Childhood and youth
Who knows how Dmitry’s biography would have turned out if he had been born into a simple family. But his parents were Natalya Kustinskaya, a recognized beauty of Soviet cinema, and her second husband, an employee of the Union Ministry of Foreign Trade Oleg Volkov. After the actress’s divorce, the boy was adopted and raised as his own by cosmonaut Boris Egorov.
Little Dmitry Egorov with his family
On the mother’s side, the relatives were also creative people: the grandmother sang on the stage, the grandfather performed verses and tap danced on the same stage with the legendary duet of Maria Mironova and Alexander Menaker.
Parents separated when Mitya was just 9 months old. Through the efforts of his stepfather, Dima went to school, already fluent in English, and at 14 he learned to drive a car. The son of star parents did not boast of his position, brought good grades from classes, participated in competitions and olympiads, where he won prizes.
Dmitry Egorov and his mother Natalya Kustinskaya
Those around him, noting the guy’s attractive appearance, predicted an acting future for him. However, both father and mother were categorically against such a career for their adored child. Egorov generally believed that a man should have a serious profession. Thoughtful and serious beyond his years, Dmitry easily entered the Faculty of Economics at the Institute of International Relations.
Personal life of Natalia Kustinskaya
The personal life of the movie star was turbulent and instead of happiness and joy it brought only pain and disappointment. Her first husband was director Yuri Chulyukin, who was almost 10 years older than her. The girl married not out of love, but out of spite to her classmate, with whom she had quarreled. Many of Natalia's classmates were jealous of her happiness, deciding that now her husband would constantly star her in his films. But the husband had a different opinion: he believed that his wife should not flash on the screen, but should be more involved in home and family. The actress dreamed of playing Tosya in his film “Girls,” but Chulyukin refused her this.
Natalya Kustinskaya with her first husband Yuri Chulyukin
When she starred in the comedy “Three Plus Two,” her husband soon followed her to Crimea, causing her a big scandal on the set. He was very jealous of Natalya’s colleagues and did not allow her to appear in a swimsuit. The actress endured all her husband’s antics for several years, but she had nothing to reproach herself for, but her husband, as it turned out later, often cheated on her. One day, Kustinskaya arrived from filming early and found an unfamiliar woman at home, who was not taken aback and told the actress that the director loved only her. Natalya did not forgive the betrayal and broke up with her husband, having lived with him for seven years. Children never appeared in this marriage.
with her second husband Oleg Volkov
After her divorce from the director, she was not alone for long, and in 1968 she signed with Oleg Volkov. The husband had nothing to do with the creative profession and worked in Vneshtorg. When she met her lover, he had a wife and son, but after falling in love with the actress, he left his family. In 1970, the couple had a son, Dmitry. This marriage lasted only two years, and the reason for the separation of the spouses was her new romance.
Natalya Nikolaevna began to communicate closely with Natalya Fateeva after the film “Three Plus Two”. She knew that her colleague had an affair with married cosmonaut Boris Yegorov, whom she then took away from the family. But their relationship was not cloudless, and soon it turned out that Kustinskaya became interested in the astronaut, and he reciprocated her feelings. The actress herself never believed that she stole her friend’s husband. Egorov divorced Fateeva and married her, and later registered the actress’s son in his name. This marriage lasted for almost twenty years, but due to an accident, everything went downhill. The movie star fell down the stairs, resulting in a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage. She had to spend a lot of time in the hospital, and then she found out that her husband had another woman.
Natalya Kustinskaya with her third husband Boris Egorov
After the divorce, the couple exchanged apartments, and their son Dmitry stayed with him. The ex-husband got married, but two years later he died. The apartment went to his new wife, who kicked her son out of the house. During this time, the actress also established her personal life: she married Doctor of Economics, MGIMO professor Gennady Khromushin. However, her fourth husband died in 2002 from a post-operative infection. Then she lost her son and was left completely alone.
In the photo Vladimir Maslennikov
Kustinskaya began to get sick: her legs gave out and she started having problems with her spine. At the same time, she met a new lover, Vladimir Maslennikov, but five years later he was struck down by cancer. Before her death, the actress registered a relationship with a certain Stas, who took her last name. But the man was not interested in her as a woman, pursuing his own interests. A month and a half later, he ran away from his star wife, and Natalya Nikolaevna made every effort to break this union.
