After the death of her mother, Natalya Bogunova completely lost her mind

Childhood and youth

Natalia is from Leningrad - she was born and raised here. The actress was brought up in a simple working-class family, while possessing an innate noble intelligence. The calm girl, according to her film colleagues, was completely devoid of tough, “punchy” qualities, without which few people have a career on stage.

Natalia Bogunova in childhood

Little Natasha learned ballet basics at the choreographic school from the age of 10. Fragile, pretty students, who were selected by special people, often became participants in political celebrations - they presented flowers to high-ranking guests at events. The pretty and well-mannered Bogunova often played this role, and soon the girl was noticed by representatives of Soviet cinema.

Natalia Vasilyevna recalled how once the eminent director Igor Talankin visited the school in person. In search of a young actress for the new film “Introduction,” girls of 10-11 years old were lined up in the pioneer room.

Natalia Bogunova in her youth

The choice fell on the blond Natasha Bogunova, although the girl didn’t even think about cinema. However, in the end, she liked all this filming rigmarole - it seemed that real adult life was in full swing. At the age of 14, Bogunova gave up ballet because she gained weight and lost shape, but she couldn’t get it off, and finally decided to devote her life to cinema.

Natalya Bogunova: biography

From the age of nine, Natalya was passionate about ballet and even attended a ballet school, where she studied with a strict teacher and completed all his assignments. After this, the girl’s dream came true - she entered the choreographic school. But she was not destined to dance all her life. At the school, Igor Talankin pays attention to her, who invites her to act in films. At first Natalya did not agree for a long time, but the director managed to persuade her. Natalia Bogunova's first role was in the film "Introduction". The girl was only 14 years old at that time. Together with her stage colleagues, the young actress is immersed in the acting life, and she really likes it. Natalya Bogunova is an actress, as they say, from God. Apparently, it was written for her by fate, since everything happened so unexpectedly.

During filming, the girl forgot a little about her first talent, but hard training allowed her to return to her previous shape. The girl still hoped that she would become a dancer, not an actress. But life turned out differently. Now Natalya Bogunova is an actress, and a very talented and successful one.

Soon, due to hard work in the theater, the girl had to leave school. Later she graduated from VGIK and became an actress at the Mossovet Theater, where she worked for 17 years. She liked everything here: her colleagues, her teachers, and the atmosphere itself, which encouraged action.

In 1987, the actress stopped working in the theater, and since the 90s she abandoned the stage altogether and stopped acting in films.

Movies

Natalia's creative career developed rapidly. After a brilliant screen debut, she was given the role of Inna in the film “Goodbye, boys!” director Mikhail Kalik. Bogunova composed the part for Evgeniy Steblov - the novice actors showed the Soviet audience for the first time the moment of loss of innocence.

Natalia Bogunova in the film “Goodbye, boys!”

The girl entered VGIK, ending up in the workshop of Boris Babochkin, and graduated from the acting school as an external student. Among the classmates were Sergei Gurzo, Natalya Gvozdikova, Galina Loginova (Milla Jovovich’s mother). The young actress was accepted into its ranks by the Theater. Mossovet.

Natalia combined acting on stage with filming. The girl fell in love with the audience after the release of the magical story “Spring Tale”, where she reincarnated as the Snow Maiden.

Natalia Bogunova in the film “Spring Tale”

Well, Bogunova became a real star thanks to her role as teacher Svetlana Afanasyevna in the four-part comedy “Big Change.” Fans were in full confidence that Natalia was also in the life of her husband Alexander Zbruev, who played the role of the on-screen husband of a school teacher.

Natalia Bogunova in the film “Big Change”

Ironically, The Big Break was the beginning of the decline of his acting career. Bogunova was offered roles less and less often, especially the main ones - the last time a woman shone as a key character was in the fairy tale “Smart Things,” which was presented in cinemas in 1973. Then a series of episodes followed; in the 80s, the actress’s filmography was replenished with only two films.

Colleagues explain the unenviable fate of the actor by the loss of interest of directors in such a type as that of Natalia Bogunova. By the end of the 70s, spiritual, “pure”, sublime women gave way to bright and uninhibited girls. And the artist’s character is not great - because of any disagreements with the director, she got up and simply left the set.

