Actress Olga Gobzeva was almost fifty when she decided to exchange cinema for serving God. Literally overnight she became Mother Olga. Her spiteful critics sarcastically said then that this was in fact her new role in life. And she has been in this form for almost a quarter of a century. And before that, for three decades, she literally lived on the set. Her filmography includes almost seventy films. The biography of Olga Frolovna Gobzeva will be presented to the reader below.
Orthodox family
The biography of Olga Gobzeva (date of birth - March 16, 1943) began in Moscow, in a large peasant family. Like her brothers and sisters, the future actress was raised in Orthodox traditions. In principle, this is no wonder. Olga's mother had monks in her family. My father's family was also very religious.
He was born in the Ryazan region. Over time he moved to the capital. All his life he worked as an ordinary driver and drove party functionaries in his official car.
Repeatedly they wanted to promote him up the career ladder. But he categorically did not agree to this. By and large, he was always ready to sacrifice his material well-being. He believed that the most important thing for any person is his spiritual content.
When the Stalinist repressions began, my father, as an exclusively religious and Orthodox Christian, always put on a lamp, which in those terrible times never went out. As a result, he and his family were lucky. Stalin's meat grinder did not touch them.
In addition, when the future actress was very young, she became very ill. The illness did not let her go. She was getting worse and worse. Fortunately, Olga still survived. At the same time, all her relatives claimed that her salvation lay in the fact that her father was able to beg her from God...
As for the mother of the future actress, she was a housewife and raised her six children.
The Gobzev family lived quite modestly. But all the children were able to receive a very good education.
Children's time
As a little girl, Olga Gobzeva (biography, information about her personal life, professional activities are contained in the article) already had an excellent memory. She knew almost all of Pushkin by heart and was excellent at reading poetry aloud.
According to her recollections, in her youth all her peers dreamed of becoming an actress or ballerina. Olga, in turn, also studied ballet, but after some time acting began to attract her most. This is how the actress said she wanted to express herself creatively.
Moreover, near the house where Olga lived there was a House of Pioneers. She herself came there specifically and saw the literary circle. To be in the group, she had to recite one of the fables to the teachers. After this, the future actress began to learn the basics of acting.
At home, Olga informed her parents about this, saying that she would definitely become an actress. At first, my father frowned, but my mother calmed him down, explaining that this would be a real springboard for her.
A year later, thirteen-year-old Olya took part in the reading competition named after. Chekhov turned out to be the first and the best. The widow of the great Chekhov, Olga Knipper, was also at the event, and she also paid close attention to the girl. Well, Olga herself, according to her, was under a colossal impression for a long time.
Film debut
Olga Gobzeva made her debut as a film actress while still a student. She starred in a small film called “Hey, Somebody!” Vladimir Ivashov became his partner on the set. The legendary Mikhail Romm also saw this work. He praised her, and, in particular, he really liked the performance of the debutante Gobzeva. No wonder such flattering responses inspired her to further exploits.
Overall, she appeared in approximately seventy films throughout her acting career.
Started acting in films from the first year of college
When I graduated from school, I was told that I was too natural for the theater. Therefore, it is better to go to study at VGIK. I didn’t get in the first time, I only succeeded on the second try. I graduated from Babochkin’s workshop and am very grateful for that. Babochkin is a direct student of Stanislavsky’s school. Student of Konstantin Sergeevich’s student. I studied well, read a lot of literature on acting. I was attracted by the fact that Konstantin Sergeevich explores the nature of the human spirit. I started acting in films early, from my first year of college. My first painting is “Hey, Somebody!” I starred together with Volodya Ivashov, I remember Mikhail Ilyich Romm very much praised the film and my work. This inspired me to further exploits (smiles). I was predicted to go to the theater, but for some reason the theater stopped me. Something about him didn’t satisfy me; I rarely liked anything I saw on stage. In the movies, I, a sinner, played about 40 roles. Do you have any favorites? Honestly, no – that’s left for another life. Although the partners were wonderful: Oleg Dal, Yura Bogatyrev. What was more important was not the roles, but life itself. “I really liked Shukshin...” My Oleg Dal will forever remain in my memory as a very subtle, intuitive person. We played a film based on Turgenev with him, I played Oleg’s wife. I remembered his endless sensitivity and attention with which he treated me. We enjoyed communicating with each other and, of course, became friends.