Movies
Dmitry has only one film role, but what a one - the first guy in Dima Somov’s class in Rolan Bykov’s harsh psychological drama “Scarecrow”. The teenager’s partners were the future Russian pop star Kristina Orbakaite and the already famous People’s Artist of the Soviet Union Yuri Nikulin.
Dmitry Egorov in the film “Scarecrow”
The film became one of the first in the filmography of the young theater school graduate Oleg Stefanko, a representative of the Soviet theater school, who later made his way to Hollywood with difficulty.
Egorov came to the set of the sensational film by accident. Philip Yankovsky successfully passed the audition, but, according to rumors, the famous parents did not like the fact that the first work in their son’s filmography would be a negative character. Bykov then suffered in search of a suitable type.
Dmitry Egorov and Kristina Orbakaite in the film “Scarecrow”
According to Dmitry himself, quoted by Moskovsky Komsomolets, he came along with a classmate at the invitation of the second director, and the choice of the main director fell on him. When Kustinskaya tried to object, Roland simply kicked the celebrity out of the room. And Boris, who was away, told him to tell him that he was teaching his son to work.
As the young artist’s mother later said, Dmitry didn’t like acting. I had to get up at dawn and work until late in the evening. In addition, the film crew lived in Tver, and according to the plot, Egorov had to transform into an outwardly worthy in all respects, but a cowardly and morally weak teenager.
Dmitry Egorov in the film “Scarecrow”
It was difficult for the film to make its way onto screens in the mid-80s, but if it worked, the cinemas sold out. At the same time, “Scarecrow” was not given any advertising. As Bykov wrote in his diaries entitled “I’m beaten, I’ll start over!”:
“It’s difficult to win, the defense of idiocy is too echeloned.”
The young star Dima Egorov ignored fans, and bought a motorcycle with a substantial fee, even for an adult. Proposals for filming were received more than once, including from Stanislav Govorukhin for the role of the son of Captain Grant, but Dmitry, for unknown reasons, refused.
Breakthrough film
The actress won popular love by starring in the comedy “Three Plus Two.” Natalya Kustinskaya was invited to play the role of one of the main characters by director Genrikh Oganesyan. The comedy tells the story of the adventures of three cheerful guys who accidentally met two pretty girlfriends. The action takes place on the sea coast. The film was presented to audiences in 1963, and the leading actors immediately became stars.
After the release of the comedy, Kustinskaya began to receive messages with declarations of love from hundreds of fans. Postcards depicting her photographs were distributed in all Soyuzpechat kiosks. Of course, the star was inundated with requests to star in new films, and many had to be turned down. For example, the actress could have played in such a famous film as “Prisoner of the Caucasus,” but she was busy.
Personal life
Dmitry married early, at 21, to a girl named Natalya. According to Kustinskaya, she worked as a lawyer for Joseph Kobzon. The marriage produced a son, but family happiness was short-lived. The child lived for six months and died of hydrocephalus. This broke the young mother - Natasha began to drown her grief in alcohol, and Yegorov divorced her.
The movie thing didn’t work out, and Dima tried to go into business, but that didn’t work out either. He made money by translating contracts and other technical documentation. In rare interviews, the failed actor claimed that he was quite happy, although people might not believe it.
Dmitry Egorov and his mother Natalya Kustinskaya
And most of all, the young man valued independence and freedom. Journalists who spoke with Egorov noted that the eyes of the matured performer of the leading role of “Scarecrow” are similar to Karamazov’s - just as kind, with frozen melancholy.
The last straw was the death of his beloved stepfather, who by this time had already left the family. Dmitry had an excellent relationship with Boris Borisovich, and the separation did not overshadow them. After the death of Egorov Sr., the younger began to seek solace in a bottle. Still in the same diary entries of Rolan Bykov it is said that only Boris would “force Mitka not to drink.”
Later Dima met the architect Olga. The woman, Natalya Nikolaevna recalled, “drank and pushed Mitya to do this.” Strange companies began to appear in the house, the cohabitant beat Dmitry, so much so that one day he had to turn to the help of neurosurgeons.
