Elena Molchenko. How it all began
So, more details. What could Elena Molchenko get from life? The biography of the actress is not easy. It would seem that in my youth everything turned out quite well. In 1985, the actress graduated from GITIS and got a job in the troupe of the Mayakovsky Theater. There she met Alexander Fatyushin. At that time he was already a famous actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity among the opposite sex. It immediately became clear to Elena that she felt more than just sympathy for this charismatic man. The girl was very worried that Alexander, as it seemed to her, was paying absolutely no attention to her. However, she was wrong.
In one of Molchenko’s productions the role of the Firebird was highlighted. It so happened that right during the performance, the scenery collapsed on the artist, skinning her entire face. Elena ran to the dressing room, tried to get herself in order and, despite the pain, returned to the stage. Fatyushin called her the very next day to find out if she needed any help. After some time, he accompanied Elena home after the performance. And a couple of days later he announced to his friends that this girl was his bride. The application to the registry office was submitted without delay.
Biography
Elena Molchenko was born in 1963, on May 4, in Minsk. Despite the fact that her parents were not connected with the world of cinema, they always supported their daughter’s childhood desire for acting. Speaking about his family, Molchenko calls it exemplary.
Having received a school certificate, Elena moved to Moscow in order to obtain a higher education. On her first try, the talented girl became a student at GITIS (course of A. Goncharov). Molchenko graduated from university in 1985. Then she became an actress at the Theater. Mayakovsky. Over such a long period, Elena played in 20 successful productions (“Bankrupt”, “Sunset”, “Rumor”, “Blonde”, “Victim of the Century”, “Divorce the Female Way”, “Ivan Tsarevich”, etc.) .
Marriage to Fatyushin
Elena Molchenko was surprised. And for my colleagues in the troupe, this marriage came as a big surprise. Elena Molchenko changed her last name after the wedding ceremony. But in the credits for films and on theater posters, she asked to leave everything as it is. As the artist herself says: “I didn’t want to be perceived as just his wife.”
The woman turned out to be very strongly attached to the Mayakovsky Theater. She literally gave her whole life to him. The actress did not look for more promising places. Elena pleased viewers and critics with her many works. Among them: “Victim of the Century”, “Who’s Afraid of Ray Bradbury?”, “The Valencian Madmen”, “Sunset”, “Tomorrow there was a war”, “Blonde”, “Kitchen”, “Rumor” and others.
Alexander Fatyushin and Elena Molchenko: And every time say goodbye forever...
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The chief director of the Mayakovsky Theater Andrei Goncharov called him Ryazan’s Marlon Brando, and spectators often associated him with hockey player Sergei Gurin from the film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” and even took his autographs as a member of the national hockey team. The Spartak players considered the actor their talisman and sincerely believed that his presence at the match would guarantee them victory. Friends and colleagues treated Alexander Fatyushin with great sympathy, he had a warm relationship with Natalya Gundareva, and his affair with his future wife Elena Molchenko began with sympathy. They lived together for 17 years, and after the actor’s early death, many blamed his wife for his death.
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Bride with a ring but no proposal
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Alexander Fatyushin
They met at the Mayakovsky Theater, where by that time a star troupe had gathered. Alexander Fatyushin was already a star at that time; she had just come to the theater after graduating from GITIS. And both of them could not consider themselves free.
At that time, Alexander Fatyushin had a beloved woman, an affair with whom had lasted for 15 years. However, she was married and did not plan to leave her husband. Elena, in fact, had already been in a civil marriage with Anatoly Lobotsky for 4 years. But she just drew attention to the famous actor, surprised that he never got married before the age of 35.
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Elena Molchenko
He showed concern for her when she was injured during a performance, as a result of which she had an abrasion on half of her face. First, he called and asked permission to visit Elena. She refused under a plausible pretext; in fact, she absolutely did not want to appear before the man in an unsightly form: the wounds on her face had not yet healed.
But Fatyushin, apparently, had already made a decision and was not going to back down. He called Elena again and, hearing that she was going to wash her hair before the performance, invited her to his place in normal conditions, since, in his opinion, there simply could not be any amenities in the hostel.
