Biography
Soviet cinema actress Tatyana Gavrilova was born in Moscow in 1939 during the May Day holidays. Her family did not leave the capital during the Great Patriotic War. After graduating from ten years of age, the girl entered medical school, which she graduated with honors, and began working in a regular hospital as a nurse.
Tatiana Gavrilova
But after some time, Tatyana felt some dissatisfaction with such a life and decided to enter the Institute of Cinematography.
First successes
To the girl’s surprise, she easily passed the competition for a course with the masters of Soviet cinema Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. Her classmates were future screen stars: N. Gvozdikova, E. Zharikov, Zh. Bolotova, N. Gubenko, Zh. Prokhorenko. The young actress began acting early, from her first year of study. The directors could not ignore such an attractive actress: the blonde with regular facial features and a dotted figure always became the decoration of the film. Her first works were the lyrical comedy “Young Love” and the war drama “In Difficult Hours.”
Tatiana Gavrilova
The master of the course, director Sergei Gerasimov, also invited his student to the film “People and Beasts”, offering the girl the role of a bitchy heroine. The film was shot together with European colleagues and has a rather dramatic plot. Tatyana Gavrilova played in the film, but after that the director no longer invited her to his cinema. According to Gerasimov, he and the actress did not get along on the set. Throughout Tatyana’s entire creative biography, she never again crossed paths with her teacher on the same platform.
Rise of popularity
Despite the fact that actress Tatyana Gavrilova never got the main roles, her creative biography was replenished with many secondary characters. And her personal life was very turbulent at that time - the woman was credited with many affairs with famous directors. Eldar Ryazanov’s special attention to the beauty did not go unnoticed. Many believed that he gave her roles precisely because of a romantic relationship.
Tatyana Gavrilova in the film “Give me a book of complaints”
In the period from 1960 to 1970, the actress worked a lot, starring in episodic roles. Film critics of that time noted in the actress’s career her particularly successful work in an experimental film created based on the opera by Shostakovich and Galina Vishnevskaya.
Tatyana Gavrilova in the film “Midshipmen, forward!”
In "Katerina Izmailova", directed by Shapiro, Tatyana Gavrilova brilliantly played Sonnetka the convict, forcing the viewer to believe in the existence of such a character in reality - letters with angry statements addressed to the negative heroine were received in bags on television. Back then it was the highest recognition of skill and dramatic talent.
Happy 60s
But the actress had no shortage of work. After several films, she was noticed by the young Eldar Ryazanov, who had already gained popularity after the famous film “Carnival Night”. He then began to invite the aspiring film actress to his films. The films “Give me a complaint book” and “Beware of the car” appear one after another, where Tatyana Gavrilova plays very quarrelsome characters: an evil waitress and Inna Samotsvetova, the wife of Andrei Mironov’s hero. In parallel with her work in the film industry, the actress went to serve in MTK, where she played in several performances.
Tatyana Gavrilova in the film “Give me a book of complaints” | Cinema
Another peak of this period was her role as the convict Sonnetka in the film “Katerina Izmailova” directed by Mikhail Shapiro. It was an experimental film adaptation of Dmitry Shostakovich's opera of the same name with Galina Vishnevskaya in the title role. It is known that the composer wrote his famous opus specifically with the opera singer Vishnevskaya in mind, since she had not only phenomenal vocal abilities, but also dramatic abilities. Shapiro's film turned out to be no less talented than the theatrical production.
Tatyana Gavrilova in the film “Midshipmen, forward!” | Cinema
On the screen, Tatyana Anatolyevna was assigned a rather monotonous role: from the very beginning she was offered the roles of only negative heroines. But this did not upset the actress; she enthusiastically plunged into work. Tatyana Gavrilova’s only positive role in her entire film career was her character of the altruist Rosemary in the film “Everything for You.” The film brought together a galaxy of famous actors of the era. Together with Tatyana Gavrilova on the screen you can see Tatyana Peltzer, Leonid Kuravlev, Olga Aroseva, Boris Ivanov, Leonid Kharitonov, Rina Zelenaya and others.