First glory
But real fame came to her in 1964. She then embodied the image of Vera. We are talking about the painting “I am twenty years old.” The director was the famous Marlen Khutsiev. Thanks to this work, Gobzeva received one of the prizes at the Venice Film Festival. In addition, in his film the director discovered a whole galaxy of magnificent actors. Among them were S. Svetlichnaya, P. Shcherbakov, S. Starikova, N. Gubenko, M. Vertinskaya and many others.
By and large, this period became the most fruitful in Olga’s life.
The best films of Olga Gobzeva
After receiving her diploma, Olga got a job at the Film Actor's Theater. At the same time, she performed with great pleasure in literary concerts. She also often lent her voice to Western films. Of course, she continued to act.
Her best works are the films “Captain Lying Head”, “The Magician”, “Wings”, “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife” and, of course, the melodramatic film called “One Day Twenty Years Later”. This film was released back in 1980. The main role was played by the magnificent Natalya Gundareva. And Gobzeva played this character’s classmate. On camera she turned into a poetess.
After the premiere, Olga finally became truly famous.
Olga Gobzeva
Olga Gobzeva was born on March 16, 1943 in Moscow. The artist grew up in a large, friendly family with 5 other brothers and sisters. The film actress graduated from VGIK in the workshop of Boris Babochkin. Her first work while still studying was a small role as a girl in the crime drama Hey, Someone, which became a joint directorial work of Boris Yashin and Andrei Smirnov. Real popularity came to the actress in 1964 after embodying the image of Vera in the drama directed by Marlen Khutsiev I am twenty years old.
This time becomes the most fruitful creative period in the life of the actress. After successfully completing her studies, she enjoys performing in literary concerts. During her creative career, Olga Gobzeva starred in 77 films. Her most successful works include the role of a poetess in the melodrama Once Upon a Time 20 Years Later, directed by Yuri Egorov, she was successful in the role of a journalist in the drama Wings, directed by Larisa Shepitko, and the role of the charming typist Zhenya in the comedy film Ilf and Petrov were riding on a tram. Millions of viewers remember the bright, heartfelt films with Olga Gobzeva, in which there are no minor roles. After all, even in episodic roles, the actress always gave her all, playing easily and from the heart. Perhaps someone remembered and fell in love with her after participating in the dubbing of the warm and kind cartoons Mumi-troll and others, and Moomintroll and the Comet, or because of the main roles played in all 3 parts of the funny cartoon Once Upon a Time Saushkin by the famous director Kirill Malyantovich.
The actress’s latest creative works were the poignant images of a nun in the drama Now the Son of Man will be glorified and the highly spiritual image of Barbara in the historical drama Lord, Forgive Us Sinners. You can watch all films online with Olga Gobzeva on our website.
This end to Olga Gobzeva’s creative career is completely no coincidence, since in 1993 she decided to become a nun and has since been known as nun Olga. But even after settling in the Holy Vvedensky Monastery, located in the city of Ivanov, she did not completely abandon secular life, continuing to bring great benefit to people in her new capacity. It was nun Olga who actively fought in 1991 for the restoration of the Church of the Great Ascension and achieved success. Later she devoted herself to teaching at one of the Moscow gymnasiums and at a Sunday school. In 1992, she became deputy director of a Sunday school, where she taught a special course on Russian spiritual poetry.
Today, nun Olga presides over the coordinating council of women's organizations involved in charity. Olga Gobzeva is raising her son Svyatoslav.
Olga Gobzeva has gray eyes, naturally dark hair color, fair skin and medium lips. The face shape is oval, the forehead is medium, the hair is straight and thick. Olga Gobzeva does not change her hair color, preferring natural hair. The actress has an average straight nose and an oval chin. The actress's height is 165 cm, she has no tattoos.
