Yola Sanko in her youth and now - biography, personal life of the actress

Biography of Yola Sanko

Yola Ivanovna Sanko is a character actress who made her screen debut in 1956 and played more than 150 roles during her long career. Many viewers of the older generation remember her as the performer of the role of Mrs. Wanda in the popular USSR humorous show “Zucchini “13 Chairs”. She is familiar to modern film connoisseurs for her roles in films of recent years: “He is a Dragon”, “Paradise”, “Nesterov’s Loop”, “Happy Hearts Hotel”, “Marry Pushkin”, “Granny of Easy Virtue”, “Hunting the Devil” "

Actress Ela Sanko

Biography

Yola Sanko is a woman with an unbending character. Life has thoroughly battered the actress, but she has not broken down and does not allow herself to look for someone to blame or complain about fate. In her youth, Yola was the star of the TV show “Zucchini 13 Chairs,” and now she plays grandmothers, eccentric neighbors, stern moralists and other ladies who have seen a lot in their lifetime. And even though these roles are often secondary or even secondary, they are bright and unforgettable, a peculiar accent of any film, regardless of genre.

Childhood and family

Yola Ivanovna Sanko was born on February 18, 1947. Her father, Ivan Fedoseevich, was a Soviet military leader originally from the Kyiv region, an order bearer, a hero of the Soviet Union, who rose to the rank of colonel general. Mom, Elena Dmitrievna, is a Muscovite, a brilliant actress, who at the age of 20, among other Komsomol volunteers, went to the front and served in the Zhitomir artillery division. The commander of this military unit was her future husband. They married a year after they met, in 1943, postponing the birth of children until peacetime. Later, two more girls appeared, Tanya and Natasha (who also became an actress).

Due to the specific nature of the service of the head of the family, they often moved: in 1948 they lived in Tbilisi, then in Moscow, Poland, and Germany.

Having received a matriculation certificate, Yola submitted documents to the Theater School. Shchukina did so. Her mentor was Vera Konstantinovna Lvova, who trained many Russian film stars, including Yuri Lyubimov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Alexander Kalyagin, Vladimir Etush, Lyudmila Chursina, Anastasia Vertinskaya.

Biography[ | ]

Yola Sanko was born on February 18, 1947 in the family of Major General of Artillery (later Colonel General of Artillery) of the Armed Forces of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union I. F. Sanko (1902-1985) and Soviet theater actress Elena Dmitrievna Sanko (nee Moskalenko ) (1922-1984).

In 1969 she graduated from the Higher Theater School named after B.V. Shchukin (artistic director of the course - Vera Lvova, director-teacher - Leonid Shikhmatov)[2].

From 1969 to 1979 - actress of the Moscow Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin, Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.

From 1979 to 1984 - actress of the Russian troupe of the Drama Theater of the Carpathian Military District in the city of Lvov (Ukrainian SSR).

From 1985 to 2006 - actress of the Central Academic Theater of the Soviet Army (CATSA) (since 1993 - CATRA) in Moscow.

Personal life[ | ]

Yola Sanko was married to theater and pop actor Yan Arlazorov. Their marriage did not last long, but resulted in a long-term feud. The couple did not communicate for 24 years, until Arlazorov’s death in 2009. This marriage has a daughter, Alena (Elena) Sanko[3].

In 1979, Sanko and her daughter went to Lvov (Ukrainian SSR), where she worked in the Russian troupe of the Drama Theater of the Carpathian Military District. Then with my daughter and new boyfriend [ specify

] lived in Germany. A few years later she returned back to Moscow[3].

Creative career development

In 1969, the talented and purposeful aspiring artist completed her studies at VTU with honors. After that she worked at the Theater. Pushkin, then - at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, where she was involved in performances based on the plays of Leonid Andreev “Days of Our Lives”, Alexei Arbuzov “Tales of the Old Arbat”.

Ela Sanko in her youth

She first appeared in a movie at the age of 8, in the film “Polyushko-Field”, together with her mother and younger sister Tanya. As a student, Yola successfully performed small, varied roles - the daughter of the talented physicist Oleg (Rolan Bykov) in the drama “Hello, it’s me!”, the girl of the Bolshevik leader Yakov (Dmitry Smirnov) in the historical film “We, the Russian People”, a servant in the military film "Chronicle of a Dive Bomber".