Tatiana Gavrilova
Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
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Tatyana Gavrilova was born two years before the start of the Great Patriotic War. Her family did not leave the capital during the war. After graduating from ten years of age, the girl entered medical school, which she graduated with honors, and began working in a regular hospital as a nurse. But after some time, Tatyana felt some dissatisfaction with such a life and decided to enter the Institute of Cinematography. To the girl’s surprise, she easily passed the competition for a course with the masters of Soviet cinema Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. Her classmates were future screen stars: N. Gvozdikova, E. Zharikov, Zh. Bolotova, N. Gubenko, Zh. Prokhorenko. The young actress began acting early, from her first year of study. The directors could not ignore such an attractive actress: a blonde with regular facial features and a dotted figure always became the adornment of the film. Her first works were the lyrical comedy “Young Love” and the war drama “In Difficult Hours.” The master of the course, director Sergei Gerasimov, also invited his student to the film “People and Beasts”, offering the girl the role of a bitchy heroine. The film was shot together with European colleagues and has a rather dramatic plot. Gavrilova's heroine, Maria Nikolaevna, was a powerful and strong woman who managed to create her own social circle in a foreign country. Tatyana Gavrilova played in the film, but after that the director no longer invited her to appear in his films. According to Gerasimov, he and the actress did not get along on the set. Throughout Tatyana’s entire creative biography, she never again crossed paths with her teacher on the same platform. But the actress had no shortage of work. After several films, she was noticed by the young Eldar Ryazanov, who had already gained popularity after the famous film “Carnival Night”. He then began to invite the aspiring film actress to his films. The films “Give me a complaint book” and “Beware of the car” appear one after another, where Tatyana Gavrilova plays very quarrelsome characters: an evil waitress and Inna Samotsvetova, the wife of Andrei Mironov’s hero. Later, Gavrilova starred in two more films by the famous director - “Forgotten Melody for Flute” and “Promised Heaven”. Another highlight of this period was her role as the convict Sonnetka in the film “Katerina Izmailova” directed by Mikhail Shapiro. It was an experimental film adaptation of Dmitry Shostakovich's opera of the same name with Galina Vishnevskaya in the title role. On the screen, Tatyana Anatolyevna was assigned a rather monotonous role: from the very beginning she was offered the roles of only negative heroines. But this did not upset the actress; she enthusiastically plunged into work. Tatyana Gavrilova’s only positive role in her entire film career was her character of the altruist Rosemary in the film “Everything for You.” The film brought together a galaxy of famous actors of the era. Together with Tatyana Gavrilova on the screen you can see Tatyana Peltzer, Leonid Kuravlev, Olga Aroseva, Boris Ivanov, Leonid Kharitonov, Rina Zelenaya and others. Gradually, starting in the 70s, Tatyana Gavrilova’s fame and demand began to fade. One of the actress’s memorable works of this period was her role in the film “Kalina Krasnaya” by Vasily Shukshin. The image of a representative of the criminal world, Lucienne, is one of the most striking performed by graduate Gerasimov. Actress Tatyana Gavrilova continued acting until 1993. Her last major works were roles in the television film “A Lady’s Visit,” in Ryazanov’s drama “The Last Melody for the Flute” and in his comedy “Promised Heaven.” Tatyana Gavrilova's filmography includes almost forty films. After graduating from the institute in 1964, Gavrilova joined the staff of the Mosfilm film studio and the Film Actor's Studio Theatre, where she played in several performances and remained to serve there until 1994. There were no special upheavals in Tatyana Gavrilova’s personal life. She married the Moscow avant-garde artist of Belarusian origin Eduard Kurochkin. The husband was a year older than the actress, and unlike her, he survived all the horrors of partisan Belarus. The artist was at one time a famous dissident, and for a shocking painting about Marx and Lenin he was even exiled for some period from Moscow to Ufa, where he worked for several years. Despite the fact that the couple never had children, they always looked happy in the photos. Their harmonious, calm union lasted until the end of the wife’s life.
Like many other artists of Soviet cinema, the actress has appeared little on screen since the collapse of the USSR. Her last filming took place in the spring of 2000 on one of the programs of Leonid Filatov’s series about forgotten celebrities. On air, Tatyana Gavrilova talked about the death of the Soviet actress Izolda Izvitskaya, who died in oblivion, in complete poverty, literally in the arms of Tatyana Gavrilova. After the release of the program, three months later, at the age of 61, Tatyana Anatolyevna herself left. The cause of death was heart failure, which led to cardiac arrest. Her husband Eduard Kurochkin survived the actress by 14 years. He continued throughout his remaining years to paint and collect exhibitions around the world. One of his famous works of the last period is considered to be a portrait of the King of Jordan with his wife, which is now kept in a private royal collection. They learned about the death of Tatyana Gavrilova a few days after the tragedy. The actress was buried at the 44th section of the Dolgoprudnenskoye (Central) cemetery.
