Childhood barefoot
The actress is reluctant to give interviews, so little is known about her life. She was born into a family in the capital with little income. I lost my mother very early and could not come to terms with the loss. I found solace in books, I ran to the library reading room every day - there was simply no money to buy books.
One day, Lucy heard that a school graduate she knew managed to enter the theater school named after. Shchepkina
. I thought about it and decided for myself that I could do it too. But it was too early to enroll, and the girl went to the drama club of the Pravda Palace of Culture.
“Sliver” and first role
Lyudmila Ivanovna says that it was as if someone was leading her: she saw a poster for the Sovremennik studio, came to the performance and fell in love with Oleg Tabakov
.
Several years passed before I personally met the actor. The girl graduated from school, after the tenth grade she entered the Shchepkinsky School. She was lucky - the director of the Maly Theater, Veniamin Tsygankov
, was looking for her type; he was also recruiting that year’s course at Shchepka. Therefore, Lyusya did it easily; Tsygankov made sure that she did not fail the secondary exams. She almost immediately got a role at the Maly Theater, playing a boy - fortunately her fragile constitution allowed.
Soviet girls liked young Oleg Tabakov. Still from the film "Probation", 1960.
Tabakov’s abandoned wife: what actress Lyudmila Krylova looks like and how she lives at 81
The popular actress of the 60s Lyudmila Krylova is increasingly remembered as the ex-wife of Oleg Tabakov rather than as a screen star. But people of the older generation remember her from the film “Peers,” which glorified the young actress.
The military-patriotic films in which Krylova starred were very close to her. The actress survived the war when she was still little, and a little later she lost her mother.
The injustice of fate forced the girl to read a lot and look for answers to her questions. Deciding to become an actress, Lyudmila attends the school drama club, and later enters the Shchepkinsky School.
The desire to meet her idol Oleg Tabakov led the girl to the filming of the film “Young and Green,” in which the actor was supposed to star.
Having met her idol, modest Lyudmila forgot about all her principles, and after four days she moved to live with Tabakov. Mutual passion overwhelmed both, and the couple decided that this was fate.
Soon their first child Anton was born, and the couple legalized their relationship. Despite poverty and cramped conditions, the actors were happy.
After the birth of their daughter, Krylova and Tabakov were able to resolve the housing problem. The happy life of Tabakov and Krylova lasted 34 years. Perhaps they would have continued to be happy if not for the aspiring actress Marina Zudina, who was a fan of Tabakov.
The love that broke out between the master and the young student was still not a reason for Tabakov to leave the family. And only the desire of Lyudmila Krylova herself helped to dot all the i’s.
Not tolerating betrayal, Tabakov’s wife crossed her husband out of her life. This example was followed by the children who stopped any communication with Tabakov.
Krylova had a hard time parting with her loved one. But she simply could not maintain a relationship with a traitor.
For her, this was more than just cheating; it was something deeper, at the soul level. Having received 120 thousand dollars from her husband, Krylova crossed out her ex-husband from her life.
She never came to see him in the hospital when Tabakov was on his deathbed, and did not appear at the funeral.
Now the actress lives alone. She does not communicate with her daughter, but sometimes visits her son. Lyudmila Ivanovna continues to communicate with friends, and is also a desperate mushroom picker. Therefore, in the summer, the actress goes to the village and enjoys natural wonders.
Lyudmila Krylova does not regret anything, and claims that she is quite happy. The actress is grateful to fate for such a life. The actress’s latest work at the moment is the film “Steep Route”.
Now the actress is already over 80, but she feels great and is ready to go on stage if a worthy role appears.
Source: zen.yandex.ru
Love from afar
Work in the theater, study, and then the first film shoots - the actress was invited to star in the film “Stories about Lenin”
" Crazy busyness did not interfere with attending performances of Sovremennik, in which Tabakov played. Even being mortally tired, she ran to his performances, because the love never passed.
Modesty did not allow me to come up to meet her, and the opportunity presented itself only a few years later, when Oleg Pavlovich singled out Lyudmila’s photo among the contenders for the role of Vera
in the film "Young and Green". That's when everything happened.
