming in a humor magazine. Olya’s mother responded to an advertisement in the newspaper about recruiting children. I responded and forgot. And two years later, when no one remembered about the announcement, a call came with an invitation to audition. Olga can be seen in the stories “The Magic Hat” and “Surprises”. Although the project was very popular, as the actress says, there was no particular excitement or questions among her peers - only her family and close friends were interested in her activities.
Anna Tsukanova-Kott
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash”/globallookpress.com
The director noticed Anya’s face, highlighting the funny girl from the crowd. After filming several episodes, Anya began to be recognized on the street, but her classmates for a long time did not believe that their friend was appearing on the screen. The actress’s favorite episode is “Cake,” one of her first stories. Now the girl watches Yeralash with her son.
From the object of girlish dreams to cadet
It just so happened that the native of Czechoslovakia mostly got the roles of charming boys, with a crowd of girls always running after them. For his participation in several episodes of Yeralash, Alexander Golovin was nicknamed a sex symbol. Of course, this is a humorous compliment, but, as you know, there is some truth in every joke. Most of all, Golovin, who has noticeably matured, is remembered for the military drama “Bastards” and the TV series “Kadetstvo”.
His colleague on both projects, Kirill Emelyanov, also started with “Jumble”. The filmography of the modern actor includes participation in the erotic drama “Boys from the East,” in which he played the role of a call boy. In recent years, the actor has starred in the TV series “Bones,” “View from Eternity,” and “Three Stars.”
Alexander Golovin
Photo: Still from the program “Yeralash”/www.instagram.com/sanek13
Alexander became the girls’ favorite after starring in the films “Bastards” and the TV series “Kadestvo”. Although they began to pay attention to him even earlier, when the bright, sweet boy appeared on TV screens in the film magazine “Yeralash”, playing in the series “Fighting Spirit”, “Who is Cooler?”, “Artist” and others.
The stars acted in “Yeralash” not only in their distant childhood. Many of the characters we are familiar with appeared in film magazines as adults. Teleprogramma.pro tells where and which celebrities can still be seen in the episodes.
