Video: How Tatyana Samoilova repeated the success of her father, and how she paid for it: Anna Karenina, daughter of Colonel Shchors
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On May 4, the famous theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia Tatyana Samoilova would have turned 86, but 6 years ago on the same day, May 4, on her 80th birthday, she passed away. So her birthday became a day of remembrance. In the late 1950s - early 1960s. she was one of the most popular, demanded and successful Soviet actresses, whose hallmark was the role of Anna Karenina. But the name of the Samoilovs earned all-Union recognition not only thanks to Tatyana, because her father was also an actor and left a noticeable mark in art.
Evgeny Samoilov was born in 1912 into a simple Petersburg family: his father was a gunsmith worker, and his mother was engaged in housekeeping. The father often went with his two sons to the Alexandrinsky Theater, and Eugene became interested in art from childhood. True, he dreamed of becoming not an actor, but an artist. He went to audition for a private art studio of N. Khodotov with a friend and, to his surprise, was enrolled. At the same time, Samoilov began studying in the evenings in the studio at the acting department, and then continued his acting education at the Leningrad Art Polytechnic.
After completing his studies, Yevgeny Samoilov performed on the stage of the Theater of Acting under the direction of L. Vivien, Theater. V. Meyerhold, Theater of the Revolution (later - Theater. V. Mayakovsky), Maly Theater. At the age of 24, Samoilov made his film debut, playing the main role in the film "A Chance Meeting". And all-Union popularity came to him after 3 years, when Alexander Dovzhenko entrusted him with the main role in his film "Shchors".
Samoilov did not look like a character in the script, he never rode a horse, but Dovzhenko was not embarrassed. While working on the image, the director taught Samoilov to "go from oneself" in order to better understand his hero, and Colonel Shchors, in his performance, looked on the screens as a noble and intelligent man, with a passionate faith in a wonderful future. For this work, Samoilov received the Stalin Prize. Later, the actor said that the meeting with Dovzhenko determined his acting destiny for decades to come.
After this success, Evgeny Samoilov received many new proposals from directors. At the age of 34, he again became a laureate of the Stalin Prize - for the main role in the film by Ivan Pyriev "At six o'clock in the evening after the war." The role of Lieutenant Kudryashov became one of Samoilov's favorite roles. On the screens, the actor most often embodied the images of the military - warriors, defenders and victors, courageous, selfless and noble.
His personal life was just as happy. Even in his youth, he met his only beloved woman - Zinaida Levina, and they lived together for 62 years. Samoilov's partners on the set were the most beautiful Soviet actresses, he played along with all the prima - Serova, Orlova, Ladynina, but after filming he always hurried home to spend time with his family. In his declining years, shortly before his departure in 2006 at the age of 93, the actor said: "".
The couple had two children - Tatiana and Alexey, and both of them followed in the footsteps of their father, choosing an acting profession, against the wishes of their parents. Father warned Tatiana: "". Both of them grew up behind the scenes and dreamed of going on stage just like their father. Tatyana once in her youth said: "". One point was not enough for her to enter the Shchukin school, and she began to attend classes as an auditor. But soon she had to leave her studies - the teachers did not welcome the participation of students in the filming, and Tatiana Samoilova starred in the film "Mexican", and then got the main role in the film "The Cranes Are Flying".
Despite the fact that in the USSR the film "The Cranes Are Flying" was given a real blast by critics, who declared that Samoilova had "a non-Soviet appearance, and that she looked vulgar on the screens, and even Khrushchev himself, this film received the highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and Pablo Picasso said about Samoilova: "". Years later, The Cranes Are Flying was recognized as one of the best films about the war.
In 1967, Tatyana Samoilova played her starring role in the film Anna Karenina. This image was embodied on the screens by many domestic and foreign actresses, but Anna Karenina performed by Samoilova is called one of the most successful images. It would seem that after this success her creative take-off should have awaited her, but this did not happen. Instead, years of oblivion lay ahead of her. For more than 20 years, the actress did not appear on screens, and only at the end of the 1990s. started acting again. But this return did not become triumphant - she was no longer offered the main roles.
The personal life of the actress also did not work out. All 3 of her marriages broke up, and her only son Dmitry emigrated to the United States. In her declining years, Samoilova was left alone. In recent years, she suffered from multiple sclerosis, she had bouts of clouding of consciousness. On the day of her 80th birthday, May 4, 2014, the actress was once again admitted to the hospital with coronary heart disease and hypertension. On the same day she was gone.
Few know that there was another representative in this acting dynasty - Tatyana's brother Alexei Samoilov also became an actor. After graduating from drama school, he performed on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater, and then for 30 years was an actor in the Maly Theater. He starred in films very little, in his filmography - only 8 works in films and television plays. After his father passed away, he left the theater and moved with his family to France. He was the only one who was next to Tatyana Samoilova in the most difficult time for her, when she had no one left and she needed help.
Alexey admitted: "".
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