Zodiac sign - Aries (03/16/1943)
Colleagues
Actress Olga Gobzeva was very lucky that she worked with venerable directors. Pyotr Todorovsky, Nikolai Lukyanov, Elem Klimov, Alexander Pankratov - they all invited her to the shooting. In addition, she managed to star with such luminaries of the stage as Rimma Markova, Vasily Shukshin, Evgeny Evstigneev, Andrei Myagkov, Maya Bulgakova. But among her colleagues she always singled out only two names. This is Yuri Bogatyrev and Oleg Dal. She still considers them her favorite partners.
Olga met Dahl at school, in the theater studio. After some time, they were involved together in a film based on the works of I. S. Turgenev.
As for Bogatyrev, she worked with him on a film based on the books of science fiction writer R. Bradbury.
The untimely death of her colleagues greatly shocked the actress. She was looking for the cause of total alcoholism among her work friends. She began to think about the meaning of what was happening, including dissatisfaction with life. Sometimes she realized that the acting path was not her calling at all. She began to attend church very often. It’s probably not for nothing that she was raised in the faith...
Movies
Having started her film career back in her student years, the actress has starred in more than 70 films over three decades. Olga’s film debut was the small film “Hey, Somebody!”, in which she worked together with young Volodya Ivashov. This picture was positively assessed by Mikhail Romm, the legendary Soviet director, winner of several Stalin Prizes.
Olga Gobzeva in the film “I’m Twenty Years Old”
The actress’s first great success can be considered her work in the film “I’m 20 Years Old,” which even received an award at the Venice Film Festival in the mid-60s. Thanks to the directorial work of Marlen Khutsiev, viewers discovered young talented actors, students and graduates of VGIK: Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Nikolai Gubenko, Pyotr Shcherbakov, Marianna Vertinskaya, Svetlana Starikova and others.
After graduating from college, the actress acted a lot in films. She gets a job at the film actor's theater, where she served until 1990. Olga Frolovna devoted a lot of time to working on scoring foreign films. Olga Gobzeva’s best roles are considered to be her work in the films “Wings”, “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife”, “Captain Lie-Head”, “Operation Trust”, “The Magician”, “One Day 20 Years Later”.
Olga Gobzeva in the film “Captain Lying Head”
Actress Olga Gobzeva starred with the stars of Soviet cinema: Evgeny Evstigneev and Andrei Tarkovsky, Rimma Markova, Maya Bulgakova, Vasily Shukshin, Andrei Myagkov. The actress worked in films directed by Pyotr Todorovsky, Elem Klimov, Alexander Pankratov, Nikolai Lukyanov.
In 1972, Olga starred in the film “Ilf and Petrov were traveling on a tram.” There the artist played in a duet with a wonderful partner Igor Yasulovich.
Olga Gobzeva and Igor Yasulovich in the film “Ilf and Petrov were riding on a tram”
Olga considers Oleg Dal and Yuri Bogatyrev to be her favorite on-screen partners. She had known Oleg since her days in the theater studio. Later, they starred together in a film based on the works of Turgenev. And with Yuri Bogatyrev she managed to play in a comedy based on the works of Ray Bradbury, “This Fantastic World No. 10.”
Olga Gobzeva in the film “Impatience of the Soul”
The untimely death of her work friends shocked Olga. She increasingly began to think about the meaning of what was happening, about the reasons for widespread alcoholism among actors and about their dissatisfaction with life.
tonsure
Gobzeva’s last film work was the film “Lord, forgive us sinners.” This is an adaptation of Chekhov's work called "In the Ravine". The director was Arthur Voitetsky. In this film Olga played the role of Varvara. The film itself was released in 1992.
And the next year, just one week before her half-century anniversary, the actress finally ended her creative career.
She took monastic vows and became a nun. She began serving at the Holy Vvedensky Monastery in Ivanovo. From then on they began to call her nun Olga.