Dmitry Egorov
Egorov made dubious acquaintances that ended badly. One time they stole money from him for the apartment he sold, another time his car was broken into. Of course, there was no talk of reimbursement for repairs.
During the 1993 coup, Dmitry, according to the writer Vasily Belov, participated in clashes at the Ostankino Tower. Belov wrote that “the only son of cosmonaut Egorov was killed by a riot police bullet” in an article published on the Russian Resurrection portal. However, according to Wikipedia, Dima is far from being Egorov’s only son, and Andrei Vuraki, the son of the cosmonaut’s fourth wife, died during the storming of Ostankino.
The tragic fates of the children of famous actors
It would seem that the stars have everything - fame, wealth, success. But life, alas, is often cruel to their children. Sometimes drama occurs in the families of celebrities, as if they were haunted by evil fate. Let us remember the children of famous parents with tragic fates. Sage Stallone, son of Sylvester Stallone Sage Moonblood Stallone was born in 1974 to the family of Sylvester Stallone and the little-known actress and screenwriter Sasha Zak. Sage became the eldest of the famous film actor’s five children: besides him, the youngest son, Sergio, grew up in the family, and after his parents’ divorce and his father’s wedding to model Jennifer Flavin, Sage had three half-sisters.
Stallone Jr. inherited his father's cinematic appearance - the young man was extremely handsome. He followed in his father's footsteps, devoting himself to cinema. Between the ages of 14 and 24, Sage managed to star in eleven films and voice over another. For his debut role as Rocky Balboa Jr., he was nominated for a Young Actor Award. The young man’s abilities were not limited to acting: he also acted as a director, screenwriter, producer and even composer of several films. For the film “Vic,” Sage Stallone received an award at the Boston Film Festival in 2006.
On July 13, 2012, Sylvester Stallone's eldest son was found dead in his home in Los Angeles. According to the official version, Sage, 36, died of a sudden heart attack caused by atherosclerosis, although for some time there were rumors that bottles of medicine were found near the body. However, friends and relatives of the actor claimed that Sage did not have suicidal tendencies, and at the time of his death he was engaged to his girlfriend and was planning to get married soon. In 2007-2008, Sage was married to Sterlin Wright, which lasted less than a year. The actor had no children. “This loss will stay with us for the rest of our lives,” Stallone admitted after the death of his son. “Sage was our first child, the center of our universe.”
Jett Travolta, son of John Travolta The famous American actor John Travolta was a caring father, but, unfortunately, this did not save his 16-year-old son from trouble. Travolta Sr.'s son, Jett, was born with a serious disease - Kawasaki syndrome, which causes severe pathology of blood vessels and the risk of their rupture. As it later became known, Jett also suffered from autism. As a child, Jett suffered several heart attacks, after which he barely survived. John and his wife Kelly Preston tried to take care of their son. However, doctors had doubts about how carefully the couple treated the sick child. Travolta and Preston both belong to the Church of Scientologists, who have rather strange views on traditional medicine. After Jett’s death, information appeared that his parents treated him not according to doctors’ prescriptions, but according to a program developed for them in a religious class=”aligncenter” width=”700″ height=”466″[/img] At the beginning of January 2009, 16 1-year-old Jett was found unconscious on the bathroom floor. His nurse called his parents, who called an ambulance. They tried to resuscitate the young man, but to no avail. No one knows exactly what happened to Jett that morning. The official cause of his death was a cerebral hemorrhage, presumably caused by a fall. After the death of his son, Travolta Sr. began acting noticeably less frequently, and his wife practically stopped going out. According to relatives, this tragedy literally crushed them. The couple has a 13-year-old daughter, Ella, and a son, Benjamin, who will soon turn 4 years old.
