Olga Aroseva walked hand in hand with Stalin, but this did not help her save her father

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Olga Aleksandrovna Aroseva is a famous Soviet actress with a very interesting biography. Even as a child, she saw the world outside the Soviet Union, survived the difficult war years, became famous as “Pani Monica” and a socialite, and led a stormy personal life.

Olga Aroseva. “Crazy Day” 1956

Childhood and youth of the actress

Little Aroseva spent her childhood abroad. Father - Alexander Yakovlevich Arosev, due to the nature of his service, lived in Paris, then in Stockholm, then in Prague. Mother - Olga Vyacheslavovna Goppen, was from the Polish nobles, a graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, worked as a secretary-assistant for Polina Zhemchuzhina, the wife of Vyacheslav Molotov.

Then the couple already had two girls growing up - Natasha and Elena, and a few years later their parents had a boy, Dima. When the third daughter was born, at first the name Varvara was entered into the birth registration, but then the mother changed her mind, became hysterical and, on her initiative, the child was renamed Olga.

An interesting situation arose during the period when the Arosev family lived in Sweden: the mother left her children and husband and rushed to Sakhalin after her lover. By the way, Olya was only five years old at that time. In the fateful year of 1937, my father was arrested and subsequently shot. The children were sent to their unlucky mother.

It is curious that Olga was personally acquainted with Joseph Vissarionovich himself thanks to the position of the pope before his arrest. When the girl grew up, she decided to write a letter to Stalin, because she believed that she had the right to do so. In the message, Aroseva Jr. asked why her father suffered, what his guilt was. But there was no answer from the leader. In “revenge” the girl refused to join the Komsomol.

Olya was involved in art from childhood and adolescence: she was enrolled in a drama club, later in a theater studio, and worked as a model for professional artists. After school, she entered the circus school, then changed her mind and became a student at the capital’s theater school, but she didn’t stay there either. One day she followed the Leningrad Musical Comedy Theater, which was once on tour in Moscow. The talented girl was gladly accepted into the troupe. So the young actress found herself in the city on the Neva. To be fair, it is worth noting that the future star of Soviet cinema and television committed forgery of documents, namely: she presented at the theater a diploma from her sister Lena, who had already graduated from theater school by that time. Olya was no stranger to moving; since childhood she had traveled almost the entire continent. Aroseva was a Leningrad resident until 1950, after which she returned to the capital to work at the Satire Theater, where she served until the end of her career. Although for a short period - from 1969 to 1971, she went to the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.

Career of Olga Aroseva

Olga Aroseva studied at a circus school during the Great Patriotic War. Her older sister studied at the Moscow City Theater School. Olga, having graduated from the circus, followed in her sister’s footsteps by enrolling in theater courses. By the way, she got in on her second try. Its first leader at that time was Vladimir Vasilievich Gotovtsev. Then no one could have thought that future brilliant artists Evgeny Lebedev and Vera Vasilyeva were working together.

Olga Aroseva in her youth

In 1946, Aroseva was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Comedy Theater using false documents. She took her older sister’s diploma and went to enroll with it. Since she does not have time to graduate from Moscow College. Her further career began in Leningrad. Olga was an auxiliary artist of the Comedy Theater. In his entire life, Aroseva has only one full-fledged document - driver’s certificates from trolleybus courses. She went to study this at the insistence of Eldar Ryazanov.

Olga Aroseva in “Zucchini 13 Chairs”

In 1950, she left Leningrad and returned to Moscow. Here she gets a job and works at the Satire Theater.

In the late 60s, she was lucky enough to be an actress at the Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. And finally the moment came that Olga Alexandrovna had been waiting for all her life; on her 80th birthday she was awarded a diploma from the Shchukin School.

Roles in the theater

On the theatrical stage, Olga shone in performances staged by many wonderful directors, among whom we can name directors such as Ravenskikh, Garin, Pluchek.

At the Musical Comedy Theater, Aroseva played in “Old Friends” by Malyugin, “No joke with love” by de Musset, “Taimyr is calling you” by Galich. At the Satire Theater she was entrusted with roles in productions of Schwartz’s “Shadow”, as well as in plays:

1. Shaw's "Heartbreak House";
2. Ostrovsky’s “Profitable Place”;
3. “Foam” by Mikhalkov;
4. “Little Comedies of a Big House” by Arkanov and Gorin;
5. "Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro" by Beaumarchais;
6. “Woe from Wit” by Griboyedov;
7. "The Cherry Orchard" by Chekhov;
8. "A Perfect Murder" by Popplewell and others.