Decline of a career
Gradually, starting in the 70s, Tatyana Gavrilova’s fame and demand began to fade. One of the actress’s memorable works of this period was her role in the film “Kalina Krasnaya” by Vasily Shukshin. The image of a representative of the criminal world, Lucienne, is one of the most striking performed by graduate Gerasimov.
Tatyana Gavrilova in the film “Kalina Krasnaya” | Cinema
Actress Gavrilova continued acting until 1993. Her last major works were roles in the television film “A Lady’s Visit,” in Ryazanov’s drama “The Last Melody for the Flute” and in his comedy “Promised Heaven.”
Theater activities
The aspiring actress played her first role on stage in 1973, appearing before the public in the graduation performance “Window” based on the work of the French comedian Jacques Feydeau. In the same year, Lyudmila Gavrilova received the main role in the play “Pippi Longstocking,” which was staged by director Margarita Mikaelyan.
In total, during her work at the Academic Theater of Satire, our heroine took part in more than a dozen performances. Among her most successful works, it is worth noting the roles of Marianne in the play “Tartuffe”, Suzanne in “The Marriage of Figaro”, Carola in “Awake and Sing”, Polly Peachum in “The Threepenny Opera”, Freken Bock in “The Kid and Carlson Who Lives on the Roof” "
Personal life
There were no special upheavals in Tatyana Gavrilova’s personal life. She married the Moscow avant-garde artist of Belarusian origin Eduard Kurochkin. The husband was a year older than the actress, and unlike her, he survived all the horrors of partisan Belarus.
Tatyana Gavrilova with her husband, Eduard Kurochkin
The artist was at one time a famous dissident, and for a shocking painting about Marx and Lenin he was even exiled for some period from Moscow to Ufa, where he worked for several years. Despite the fact that the couple never had children, they always looked happy in the photos. Their harmonious, calm union lasted until the end of the wife’s life.
“And then he realized that the third man is odd...”: An affair with Mironov and other secrets of the life of Lyudmila Gavrilova
Lyudmila Gavrilova is a famous Russian actress who is used as an example for many aspiring actors. An incredibly beautiful and incomparably talented woman, next to whom many Russian famous men wanted to beat her.
From the very beginning of her career, she began to show herself exclusively in her theatrical career, which is perhaps why she has only 60 film roles to her name. However, all her roles are memorable and vivid. Which were able to win the hearts of millions of viewers. It is worth noting that her role in the series “Capercaillie” brought her wild popularity in cinema. She has worked in the theater for more than forty years where she played many brilliant roles.
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Her family life is often discussed online, and all because of her stormy romance with Andrei Mironov, which she spoke about only 10 years after his death.
In addition to Mironov, there were four more official husbands in the actress’s life with whom life never worked out, since there was always some ridiculous reason for divorce.
Her first husband was actor Shavkat Gaziev, who was seven years older than the actress. The feeling for the couple arose on the set of one of the films. Their relationship developed very quickly, and soon the lovers got married. A year later their son Tair was born. However, at some point, their love began to burst at the seams, and then the actress filed for divorce.
It was during this period, in the early 80s, that Lyudmila began an affair with Andrei Mironov. Then she did not pay attention to the fact that he was married. After all, almost at first sight, she fell in love with this charismatic guy who captivated her heart, their relationship developed rapidly, at first they simply played in the theater where they saw each other, and after six months they began dating in secret from everyone.
“We suited each other. And both understood this. At that time, I had already divorced my husband and was raising my son alone. “Lusenka, I understand everything, you are a young woman, you need to arrange your life, but I can’t change anything, I’m bound by this shortcoming,” Andryusha said in an apologetic tone. And I reassured him: “Why are you so nervous? No one is holding you to be your groom! "He was offended by this. But that's how it was."
They loved each other, but Andrei was never able to leave his wife and start living with the woman he loved. Despite the fact that his wife guessed about the couple’s relationship, she remained silent, because she knew that he would not escape from her.
And Larisa herself subsequently found a new relationship, which began to develop completely by chance and ultimately ended in marriage. She left Mironov to build a relationship with his other sworn enemy, actor Alexander Didenko.