Lyudmila Krylova in the film “Volunteers”, 1958
Movies
Krylova was not even twenty when she first appeared on the set. The actress performed her debut role in a film based on the biography of Lenin. A year later, the actress was invited to star in the film “Volunteers.” Hearing that Tabakov was playing one of the characters, she immediately accepted the offer. Later it turned out that the artist, by that time popular with both spectators and theatergoers, refused the role. Still, I had to film.
Lyudmila Krylova in the film “Volunteers”
The second film in Krylova’s filmography is a romantic narrative about the events of the 30s. Young, hopeful Komsomol members in the film, released in 1958, were played by Mikhail Ulyanov, Leonid Bykov and other stars of Soviet cinema. Krylova played the role of a parachutist pilot.
Lyudmila Krylova in the film “Katya-Katyusha”
The young actress had a chance to meet Tabakov only in the early 60s. A director he knew called Lyudmila and asked her to come to the audition. We were filming the film “Young and Green”. Starring Tabakov. The actor showed choosiness in choosing a partner. He was not satisfied with any of the proposed candidates. Until the director showed a photo of young Krylova. In this film, the actress played a minor role. But she agreed to shoot in the film “Young and Green,” of course, because of Tabakov.
Lyudmila Krylova in the film “Young and Green”
Krylova’s most striking role is her role in the melodrama “Peers”. The image of the frivolous, emotional Sveta glorified the actress. Krylova’s heroine finishes school and fails the university entrance exams. But she doesn’t admit this to her friends or family. Every day the girl goes supposedly to study. In reality, he spends his time in the company of the same slackers. This continues until a tragedy occurs in Sveta’s life: the father, having learned about his daughter’s immoral appearance, dies of a heart attack.
Lyudmila Krylova in the film “Peers”
Two years after the premiere of “Peers,” the actress played in the film “Battle on the Way.” Ulyanov again became a partner on the set. One of the heroines was played by Natalya Fateeva. The film, like many other films of those years, tells the story of the labor feat of simple but noble citizens.
Krylova did not want to star in “The Living and the Dead.” The role of Tatyana Ovsyannikova seemed uninteresting to her. But it was thanks to this film that Krylova visited abroad for the first time. The continuation of “The Living and the Dead” is the film “Retribution”, released in 1967.
Lyudmila Krylova in the film “Ah Vaudeville, Vaudeville...”
This is where the famous roles of Lyudmila Krylova end. Since the late 60s, she has acted in films regularly, but she receives fewer and fewer interesting offers from directors. In total, the actress has 27 film works. The last film starring the 60s star was released in 2008.
One night - a whole life
The romance developed rapidly: the actress recalls that everything happened on the very first date, despite the fact that before she would not have allowed herself anything “like that”. And on the fourth day after they met, Lyuda practically moved into Tabakov’s rented room.
Then a son was born, then between rehearsals they ran to the registry office, and even later they played a modest but cheerful wedding. Despite the fact that from the very beginning everyone around dissuaded Luda from a frivolous act and predicted that the girl would soon part with the famous actor spoiled by attention, the couple lived together for 34 years.
Personal life
The romance with Tabakov began quickly on the set of the film “Young and Green.” Krylova had a young man, but she had an exclusively platonic relationship with him. Just a few days after meeting Tabakov, the girl stopped communicating with the unlucky boyfriend. She announced her upcoming marriage to her father. Krylova acted in her graduation performance while pregnant.
Lyudmila Krylova and Oleg Tabakov
At first, the newlyweds lived in a communal apartment. Lyudmila played in the theater every day, but nevertheless managed to arrange her life. Son Anton was born in Saratov, Tabakov’s small homeland. Later, a daughter, Sasha, was born.
We often had to take children with us on tours. Parents were sure that both Anton and Alexandra would become actors. My son started acting as a child, but later preferred the restaurant business to cinema. Alexandra played in only four films. Despite the fact that a bright future was predicted for the girl, she abandoned her career in cinema. According to popular belief, this was a kind of reaction to the parents' divorce.
Lyudmila Krylova with her family
In 1981, Tabakov enrolled 16-year-old Marina Zudina in his course. The girl, like other students, was in love with the famous teacher. But then it was more of an admiration for the extraordinary acting talent.
In the mid-80s, colleagues, students, and journalists started talking about Tabakov’s personal life. Rumors quickly spread about an affair between a venerable teacher and an aspiring actress. The rumors turned out to be true. However, Tabakov hesitated for a long time to leave the family for fear of injuring the children. He only filed for divorce in 1994.