The former actress does not regret at all that her life was once inextricably linked with the world of cinema. She admitted that this experience gave her the opportunity to know herself. At the same time, I am sincerely glad that now she is no longer in the frame. According to her, at some point she was terribly ashamed that she was an actress.
In general, Olga endured this change quite calmly. She said that only in church she managed to find her true place in this life.
However, the nun still could not completely leave secular life. She continued to be of great benefit in her new capacity. Thus, with enviable activity, she fought for the restoration of one of the temples. And most importantly, in this regard, she won a convincing victory. Then she taught not only at the capital’s gymnasium, but also at Sunday school. By the way, in this institution she even became one of the leaders. She told her students about Russian spiritual poetry.
In recent years, she has chaired the coordinating council of women's organizations. They did charity work. She was also one of the leaders of the charitable department of the capital Patriarchate. In this capacity, she provided assistance and support to elderly actors.
And in 2016, she became the abbess of one of the convents in Alapaevsk.
Actress Olga Gobzeva, who entered the monastery, explained her choice
But on the eve of her 50th birthday, Gobzeva left the acting profession, ending her film career with the film “Lord, Forgive Us Sinners” by Arthur Voitetsky, where she starred with Bogdan Stupka. And since 1992 she has been a nun of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1991, she took monastic vows at the Holy Vvedensky Convent, and later became the abbess of the St. Elizabeth Convent.
FROM THE MK DOSSIER
Olga Gobzeva graduated from the acting and directing course at VGIK, studied in the workshop of Boris Babochkin - forever Chapaev from the famous film by the Vasiliev brothers. Her classmates are future celebrities: directors Stanislav Govorukhin, Leonid Nechaev, Valery Rubinchik; actors Oleg Vidov, Arina Aleynikova, who left for the USA, handsome Irakli Khizanishvili, who became Olga Gobzeva’s first husband during his student years.
Olga Frolovna is a delicate person. He always asks, even in his native cinematic environment, if he can sit at a common table: “What if someone doesn’t want to sit with their mother.” We met in Blagoveshchensk, at the Amur Autumn festival, after which a small delegation was supposed to go to China. Mother Olga was going to go there to visit the Orthodox church in Shenyang and pray for the Russian soldiers buried there. But the route was changed, and she returned to Moscow. Several years ago I visited Harbin, where about two hundred Russians once lived, who came at the end of the 19th century to build the Trans-Siberian Railway. Our filmmakers constantly visit the cemetery of Russian emigrants, which has been completely abandoned for a long time. Svetlana Nemolyaeva and Olga Gobzeva swept away debris from gravestones with grass instead of brooms. And then they cried over the abandoned graves.
photo: Svetlana Khokhryakova
“Tarkovsky invited me to audition”
— Your classmate Oleg Vidov, whom I visited in Malibu, gave Marlen Khutsiev CDs with Soviet cartoons as a gift. You all starred in Ilyich’s Outpost...
— Marlene was an amazing person. I remember how cameraman Margarita Pilikhina and I cried on the set because we had to do 27 takes. Moreover, I was forced to beat poor Andrei Tarkovsky. For me this became a terrible stress for the rest of my life. Even then I thought that, obviously, I had chosen the wrong profession.
— Why did you need so many takes? What was Khutsiev trying to achieve?
- Don't know. But he couldn't stop. Margarita Pilikhina is an extraordinary professional, a very smart woman. And this was one of my first jobs, and it made me very sober about my choice of profession. I thought: “Oh my God! Why submit to someone else’s will, or even to tyranny?”
I could have had a more successful career, but I often disagreed with directors. One of them, a famous Leningrad cinematographer, believed that it was honest and noble for him to tell the actress that she would act in the film if she became his wife or mistress. And I was just a girl then. I was 18 and I was filming an episode. And the director believed that he had done me a favor. Horror! I have never been euphoric about taking part in a famous film. And here - some kind of buying and selling. But at least the director was frank and to some extent acted nobly, calling everything by its proper name. Outwardly, he has a brilliant destiny, just like the actress who eventually starred in his film. But I don’t regret for a second that all this passed me by.