According to Wikipedia, with the departure of Tatyana Peltzer from the Theater of Satire, who was assigned the main roles of older heroines, this privilege passed to Aroseva. In the nineties, the artist became the prima of the troupe. The latest work in the theater was the play “Requiem for Radames” directed by Roman Viktyuk.

Film roles

Olga Aroseva became famous in the mid-sixties, when she starred in Eldar Ryazanov’s legendary comedy “Beware of the Car.” In this film, the actress brilliantly played the role of the girlfriend of the main character, the thief Detochkin. In general, the artist began acting in films in the late forties, although more and more in episodes. However, even then, the great potential of the performer was felt, who had been waiting for her finest hour for a long time and still waited.

After collaborating with Ryazanov and Smoktunovsky, she was lucky enough to play in Gennady Poloka’s film “Intervention” together with Vladimir Vysotsky, and a little later - with Evgeny Vesnik and Savely Kramarov in the musical “Trembita”.

The films in which Aroseva starred can be counted on one hand. But in the early and mid-seventies she was invited to many projects. Among the successful films of that period, it is worth mentioning, first of all, Ryazanov’s “Old Robbers”, where the actress played the collector Anna Pavlovna. In this comedy, Aroseva’s company was made up of the incomparable Yuri Nikulin and Evgeny Evstigneev; in the same year she participated in the creation of the vaudeville “Shelmenko the Batman”. Together with her, the film crew in this film directed by Tutyshkin included Mikhail Pugovkin, Zoya Fedorova, Lyudmila Senchina.

In 1973, Ryazanov again turned to Aroseva’s services. He filmed “The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia.” In it, the master entrusted Olga Alexandrovna with the third-rate role of the mother of the main character, police captain Vasiliev, played by Andrei Mironov.

In the eighties, the performer was invited less often, let’s note the musical comedy “Seven Happy Notes” and the feature film “The Limit of Desires.” Even in the crisis nineties, Aroseva was filmed more often, for example, in “Old Songs about the Main Thing-2”

In any case, all the works with her participation were diverse. Albeit with an emphasis on musical comedy.

Other films from the actress’s filmography:

1. "Guest from Kuban";
2. "Girl without an address";
3. "In the city of S.";
4. "Two days of miracles";
5. “Cross the threshold”;
6. "Countess";
7. "Athenian Evenings";
8. "Matchmakers" and many others.

TV programmes

In the period from 1969 to 1981, the program “Zucchini 13 Chairs” appeared on the country’s television screens, which became very popular from the first release. And a very important role in the meetings was played by Mrs. Monika, performed by Aroseva. The character's name became a kind of pseudonym for the actress. And although the plot of the show was simple, it was all presented so fun and easy that the audience could not take their eyes off the blue screens. Together with Aroseva, Spartak Mishulin, Natalya Selezneva, Mikhail Derzhavin and many other stars of that era performed in this performance.

Teleplays with the participation of Aroseva:

• “Nude with a violin”;
• "Sisyphus and Death";
• "Interview with Spring";
• "Ordinary person".

The actress worked as a TV presenter in the early 2000s. For about a year, Olga Alexandrovna was the co-host of the “Country of Soviets” program on NTV. Ruslana Pysanka, Valery Meladze, Lev Novozhenov, Boris Burda worked in duets with her. In 2004, Aroseva was invited to the Channel One program “Raffle”. Also in 2010, she became a participant in the Indian Summer project on the Domashny TV channel. In 2011, Aroseva was a guest of the “Smak” program.

In the summer of 2010, they decided to involve the People’s Artist in the program “Before Everyone” on First. Unfortunately, the program lasted only half a month and was replaced by “Live Healthy!” In 2011, Aroseva worked in the ensemble of presenters with Ekaterina Volkova and Ilya Noskov in the musical show “Long time no see!” on TV Center. A year later, the actress appeared on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter, where the half-hour film “Matchmakers at the Stove” was shown.

Biography

Olga Aroseva was born on December 21, 1925 in Moscow.

Father, Alexander Yakovlevich Arosev , was one of the leaders of the Moscow revolutionary uprising in 1917, then was a diplomat.