Delayed future
It must be said that before her affair with Tabakov, Krylova was a promising actress. Yes, she went to the theater because she wanted to get closer to her idol, but without talent you can’t break into “Sliver.”
Her acting eccentricity was evident from the very first films; her participation in the film “Volunteers” brought fame, and the main role in “Peers” made her famous. But then the beautiful and clever Luda seemed to fade into the shadows. She, of course, played in the theater and acted in films, but there were no more serious roles.
Lyudmila Krylova as Sveta. Still from the film “Peers”, 1959
Lyudmila Krylova now
The actress leads a secluded life. Now she does not give interviews and does not talk about her relationship with her ex-husband. However, Krylova, unlike her colleagues, was previously reluctant to talk to journalists.
Lyudmila Krylova now
Due to her advanced age, the actress no longer acts in films. She turns 80 in November 2020.
"Who if not me?"
Lyudmila devoted herself completely to her loved one. When he had an early heart attack, she looked after him, pulled him out of the other world, sat by the bed with five-year-old Anton
on hands.
The schedule of the sought-after father of the family was, as they say, “for wear and tear,” so Luda took over the life and children, and tried not to burden her famous husband with anything. Of course, we had to leave for filming, but they were short, incomparably shorter than those for which Tabakov left.
Still from the film “Volunteers”, 1958
Good father, loving husband
They were often apart: filming, festivals, performances, tours, now with him, now with her... But in those moments when they managed to be together, Tabakov was gentle and attentive. Lyudmila Ivanovna, in a few interviews, recalled how her husband was worried about her difficult birth, how he bought a stroller and then did not know how to transfer it from Moscow to Saratov, where she gave birth to her son, how he worried about her during water, when there was a danger that the boat would drown, which was swept by a wave from a passing steamship...
There have been a lot of good things in 34 years, but Lyudmila Ivanovna does not want to make it public. And for many years, those around them tried to turn inside out what was happening in the family of famous actors.
Lyudmila Krylova on the stage of Sovremennik in the play “More expensive than pearls and gold”, 1980. Photo: Vladimir Yatsina/ITAR-TASS
Demon in the rib
From the outside it seemed that there was no stronger union than the union of Tabakov and Krylova, but suddenly the family collapsed: Oleg Pavlovich started an affair with his own student. Lyudmila began to hear rumors, she kept hoping that these were slanderers or her own inventions, she tried to save the family. But the charm of youth took precedence over the duty of a father and husband.
Still from the film "Retribution", 1967
When Lyudmila Ivanovna became convinced that her husband’s feelings for another woman were serious, she could not forgive the betrayal. By betrayal, Lyudmila Ivanovna does not mean banal betrayal, but a much more comprehensive concept. She never forgave traitors and got rid of such people immediately and forever. And this time, no matter how painful it was, she remained true to herself: the divorce took place.
Strong rear
Children and friends remained next to Lyudmila Ivanovna, and the grievances subsided over time. But Krylova no longer communicated with her husband who betrayed her - there was no need. Although everything was forgiven, the woman could not forget such an insult.
Many years later. Lyudmila still doesn’t like to talk to journalists. Even with a modest income and the public’s incessant interest in her family, she does not speculate on the memory of her famous husband, does not write books in the style of “My Life with Tabakov,” and does not sell memoirs or scandalous revelations. For more than thirty years, this miniature woman has been the reliable support of the favorite of millions, and now she just as courageously defends the good memory of him.
Lyudmila Krylova during a gathering of the Sovremennik Theater troupe, 2003. Photo: Artem Geodakyan/ITAR-TASS
The actress worked at the Sovremennik Theater for 58 years. One husband, one theater, one calling. It’s rare to find such consistency these days, but it’s still not fantastic. Lyudmila Ivanovna Krylova is living proof of this.
Biography of Lyudmila Krylova
Lyudmila Krylova is a theater and film actress. She is known for her work in the films “Volunteers”, “Peers”, “The Living and the Dead”, “Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville...” and numerous roles in performances of the Sovremennik Theater. The first wife of actor and director Oleg Tabakov, mother of actor and restaurateur Anton Tabakov.
In the photo: Lyudmila Ivanovna Krylova