After graduating from college, the young and beautiful actress almost immediately gained fame, regularly appearing on television in the “13 Chairs Zucchini” in the campaign of famous colleagues: Olga Aroseva, Spartak Mishulin, Mikhail Derzhavin, in the films and plays “Anna Snegina”, “Personal Affair” , “Poverty is not a vice”, “Maigret and the man on the bench”.

Ela Sanko in the program “Zucchini “13 Chairs”

Having adequately appreciated the multifaceted abilities of a recent university graduate, she was willingly invited to act in films. Among her most successful works, critics named the role of Iluza Balte in the film adaptation of Gheorghe Malarchuk’s story “The Red Blizzard,” a circus performer in the musical film “The Circus Lights the Lights,” and the mother of the main character in the children’s film “The Amazing Adventures of Denis Korablev.” She also had the chance to take part in Eldar Ryazanov’s famous comedy “Office Romance” in a small role as a guest at Samokhvalov’s (Oleg Basilashvili) dinner.

Ela Sanko in the film “The Legend of Tila”

In 1979, after the breakdown of her marriage with Yan Arlazorov, the actress left a successful career in the capital and left with her little daughter for Lviv, where she was accepted into the drama theater troupe of the Carpathian Military District. Without an apartment in a foreign city, she was forced to live with her daughter in the theater dressing room. She had to perform in a wig, as her hair fell out due to severe emotional stress.

Overcoming all difficulties, she organically transformed on the theatrical stage into bright heroines in a number of successful works, in particular, into the friend of the key character Polina in the play “The Player” based on the novel by Dostoevsky, into the mother of the main character in the production “Sashka” based on the story by Kondratiev, but now I haven’t acted in films.

In 1985, Yola returned to Moscow, enlisted in the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army and began appearing on screens again.

Movie

Yola Sanko made her debut at the age of eight, starring with her mother and sister Tatyana in the melodrama “Polyushko-Pole”. The young actress played the role of Sveta, one of the two daughters of the widower agronomist Savitsky. This role marked the beginning of Yola Ivanovna’s long career on the silver screen.

As a student at the Shchukin School, Yola starred in a number of films, playing small roles. Her most famous work was the role of Asya Korableva, the mother of the main character Deniska in the children's film “The Amazing Adventures of Denis Korablev” (1979).

Among other roles, one can note circus artist Galina Petrova in the musical melodrama “The Circus Lights the Lights”, Galina Sergeevna in the lyrical comedy “Quiet”, Lyuba in the melodrama “Declaration of Love”. The actress also appeared in Eldar Ryazanov’s famous film “Office Romance,” although only in a cameo role as a guest at a dinner with the Samokhvalovs.

In recent years, Yola Sanko has been filming a lot, but in episodes. For example, in the films: “Miracles in Reshetov”, “Blizzard”, “How can the heart be”, “Only you”.

Rarely, but still Yola Sanko appeared on the screen and in leading roles. So in 2013, she starred in the comedy “Aunties” with Ekaterina Vasilyeva and Valentina Telichkina. In this funny magical film, the heroines of the actresses are a trio of groovy women who appear on Christmas Eve in the house of an old artist and establish their own order in his family.

In 2020, Yola Sanko played a small role as a concentration camp prisoner nicknamed Izergil in Andrei Konchalovsky’s acclaimed drama “Paradise.” The film collected many prizes at a variety of Russian and international film festivals. By the way, “Paradise” is Konchalovsky’s second film in which Sanko took part. In 2007, the actress starred as the mother of the main character in his film “Gloss”.

New career takeoff

In 2002, the actress joined the star ensemble of performers of the series “Impostors,” which included Igor Kostolevsky, Anna Kamenkova, Yaroslav Boyko, Emmanuel Vitorgan, Evgeny Stychkin, Igor Livanov. Then she perfectly complemented the cast of stars of the TV project “Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is being conducted by an amateur,” consisting of Alla Klyuk, Evgeny Simonov, Anatoly Zhuravlev, Daniil Strakhov.