Natalia Bogunova in the film “Running on the Sunny Side”

Bogunova also did not find a common language with the new management of her native theater, to which she devoted 17 years of her life. She quit in 1987. Natalia Vasilievna appeared on screen for the last time in the film “Running on the Sunny Side,” filmed in 1992 by Oleg Kavun. The actress played the postmaster.

Natalya Bogunova: personal life

Not much is known about this side of the artist’s life. Was Natalya Bogunova married? The actress’s personal life did not work out well. In her second year, the girl marries director Alexander Stefanovich, who was also a student at VGIK. The age difference was only three years. They had a gorgeous wedding: Natalya in a white dress given by a friend, Alexander in a suit. Natasha's mother decorated the dress with pearls, and the bride looked attractive. Everyone dreamed about how many grandiose scenes the newlyweds would film together. But not fate... Life turned out a little differently, and Natalya did not play a single role for Alexander. After seven years of marriage, their union broke up.

Later, Alexander Stefanovich admitted that he and Natalya lived not for seven, but only for three years. The director explains the short union by the fact that the lovers lived in different cities, but does not deny that they had warm feelings for each other.

Natalya did not have children, since it is almost impossible to combine life on stage and family. When a girl had to leave for a couple of days, the theater threatened her with dismissal, since no one could replace her on stage.

Personal life

Classmates noted an increased interest in the young, blue-eyed student of the workshop director, Boris Babochkin. The married man had tender feelings for Natasha, but did not go beyond the bounds of decency. He even found an apartment for the aspiring actress.

Natalia Bogunova and Alexander Stefanovich

At the age of 20, Natalia Bogunova married Alexander Stefanovich, a future director, but the marriage did not last long, as is often the case with creative people. Alexander admitted in an interview that he and Natasha loved each other, but the union was destroyed by endless business trips, which they were forced to go on separately. Plus misunderstandings, quarrels due to youth - the marriage lasted two years. The couple did not have time to give birth to children.

In her declining years, Bogunova lamented that she never became a mother. As Andrei Aseev, a charity fund volunteer and friend of the actress, said, Natalia Bogunova blamed herself for the countless number of abortions she had.

Natalia Bogunova

Already in the 70s, Natalia began to have mental health problems, and the actress from the theater stage ended up in a clinic, where she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The disease progressed, so Bogunova became a permanent patient in a psychiatric hospital.

Due to her complex character and diagnosis, it was difficult to maintain a warm relationship with Natalia; the woman’s list of friends was completely empty. However, she remained active, during the years of perestroika she was on the board of the capital branch of the Union of Cinematographers. But in the late 90s, she almost disappeared from the sight of her colleagues and the press, only occasionally appearing on talk shows, film festivals, and creative evenings.

Natalia Bogunova in recent years

Mental problems worsened after the tragic death of her mother - in 2011, the woman fell out of an apartment window. The actress's serious condition attracted scammers who decided that two living spaces were too much for one person. A scandal then broke out in film circles: someone tried to appropriate my mother’s Moscow apartment, but the lawyers of the Union of Cinematographers managed to defend the square meters.

It was only thanks to real estate that Natalia Vasilyevna managed to live well in the last 20 years - the actress rented out one apartment. She managed to save, and the woman even traveled with her savings.

After the death of her mother, Natalya Bogunova completely lost her mind

Opium gives 'Big Break' star a headache

Opium gives 'Big Break' star a headache

40 years ago, filming of the comedy “Big Change” began. The role of Ganzha's wife Svetlana Afanasyevna was entrusted to Natalia BOGUNOVA. But popularity and acting stress played a cruel joke on Natalya. “Since the 70s, Bogunova has been hospitalized from time to time in psychiatric hospitals for correction - she suffers from schizophrenia,” another actress from the film about evening school, Nina MASLOVA, shared with Express Gazeta. Last year, Natalya lost her only close person - her mother. An elderly woman fell out of her apartment window under mysterious circumstances. Since then, 63-year-old Bogunova has been completely unrecognizable.