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Then the phone calls became more frequent, and one day Alexander, calling Elena to visit his brother with him, suddenly introduced the actress to a relative as his bride. And immediately after the visit, without making any offers or making plans, he simply bought the girl a ring.
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Wedding in "Galaktika"
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Alexander and Elena Fatyushin on their wedding day
And yet, after some time, he arrived and simply said: “Come with me. You will be my wife!" And Elena refused again, blurting out only that she loved someone else. Lobotsky then did not believe that Fatyushin was calling Elena to marry. He himself was not distinguished by constancy, and Molchenko was only one of the women made happy by his love. The actress understood this for a long time and knew that this relationship simply had no future.
She called Alexander the next day and just said her name when he told her that he understood everything and immediately rushed to the hostel and took Elena. Later, Lobotsky will accuse Alexander Konstantinovich of destroying his marriage with Molchenko. True, Fatyushin himself did not even know about this relationship, just as Elena did not know about her status as a wife.
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At the wedding banquet with Natalya Gundareva and friends
Natalya Gundareva was somewhat upset by the news of the upcoming wedding of Shushi, as she called Fatyushina. She didn’t like Elena too much, and she didn’t expect Alexander to marry her at all.
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With Alexander Fatyushin Elena felt happy and loved
Alexander Fatyushin and Elena Molchenko got married on April 15, 1986. There were 120 people at the wedding at the Galaxy restaurant. Having crossed the threshold of the house after the wedding, they decided never to remember everything that they had in the past. There was no one and nothing, now there are only the two of them - husband and wife.
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Life is not for show
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During their honeymoon, the couple visited Odessa
They really started a new life. They were together everywhere, and it felt like they couldn’t get enough of each other. The only thing Elena could not get used to was Alexander’s readiness for his own death.
On their first date, even before marriage, he read her poems about his own funeral. The actor’s health probably had an effect. Already at the age of 35 he had coronary heart disease and chronic pneumonia, which worsened every winter. Outwardly, he seemed absolutely healthy, but in reality he was very often sick and was constantly being treated.
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Alexander and Elena Fatyushin
He was not afraid of death. Even when, after 50 years, he made his first parachute jump. Elena asked him after landing if her husband was scared. He didn’t care whether the parachute opened or not. Colleagues who knew Alexander closely stated that he began to say goodbye to them several years before leaving.
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“And every time say goodbye forever...”
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Alexander Fatyushin
Three weeks before the fateful day, Alexander Fatyushin suddenly went to church for confession and communion, but it was under renovation. Shortly before this, he traveled to his homeland in Ryazan, and, as usual, stopped at the house-museum of Sergei Yesenin in Konstantinovo. There he read “The Black Man” so poignantly that even strangers shed tears. He said goodbye to everything that was dear to him.
He passed away on April 6, 1999. Elena and Alexander were at home alone when a neighbor came to see them. The actor went to watch TV, leaving the women in the kitchen. When a neighbor came into the room to call him to join a small feast, she discovered that the actor had already died.
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Alexander and Elena Fatyushin
Elena, hearing about her husband’s death, seemed petrified. She just poured cognac into her glass and drank it in one gulp. What happened was what Sasha had been preparing her for all 17 years of marriage.
Later, many blamed Elena for his death: she looked after him poorly, allowed him to drink, and alcohol killed him. It’s just that no one even knew about his health problems. She still, even after getting married for the second time, celebrates his birthday and always remembers the moment when the words about his death were spoken.
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Great popularity
Elena Molchenko is an actress who has repeatedly worked in the same performances with her husband. For example, in “Children of Vanyushin” and in “Bankrupt”. Elena Molchenko, an actress whom everyone knows today, received her first serious role in an action movie called “Code of Silence 2.” The film was also associated with Fatyushin. Alexander played the main character in it. But the woman was noticed after filming the series “Simple Truths.” The strict school head teacher, Apraksina Nina Andreevna, was liked by many television viewers. Convincing image, great acting. Millions of Russian teachers began to imitate Apraksina in everything, even in their manner of dressing.
