Childhood and youth
Luda Tselikovskaya was born in 1919, on September 8, in the warm city of Astrakhan. The family was wealthy and cultured. Father Vasily Vasilyevich, a highly qualified conductor, was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR, his mother sang in opera. In 1925, doctors recommended the Tselikovskys to change the climate, as the girl was suffering from fever, and the family left for Moscow.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in childhood
Music was Lyudmila’s first lesson in creativity. Tselikovskaya studied at the music school named after. Gnesins, but she did not turn out to be a musician: Lucy’s hand turned out to be too small for the piano.
Tselikovskaya was fascinated by acting as a child - like many children, she first acted out small skits, and then took the matter more “seriously.” Little Lyuda loved to walk along Tverskaya Street and beg for alms, posing as a beggar.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in her youth
Lyudmila's mother noticed her daughter's talent and showed it to Ruben Simonov, who at that time served in the theater. Vakhtangov. The girl, worried and nervous, read a monologue, and the director confirmed her mother’s opinion about Luda’s talent.
In 1937, Tselikovskaya, having graduated from school, submitted documents to the Shchukin School. It was a year of huge competition - 900 people for 13 places, but Lyudmila managed to take this height. During the creative tests, she made the admissions committee laugh. Barely standing on her feet out of fear, when asked who she studied with before the exams, she honestly admitted that she was with her mother. And when she was asked to introduce herself, she identified herself by her first name and patronymic.
Fatal love
Tselikovskaya’s personal life was no less eventful than her creative one. She had 5 marriages. She first married at the age of 19, in her second year at theater school, to her classmate Yuri Alekseev-Meskhiev. They lived together quite a bit. The second choice of the beautiful actress was the writer Boris Voitekhov . A famous personality: the editor of the Smena magazine, a front-line correspondent for the Pravda newspaper, who became famous even before the war as the creator of a play written in collaboration with Leonid Lench, which during the era of repression almost led the authors to execution. At the center of the story was a certain commissioner who, in difficult conditions in Tajikistan, seeks supplies of bread for the state.
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"Everyone knows me."
Mikhail Zharov and his “start in life” At the beginning of the war, Lyudmila went to Alma-Ata to star in the film “Air Cabby”. There she met Mikhail Zharov , with whom she fell in love, despite the huge age difference.
Not wanting to lie to her husband, Tselikovskaya sent Voitekhov a letter from Alma-Ata with a confession: she fell in love and could not live without Zharov. In response, the writer began sending threatening telegrams: “Beware!”, “Expect mercilessness!” When the actor’s wife found out about Zharov’s affair with Tselikovskaya, the wife began to write to all authorities. Mikhail Ivanovich’s health deteriorated, he had a heart attack, and was hospitalized for a long time. But in the end, Zharov and Tselikovskaya, despite everything, united their destinies. The newlyweds then had nowhere to live, so they rented a room at the Moscow Hotel.
People's Artist of the USSR M.I. Zharov and People's Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Tselikovskaya visiting the pilots. 1943 pic.twitter.com/yNTkA8QXg1
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Movies
Tselikovskaya was accepted into the theater while still a student. She also performed her first film role, the counselor Valya, long before the end of “Pike” - in 1939. It was then that the young actress was noticed by Yudin, who a year before the start of the war invited the girl to play the role of Shurochka Murashova in “Four Hearts.” Lyudmila Vasilievna said that this film is the most important for her. However, because of the war, “Hearts...” lay on the shelf until 1944.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in the film “Hearts of Four”
At the same time, Tselikovskaya starred with Alexander Ivanovsky in the film “Anton Ivanovich is Angry.” During the filming period, the girl was greatly admired by Kadochnikov, the main romantic artist of cinema of the 40s. By the way, this turned out to be the only film in Lyudmila’s career in which a professional singer, Deborah Pantofel-Nechetskaya, sang instead of her. Tselikovskaya performed vocal parts in other films and performances herself.
When the war began, Lyudmila was in Leningrad. First, she returned to Moscow, then the theater was evacuated to Omsk, and then a telegram was sent from Alma-Ata - Tselikovskaya was called to film “The Air Cabby.” Valentin Kataev wrote the role of Natasha Kulikova specifically for Lyudmila.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in the film “Ivan the Terrible”
Then fate gave Tselikovskaya a unique chance - the actress was noticed by Sergei Eisenstein, who was already a legend then. At his invitation, in 1945, Lyudmila played the role of Queen Anastasia in the film “Ivan the Terrible”. When the movie was released, the leading actors received the Stalin Prize. All except Tselikovskaya, whose name was personally crossed out from the list by the Leader, citing that there were no such queens.