A typical nine-story building in a residential area of ​​Moscow. This is where Natalya Bogunova .
An elderly woman is walking a stroller near the entrance. “Yes, Natalya Vasilievna lives in our entrance,” sighs neighbor Elena Mikhailovna. “Alas, she is in great need, and besides, she is not right in the head.” God, how unfairly fate treated her: there are no children, no husband, and her mother recently died. Some even sinned that it was the daughter who brought the old woman to death, but they could not prove anything. Previously, Bogunova seemed normal to all of us. But one day Nina from the third floor had an argument with her, and it almost came to a fight! Someone even saw Bogunova running around the entrance with a knife. At first they thought she was either a hooligan or a star, but then it turned out that the actress had schizophrenia. In general, we once again try not to communicate with her.

I go up to the desired floor and call the actress’s apartment. My knees are shaking, and a crazy thought is pulsating in my head: what if she doesn’t like me? Alas, no one opened the door. But from the apartment opposite, a bald head stuck out:

“Maybe she’s in a mental hospital; I haven’t heard from her for several days.” And thank God.

Calls to the police

Bogunova's only legal husband was director Alexander Stefanovich . After breaking up with Natalya, he married Alla Pugacheva . Just in case, I disturbed the actress’s ex-husband.

“Natasha and I have been divorced for more than 35 years,” the director sighed. - We loved each other, although the marriage turned out to be very short and in two cities: Natasha - in Moscow, I - in St. Petersburg. On paper our union existed for seven years, but in reality it lasted three. I was friends with Elena Bulgakova , the widow of the great writer, and she gave Natasha a beautiful dress for her wedding. At that time, Bogunova was not sick with anything, there were no signs of mental illness. In the courtyard of her house there was a choreographic school, where she studied with Misha Baryshnikov . They were friends. Many artists have emotional breakdowns, but not all of them lead to mental illness. I don’t know where Natasha is now.

Actress Nina Maslova not only starred with Bogunova in “Big Change,” but also studied with her at VGIK, only in different courses.

“This illness of hers has been going on for a long time,” Maslova assures.
“Probably now, after the death of her mother, she has another exacerbation.” Natasha used to call me often, boasting that she constantly vacations abroad. You know, now there are rumors that Bogunova is in great need. But this is not so - she inherited another apartment from her mother. So he can rent it out or sell it and live happily ever after. From time to time she stays in psychiatric hospitals for correction. No person is immune from schizophrenia. And even despite her illness, Bogunova remains on her own mind: she calls the Union of Cinematographers and the Guild of Actors and begs for money. Although there are a lot of actresses who live worse, they don’t ask for anything. Zhanna Potapova from the actors' guild cooled my ardor to seek a personal meeting with Bogunova:

- Do not meet her under any circumstances! She may accuse you of stealing her things, she is paranoid about this. Her poor neighbors, she terrorized them. In addition, he constantly calls the police and complains about everyone. In general, everyone is already tired. We help her with medicines, but don’t give her money - before, it used to be that she would buy some nonsense for the entire amount, for example, a vintage fan or boa, and rejoice like a girl, but I don’t think she has anything to eat. Of course, she is an actress and she wants to look good, but there are also more necessary expenses.

Zhanna Vasilyevna gave me Bogunova’s mobile phone number and reassured me that she was not in the hospital now - the other day she came into the guild with a bunch of packages and bags.

With trepidation, I dialed the number and, hearing Natalya’s voice on the phone, exhaled with relief:

- Finally, I found you!

Total trouble

“I’m at my mother’s house,” the Soviet cinema star blurted out in a frenzy. “The neighbors made my life hell, so I’m hiding.” For example, a married couple lived above me. Then they began to rent out the apartment to ten homeless people who constantly stomp and smoke opium. We have such walls that the amber comes to me. But with my respiratory catarrh, I can’t stand this smell. In general, my head is splitting from the stench and noise. And here's another...

It seemed that this crazy monologue of Bogunova could not be stopped. I finally decided to interrupt the actress and asked what kind of help she needed.

