Conchita forever. Love and creative vicissitudes of the fate of Elena Shanina

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Elena Yurievna Shanina

(born December 24, 1952, Kazan) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of Russia.

Creation

Theater

Lenkom

• Nele, Betkin, Anna (“Til” by G. I. Gorin after S. de Coster),
• Her Highness, the beautiful princess (“Troubadour and His Friends” by V. B. Livanov and Yu. S. Entin),
• Mirra (“Not on the lists” according to B. L. Vasiliev),
• Janet (“Horiya” (“In the name of the earth and the sun”) by I. P. Druta),
• Beauty (“The Star and Death of Joaquin Murrieta” by P. Neruda, music by A. L. Rybnikov),
• T-shirt (“Meetings on Sretenka” after V. L. Kondratiev),
• A girl who looks like an angel (“Cruel Intentions” by A. N. Arbuzov),
• Conchita (“Juno and Avos” by A. A. Voznesensky, music by A. L. Rybnikov),
• Tseytl (“Funeral prayer” by Gorin after Sholom Aleichem),
• Natalya Petrovna (“Two Women” based on the play “A Month in the Village” by I. S. Turgenev),
• Rechid (“Eclipse” based on the novel “Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey).

Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has also acted in enterprise performances:

• Widow (“Banana” based on the play “Widows” by S. Mrozhek),
• Woman at the Telephone (“Pocket Theater” by J. Cocteau),
• Nina (“Nina” by A. Roussin),
• Stella (“The Pinter Collection” based on the play “The Collection” by G. Pinter).

Movie

• 1975 - Concerto for two violins - circus performer Sandi
• 1976 - Aty-Bati, the soldiers were marching... - Kima Velenstovich
• 1976 - Twelve Chairs - Ellochka the Ogress
• 1979 - Tuning fork
• 1980 - According to the criminal investigation department... - Zoya, MUR employee
• 1981 - Our calling - Varya Kulish, aspiring journalist
• 1982 - Circus Princess - Mary
• 1983 - Location
• 1983 - Juno and Avos (television play) - Conchita
• 1990 - Death in cinema
• 1991 - Anna Karamazoff
• 1991 - And the wind returns... - Katya, Misha’s wife
• 1993 - Funeral prayer (television play) - Tseytl
• 2002 - Everything you love - Varvara
• 2003 - The Fifth Angel - Galina
• 2007 - Temptation - doctor at a blood donation point
• 2007 - Sashka, my love - Vera Dmitrievna
• 2008 - Shadows of Faberge - Elena Pavlovna Sanina

A television

In the early eighties, Elena acted as a presenter in the children's program Alarm Clock. Currently working on television, his roles in television plays include:

• Nastenka (“Trouble from a Tender Heart” by V. A. Sollogub),
• Dorimena (“A Reluctant Marriage” by Molière).

"Come back tomorrow"

The future star of the Lenkom Theater was born into a military family in Kazan.
From an early age, Elena dreamed of a stage, although not a theater stage, but a ballet one. However, the path to becoming a ballerina was forbidden for Shanina. Doctors diagnosed her with a heart defect, and with such a diagnosis there was no talk of any ballet. Then Elena set herself the goal of becoming a dramatic actress. Elena Shanina. 1985 Photo: RIA Novosti/Yuri Abramochkin

Immediately after graduating from school, Shanina went from her native Kazan to Leningrad, where her grandmother lived. There she began knocking around the doors of theater universities, trying to understand what documents were needed, what poems or fables needed to be learned. “I was incredibly naive back then! - Shanina recalls. “It was completely clear from my confused face that I was from somewhere in the provinces.” Literally on the threshold of the first university, two young men approached Elena. They assured her that they were both famous directors. And then the story developed exactly as in the film “Come Tomorrow.” Taking advantage of the applicant's naivety, the young people mocked her as best they could. They asked me to read poetry, dance, and sing. Shanina had no idea that she was simply being played. It later turned out that the “famous young directors” were Mikhail Boyarsky and his friend. Ironically, Shanina’s close friend, actress Larisa Luppian, became Boyarsky’s wife. All participants today remember the student draw with a smile. Moreover, Elena became a close friend of the Boyarsky family.