At this time, her theatrical career was bursting at the seams: due to constant absences, Lyudmila was fired from the Vakhtangov Theater and reinstated only after a personal letter from Eisenstein.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in the film “A Troubled Economy”
“A Troubled Household,” released in 1946, returned Tselikovskaya to her usual musical and comedy role, albeit on a military theme. The actress's husband, Mikhail Zharov, did everything for his wife's comfort - they even used imported cosmetics for makeup. The film was loved by viewers, but not by critics - the film was accused of being in bad taste.
Lyudmila Vasilyevna did not become a dramatic film actress in her youth - the directors did not consider the woman from this point of view. After “Ivan the Terrible,” for a long time, the only serious film was the touching and poignant “The Tale of a Real Man.”
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in the film “Jumping”
In 1955, the film “The Jumper” was released - the most popular film from Tselikovskaya at that time. In the USSR, Lyudmila Vasilyevna was not noted for this film, but at the Venice Film Festival the film received the Silver Lion and the title of best foreign film. After that, the actress did not act in films for a long time - the directors offered her previous roles as naive simpletons, but this did not suit her. Until 1970, she worked exclusively on the theater stage.
The last role of Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in the film “Tutor”
Lyudmila Vasilievna’s last work on the screen was the film “Tutor,” released in 1987. Tselikovskaya didn’t film anymore.
I cried but played
People's Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Tselikovskaya was born in Astrakhan on September 8, 1919 into a musical family. Father is a famous conductor. Mother is an opera singer. For their daughter, they chose a compromise solution: playing the piano. Little Lyudochka played and cried, she didn’t like it so much. And to prevent tears from flowing onto the keys of the expensive instrument, she tied a towel around her neck... Fortunately, her parents did not continue to force Lyudmila to follow the musical path. The mother even helped her daughter prepare to enter “Pike”: 900 people entered the theater school that year. And there were only 13 places. Tselikovskaya was accepted. She started acting in films while still a student. And soon Lyudmila Tselikovskaya became a legend of Soviet cinema, becoming famous for her films, which the public of the 1940s watched several times: “Hearts of Four,” “Air Cabby,” “Restless Household,” “Twins.” Tselikovskaya's popularity was fantastic. They said that at the fronts, soldiers rose into battle with the words: “For the Motherland! For Stalin! For Tselikovskaya!”
Lyusya Tselikovskaya with her grandmother Anna Pavlovna, mid-1920s. pic.twitter.com/2zWcHBXIln
— Yuri Gilev (@gil4659) August 7, 2019
However, the actress herself believed that she was underestimated. In an interview, she said: “The government did not support me. For example, when some comedy by Alexandrov came out, enthusiastic articles appeared in all newspapers. All the actors were praised. When Yudin’s (“Hearts of Four,” “Twins”), they were criticized. And I always felt that for some reason I was a second-class actress for management. But ordinary people loved me very much, and this was a great support.”
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The genius from the oil mill.
How did Pavel Springfeld conquer the USSR? There was some truth in these bitter words: when Stalin was given a list of Stalin Prize laureates for the film “Ivan the Terrible,” the leader crossed out Tselikovskaya, who played Tsarina Anastasia there.
He said: “Queens are not like that.” “So I haven’t even had any awards in my entire life,” said the actress. But to the public she was a legend. The film "Hearts of Four", filmed in 1941, enjoyed particular success. Including because the film was shot in the genre of musical comedy. And the cast is solid stars. The main characters are the Murashov sisters: strict Galina, an associate professor of mathematics ( Valentina Serova ), and a flighty student Shurochka (Lyudmila Tselikovskaya). The male characters are the witty military man Pyotr Nikitich Kolchin ( Evgeniy Samoilov ) and the intelligent and somewhat absent-minded biologist Gleb Zavartsev ( Pavel Springfeld ). By the way, the film was shown only after the Soviet army defeated the Nazis: the country's leadership considered that this picture was too frivolous for the difficult war years.
