Biography
Anastasia Voznesenskaya is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of the Russian Federation. She is familiar to TV viewers with her roles in the films “Major Whirlwind”, “Adam and Heva”, “Accident – the Cop’s Daughter”, “Station for Two”.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film "Garage"
But the artist’s greatest fame came from her work in Eldar Ryazanov’s wonderful comedy “Garage,” where Voznesenskaya played the unprincipled market director Kushakova. In Ryazanov’s comedy, the actress appeared in the company of Soviet cinema stars and her husband Andrei Myagkov, who convincingly played laboratory assistant Khvostov, who had lost his voice.
Film work
Work in the field of cinematography was as successful as service within the theater. Anastasia's debut as an actress took place in 1966, when she received a diploma in acting education. She first appeared on television screens in the films “First Love” and “Journey”.
Exactly a year later, director Evgeny Tashkov invited Voznesenskaya to star in the leading role in the film “Major Whirlwind,” which consisted of three episodes. This time Viktor Pavlov and Vadim Beroev became colleagues on the set.
Then in 1969, Anastasia Voznesenskaya received the role of Aishat in the film “Adam and Heva.” This comedy quickly gained a huge number of views and brought even greater popularity to the actors. Nastya was no exception.
In the early 70s, our heroine was at the peak of her popularity. She continued to work in tandem with Myagkov, but he still could not catch up with his partner - she was always one step ahead. Despite this, Andrei was happy for Nastya and never envied her, as many thought. In turn, Voznesenskaya, every time she received a role in a new film, tried to beg at least a small episode for a friend. She often succeeded.
They switched places in the mid-70s. It was then that Myagkov received a big role in the film “The Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath.” There he starred with Alisa Freindlich. Then he had to take care that his partner would not be left without work. However, it was not always possible to get a role for Nastya. One day, the famous director Korenev refused the actor and did not want to film him together with Voznesenskaya, but instead took Natalia Bogunova.
At the end of the 80s, Anastasia became less popular and received roles from directors less and less often. The only big job that she was offered at that time was a role in “Station for Two,” where she played a hotel attendant.
Childhood and youth
There is no information to be found about the artist’s childhood and youth, which is explained by Anastasia Valentinovna’s long-standing dislike of journalists, excessive hype around her person and reluctance to let strangers into her personal space.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in her youth
Voznesenskaya was born in July 1943 in the Russian capital. She graduated from one of the Moscow schools and in the early 1960s entered the Moscow Art Theater School. She studied on the same course with Vera Alentova, Vladimir Menshov, Irina Miroshnichenko and her future husband Andrei Myagkov.
Who Anastasia Valentinovna’s parents were and how they made their daughter’s decision to become an actress, history is silent. It is known that Voznesenskaya is not the only child in the family. The artist has two sisters, with whom, according to unconfirmed information, she has not maintained a relationship since the death of her mother in the early 2000s.
Student love
Andrey Myagkov. / Photo: www.kino-teatr.org
He entered the Moscow Art Theater School after graduating from the Institute of Chemical Technology, and she entered immediately after school. Andrei Myagkov was the oldest on the course, Nastya Voznesenskaya was the youngest. And, by the way, the most beautiful.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya. / Photo: www.kino-teatr.org
He immediately realized that this was his girlfriend. There was simply no talk of any friendship. Nastenka, thin and fragile, was wondering whether she could always be with this man. She had a sea of fans, but Andrei sang so beautifully that she first fell in love with his voice, then with his gait, and finally realized that she simply could not breathe normally without him. They began to appear together everywhere: in classes, in the student cafeteria, during breaks. Andrey and Nastya always held hands. And there was something incredibly touching and tender in this.
He did not throw the whole world at her feet, he simply became the most necessary person for her, the most reliable protection from all adversity and problems. In the second year, they became husband and wife, promising each other to be together in sorrow and joy, in wealth and poverty, in glory and oblivion.