Mother, Olga Vyacheslavovna Goppen , was a native of Polish nobles and graduated from the Institute of Noble Maidens, worked as a secretary-assistant for Polina Zhemchuzhina , the wife of Vyacheslav Molotov .

The Aroseva family included Polish aristocrats, the suppressor of the Polish uprising of 1863-1864 Mikhail Muravyov , a merchant of the first guild, and actors.

At birth she was registered by her father under the name Varvara , but three days later, at the request of her mother, she received the name Olga . Later, the parents separated, and the children (Olya and older sisters Natasha and Elena) remained to live with their father.

Childhood

Olga Aroseva spent her childhood abroad - in Paris, Stockholm and Prague. In 1933, the family returned to Moscow.

The actress’s mother left the family when Olga was five: she ran away from Stockholm to Sakhalin, to her beloved man. This subsequently saved her daughters. When the father was repressed, the girls were not touched, but were “released” to their mother.

In 1935, a “historic” meeting with Stalin took place at an air parade in Tushino. This is how Olga Aroseva the circumstances of this meeting:

My father took me and my sister Elena with him to the airfield. I easily recognized Voroshilov , Andreev , Kaganovich , and the then first secretary of the Komsomol Kosarev . It is known that the diminutive Stalin selected an entourage of the same “size” for himself. But the older men seemed tall to me. I couldn't see anything from behind them.

Suddenly a voice with a strong eastern accent was heard nearby: “Why are you big guys standing up, but the little girls can’t see anything? Whose girls are these? Aroseva ? A man in a soldier's overcoat and khaki cap walked through the crowd. He moved easily in crowded spaces because people immediately made way for him. He took Lena and me by the hands and led us to the first row of spectators. The field and sky opened up, and everything became perfectly visible. We looked and talked. Stalin was mockingly ceremonious and called me, nine years old, “you.” He gave me a bouquet that was brought to him by a parachutist who jumped from an airplane wing.

Elena and I gave our first ever interview to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper about all this. The article was called “Flowers” ​​and began with a description of the bouquet presented by Stalin.

In 1937, my father was arrested and executed in 1938. The mother managed to return her daughters to herself. After her father’s execution (in 1938), young Olga was not afraid to write to Stalin saying that she did not believe in her father’s guilt, and, having received no answer, decided not to join the Komsomol.

During her school years, she took part in performances of the school drama club and studied at the children's theater studio N. I. Klyuchnikova. She was a model for the artist Nikolai Romadin, who painted two paintings from her. As an adult, the actress managed, with great difficulty, to obtain these paintings from the artist.

Awards and prizes

During her long and fruitful career, Olga received many awards and titles. Among them:

• prizes “Silver Mask” in 1976 and “Ostap Bender’s Golden Chair” in 2001;
• State Prize named after Stanislavsky in 1977;
• title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1984;
• Order of Honor, “For Services to the Fatherland”, IV and III degrees - for contribution to the development of theatrical art.

Recognition and awards are, of course, great, but the main thing is the love of a grateful audience.

She was married four times.

• Her first husband was a musician and was 11 years older than her. The first marriage, which lasted five years and was, according to the actress herself, happy, dates back to the Leningrad period of her life (1946-1950).
• Second husband - artist of the Satire Theater Yuri Khlopetsky , married to him, in 1953 she lost a child.
• The third husband is singer Arkady Pogodin .
• The fourth husband is actor Vladimir Soshalsky .

Aroseva noted about her marriages:

These were my official, normal marriages. After them there were many civilians. I don't want to name any names. I can only say that these were playwrights, actors, musicians, painters and people who had nothing to do with art.

And yet, in reality, I lived my entire life alone - all my husbands, unfortunately, turned out to be helpless and weak

In the late 1940s, the famous playwright Alexei Arbuzov .

Olga Alexandrovna had no children.

The large family of People's Artist of the RSFSR Olga Aroseva: niece - Natasha (with her husband A. Frantsuzov), nephew - Dmitry Arosev (with his wife Lena and son Danil), grandson - Sergei Ignatov (with his wife and daughter Lisa).

Friends - Vera Vasilyeva, Alexander Shirvindt, Mikhail Sergeevich Dorn, Roman Viktyuk, Irina Moskvina, Vladimir Dolinsky, Fedor Dobronravov, Tatyana Kravchenko.