The actress herself does not want to remember this period, but in one of her interviews she told how it all happened:
“I was flying on wings when I started my relationship with Sasha. I haven’t yet decided for myself what is happening to me, but Andrey already realized that I fell in love. He told me this himself, catching me behind the scenes. And he looked so piercingly into my eyes. But Sasha and I lived like on a volcano. We'll quarrel a little, I kicked him out to hell. At such moments, I allowed Andryusha to call me. But while he was getting ready to call, we were already making peace with Alexander, and I asked my mother to lie to Andrei on the phone that I was not at home... And Andrei understood that it was no longer possible to restore the previous relationship. And then he realized that the third one was redundant. We remained friends. And I loved Sasha. I dissolved in him. It turned out that Andryusha became the bridge that prepared me for this love.”
However, despite such mad love and this flaw. Love also did not work out and after a couple of years Alexander left her, and a couple of months later he died.
After that, the actress had 2 more marriages in which she does not want to remember.
Now she is single, but she has a son who always supports her. And she spends all her time at the Shchukin Theater School where she works and passes on her experience to the younger generation.
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Last years
Like many other artists of Soviet cinema, the actress has appeared little on screen since the collapse of the USSR. But in the late 90s she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Her last filming took place on one of the programs of Leonid Filatov’s series about forgotten celebrities. On air, Tatyana Gavrilova talked about the inglorious death of the Soviet actress Isolda Izvitskaya, who died in oblivion, in complete poverty, literally in the arms of Tatyana Gavrilova.
Grave of Tatyana Gavrilova | Russian actors
After the release of the program, three months later, at the age of 61, Tatyana Anatolyevna herself leaves. The cause of death was heart failure, which led to cardiac arrest. Her husband Eduard Kurochkin survived the actress by 14 years. He continued throughout his remaining years to paint and collect exhibitions around the world. One of his famous works of the last period is considered to be a portrait of the King of Jordan with his wife, which is now kept in a private royal collection.
Family
The actress married the Belarusian artist Eduard Kurochkin in 1974. The talented painter could not resist the beauty of his wife after her performance in one of the performances of the Moscow Drama Theater, which he came to see completely by accident. Then he studied at the textile institute and won sports competitions between universities. As a reward, tickets were included with the certificate, and the guy went to the theater. This is how their relationship developed for many years.
Last role in the film “Kalina Krasnaya”
As they say, Tatyana Gavrilova was married before, but there is no official information on this matter. Moreover, her fame began to fade by that time. Probably due to his addiction to alcohol. Many of her colleagues claimed that the addiction was increasingly dragging the beauty into an intoxicated pool. She was also offered episodic roles, for example, Shukshin in “Kalina Krasnaya” filmed Gavrilova in the image of the chieftain of swindlers, who did not want to let go of the main character from her tenacious clutches.
However, the love of alcohol, which ruined the biography and personal life of actress Tatyana Gavrilova, did its job. Colleagues on the set recall that the woman often disrupted work, despite being little busy during filming.
Actress Tatyana Gavrilova
Marriage did not add happiness either - the husband was considered a dissident for a long time for refusing to paint portraits of party leaders, and after caricatures of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels he was exiled to Ufa for 5 years. The woman could not go after him - she periodically participated in filming and worked a little in the theater. They did not have children, therefore, apparently, the relationship was even - everyone lived their own lives, without demanding anything from each other.
Filmography of Tatyana Gavrilova:
- Young Love (1961)
- In Difficult Hour (1961)
- Men and Beasts (1962)
- Last Bread (1963)
- Everything for You (1964)
- Give me a book of complaints (1965)
- Katerina Izmailova (1966)
- Beware of the Car (1966)
- Literature Lesson (1968)
- Yesterday, Today and Always (1969)
- Not a Word About Football (1973)
- Viburnum red (1973)
- Petrovka, 38 (1980)
- Who's knocking on my door (1982)
- Proceed to Liquidation (1983)
- Dead Souls (1984)
- Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
- Forgotten Melody for flute (1987)
- Midshipmen, forward! (1988)
- A Lady's Visit (1989)
- Promised Heaven (1991)
- Black Square (1993)
Roles played
Her youthful popularity was due to the fact that the actress had an extremely good appearance - a sophisticated figure, a beautiful face, and blond hair. It was with reference to this fact that the directors decided to offer the actress the roles of girls endowed with negative character traits. However, in the films “Bureau of the Good” the actress was lucky enough to play a modest woman.
An interesting fact is that S. Gerasimov, having offered Gavrilova a role in only one film “People and Beasts” while she was a student at a theater university, then refused to cast her in other films, citing the fact that they did not agree on the characters . In that film, Gavrilova was lucky enough to play a woman with a strong character.
In total, there are nineteen films in which Tatyana Gavrilova took part: these are film stories, films with military themes, comedies, adventure films and social drama, detective, and lyrical comedy.