Theater
The actress graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in the mid-1960s. A promising graduate and a charming young woman was invited to join the Sovremennik troupe by Oleg Efremov himself, but Anastasia Voznesenskaya set a condition: she would only agree in tandem with Myagkov. The artistic director was forced to agree and did not regret it.
On the stage of Sovremennik, the actress was not lost among the constellation of talented colleagues. Voznesenskaya played Masha in Chekhov's "The Seagull", Babakina in the production of "Ivanov" and the heroines of Alexander Vampilov's plays "Provincial Anecdotes" and "Duck Hunt".
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the play “The Seagull”
When Efremov left Sovremennik, Voznesenskaya and Myagkov followed the master to the Moscow Art Theater, and after the division of the theater in 1987, they again followed Oleg Nikolaevich.
In the 1980s, Anastasia Voznesenskaya was the prima of the Efremov Theater. The leading actress is trusted with the roles of the entire genre palette - from grotesque comedies to dramatic ones. After each premiere, theater critics burst into laudatory reviews of the actress, extolling her ability to imbue any role with psychological authenticity without losing her theatrical form.
Creation
Roles in the theater
"Contemporary"
- “The Seagull” by A.P. Chekhov; production by O. Efremov Maria Shamraeva
- "Own Island"
- “Provincial jokes” by A. V. Vampilov
Moscow Art Theater named after. Chekhov
- 1999 - “Ghosts” by G. Ibsen (directed by N. Skorik) - Fru Alving
- 2002 - “Retro” by A. Galin (directed by A. V. Myagkov) - Rosa Aleksandrovna Pesochinskaya
- 2008 — “White Rabbit” by M. Chase (directed by A. Kamenkovich) — Veta
Radio plays
- 1981 - “The Seagull” by A. P. Chekhov. Director: Oleg Efremov
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Masha Shamraeva
Film roles
- 1966 - Travel
- 1967 - No password needed - Sashenka Gavrilina
- 1967 - Major Whirlwind - Anya
- 1968 - To love...
- 1969 - Adam and Heva - Aishat
- 1976 - You wrote to me...
- 1977 - Sit down next to me, Mishka
- 1979 - Morning Walk - Clara
- 1979 - Garage - Anna Alekseevna Kushakova, market director
- 1979 - Accept a telegram on credit - Linev’s mother
- 1979 - Old debts - Olya
- 1980 - Fantasy on the theme of love - Galina Andreevna, coach
- 1982 - Station for two - Julia, duty officer at Intourist
- 1983 - Look around - mother
- 1986 - From paycheck to paycheck
- 1987 - Somersault over the head - mom
- 1987 - Your special correspondent
- 1989 - Accident - cop's daughter - Valeria's mother
- 1991 - Am I Guilty?
- 1993 - Stalin's will
- 1993 - Chekhov and Co.
- 1995 - Crusader - (episode)
Movies
Voznesenskaya’s cinematic biography was no less successful than her theatrical one. The actress appeared on the screens immediately after graduating from university. In 1966, Anastasia made her debut in the short films “First Love” and “Journey”, and a year later director Yevgeny Tashkov entrusted her with the main role in the 3-part military drama “Major Whirlwind”, which was based on the novel of the same name by Yulian Semenov.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film “Major Whirlwind”
Viewers saw Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the image of radio operator Anya. Her partners on the set were Vadim Beroev and Viktor Pavlov. The mini-series was a resounding success, and all the artists woke up famous.
The next star role did not take long to arrive. In 1969, Voznesenskaya starred in Alexei Korenev’s sparkling comedy “Adam and Heva,” in which she played the striking supporting role of Aishat. Adam and Kheva were played by Georgy Gegechkori and Ekaterina Vasilyeva. The director cast Frunzik Mkrtchyan in the role of an unlucky husband trying in vain to win back his wife Eva.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film “First Love”
The actress's popularity peaked in the first half of the 1970s. At this time, Myagkov, although he was filming, remained one step behind his popular wife. However, remaining in the shadows, he was not jealous of success. Anastasia, receiving offers from directors, tried to “knock out” at least an episode for her husband in the film in which she was starring.