So everything is natural in my transition from the acting lowlands to a new life. And, of course, with God’s help, through my prayers. My great-aunts - the sisters of my grandmother Euphrosyne - were nuns.
“They must have suffered.”
- In monasteries? Well, how can I tell you? One of them was the abbess. The second, youngest, probably suffered a lot. My mother told me how, while collecting medicinal herbs for drying, my grandmother saw a monk: in the distance there was a monastery. She didn't even see his face, only his figure. He passed, and it struck her to the very heart. She died of transient consumption, which means she was not intended for the monastery...
— Several years ago, a mother from Pskov told me how Andrei Tarkovsky determined her path. As a student, she attended his creative meeting, then told him something about herself and asked how to continue living. She is no longer in the world.
- All this is interesting and strange. Andrey was a very difficult person. He invited me to audition, but the memory of his sore cheek, on which I hit him, and he twitched nervously, did not allow me to work with him. There was no continuation.
“It’s strange that it had such a strong effect on you.”
- Yes very much. I could have hit him once or twice, indignant at the hero’s cynical phrase, but the beating that Marlene gave to Andrei, who had already become famous by that time, cannot be explained. I really liked his film “Ivan’s Childhood”.
The incident you described is most likely a combination of circumstances. Probably, everything in the girl herself was already ready for such a choice. It took an impulse from the outside - that's all. Andrew himself could not be a prophet. After all, he started a fire in the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir, killed animals in complete cold blood during filming... Most likely, the student was influenced by the general impression of his film “Andrei Rublev.” The bell is especially good there. This is a truly spiritual piece of film.
"The Magician" (1967). With Zinovy Gerdt.
— What determined your choice?
“Nobody sent me to be a nun either.” Nothing like this even came to mind. I had a spiritual father (he has been my spiritual mentor for more than forty years, God bless him), and I asked him for his blessing. Once I asked: “Father, I am invited to the monastery to speak for Lent.” “Go,” he answered. “Father, what if they cut their hair?” - “Everything is not our will, but God’s. Only the Lord leads you to the monastery by the hand. There is no other way."
This was our conversation, and I calmly went. I talked for three days. During the first days in the monastery they do not eat anything at all. Then the bishop appeared and blessed me with a novice - literally after two days of my stay in the monastery. And Sunday of the first week of Lent ended with the celebration of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. And they cut my hair. There was a shock. That is, deep down in my soul I understood: something right and deep was happening. On an external level it was perceived differently. Someone decided that the artist got her hair cut because of connections. But this does not happen due to pull.
—Have you seen the painting “Through a Black Glass” by Konstantin Lopushansky? This topic is partly touched upon there.
- No, I haven’t seen it yet. This topic must be experienced in order to talk about it. Everything here must be subtle, otherwise you can ruin everything with rough strokes and, therefore, not understand anything. I watched “The Balkan Frontier” at the request of my granddaughter. She has an interesting assessment, which I agreed with. He's kind of a failure. Such a colossal topic, but it turned out to be an action movie. And the film shouldn't be about that. We touched on the topic and retreated, having started, we did not reach the end. Such a strong warning could have been given!..
— Why was your granddaughter so interested in this film? Is she an adult?
— She is 19 years old, she was born in 1999, when there were bombings in Yugoslavia. She says that this is her destiny too. My granddaughter is fascinated by the Balkans and knows a little Serbian and Croatian. This topic continues to haunt her. She feels more sincerity and depth in the culture and even pop culture of the Balkans than in ours. After the screening of “The Balkan Frontier,” I went up to Gojko Mitic and kissed him. After all, he also wanted to speak out in his role - and he did not speak out through no fault of his own.
— Do you travel often?
“I try to help lonely people”
— I’ve been to China several times. I was amazed by the ghost houses there, where no one lives. They are built for the future, for children and grandchildren, and are not completed. I visited Egypt. What pyramids and, most importantly, monasteries, dating back to the third to seventh centuries! We visited all the monasteries - St. Anthony, St. Paul and St. Macarius. Monk Macarius accompanied us. He has such a face! I asked him: “Pray for us, father, so that our journey will work out.” And he prayed seriously. Everything went without a hitch.