Olga Aroseva is a passionate and passionate person. She loved animals, preference, travel, appreciated the joys of bathing, smoked Marlboro, and was not averse to drinking with her comrades after the performance, snacking not on foppish delicacies, but on traditional sauerkraut. She spent most of her free time at the dacha. Olga Aroseva’s country house, where she recently lived, is located in the village of Ababurovo (Vnukovskoye settlement).

Personal life and family of the actress

In her youth, Olya Aroseva was a fairly attractive girl. Her appearance attracted the attention of romantic natures, masters of brushes and palettes. The personal life of the actress was quite stormy. Over all the years of my life, four official marriages are no joke. And the number of common-law husbands is known only to people who knew her well. Let's dwell on those men with whom she finally reached the registry office.

Her first husband, Konstantin Zhukov, was 11 years older than Aroseva. They met in Leningrad, where the wedding took place in 1946. Kostya was a musician, the young people lived in marriage for a whole five years, and according to Olga Alexandrovna’s recollections, it was a happy time. Then the wife left to work in Moscow, and the marriage itself broke up.

Second husband Yuri Khlopetsky was listed as an actor at the Satire Theater in the fifties, and there the guys paid attention to each other. In 1953, they were supposed to have a child, but Aroseva had a miscarriage. Looking ahead, let's say that the actress did not have children. What caused the break between Yuri and Olga is not known for certain, but soon after that accident they broke up.

The third husband, singer Arkady Pogodin, did not revolve in the orbit of the Moscow actress for very long. Both were in demand in their professions, there was not enough time for a happy family life, and the gap between them was predetermined in advance.

The fourth husband, actor Vladimir Soshalsky, proposed to his colleague after Aroseva broke off relations with Pogodin. If this was the fourth marriage for the lady, then the gentleman got married for the first time. The bright personalities failed to get along together; the relationship first cracked and then completely fell apart.

Despite so many official husbands and numerous admirers, Olga Aleksandrovna Aroseva felt like a lonely person. She claimed that none of her partners was distinguished by a strong masculinity, there was no one on whose shoulder she could lean.

In the absence of her own children, the artist gave her unspent maternal feelings to numerous nephews and nieces. She was also rich in friends. They were mainly people of art, colleagues on stage and on the set - Vera Vasilyeva, Alexander Shirvindt, Tatyana Kravchenko, Roman Viktyuk. These comrades became practically family to her, they replaced family.

Aroseva was distinguished by her love for animals, some of them lived in a dacha near Moscow. In her free time from work, Olga Aleksandrovna loved to play preference, dig in the garden beds and steam the bones in the bathhouse.

Men in Aroseva's life

Having calmly parted with her husbands, the actress later continued to be friends with them, without remembering close relationships. The first marriage was while working in Leningrad, when Olya was 19 years old. Her husband was musician Kostya Zhukov, 11 years older than her. The actress recalled this union as the happiest. The marriage lasted 5 years, until Olga left the theater.

Then she wins the heart of the famous playwright A. Arbuzov, who is completely lost in love, but refuses to marry him.

For the second time, Aroseva tied the knot with her theater colleague Yu. Khlopetsky, a very intelligent man. Together they were fond of tourism and singing songs with a guitar. Unfortunately, she was not lucky enough to give birth. A tragedy happened - at Stalin’s funeral, in a stampede, Olga lost her child, and the doctor said that she would never have children. Envying his wife's successes on stage, quietly experiencing his failures, the husband began to drink and later died.

The actress had her third marriage with A. Pogodin, performer of the famous song “In Chair Park”. The singer even left his wife for Aroseva. The difference in their ages was 24 years.

Olga Alexandrovna did not like to talk about her 4th husband, actor V. Soshalsky. But she never hid her numerous civil marriages with men of different professions.

Illness and death of the actress

With age, the actress's health naturally deteriorated. In the 2000s, she was diagnosed with cancer. But Aroseva did not show it, did not complain to anyone and worked in the theater until the last opportunity. Which, most likely, extended her life. In 2013, Aroseva’s health worsened, and doctors advised her not to overexert herself and to stay in bed. In the last photos she looks very old and tired. In the fall, the actress underwent surgery for a complete blood transfusion, but the procedure did not help. The weakened body could not cope with the load. On October 13, 2013, the beloved artist died. 5 days later the funeral of Mrs. Monika took place. The farewell ceremony took place at the Satire Theater. Aroseva is buried at the Golovinsky cemetery - this is the north of Moscow.