Bruce Lee and his son Brandon Lee Actor and martial artist Bruce Lee became famous in the early 70s, starring in the cult action films “The Big Boss”, “Fist of Fury” and many others. Unfortunately, the actor died at the peak of his fame. The circumstances of his death still remain unclear. According to the official version, the actor took a pill for a headache, which caused swelling of the brain. For a long time there were rumors that Bruce was poisoned by another master, his competitor. At the time of the star's death, his son Brandon was only 8 years old. The boy inherited his father's abilities, becoming an actor and martial artist. While still studying at school in Seattle, he performed on the stages of local theaters, and later began a film career. After several failures and severe depression, Brandon finally began to have luck. The film Showdown in Little Tokyo with his participation became a breakthrough, and in the next film Brandon was entrusted with inventing his own fight scenes.
But the Lee family seemed to be haunted by fate. While filming The Crow, Brandon Lee was fatally shot in the stomach. The shot, which was supposed to be staged, tragically turned out to be real... Brandon was taken to the hospital, but after a five-hour operation his condition did not improve. The actor died at the age of 28, 18 days before his wedding to assistant director Eliza Hutton. Brandon Lee was buried in a Seattle cemetery next to his famous father.
Guillaume Depardieu, son of Gerard Depardieu
A similar tragedy befell the family of Gerard Depardieu. His eldest son with actress Elizabeth Depardieu, Guillaume, died at the age of 38. Guillaume Depardieu was born in 1971. The parents, completely absorbed in their work in theater and cinema, paid practically no attention to their son. Guillaume began to have problems with the law early on - he skipped school, started drinking alcohol and hard drugs, and was caught by the police several times for theft and drunk driving. Later, Gerard Depardieu admitted that he missed his son: according to him, in those years he was too young and not ready for fatherhood. Depardieu Jr., like his parents, decided to go into filmmaking. He starred in more than 30 films, including the television series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” where he worked with his father, the thriller “The Pharmacist on Duty” and the mini-series “Cursed Kings.” But all his life, Guillaume remained in the shadow of his father’s glory - he was far from the fame of Gerard Depardieu. The young man loved risk and speed and often rode a motorcycle. In 1995, he suffered a severe knee injury as a result of an accident. Despite treatment, the pain in the injured leg was unbearable and did not stop. After 8 years, Guillaume decided to amputate his right leg and install a prosthesis, which allowed him to walk and continue filming. For four years, the actor was married to his colleague Elise Ventre, and in 2000 they had a daughter, Louise. The marriage broke up in 2004. On October 11, 2008, the actor was taken away from filming in Bucharest, where he was working on the film “The Childhood of Icarus.” Guillaume developed peritonitis, complicated by long-standing diabetes. He was taken to a clinic in the city of Garsh. However, two days later, Guillaume died: his body was too weak and could not cope with the virus, which caused the development of fulminant pneumonia.
Vladimir Tikhonov, son of Nonna Mordyukova and Vyacheslav Tikhonov Soviet theater and film actor Vladimir Tikhonov was born in 1950 into the family of famous actors Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Nonna Mordyukova. From early youth, Vladimir was burdened by life in the shadow of his famous parents. Rumor has it that he wanted to become a lawyer, but obeyed his mother’s wishes and chose the profession of an actor. In the summer of 1971, still very young, Vladimir Tikhonov married actress Natalya Varley. Six months later, their son Vasily was born. The marriage soon broke up, and in 1975 the actor again tied the knot with figure skater Natalya Egorova. The son born in this marriage was named Vladimir in honor of his father. Tikhonov Jr. worked at the Film Actor Studio Theatre, and his career initially developed brilliantly. He was invited to act in films, he performed at creative evenings and went on tour. However, the actor soon began to realize that the audience was not interested in his talent - Vladimir was constantly compared to his mother or father. Tikhonov began to drink alcohol more and more often, and then drugs. His health was deteriorating. By the age of forty, he had already suffered two strokes, and his relationship with his wife was teetering on the brink of divorce. In the end, the couple separated, although they did not officially dissolve the marriage.
Vladimir returned to the apartment of his mother, Nonna Mordyukova. A few days before his death in June 1990, he tried to restore relations with his wife, who at that time was at rehearsals for a tour program in Leningrad. Natalya promised to return immediately after the end of the “run”, but, unfortunately, she did not have time. His colleagues informed her about Vladimir’s death. Doctors declared death from a heart attack, apparently caused by an overdose of alcohol and drugs. Nonna Mordyukova, who passed away in 2008, bequeathed to be buried next to her son’s grave.