"Wings" (1966). With Maya Bulgakova.
— Was this a pilgrimage tour?
— Yes, to the places of the Holy Family. When I approached the pyramid, I leaned my back against the stone and realized what time travel meant. It feels like you're in space. When I climbed to the cave of St. Anthony (and it is located high), I managed to go only half of the way. I imagined what would happen next, how I would have to be carried in my arms, because I didn’t have the strength to go all the way... Standing on the site near the church, I looked at the cave. There is a steep rock, like a plateau, and the figures of the Virgin Mary and the apostles are clearly visible on it. There is so much incomprehensible and amazing energy in northern Africa! And the Cairo Museum! They easily canonize their martyrs there. Many years must pass before canonization becomes possible. And in Egypt, the people accept the victim, the martyr, as a saint almost instantly. A martyr is already a saint. They gave me an icon there.
— The icons there are funny. On those sold in a Coptic monastery, saints can ride on a donkey...
— There is an icon where the Mother of God sits on a donkey, and Joseph leads him by the bridle. And Jesus Christ, about three years old, sits on his shoulder, clutching Joseph’s gray head. Pieces of hair stick out from under the children's fingers. In the monastery of St. Paul, I asked the monk: “Why are your saints so cheerful? And on the frescoes everyone has joyful children’s eyes.” “So they are in heaven,” he replied. Yes, they have an immediacy even in the iconography.
Copts are, of course, aristocrats, descendants of pharaohs. We were accompanied by a simple Coptic Christian. When we approached the statue of Ramses, he said: “This is my portrait.” And indeed, there is something eternally alive in this.
— You have said more than once that you could not live somewhere other than Russia.
— Departure is tragic for a Russian person. I can't understand how you can leave your country. Let's say my father is a drunkard and my mother is a drug addict, or they are petty swindlers. But these are my parents, my homeland.
Often a wrong step changes the archetype of a person, especially a young person. I felt some kind of tragedy in Oleg Vidov, and it’s not just his departure. Natasha Kustinskaya - a lovely, beautiful student and actress - suddenly agreed to be what they wanted her to be. I don’t want to compare her life with the fate of Oleg Vidov: he was still a young man. But Natasha’s whole life subsequently led her to deep loneliness and tragedy. She lost some kind of inner core that she probably had. In any case, I saw him.
- But Kustinskaya didn’t study with you?
- I didn’t study. It’s just that, by virtue of my monastic obedience, since it has been given to me, I try to help lonely people. I used Natasha as an example because he is very bright. She is an intelligent, worthy person, we talked for a long time on the phone, and she asked: “Olga, why do I need all this?!” Her son and grandson died. What could I say to this? This is God's destiny. There could be nothing but consolation and sympathy. You can’t give harsh assessments, although someone might blurt out that it’s her own fault. It is clear that we build our own destiny. But I felt sorry for both Natasha and Oleg.
A poignant note remains in almost every life. It is not appropriate for us to speculate about who is to blame. Sometimes loneliness together can be worse than reality. You can't explain everything in words. After all, understanding without words is so important when two souls are in the same mood. Sometimes everything is beautiful on the outside, but in the soul everything is different. I think that Mikhail Kozakov was lonely in Israel, judging by his memoirs.
— Apparently, it’s a characteristic of a Russian person to feel sad when leaving.
“I don’t know what to say to this, because I never left.” Who discovered the fashion of “running” among us? Someone from the ballet? Nureyev, Baryshnikov? They opened Pandora's box. It is incredibly important not to lose your natural core, to feel it - for both men and women. This is important for everyone.