Evgeny Samoilov, Valentina Serova, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya and Pavel Springfeld in the film “Hearts of Four”, 1941 Still from the film
Of the films of the 1950s, perhaps, it is about director Nikolai Dostal , where the leading roles are also legends: Arkady Raikin, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Mikhail Yanshin, Vasily Merkuryev, Maria Mironova, Olga Aroseva, Sergei Filippov. In the story, the famous pop actor Gennady Maksimov goes on vacation to the south, falls behind the train and finds himself in an unfamiliar city without money or documents. After a series of clashes with very interesting people, he manages to get to the sanatorium. Having accidentally seen a rehearsal of the sketch “The Deceived Husband,” the vacationers take the plot at face value and, wanting to help Maksimov, almost quarrel with his wife... The role of Maksimov’s wife, actress Larisa Levkoeva, was played, of course, by the unforgettable Lyudmila Tselikovskaya.
Personal life
The public followed the personal life of the people's favorite without stopping. Lyudmila Vasilievna loved as brightly as she played.
The first marriage took place in Shchukinsky’s second year. Lucy's husband was Yuri Alekseev-Meskhiev, who studied there. The marriage turned out to be fleeting - the couple broke up without living together for even a year.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya and Mikhail Zharov
The second husband was Boris Voitekhov, a writer. Tselikovskaya chose him from the crowds of fans - the man loved the actress so sincerely that it was captivating. Lyudmila remained the writer’s wife for 2 years and after the divorce she was wary of relationships for some time.
On the set of “The Air Cabby,” the woman met her third husband, Mikhail Zharov. The married life lasted 5 years, and the divorce was a heavy blow for the director. However, already in her later life, in an interview, Tselikovskaya said that of the four husbands, Zharov loved her most of all.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya with Karo Alabyan and son Alexander
Lyudmila Vasilyevna’s fourth husband, Karo Alabyan, worked as an architect. And just as Zharov loved Tselikovskaya more than other husbands, so the actress herself, among all her spouses, loved Alabyan most of all. From him, Lyudmila, already desperate to have children, gave birth to a son, Sasha. Thanks to Alexander’s memories, the writer Vostryshev was able to write a biography of the artist, the book “The Long Light of a Star.”
Although in the 1950s Alabyan was almost imprisoned as a Japanese spy, even from photographs from those times it is clear that Tselikovskaya was happy - until 1959, when Karo died of lung cancer.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya and Yuri Lyubimov
The next - and last - man in Lyudmila Vasilievna’s life was Yuri Lyubimov. They were not officially married, but lived in a de facto marriage. The relationship with the director lasted 16 years, until Yuri began an affair with the Hungarian translator Katalina Konz. The couple broke up without scandals or a showdown, but the director never came to the funeral at Lyudmila’s grave in 1992.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya - why the star of “Poprygunya”, who replaced four husbands, died lonely
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
In the 40s, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya gained such fame and love from the public that soldiers went into battle with her name on their lips. The actress was called “the girl with a radiant look”: she seemed to the audience a bright person. In real life, Lyudmila Vasilievna really joked a lot, was easy to communicate, and always remained optimistic. This quality came in handy for the artist when her fame began to fade.
She completely devoted herself to playing on stage and threw herself into the pool of love with the same zeal. The actress got married four times, and if she was going to leave, she immediately informed her chosen ones about it, since she did not tolerate lies. After the death of her last husband, the artist lived for 16 years with Yuri Lyubimov. Why, after so many years, did the director betray Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, and with whom was she truly happy?
THE HYPERSON AND THE LAUGHTER
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya had few dramatic roles
Lyudmila Vasilievna was born in warm Astrakhan in the family of an opera singer and conductor. The girl suffered from a fever, and doctors advised her parents to move her to a city with a different climate. So the future actress ended up in Moscow.
Despite regular music lessons, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya was never able to become a good pianist. She was much more attracted to acting - together with her friends, the girl went out into the street and pretended to be a beggar, asking for alms. The mother did not scold the child for hooliganism, but acted wiser: she took Lucy to the Vakhtangov Theater to see Ruben Simonov so that he would give a professional assessment of her acting talent. The parent was not mistaken - her daughter really had the makings.
With the support of her parents, Tselikovskaya entered the Shchukin School after school. She played her first role as a student, making her debut in “Hearts of Four.” At the same time, the artist starred in the film “Anton Ivanovich is Angry.” Easy-going, cheerful, carefree - she was an excellent partner on the set.