Dmitry Egorov, son of Natalya Kustinskaya The famous actress Natalya Kustinskaya, star of the films “Three Plus Two”, “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession” gave birth to a son, Dmitry, in a marriage with diplomat Oleg Volkov, then the boy was adopted by the artist’s third husband, cosmonaut Boris Egorov, and gave him his last name . According to Kustinskaya, Mitya was very talented, “he studied very well, he was thoughtful.” The actress was against Mitya connecting his life with cinema, but he still ended up on the set: at the age of 13, Kustinskaya’s son played the role of Dima Samsonov in the film “Scarecrow”. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at MGIMO, in 1991, Mitya got married. He and his wife Natasha, who worked for Joseph Kobzon as the head of the legal department, had a son, but the child died at 7 months. Egorov's wife began to drink, and they divorced. A year after the baby’s death, Boris Egorov died. As Kustinskaya notes, Mitya adored his father, and this killed him. He changed and started drinking. He had a new girlfriend, Olga, who “drank and constantly pushed Mitya to do it.”
Dmitry Egorov took part in the October 1993 events, during which he was wounded at the Ostankino TV tower. According to Natalya Kustinskaya, he used drugs. The actress said that on the last day of Mitya’s life - October 20, 2002 - she quarreled with him. She asked him not to leave the house, but he only said: “We promised to go visit.” And he left with Olga. It was not Olga who told the actress that Mitya had died, but the police. They wrote “heart failure,” but his temple turned out to be pierced.
Death
The police informed Natalya Kustinskaya that Dmitry was no longer alive. The official cause of death was given as heart failure. Father Oleg Nikolaevich said in an interview that he was given to understand that his son died from a drug overdose.
Dmitry Egorov's grave
And Natalya Nikolaevna, while filming for a series of programs “To Be Remembered,” said that Olga once came to visit her and told Dima’s friends that he did not die a natural death.
The mother outlived her son by 10 years. Every time she was approached with an offer of help, Kustinskaya first of all asked to visit Dmitry’s grave at the Kuntsevo cemetery.
Life line
April 5, 1938 Date of birth of Natalya Nikolaevna Kustinskaya. 1959 Film debut in the film “Gloomy Morning”. 1961 Graduation from VGIK, work at the Theater-Studio of Film Actors. 1963 Release of the film “Three Plus Two” with Natalya Kustinskaya. January 18, 1970 Birth of son Dmitry Egorov. October 20, 2002 Death of Kustinskaya’s son. December 10, 2012 Stroke. December 13, 2012 Date of death of Natalya Kustinskaya. December 17, 2012 Funeral of Natalya Kustinskaya.
Childhood
The future movie star was born on April 3, 1938. She was a native Muscovite and the only daughter in a friendly, fairly wealthy and respected family of pop artists. Father, Nikolai Andreevich, “a prince and a nobleman” (according to the actress), was a performer of funny couplets and feuilletons, as well as a tap dancer, performed with the humorous duet “Mironova and Menaker”. Mom, Maria Vdovenko, an extraordinary beauty, was a singer.
Natalya Kustinskaya in childhood
The parents often took the baby to their concerts, and in their house they often had such famous personalities as Vadim Kozin, Lydia Ruslanova, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Arkady Raikin, Viktor Knushevitsky, Isabella Yurieva, Ruzhena Sikora. So the girl grew up in a creative and constructive environment. She learned to sing, dance, read poetry early, attended a music school at Gnesinka to study piano (teacher E.F. Gnesin), and dreamed of becoming an actress.
Natalya Kustinskaya with her parents as a child
All friends and acquaintances unanimously said that with her unique appearance there was only one path - to become an artist. Already from the age of 14, many representatives of the stronger sex drowned in the bottomless pools-eyes of the nymphet, followed on her heels, waited near the house and on the landing, causing grumbling from neighbors.
Having received a certificate in 1955, Natasha submitted documents to the Vakhtangov Theater School and the Institute of Cinematography. She successfully passed the exams and entered both universities, despite the huge competition. Having chosen VGIK, the girl enrolled in a course for Moscow Art Theater actors, teachers and spouses Olga Pyzhova and Boris Bibikov.