Everything changed in the mid-1970s, when Ryazanov’s film hit “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!” was released, and then another, in which Myagkov shone in a duet with Alisa Freundlich. Now Andrei Myagkov was busy about roles for his wife.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film “Station for Two”
But if in the comedy “Garage” he managed to persuade Ryazanov to give the role of Voznesenskaya, then the director of “Big Change” Korenev, who directed Myagkov’s wife in “Adam and Heve,” did not make concessions to the star: Nestor Petrovich was played by Mikhail Kononov, and the role of the teacher Svetlana Afanasyevna , which Myagkov demanded for Anastasia, went to Natalia Bogunova.
In the late 1980s, the actress's career began to decline. The only “high-profile” project in which she was entrusted with an episode during these years was Ryazanov’s melodrama “Station for Two.” Anastasia Voznesenskaya there got the role of the attendant in Intourist, who sheltered the hero Oleg Basilashvili.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film “From Paycheck to Paycheck”
In 1986, the premiere of Aida Manasarova’s comedy “From Paycheck to Paycheck” took place, in which the main characters were played by Oleg Efremov and Andrei Myagkov. Anastasia Voznesenskaya also appeared in a prominent role. Spectators and critics warmly greeted the film, but today it is undeservedly forgotten.
Another film that people started talking about was Mikhail Tumanishvili’s drama “Accident – the Cop’s Daughter.” Viewers recognized Voznesenskaya in the image of the main character’s grumpy mother, brilliantly played by Oksana Arbuzova.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film “Accident – the Cop’s Daughter”
In the 1990s, Anastasia Voznesenskaya appeared on screens in episodes of the films “Am I Guilty,” “Stalin’s Testament” and “Crusader.” In the acting community, they started talking about the actress’s addiction to alcohol. About the fact that due to the low demand in theater and cinema, the woman plunged into depression, which she “drowned” in alcohol. A loving husband helped overcome the addiction by surrounding his other half with love and care.
Actor's wife
Anastasia Valentinovna succeeded not only as a loving and caring wife of Andrei Myagkov - she herself achieved a lot in her profession.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya in her youth
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, Voznesenskaya was invited to Sovremennik, and she insisted that her husband be taken to the theater as well.
The young promising actress was immediately trusted with the leading roles, and after Efremov left the theater, Andrei Myagkov’s family followed him in full force to the Moscow Art Theater. And here Anastasia Voznesenskaya immediately became a leading actress, talentedly performing roles of various roles.
In the movie "Garage"
Andrei Vasilyevich was sincerely happy to see how his wife’s career was successfully developing on the theater stage, and then when she successfully made her film debut. Anastasia Valentinovna tried to support her husband when his film career did not work out at first, and no matter what films she was invited to, she tried to get a role for her husband.
"Major Whirlwind"
Everything changed after Myagkov’s participation in the film “The Irony of Fate or, Enjoy Your Bath!”, which brought him nationwide love and popularity, and now he was trying to get a role for his wife in films in which he starred.
In the photo: Andrei Myagkov in the film “The Brothers Karamazov”
In the nineties, the actress’s film career began to decline, and in 1995 the last film, “Crusader,” was released, in which Voznesenskaya starred in a cameo role. The actress tried to drown out her lack of fulfillment in her profession with alcohol; she was seen drunk in the theater more than once. Her husband helped Anastasia Valentinovna cope with her addiction.
Myagkov in “Office Romance”
She played with him in the play “The White Rabbit,” each production of which was sold out, until one day she felt ill before going on stage. Doctors diagnosed the actress with a stroke, after which Anastasia Valentinovna never returned to the theater.
Personal life
Anastasia Voznesenskaya met her future husband at a theater university. Myagkov, who already had a diploma in chemical engineering, turned out to be the senior in the course. The Leningrader paid attention to the charming, fragile Muscovite in her first year. The romance that broke out grew stronger over time, and the couple had a student wedding without delaying until the end of their studies.