“In essence, in these films, to one degree or another, she played herself,” joked Pavel Kadochnikov, comparing his colleague with her heroine Serafima.
“The Jumper” is considered Lyudmila Tselikovskaya’s best work
With the start of the war, Lyudmila Vasilievna had to be evacuated from the capital. Leningrad, Omsk, Alma-Ata - she moved often. And in 1945, the actress had the chance to work with Sergei Eisenstein in the film “Ivan the Terrible.” Because of this film, Tselikovskaya almost lost the opportunity to play on stage: she unsuccessfully tried to combine filming with employment at the Vakhtangov Theater and only thanks to Eisenstein’s letter was reinstated in the institution after a shameful expulsion.
Lyudmila Vasilievna wanted to play in a drama, but this rarely succeeded: the directors saw in her a laugher from musical comedies. Perhaps the most serious roles in Tselikovskaya’s film career were the characters from “Ivan the Terrible” and “The Tale of a Real Man.”
“The Jumper” brought her great fame. The film received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Good or bad, but from that moment on the artist was even more actively offered the role of cheerful simpletons.
In 1987, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya played in the last film
Disillusioned with cinema, Tselikovskaya devoted herself to the theater. Her last work on the big screen was her participation in the films “The Incredible Bet, or a True Incident that Ended Happily a Hundred Years Ago” and “The Tutor” in the 80s.
For years, the actress worried about the attitude of the authorities towards her: her roles were called naive and unprincipled. But ordinary viewers adored Lyudmila Vasilievna. Every Soviet guy declared that he dreamed of marrying Lyudmila Tselikovskaya. However, the star's heart was never free.
AS A WIFE
Mikhail Zharov became the actress’s third husband
The actress was so popular that girls had hairstyles like hers, and young men they didn’t know almost immediately offered to marry her. Lyudmila Vasilyevna constantly refused fans, waiting until she met the right person. Her first love was senior student Yuri Alekseev-Meskhiev, but the student marriage did not last long: the artist filed for divorce, and soon married again, this time to the writer Boris Voitekhov.
On the set of “The Air Cabby,” Tselikovskaya’s feelings for Mikhail Zharov flared up. The colleague was almost 20 years older and, like the young actress, married. But love turned out to be stronger than conventions; by all means, the artists decided to reunite. Divorce from former spouses was costly: Zharov ended up in the clinic for a month and a half due to heart problems, and Voitekhov showered him with threats and promised revenge.
Subsequently, Lyudmila Vasilievna called her first two marriages a mistake, but she spoke with warmth about Mikhail Zharov. However, neither strong feelings nor common interests saved the relationship, which was bursting at the seams. Five years later, Tselikovskaya met the architect Karo Alabyan, which added fuel to the fire.
“She always spoke very well of Zharov,” said the star’s son Alexander Alabyan in the documentary “More than Love. Lyudmila Tselikovskaya,” she said, he loved her more than anyone in his life. But they separated because there were no children.”
Alexander Alabyan knew about all his mother’s love stories
At the second meeting, the architect told the actress that she would become his wife. Charmed by the courage of her new acquaintance, Tselikovskaya left Zharov. The grief-stricken artist tried to persuade his wife to stay with him, even buying black pearls as a gift. But Lyudmila Vasilievna firmly answered that love is more valuable than jewelry. Thanks to Karo Alabyan, she fulfilled her old dream - she became a mother.
The cloudless life together of Tselikovskaya and Alabyan did not last long: having fallen out of favor with the authorities, Karo Semenovich miraculously escaped arrest and was forced to leave for Armenia. A couple of years later he was able to return and got a job. The family was provided with an apartment. It seemed that everything was going well, when suddenly a new test befell Lyudmila Vasilievna - the illness of her son Alexander.
“Mom left the theater and cinema. I gave all of myself to the fight for my life. And only many years later I learned how terrible this diagnosis is, polio. “If I had found out earlier, I would have thrown myself off the balcony,” she admitted. Fortunately, I had a rare form that was cured. And in 1959, my father died of lung cancer, who smoked like a locomotive all his life,” shared Alexander Alabyan.
LAST LOVE
Yuri Lyubimov played with Tselikovskaya in “Restless Household”
The death of her fourth husband was a blow for the artist. In difficult times, she was supported by her husband’s friend Anastas Mikoyan and actor and director Yuri Lyubimov. It turned out that the latter had feelings for the star. Together they played in the film “A Troubled Household,” and in the theater they performed the roles of Romeo and Juliet, although they were long past the age of the characters. Subsequently, colleagues joked: Lyubimov and Tselikovskaya rewrote Shakespeare, starting to live together.