“I don’t expect anything from anyone,” Natalya Vasilyevna said slightly irritably.
- Not from former men, including Stefanovich, not from anyone! Now, if I had children, maybe their fathers would help me. I brought things and a washing machine to my mother’s. She doesn't work for shit. In general, a lot of trouble. Someone else stole an expensive 19th century cameo from me. Probably the guy who moved next door with his daughter. By the way, he often changes his daughters. Look, he gave the police a bribe, and now he has a walk-through yard, because of which I can’t sleep. - Or maybe you should lie down in the clinic - you can relax in peace and comfort? - I asked foolishly.

- Get down there yourself! Believe me, this is the best free vacation in every way. I’m not asking for anything and I’m not going to any clinic. Clinics don't appeal to me. I will heal myself...

FINISHING “…CHANGE”

The fates of the actors involved in the film did not always turn out well

Valery NOSIK (goalkeeper Otto Fukin)

The actor's earthly journey turned out to be short - only 54 years. Recently I had problems with alcohol. The author of these lines saw with his own eyes how he, unkemptly dressed and shod in disheveled felt boots, entered the “glass” “Deer”, next to the Moscow Zoo, emptied a glass of cognac in one gulp and washed it down with cheap Riesling.

Mikhail KONONOV (Nestor Petrovich Severov)

After “Big Change,” the artist played about 40 more small roles. In 1997, he sold his Moscow apartment and built a house near Mozhaisk. Together with his wife Natalya, he lived on money from the sale of vegetables grown in his garden. He died of a heart attack in hospital at the age of 67, forgotten by everyone and in complete poverty.

Irene AZER (Lyuska, Lyapishev’s friend)

After finishing her film career in the early 90s, the actress went into business. Wearing dark glasses and a wig so that fans would not recognize her, she sold underwear in the building of the Institute of Eye Microsurgery. Sometimes I visited the USA, where my daughter and grandson live. In 2002, the actress’s sister committed suicide - this became a tragedy for Azer. Since then he has lived as a recluse.

Ilya BASKIN (red-haired student, Avdotyin’s desk neighbor)

Three years after the television premiere of “...Changes” he emigrated to the USA, where he continued his career, starring in the films “The Name of the Rose”, “Quantum Leap”, “Austin Powers”, “13 Days”, “Airplane of the President”, “Spider-Man” . In 2011, he played astronaut Dmitry in Transformers 3. Savely Kramarov emigrated to America in the early 80s .

Lucyena OVCHINNIKOVA (Valya, Petrykin’s wife)

When, after the release of “Big Change,” Lucienne became popular, her husband, actor Valentin Kozlov, . In addition, he was fired from the theater. Ovchinnikova felt guilty before her husband. And he began to drink and beat Lucien. And the actress herself doused her grief with vodka. August 30

1998 Lucienne found her husband dead in the bathroom. Four months later, she was gone too.

Yuri KUZMENKOV (class leader Vanya Fedoskin)

At the Mossovet Theatre, where the artist worked for 47 years, no interesting roles have been offered recently. This made me drink often. In his personal life, Kuzmenkov was lucky - his faithful wife, also an actress, Galina Vanyushkina , gave birth to a son. He became a diplomat and went abroad. Yuri Alexandrovich passed away last year - his heart failed him.

Anastasia GEORGIEVSKAYA (geography teacher Serafima Pavlovna)

The Moscow Art Theater actress lived alone all her life. Shortly before her death she got a puppy. At the age of 75, she was found dead a week after her death. There were visible injuries on the body. The experts decided that the body had been gnawed by a dog. For 19 years, no one looked after the artist’s grave. Only two years ago the necropolitan society erected a monument.

Ekaterina MAZUROVA (Baba Manya, Nestor’s neighbor)

Having stopped acting in the mid-70s, she left for Shuya, the city of her youth. The actress, who had been collecting antiques all her life, donated collections of Russian and foreign paintings and graphics of the 19th - 20th centuries, ceramics, beadwork, antique furniture - more than a thousand exhibits in total - to the local history museum for eternal storage. She didn’t live a month before her 95th birthday.