We went to China for just a few days, then returned to Blagoveshchensk with incredible joy. Here even the air is different - more transparent, cleaner, but in China it is more difficult to breathe. Russia is a difficult country. This is the house of the Virgin Mary. How many churches we have, and constant prayer goes on throughout the entire belt. All this has a big impact. There is such a church definition: “cleansing the air.” It happens constantly through prayer. You can be aware of this, but you can also feel it unconsciously, just live in it. I feel sorry for Oleg Vidov, who, so to speak, was killed by homesickness.
—What do people miss most?
— It is important for a Russian person to have a heart-to-heart talk. And sometimes there is no one to talk to. It is especially important when women know how to listen. For a Russian man, this is everything. Sorry for the comparison, but it's akin to sex. You can listen with sympathy and not say a word in response, but it will be complete happiness. It is important that Russian women do not lose this property.
Personal life of the actress
The actress has two marriages behind her. Olga Gobzeva’s first husband was Irakli Khizanishvili. He studied at the same institute as Olga. It was he who once played the role of Friday in the famous film about Robinson Crusoe.
They got married when they had just graduated from VGIK. This marriage lasted almost a decade. According to Gobzeva, they lost some kind of spiritual connection. Moreover, they had no children. But she called her husband’s dislike for Russia the main reason for the breakup.
In 1973, the actress married again. Her chosen one was actor Valery Martynov. He was six years younger than her. They met when they starred together in a film called “Every Day of Doctor Kalinnikova.” Olga admitted that in those days she had no shortage of attention from the stronger sex. And despite this, she chose Martynov.
After some time, the couple had their first child. The son was named Svyatoslav.
However, the birth of a common child did not save them from divorce. And ten years after the wedding, the couple decided to end their marriage...
Personal life
Olga Frolovna’s family life was not very successful. She was married twice, and had a son from her second marriage. She lived with her first husband, Irakli Khizanishvili, for ten years. Olga’s former lover is known for his role as Friday in the film “The Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.” The couple got married immediately after graduating from VGIK.
Olga Gobzeva, Valery Martynov and their son Svyatoslav
The couple lost their spiritual connection and were unable to save the family. In many ways, the divorce also occurred due to the lack of children. But Olga Frolovna cites her husband’s dislike for Russia as the final reason for the breakup. Once a man said offensive words to his homeland, from that moment Gobzeva’s attitude towards her husband changed.
The actress met her second husband Valery Martynov on the set of the film “Every Day of Doctor Kalinnikova.” The future husband turned out to be 6 years younger than Olga. And although at that time, as a popular artist, she had no shortage of male attention, Olga married Valery. In their marriage, they had a son, Svyatoslav, who did not follow in the footsteps of his parents, but graduated from the Faculty of Journalism. After 10 years, the marriage broke up. Son Slava is married and has a daughter, Ksyusha.
Actress Olga Gobzeva in the film “The Mysterious Indian”
When the artist’s biography took a sharp turn and the woman took monastic vows, Olga was often asked in interviews whether it was unhappy love that forced Gobzeva to become abbess. To this the nun replied that such love had never happened to her. According to the artist, the woman had different spiritual components with her second husband. The man himself left the family. This turned out to be important for Gobzeva, because the actress herself could not leave Valery.
Olga Gobzeva in the film “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife”
Olga Frolovna shared what motives motivated her when she decided to take monastic vows. In the 90s, the artist played a Spanish woman in the play. The woman really liked this role, the actress enjoyed transforming herself and going on stage. My son Svyatoslav loved the production. The young man went to every performance. Olga considered the young man her main critic.
Once during the intermission behind the scenes, Gobzeva called out to her son, but he did not turn in her direction. When the director passed by the star, she turned to him, but the man also did not notice the artist. A little later, the actress went into the dressing room, looked in the mirror and got scared. A stranger, a Spanish woman, was looking at Olga (although Gobzeva herself was Russian), so strongly did the artist get used to the role. After moving her fingers and seeing it in the mirror, the woman was convinced that it was her. Then the actress was seized by a state of horror. That evening Olga barely finished her role. This was the last performance in the artist's career. Gobzeva realized that she had let another person into herself.