The couple lived together for half a century, managing not to lose their feelings. Friends of the acting family say that the couple still has a touchingly tender relationship today, just like in the first years of their life together.
Andrei Myagkov and Anastasia Voznesenskaya in the film “You wrote to me...”
Anastasia Voznesenskaya managed to become a real muse for her husband, inspiring him to discover many talents in addition to acting. After painting a portrait of his wife, Myagkov became so interested in painting that his paintings decorate the houses of Galina Volchek and Mikhail Gorbachev. And having heard from his beloved wife, who had re-read all the detective stories, that there was nothing more to read, Andrei Vasilyevich sat down to write books and composed 3 novels, one of which was filmed.
In 2013, the couple celebrated the golden anniversary of their life together: together, without children. Without becoming parents, they “adopted” and “adopted” their students, students of the Moscow Art Theater School.
Why does the actor not have children of his own?
Last summer, Andrei Vasilyevich Myagkov celebrated his eighty anniversary. He is beloved throughout the country for his roles as Zhenya Lukashin and Anatoly Novoseltsev in Eldar Ryazanov’s cult films “The Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath” and “Office Romance.” They love him, of course, for many other successful leading roles, but it is here that he is shown as a professional and an example of a family man.
You won’t find photos of Andrei Myagkov’s children anywhere. And if earlier Andrei Vasilyevich flatly refused to talk about this topic with reporters, then in a recently released documentary about Myagkov’s life, he finally decided to talk about it in more detail. The artist admitted that he and his wife are childless due to work.
According to the actor, it was the acting profession that became the main reason why they do not have any children. When you are constantly busy in theater and cinema, your personal life quietly fades into the background.
Andrei Myagkov and Anastasia Voznesenskaya met while still students. The actor, he claimed, fell in love literally at first sight. And their marriage really turned out to be happy, although not to the fullest. But they both were able to carry their love throughout their lives. Both at home and at work, they were always together. At first, Voznesenskaya refused to join the Sovremennik Theater without her husband. And then Andrei Myagkov, in any scenario that was offered to him, looked for images suitable for his wife. So Voznesenskaya played the director of the market in the film “Garage”.
And although they do not have children of their own, they are still capable of literally anything for each other. When Andrei Vasilyevich needed an expensive heart operation, Anastasia raised all her connections, but made sure that her husband had the operation in Germany. And when Anastasia Valentinovna suffered a stroke, Myagkov quit his service in the theater to care for his beloved. Now they spend a lot of time outside the city. And although God did not give children, both assure that everything is fine.
Anastasia Voznesenskaya now
At the end of 2020, fans of the acting couple were alarmed by the news about the hospitalization of Andrei Myagkov, who was admitted to the hospital with severe headaches. The media started talking about the star couple, about whom nothing had been heard for a long time. In the theater where the artists previously worked, they said that Myagkov and Anastasia Voznesenskaya had not appeared backstage for a long time due to health problems.
Andrey Myagkov and Anastasia Voznesenskaya
In the summer of 2020, the two stars will celebrate their anniversaries: Myagkov will turn 80, and Voznesenskaya will turn 75. They are still together and if they occasionally go out to public events, it is always together.
Invisible connection
Andrey Myagkov and Anastasia Voznesenskaya. / Photo: www.mtdata.ru
Andrei Myagkov, playing awkward, simple-minded, understandable heroes in films, was their complete opposite in life. He could masterfully get out of a difficult situation and solve any problem. He was always the main one in the family; it never even occurred to Anastasia that it could be different. After all, he is older, more experienced, wiser. Next to him, she forever remained a young, fragile student in need of his care and protection.
She prepared him delicious meals and made sure he ate on time. When Andrei injured his hand on the set, Nastya immediately called him asking why there was blood on his hand. He still cannot understand how she could have found out, because no one called her and told her about the misfortune.