After “The Truths,” Molchenko began to regularly receive offers from various film directors. She pleased the audience with her performances in “Kadetstvo”, “Ranetki”, “Molodezhka”, etc. The woman did not leave her work in the theater.
Actress Elena Molchenko
After graduating from GITIS, Elena Molchenko came to the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater. Her excellent appearance and artistry immediately attracted the director’s attention. Her first major work was the role of the Firebird in the fairy tale “Ivan Tsarevich”. Then there were no less striking roles in various performances:
- Baba Yaga in children's performances;
- The role of Iskra Polyakova (“Tomorrow there was a war” based on the novel by B. Vasiliev);
- Madame Pyatnik (“Sunset”);
- Phaedra (The Valencian Madmen);
- Olga (“Who’s Afraid?” by R. Bradbury);
- Glafira Firsovna (“Victim of the Century”) and many others.
And although the actress considers theatrical activity to be the main work of her life, since 1986 she actively began acting in films . At first these were television performances, and in 1993 she got not the main, but rather characteristic role in the film “Code of Honor - 2”. It is worth noting that Molchenko was never shy about episodic roles if they were of interest to her.
Everyone remembers the series “Simple Truths” with her participation very well, where she played the strict head teacher Apraksina Nina Andreevna. For all 350 episodes, viewers followed the events taking place in the film and always saw a neatly and stylishly dressed woman who, for all her severity and seeming inaccessibility, loved children and wished them well.
Many then considered this image ideal for a real teacher.
Later there were still interesting film series:
- "Cadetism";
- "Ranetki";
- “Short course for a happy life”;
- "Molodezhka";
- "Angelica" and others.
After the death of her husband
It would seem that everything is fine with the actress. And, it seems, Elena Molchenko could not be offended by anything in fate. Her personal life, however, was not as successful as she would have liked. In 2003, Alexander Fatyushin passed away. God did not reward the spouses with children. The actress didn’t even try to build a new relationship for a long time. The death of her husband came as a shock to Elena. She saw no point in further existence. The only thing that saved her was her work in cinema and theater. The actress especially liked the roles of mothers. With great pleasure, she played the “mothers” of Kirill Emelyanov in “Kadetstvo”, Natasha Shchelkova in “Ranetki”, Lena Velikanova in “Women’s Happiness”.
One day Elena came to the grave of her late husband. There were a lot of graves of young guys who died in the 90s around. The actress began to think about the meaning of life. And I realized... We need to live in such a way that those who left are not ashamed of us. The woman wanted Alexander to be proud of her. Since then, she has changed her worldview. I began to read completely different books, communicate with other people, learn to live again. And she gained strength. Over time, Igor Vorobyov also appeared in her personal life. His wife passed away three months after Fatyushin’s death. Two years later, the actors created a strong married couple...
Film career
The actress made her debut in the 1986 journalistic drama “On the Threshold” in the role of Malyshev’s daughter. Then she appeared in several film-performances, including “Maigret at the Minister”, “Tango with Death” and “The Cherry Orchard”. In 1999, Elena Molchenko received her first key role as head teacher Nina Andreevna Apraksina in the youth series “Simple Truths.” Then she played chorus girl Sanya in the drama “Spas under the Birches.”
Over the next few years, the actress appeared in cameos in films, because she was busy in theatrical performances. In 2007, Molchenko played Valeria Kapustina in the TV series “Kadetstvo”. In “Ranetki” the artist got the role of Natasha’s mother Olga Lipatova. In the military series “MUR. Third Front" Elena Molchenko appeared in the image of the fortune teller Ekaterina. In 2012, the actress played the central character Aglaya Maksimova in the detective story “Stompers”. In the series “Cop 2” Elena got the role of Vera Vasilievna.
In 2020, she starred in the melodrama “Love Network” in the image of Irina. Molchenko’s next work was Dusya from the detective story “The Jackal.” In 2020, the artist appeared in the 6th season of the drama “Sklifosovsky” as an obstetrician and mother of Gvozdeva.