Do you know that…

* The director of the film, Alexey Korenev, wanted to cast his youngest daughter Lena in the role of Lyuska. But her boyfriend became terribly jealous, and the aspiring actress refused. The father still achieved his goal - Lena flashed into the frame in the tiny role of a girl with a book in the library. And her older sister Maria in “...change” played Chuvichkina, a student with a child. Elena Koreneva her star “fate” - now everyone knows her.

* They wanted to call the film “The Adventures of a School Teacher.” But the then Minister of Education Mikhail Prokofiev , having studied a pile of letters from teachers dissatisfied with the fact of filming a comedy about teachers, asked the director to come up with another option. The group announced a competition with a prize - a bottle of cognac. The winner was operator Anatoly Mukasey .

Georgy Sadovnikov’s story “I’m Going to the People,” on which the film was based, Lednev ( Leonov ) was a woman, Ganzha ( Zbruev ) appeared only once - in the scene of expulsion from the toilet, and the heroes Savely Kramarov and Irina Azer did not appear at all. At first, the writer disliked the film to the point of indignation.

* The heroines Nelly ( Kryuchkova ) and Svetlana Afanasyevna ( Bogunova ) are blondes; for a change, Polina was made a brunette. Because of this, actress Natalya Gvozdikova wore a wig.
* The film was shot in Yaroslavl. Most of the scenes are on the territory of a tire factory.

* Andrei Myagkov . But the artist wanted to act only with his wife, Anastasia Voznesenskaya . Then the director suggested Severov play Kononov. Stanislav Sadalsky , Yuri Veksler (Kryuchkova's husband) and Alexander Filippenko auditioned for the role of Ganja .

Think about it!

The budget for “Big Change” is 400 thousand rubles. In 1972, with this money you could buy 66 Volga cars.

Death

In the summer of 2013, Natalia Bogunova blossomed: she changed her wardrobe, was preparing a concert program with which she was soon going to travel around Russia, and at the same time she was packing her bags for a vacation to Greece. Before the tour, she wanted to thoroughly relax and bask in the southern sun. For her vacation, Bogunova chose the island of Crete, where she flew away at the end of summer.

Natalia Bogunova's grave

On August 9, Natalia Vasilyevna became ill in a Greek hotel, and in the evening the actress died in a local hospital. The doctors rendered a verdict - a heart attack. Two dozen people came to the farewell ceremony in Moscow. The blond star of Soviet screens is buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

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   bulvar.com
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   The deadly loneliness of Natalia Bogunova
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   Soviet actress Natalya Bogunova died under mysterious circumstances in Crete
4. The wife of Ganja from “Big Change,” actress Natalya Bogunova, has died
5. After his death, the star of the film “Big Break” lost his family jewels
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   She was truly an extraordinary friend - Drozhzhina about actress Bogunova // ria.ru
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   vesti.ru
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   The cause of death of the “Big Change” star was myocardial infarction // kp.ru
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   Natalya Bogunova died while on vacation in Crete // kp.ru
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    The star of the film “Big Change” Natalya Bogunova died on the island of Crete // 1tvnet
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    Before Bogunova’s death, she wanted to go on tour
12. After the death of her mother, Natalya Bogunova completely lost her mind
13. Acquaintances of the deceased Natalia Bogunova: “She didn’t like to be alone, she always invited her to discos or to the sea...”
14. Natalya Bogunova, the luminary of the film “Big Change,” died at the age of 65 under rather mysterious circumstances on the island. Crete.
15. Natalya Bogunova will be buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery // kp.ru
16. The star of the film "Big Break" was buried two months after his death
17. Burial of Natalia Bogunova

Filmography

• 1963 — “Introduction”
• 1964 - “Goodbye, boys!”
• 1966 — “Boy and Girl”
• 1967 — “Running on the Waves”
• 1968 — “Men’s Conversation”
• 1971 — “Spring Tale”
• 1973 — “Big Change”
• 1973 — “Smart Things”
• 1974 - “What a smile you have”
• 1975 — “The Road”
• 1976 — “Evening Light”
• 1978 — “Day of Arrival”
• 1980 - “I don’t guarantee personal safety...”
• 1986 — “Grand-pas”
• 1992 — “Running on the Sunny Side”