A new round of career for actress Yola Sanko

In 2004, a comedy adventure film with her participation “Miracles in Reshetov” was released, where Igor Panin, Alexey Makarov, Tatyana Arntgolts played, a year later - the action-packed series “The Flock” and “Private Detective”, where her co-stars were Ekaterina Arkharova , Sergey Yushkevich, Nadezhda Markina, Yuri Osipov.

In 2006-2007 she starred in the multi-part comedy “Who’s the Boss?”, playing the grandmother of the central character Daria, played by Anna Nevskaya. During the same period, she was remembered by the viewer as Greta Karlovna from the melodrama “Gromovs” and its sequel “Gromovs. House of Hope."

Ela Sanko in the film "Gloss"

In 2007, the artist created images of bright and active people in 13 film projects. In particular, she played the mother of the key character Gali (Yulia Vysotskaya) in the comedy melodrama “Gloss”. Then she began to constantly appear in more than five films a year. Her roles in the romantic melodrama “Aunties,” in the detective story “The Far Side of the Moon,” and in the sitcom “Kitchen” deserve special attention.

On the set of the film “Granny of Easy Virtue”

In 2020, the premiere of the fantasy film “He is a Dragon” took place, based on the work of Sergei and Marina Dyachenko, where the actress appeared in the image of a priestess. A year later, she played in the top-rated film adaptation of Alexander Galin’s story “An Object Named Pushkin” called “Marry Pushkin,” as well as in the award-winning drama “Paradise” with Julia Vysotskaya, Christian Klaus and Philippe Duquesne in key roles, where she played the image of one of the prisoners of a German concentration camp.

Ela Sanko on the set of the film “Fairy Tale. Eat"

The artist demonstrated her talent no less clearly in the 2020 spy film “Hunting the Devil” with Maria Lugova, Sergei Bezrukov, Artem Tkachenko, Ilya Lyubimov. Then she appeared in the comedy melodrama “World from the Other World” as a boxer’s grandmother (actress Evgenia Kapralova) and played the neighbor of the main character Kirill (Nikita Volkov) in the film adaptation of Sergei Lukyanenko’s popular work “Draft” of the same name.

Filmography: Actress

Others (2019), TV series
Draft (2018)
Devil Hunt (2017)
Civil marriage (2017)
Grandma of easy virtue (2017)
Paradise (2016)
Pioneer Heroes (2015)
Cage (2015)
In the Shadow of My Shadow (2015)
Millions online (2015), TV series
Executioner (2014), TV series
1001 (2014), mini-series
Fast "Moscow-Russia" (2014)
Teachers (2013), TV series
Hello, I'm your dad! (2013)
Premonition (2013), TV series
The Long Way Home (2013), TV series
Aunties (2013)
Bad Blood (2013), TV series
Give away the ends (2013)
After school (2012), TV series
Veronica. Lost Happiness (2012), TV series
If only (2012)
Samara (TV series 2012)
Beauty (2012), TV series
The Pied Piper (2011)
And Shepilov, who joined them (2011)
And happiness is somewhere nearby (2011), TV series
Fairy tale. Yes (2011)
A Short Course in a Happy Life (2011), TV series
Zhukov (2011), TV series
Betrayal (2011), TV series
Only You (2011)
Ivan and Tolyan (2011), TV series
Love at two poles (2011)
Once upon a time there lived a woman (2011)
Made in the USSR (2011), TV series
If the Sky is Silent (2010), TV series
Gift of Fate (2010), TV series
Climb to the Moon (2010)
Blizzard (2010), TV series
An Attempt at Faith (2010)
V Centuria. In Search of Enchanted Treasures (2010)
Russian chocolate (2010), TV series
There are no miracles (2009)
About love (2009)
A Few Haunting Days (2009)
Churchill (2009), TV series
What to do with the heart (2008)
The Best Evening (2008)
Guilty Without Guilt (2008)
Journey (2007)
The adult life of a girl Polina Subbotina (2007), TV series
Crisis of Faith (2007)
I will never forget you! (2007)
And yet I love... (2007), TV series
Gromov. House of Hope (2007), TV series
Atlantis (2007), TV series
Defense Against (2007), TV series
All so sudden (2007), TV series
Dumb Fat Bunny (2007)
Gloss (2007)
Vanished Empire (2007)
Everyone has their own movie (2007)
Gromovs (2006), TV series
Marfa and her puppies (2006)
Falling Leaves Blues (2006)
Bunker, or Scientists Underground (2006), TV series
In the first circle (2006), TV series
Who is the head in this house? (2006 – 2008)
Big Love (2006)
Private detective (2005), TV series
Flock (2005)
Listener (2004)
Balzac's age, or All men are their own... (2004 – 2007), TV series
Miracles in Reshetov (2004)
One Life (2003)
Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is conducted by an amateur (2003 – 2007), TV series
Moscow. Central District (2003), TV series
Impostors (1998 – 2002), TV series
This fantasy world. Issue 13 (1987)
Article (1987)
And the day will come... (1979)
The Amazing Adventures of Denis Korablev (1979)
Declaration of love (1977)
Personal happiness (1977), TV series
The Legend of Tila. Film One (1976)
Personal File (1975)
Outside Man (1973)
Home (1973)
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1973)
In the Rooms (1973)
Quiet (1973)
Circus Lights Up (1972)
What to do? (1971), TV series
Red Blizzard (1971)
Tales of the Ural Mountains (1968)
Chronicle of a Dive Bomber (1967)
Zucchini “13 chairs” (1966 – 1980)
Hello, it's me! (1965)
We, the Russian people (1965)