This time Lyudmila Vasilievna was in no hurry to go to the registry office. The marriage was civil, which in no way detracted from the actress’s feelings for the director. The couple settled in Tselikovskaya’s apartment. Soon the apartment turned into the “headquarters” of the Taganka Theater: the hospitable hostess hosted representatives of the creative intelligentsia, discussed upcoming performances, and revised scripts.
Lyubimov will not return to the Taganka Theater due to resentment
Tselikovskaya lived with Lyubimov for 16 years, not paying attention to rumors about his endless affairs on the side until the chosen one himself admitted to treason.
“They didn’t fight, they didn’t sort things out. Just one day she said: “Go away.” And then I no longer remembered either a bad word or a good one,” the actress’s son complained.
Yuri Lyubimov did not come to the funeral of Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
The break with Lyubimov was difficult for the actress. Perhaps Tselikovskaya was disappointed in the relationship, because she did not allow anyone else to win her affection. Lyudmila Vasilievna often repeated that if Karo Alabyan had not died, she would have been happy until the end of her days.
In 1989, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya was diagnosed with cancer. She slowly faded away, and in recent years she hardly left the house, suffering from unbearable pain. In 1992, the actress died in her apartment on Novinsky Boulevard, where she lived for almost 40 years.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya's apartment is being sold for 34 million rubles
The son buried the artist next to the grave of his architect father. Many came to say goodbye to the Jumping Star, and Alexander was disheartened when he did not see his mother’s last beloved at the ceremony. “She gave Lyubimov wonderful years of her life. And he suddenly left her for the sake of a young woman, and when her mother died, he didn’t even come to the funeral,” Alabyan Jr. was indignant.
Alexander often remembers his parent. “As long as she could, my mother went on stage,” he admired the actress’s fortitude. “Despite everything, she remained optimistic. Till the end of one's days".
Based on materials from AiF, Biography-Life.
Photo: still from the film “An Incredible Bet, or a True Incident That Happily Ended a Hundred Years Ago”, Legion-Media, still from the film “Tutor”, still from the film “Air Carrier”, still from the documentary “More Than Love. Lyudmila Tselikovskaya" channel "Russia. Culture", still from the film "A Troubled Economy"
Death
In 1989, Lyudmila Vasilyevna became seriously ill - she was diagnosed with oncology, which then became the cause of the woman’s death, but for some reason the doctors did not inform the actress herself of the diagnosis.
Grave of Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Tselikovskaya died on July 4, 1992. She was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery, next to her beloved husband, Karo Alabyan.
AS A WIFE
Mikhail Zharov became the actress’s third husband
The actress was so popular that girls had hairstyles like hers, and young men they didn’t know almost immediately offered to marry her. Lyudmila Vasilyevna constantly refused fans, waiting until she met the right person. Her first love was senior student Yuri Alekseev-Meskhiev, but the student marriage did not last long: the artist filed for divorce, and soon married again, this time to the writer Boris Voitekhov.
On the set of “The Air Cabby,” Tselikovskaya’s feelings for Mikhail Zharov flared up. The colleague was almost 20 years older and, like the young actress, married. But love turned out to be stronger than conventions; by all means, the artists decided to reunite. Divorce from former spouses was costly: Zharov ended up in the clinic for a month and a half due to heart problems, and Voitekhov showered him with threats and promised revenge.
Subsequently, Lyudmila Vasilievna called her first two marriages a mistake, but she spoke with warmth about Mikhail Zharov. However, neither strong feelings nor common interests saved the relationship, which was bursting at the seams. Five years later, Tselikovskaya met the architect Karo Alabyan, which added fuel to the fire.
“She always spoke very well of Zharov,” said the star’s son Alexander Alabyan in the documentary “More than Love. Lyudmila Tselikovskaya,” she said, he loved her more than anyone in his life. But they separated because there were no children.”
Alexander Alabyan knew about all his mother’s love stories
At the second meeting, the architect told the actress that she would become his wife. Charmed by the courage of her new acquaintance, Tselikovskaya left Zharov. The grief-stricken artist tried to persuade his wife to stay with him, even buying black pearls as a gift. But Lyudmila Vasilievna firmly answered that love is more valuable than jewelry. Thanks to Karo Alabyan, she fulfilled her old dream - she became a mother.