Mother Olga Gobzeva
Olga Gobzeva also admitted that she could not completely break with the acting profession. According to the nun, she was overcome by the disease of artists - the desire to please. But later Olga Frolovna accepted this and realized that it was impossible to please everyone.
The life of the popular Russian artist Ivan Okhlobystin echoes the story of Olga Gobzeva. In 2001, the man left acting and was ordained a priest. But in 2009, the artist asked Patriarch Kirill to release the man from service in order to continue his creative work. Ivan planned to return to the church in a couple of years, but then stayed in the cinematography - Okhlobystin needs to support a large family.
Heir
As a child, Gobzeva’s son Svyatoslav constantly stood at church services. Of course, her mother tried to teach her to do this.
After a while, the young man chose the spiritual path and entered the seminary. However, he was unable to complete his studies, as he dropped out in favor of journalism. He became a student of the relevant faculty.
At the moment, Svyatoslav is married. He has a daughter. Her name is Ksenia. Of course, the family lives separately from the mother. True, Olga herself admits that sharing a common life with a nun is very difficult. Therefore, according to her, it is much better and easier when relatives come to visit each other...
Creation
Filmography
- 1962 - Hey, somebody! (short film) - girl
- 1964 - Zastava Ilyich - Vera
- 1965 - Adventures of a Dentist - Tanya
- 1965 - When the storks fly away - Ilyana
- 1966 - Not the most successful day - Anechka
- 1966 - Wings - journalist
- 1966 - A year like life - Dasha
- 1966 - In the city of S. - teacher
- 1966 - Day Without Number - Valentine
- 1967 - Magician - Lilya Kukushkina
- 1967 - No password needed - Postysheva
- 1967 - Operation "Trust" - Zoya
- 1968 - Three days of Viktor Chernyshev
- 1969 - Waltz - mother
- 1969 - Old House
- 1972 - Ilf and Petrov were traveling on a tram - Zhenya
- 1972 - Chronicle of the Night - Gabi
- 1973 - Comrade General - Junior Sergeant Zina Lukina, signalman
- 1975 - Such a short long life - Anya, ballerina
- 1975 - The last victim - a French milliner
- 1979 - Captain Lie-head - mother of the Zavitaykins
- 1979 - Today and tomorrow - Nina Mikhailovna
- 1980 - House near the ring road (film-theater) - Ksenia
- 1980 - Once upon a time, 20 years later - poetess
- 1981 - Portrait of the artist’s wife - Asya
- 1983 - Loop - Menshutina
- 1984 - This fantastic world. Tenth issue. Sign of the Salamander - Edith, Rolling's wife
- 1986 - The right people - dance teacher
- 1986 - Bridge through life - Natalya
- 1987 - Impatience of the soul - Olga Borisovna Lepeshinskaya
- 1987 - Free Fall
- 1988 - Fugue - woman
- 1989 - Sketches about Vrubel - Emilia Prahova
- 1990 - Boys - mother of Ilya Snegirev
- 1990 - Old House - Natalya
- 1992 - Lord, forgive us sinners - Varvara
Voice acting
- 1969 - Cactus Flower - Tony Simmons
(role of Goldie Hawn) - 1976 - Leper - Steftsya Rudecka
(role of Elzbieta Starostecka) - 1974 - Piaf - Edith
(role of B. Ariel) - 1979 - Barrier - Dorothea
(role of V. Tsvetkova) - 1979 — Imeretian sketches — voiceover
- 1980 - Second wife - Irene
(role of Isabelle Huppert) - 1980 - The Stingy - Marianne
(role of Anne Caudry) - 1981 - American tragedy - Sondra Finchley (role of A. Aleksakhina)
- 1981 - Unlucky - Mary
(role of Corinne Sharby) - 1982 - Fairy tales... fairy tales... tales of the old Arbat - Viktosha (role of L. Suchkova)
- 1982 - Witch Doctor - Marysya
(role of A. Dymna) - 1983 - Anna Pavlova
Cartoon dubbing
- 1978 - Moomins - Sniff
- 1979 - Frog - Swallow
- 1980 - Akairo - boy / Akairo