Personal life of Yola Sanko

The actress was married to the popular comedian Yan Arlazorov, but the marriage turned out to be fleeting. They met in 1965, while being students at the Shchukin Theater School. Even before the wedding, Yola cheated on Yana with the director and ran away with her lover right on the wedding day, but Arlazorov was so deeply in love that he forgave her and gave her a second chance. After the wedding, they did not live together for long, despite the birth of their daughter Alena. Love turned into almost a blood feud.

Yola Sanko and Yan Arlazorov

The breakup was very painful and allegedly occurred due to the actress’s unsettled relationship with her mother-in-law, the young wife’s dissatisfaction with the fact that her husband earns little and his infidelities.

One way or another, in 1979, Yola took her daughter and left for Lviv without telling her husband the new address, and later rejected his attempts to establish communication. They did not speak for 24 years, until the death of Jan Maerovich.

Yan Arlazorov with his daughter Alena

In Lvov, the actress had a new romance. In 1984, she followed her beloved man to Germany. However, she again failed to build a happy family, and a year later she returned to her native White Stone capital. Even after so many years, Yola Sanko prevented communication between her daughter and her father, although Yan Arlazorov was ready, according to his relatives, to move mountains for the sake of his little blood.

Personal life

Yola Sanko's first official husband is the famous comedian Yan Arlazorov. The artists met during their student years. The marriage produced a daughter, Alena. And 4 months after her appearance, the mother and child left the family without explaining the reasons.

Married couples of USSR celebrities.
Yan Arlazorov and Ela Sanko (zucchini 13 chairs, Mrs. Wanda) see photo commentary below Published by Japaridze Margarita Tuesday, January 30, 2020

Yola Sanko and Yan Arlazorov
Then friends and acquaintances will put forward various versions of why this happened. Yola herself will say that they were too different and loved each other very much, which is why the marriage turned out to be so painful.

The woman will deny accusations that she prevented the father from communicating with his daughter. Although contacts between close people resumed briefly when Alena entered university - Ian paid for her studies. The next time the girl came only to Arlazorov’s funeral.

Yola Sanko now

In 2020, Yola Sanko appeared in the released, heart-rending story “Van Gogh” about a middle-aged artist living abroad (played by Alexei Serebryakov), who decided to return home and visit his 79-year-old father, the famous conductor (Daniel Olbrychski), for recovery. relationships. The film starred many older actresses, including Elena Koreneva, Natalya Negoda and Svetlana Nemolyaeva.

Ela Sanko at the premiere of the film “Van Gogh”