The cloudless life together of Tselikovskaya and Alabyan did not last long: having fallen out of favor with the authorities, Karo Semenovich miraculously escaped arrest and was forced to leave for Armenia. A couple of years later he was able to return and got a job. The family was provided with an apartment. It seemed that everything was going well, when suddenly a new test befell Lyudmila Vasilievna - the illness of her son Alexander.
“Mom left the theater and cinema. I gave all of myself to the fight for my life. And only many years later I learned how terrible this diagnosis is, polio. “If I had found out earlier, I would have thrown myself off the balcony,” she admitted. Fortunately, I had a rare form that was cured. And in 1959, my father died of lung cancer, who smoked like a locomotive all his life,” shared Alexander Alabyan.
Actress's childhood
The surname “Tselikovskaya” is translated from Latin as “heavenly”. In September 1919, a girl with heavenly colored eyes was born - Lyudmila Tselikovskaya. Her biography began in Astrakhan at a difficult time for the country. And immediately she became personally acquainted with the wonderful world of art. Her life was surrounded by music from the very beginning. The girl's parents were musicians.
Her father, Vasily Vasilyevich, was the son of a village priest. Since childhood, he showed his musical abilities. He sang in the choir from the age of six and learned to play the violin. At sixteen he was already leading a church choir. He married early, only after reaching adulthood, for love, without having time to receive a higher musical education.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in her youth
His chosen one was Katya, a future opera singer. Soon after the wedding, becoming young parents, Vasily and Katerina entered the Moscow Conservatory. Later, Vasily Vasilyevich made a successful career and became the head of the music department at the Ministry of Culture.
Little Lucy's life took place in the opera house. Backstage, during breaks, they fed her and put her to sleep in the orchestra pit. Therefore, all her friends predicted a musical future for her. Since childhood, she was taught music notation and piano playing by the best musician teachers. However, Lucy had no intention of becoming a pianist. Her hands were small, not at all suitable for playing the piano. The voice was rather weak and thin, even though she had exquisite hearing.
Latest hobby
She did not go to the registry office again. However, she lived in a civil marriage with her longtime friend Yuri Lyubimov. The lovers studied together and then played in the theater.
When her successes were noted even at foreign festivals, Lyudmila Vasilievna Tselikovskaya received official recognition in her homeland. The awards culminated in the title of People's Artist. This happened in 1963.
Luda was very talented. She independently studied English and translated plays. In addition, she loved to knit, dance, and play tennis. She also had the director's gene in her. She herself staged productions and actively participated in the birth of the Taganka Theater.
In 1975, the couple separated. Later, Lucy admitted that living with such a talented person was not easy for her.
In the late 80s, a woman was diagnosed with cancer. The great actress died at the age of 72. Her life was cut short on July 4, 1992.
Even the terrible disease, which the doctors did not inform her about for a long time, did not break the woman. She remained cheerful, kind and welcoming to everyone. And not because I didn’t want to upset my family, but because I didn’t know how to give up and be sad.
She revealed herself especially strongly to the viewer on the theater stage. Here she played both Shakespeare’s main character, the incomparable Juliet, and one of Pushkin’s most striking characters from the play “The Stone Guest” - the beautiful Laura. In the play, which has a television version, the woman played the role of Beatrice from the comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
Creative path
The party leadership did not see any particular reason to be proud of this actress. Her heroines are deprived of ideological propaganda, which was necessary for the Soviet Union. For example, the film “Ivan the Terrible”, where she played, was noted by the management. All of his actors received awards. Only Lyudmila was deprived of attention. They say that Stalin himself crossed out her name from the list of candidates for the prize.
But Lyudmila Vasilievna Tselikovskaya was not very worried about such problems. The bibliography of this woman shows that awards came second for her. First of all, she valued the opinion of the audience. And the public adored this sweet beauty.
The films “Twins”, “Jumping”, “Forest”, “Restless Household”, “We Met Somewhere” with her in the title role immediately became hits. But throughout her life, the actress dreamed of a deep dramatic character, which she never managed to play. The only tragic character is nurse Zina from the film “The Tale of a Real Man.” But this role was small, although touching.
In total, the actress starred in 23 films. Because of the comical characters that were offered to Lucy, she preferred the theater. Therefore, in the last years of her life she did little filming.
