Why the most closed actress of the Maly Theater refused Kobzon: Secrets of Aleftina Evdokimova's personal life

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

She is known, first of all, as a theatrical actress who has been serving at the Maly Theater for 58 years, joining its troupe immediately after graduating from VGIK. I remember Aleftina Evdokimova for her roles in films, including in "Silver Trainer" and "Courier", in the TV series "Executioner" and "Mosgaz". Over the years, the actress refused to give interviews, making exceptions in extremely rare cases. Recently, she decided to open the veil of secrecy and talked about those people who were with her, including Joseph Kobzon.

Happy life

Aleftina Evdokimova admitted: now, when she is already 81 years old, she wants to talk about those great people who were by her side. She would like to be remembered for a long time not only as wonderful artists who gave their lives to serve creativity, but also as people who were not alien to anything human.

Aleftina Nikolaevna herself lived a long and, in spite of everything, a very happy life. She was able to realize herself as a theatrical actress, embodied many vivid images on stage, starred in 45 films. And Aleftina Evdokimova considers her personal life to be happy.

She was married to the talented cameraman Hasan Tutunov, with whom her only daughter, Tatiana, was born. The young people met at VGIK, where Aleftina studied at the acting department, and her future husband at the camera.

When the students were sent for potatoes, they had to be on duty in the kitchen on the same day. Aleftina accidentally cut her hand badly, and the young man carried her to the hospital in his arms. And after that he looked after the beauty for two whole years, called her a paw and generally seemed very kind. And only many years later, the actress admits: she was fascinated by the affectionate nicknames with which he called her, and eventually responded with consent to the marriage proposal. Then, during the courtship period, the young man's jealousy seemed quite natural. Aleftina was very beautiful, and she always had a lot of fans.

But jealousy turned family life into a real nightmare. Hasan Tutunov was jealous of his wife for literally every representative of the stronger sex who happened to be next to Aleftina. At the same time, he himself was not at all an example of marital fidelity, he allowed himself to start romances on the side, not even particularly trying to hide them from his wife.

The last straw for Aleftina Evdokimova was the fact that her husband brought his next passion to their house. After that, the actress filed for divorce and never tied the knot again. But even at a time when she was a happy young wife and was raising her little daughter, Joseph Kobzon appeared in her life.

Rejected love

The performer was completely fascinated by the beauty and charm of the young actress, although, I must admit, she never encouraged the courtship of fans. Firstly, I knew that everything could end in a grandiose scandal, and secondly, I could not even imagine how it is possible to cheat on a spouse whom you sincerely love. Despite the fact that her husband often arranged scenes of jealousy for her, Aleftina continued to love him.

But Joseph Kobzon was not at all embarrassed by the marital status of the actress, or the fact that she had a child. He was very serious and set out to win the heart of the woman with whom he was in love. He came to all performances with the participation of Aleftina Evdokimova, waited for her later at the service entrance, gave flowers not only to herself, but also to her little daughter.

Joseph Kobzon was sympathetic to Aleftina, but she was desperately afraid of her husband, and therefore not only rejected all attempts at courtship, but was even extremely rude. She often pretended not to notice the singer waiting for her, but if she could not escape quickly, the actress spoke quite sharply, making it clear to the fan: he had no chance.

But one day she nevertheless accepted the artist's invitation to a concert, knowing that her husband would be absent. She actually rested her soul, listening to amazing singing, but she was completely confused when he suddenly approached her with a microphone. And she reminded him that she accepted the invitation only after promising not to approach her. Joseph Kobzon immediately left, but received permission after the concert to take the actress home.

That evening, completely desperate Joseph Kobzon made Aleftina Evdokimova a marriage proposal. She forever remembered his eyes full of tears. He asked her to take her daughter and go to him, assuring him that he needed him as a wife. The singer called the donated ring an inexpensive trinket, and only after a while the actress found out that it was with diamonds. Even the mother of Joseph Davydovich approved of the choice of her son and persuaded the actress to respond to his feelings.

But Aleftina Nikolaevna refused. She simply could not love him, and marriage without real feelings seemed unacceptable to her. Today, the actress regrets that she was harsh with Joseph Davydovich, and mentally more than once she asked him for forgiveness.

Aleftina Evdokimova had many admirers, and she herself fell in love more than once, but Aleftina Nikolaevna preferred not to talk about her personal life. Only once did she admit: she had a rather long affair with Alexander Porokhovshchikov. The actor simply could not help but pay attention to his beautiful colleague, the actress could not resist the pressure of his charm.