Photo: www.globallookpress.com

An excerpt characterizing Shanin, Elena Yuryevna

“Well, tell me about yourself,” he said. When Petya left Moscow, leaving his relatives, he joined his regiment and soon after that he was taken as an orderly to the general who commanded a large detachment. From the time of his promotion to officer, and especially from his entry into the active army, where he participated in the Battle of Vyazemsky, Petya was in a constantly happily excited state of joy at the fact that he was great, and in a constantly enthusiastic haste not to miss any case of real heroism . He was very happy with what he saw and experienced in the army, but at the same time it seemed to him that where he was not, that was where the most real, heroic things were now happening. And he was in a hurry to get to where he was not. When on October 21 his general expressed a desire to send someone to Denisov’s detachment, Petya so pitifully asked to send him that the general could not refuse. But, sending him, the general, remembering Petya’s crazy act in the battle of Vyazemsky, where Petya, instead of going along the road to where he was sent, galloped in a chain under the fire of the French and shot there twice from his pistol, - sending him, the general namely, he forbade Petya to participate in any of Denisov’s actions. This made Petya blush and became confused when Denisov asked if he could stay. Before leaving for the edge of the forest, Petya believed that he needed to strictly fulfill his duty and return immediately. But when he saw the French, saw Tikhon, learned that they would certainly attack that night, he, with the speed of transitions of young people from one glance to another, decided with himself that his general, whom he had hitherto greatly respected, was rubbish, the German that Denisov is a hero, and Esaul is a hero, and that Tikhon is a hero, and that he would be ashamed to leave them in difficult times. It was already getting dark when Denisov, Petya and the esaul drove up to the guardhouse. In the semi-darkness one could see horses in saddles, Cossacks, hussars setting up huts in the clearing and (so that the French would not see the smoke) building a reddening fire in a forest ravine. In the entryway of a small hut, a Cossack, rolling up his sleeves, was chopping lamb. In the hut itself there were three officers from Denisov’s party, who had set up a table out of the door. Petya took off his wet dress, letting it dry, and immediately began helping the officers set up the dinner table. Ten minutes later the table was ready, covered with a napkin. On the table there was vodka, rum in a flask, white bread and fried lamb with salt. Sitting with the officers at the table and tearing the fatty, fragrant lamb with his hands, through which lard flowed, Petya was in an enthusiastic childish state of tender love for all people and, as a result, confidence in the same love of other people for himself. “So what do you think, Vasily Fedorovich,” he turned to Denisov, “is it okay that I stay with you for a day?” - And, without waiting for an answer, he answered himself: - After all, I was ordered to find out, well, I’ll find out... Only you will let me into the very... the main one. I don’t need awards... But I want... - Petya clenched his teeth and looked around, jerking his head up and waving his hand. “To the most important thing...” Denisov repeated, smiling. “Just please, give me a complete command so that I can command,” continued Petya, “what do you need?” Oh, would you like a knife? - he turned to the officer who wanted to cut off the lamb. And he handed over his penknife. The officer praised the knife. - Please take it for yourself. I have a lot of these...” Petya said, blushing. - Fathers! “I completely forgot,” he suddenly cried out. “I have wonderful raisins, you know, the kind without seeds.” We have a new sutler - and such wonderful things. I bought ten pounds. I'm used to something sweet. Do you want?.. - And Petya ran into the hallway to his Cossack and brought bags containing five pounds of raisins. - Eat, gentlemen, eat. – Don’t you need a coffee pot? – he turned to Esaul. “I bought it from our sutler, it’s wonderful!” He has wonderful things. And he is very honest. This is the main thing. I will definitely send it to you. Or maybe flints have come out and become abundant - because this happens. I took with me, I have here... - he pointed to the bags, - a hundred flints. I bought it very cheap. Please take as much as you need, or that’s all... - And suddenly, afraid that he had lied, Petya stopped and blushed. He began to remember if he had done anything else stupid. And, going through the memories of this day, the memory of the French drummer appeared to him. “That’s great for us, but what about him? Where did they take him? Was he fed? Did you offend me?" - he thought. But having noticed that he had lied about the flints, he was now afraid. “You could ask,” he thought, “and they’ll say: the boy himself felt sorry for the boy. I'll show them tomorrow what a boy I am! Would you be embarrassed if I asked? - thought Petya. “Well, it doesn’t matter!” - and immediately, blushing and looking fearfully at the officers, to see if there would be mockery in their faces, he said:

Live for yourself

After graduating from the acting department of the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography in 1974, which Shanina entered without the patronage of famous or unknown directors, the young actress began to actively go to screen tests and theater auditions. Finally, it would seem, luck did smile. Andrei Konchalovsky himself approved her for his film “Romance of Lovers” . There was very little time left before filming began when Konchalovsky’s assistant called Shanina to his place for a serious conversation. It turned out that during the preparatory period Andrei Sergeevich became interested in Elena Koreneva . Moreover, he became interested in her not only as an actress, but also as a woman. From now on, he wanted to see only her in the frame, and Shanina was removed from the role. To somehow sweeten the pill, the assistant director promised Elena to help her audition for the newly appointed artistic director of the Lenkom Theater, Mark Zakharov. There was nothing to lose: the actress agreed. The acquaintance with Zakharov was organized by actor Alexander Zbruev. Mark Anatolyevich immediately liked the young actress. “She’s kind of nervous, she’s probably very talented,” he said then. So Shanina joined the theater troupe, which became her second home.

Mark Zakharov and Elena Shanina in the theater foyer. 1985. Photo: RIA Novosti

Shanina’s career at Lenkom was going very well. Main roles in almost all leading productions. Recognition from colleagues, critics and viewers. When she was offered the role of Conchita in the play “Juno and Avos,” Shanina agreed without any enthusiasm. “I didn’t expect anything good from this role,” Elena later admitted. “Moreover, it seemed to me then that there was nothing special to play there.” But it was this role that brought Shanina truly resounding success. Critics unanimously recognized her as the best performer of the role of Conchita.

The theater gave Shanina not only recognition and experience. At Lenkom she had an affair with Alexander Zbruev. Everyone knew that they were connected not only by a working relationship. The problem was that Zbruev was married. “When I realized that Sasha would not dare to leave his wife or leave his family, I let him go, which I do not regret,” says Elena. After parting, Shanina and Zbruev maintained good relations. For their common daughter, he became a visiting dad. The actress was officially married only once. In the seventies, she became the wife of actor Mikhail Polyak .

Cult actors of the rock opera “Juno and Avos”

Conchita - Honored Artist of the RSFSR Elena Shanina. RIA Novosti / Yuri Abramochkin

Count Nikolai Rezanov - Honored Artist of the RSFSR Nikolai Karachentsov. RIA Novosti / Vladimir Vyatkin

Fernando Lopez, Conchita's fiancé, as well as the Burning Heretic - Alexander Abdulov. www.globallookpress.com

Chief Writer - Pavel Smeyan.

Governor of San Francisco Jose Dario Arguello, Conchita's father - Vladimir Shiryaev.

Padre Abella - Villor Kuznetsov.

Naval officers - Vladimir Belousov, Roman Ovchinnikov, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Sergei Grekov.

Performance at the Lenkom Theater. In the role of Count Rezanov - Viktor Rakov. www.globallookpress.com

A scene from the play “Juno and Avos” performed by artists of the Leningrad VIA “Singing Guitars” Alexander Trofimov (Rezanov) and Alla Kozhevnikova (Conchita). RIA Novosti / Yuri Somov