The fate of 6 Soviet actresses who married foreigners

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

The times of the USSR were not so golden in terms of creative freedom and opportunities for professional realization. In addition, living conditions in the post-war country were, oh, how far from comfortable. And, as it seemed, marriage with a foreigner was a way out - it promised a completely different standard of living - prosperity, lack of censorship and an organized life. However, very often sincere Russian women did not take root in a foreign land. Their hearts yearned and longed for home. Therefore, in real life, a relationship with a foreigner in the era of the Iron Curtain was a tragedy, and this love brought our actresses only the bitterness of disappointment.

Tatiana Okunevskaya

The Soviet film star was arrested in 1948 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on political charges. According to her daughter Inga, mothers were charged with marriage with a foreign citizen, who in those years automatically ranked a woman as a spy. Her husband's name was never named. However, in the memoirs of the actress herself, Marshal Broz Tito is listed among her fans.

The Yugoslav politician was divorced at that time and could well take care of the Russian beauty during her tour. According to Okunevskaya herself, the influential boyfriend promised, if he agreed, to build a personal film studio for the actress in Croatia. But politics intervened - relations between the USSR and Yugoslavia deteriorated, and any ties began to be perceived as hostile.

Tatyana Okunevskaya lost herself in prison dungeons until 1954, but then she managed to get a job in the troupe of the theater. Lenin Komsomol in Moscow. She married several times, remaining a real beauty until the end of her days.

Zoya Fedorova

Remember Gapusya, the wife of the village headman from the movie "Wedding in Malinovka" and the watchman from "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"? This is a Soviet actress, laureate of two Stalin Prizes, Zoya Fedorova. Meanwhile, in her youth, her fate developed according to a dramatic scenario. The young girl met the American diplomat Jackson Tate. The outbreak of love had fatal consequences - Zoya became pregnant, but she did not have time to communicate this wonderful news to her chosen one - he was expelled from the USSR at the request of the Soviet government.

Fedorova tried to hide her position by marrying her friend, composer Alexander Ryazanov. However, the ubiquitous KGB found out about the trick, and the unfortunate woman was sentenced to 25 years in high security camps for espionage. Not only she suffered - her sister Alexandra and her children were sentenced to life in exile, and her sister Maria was sentenced to 10 years in correctional camps. And only in 1955 the family managed to reunite. Zoya again began to live in Moscow with her matured daughter and returned to filming in films.

Galina Loginova

The relationship with the handsome Yugoslav actress Galina Loginova cost a career. Her most notable role in Soviet cinema was Beatrice from the television movie Much Ado About Nothing (1973). However, a year later she got married and became pregnant. At that time, the spouse of a foreign citizen was no longer imprisoned, however, they did not rush to call for the shooting, considering her unreliable. For five years Galina and her husband Bogdan Jovovich lived as a guest marriage, occasionally visiting each other. And once Galina could not stand it - she stayed with her husband, emigrating from the USSR.

At first, the family lived in the UK, and then moved to the United States. Since American directors could not discern Galina's talent, and Bogdan could not get a medical license, they had to interrupt with any kind of work. At one time they served in the house of Hollywood director Brian de Palma. Galina invested all her energy and talent in the upbringing and education of her beloved daughter. And now the whole world knows the actress Milla Jovovich. And Galina Loginova still starred in several more Russian and American films, but her most successful profession was the role of her daughter's agent.

Irina Alferova

One of the most charming actresses of Soviet cinema in the seventies met and married the Bulgarian diplomat Boyko Gyurov. Tikhonya Irina became an exemplary wife and gave birth to a daughter, Ksenia. Together they lived in Bulgaria. However, family life did not work out - the different temperaments and mentality of the spouses affected. They often quarreled, while the mother-in-law added fuel to the fire. Her husband demanded that Irina not think about resuming her career as an actress, and preferred pots and pans. And one day the woman could not stand it and, taking her daughter with her, returned to Moscow. Yes, here the conditions of the Soviet hostel, the disorder of life were waiting for her, but then there was an opportunity to play and become a favorite actress among millions of people.

Elena Safonova

The Soviet and Russian actress managed to replenish her biography twice with episodes of novels with foreigners. For the first time, an imported prince won her attention in the late 80s. American businessman Vache Martirosyan promised mountains of gold, but he could not offer marriage - he was already tied by marriage. From this connection, a son, Ivan, was born, to whom the actress gave her last name.

In 1992 on the set of the film "Accompanist" Elena met the French actor Samuel Labart. The beautiful novel had a continuation - the man offered her a hand and a heart, and soon Elena had a second son, Alexander. However, the family did not manage to pass the tests with "copper pipes". The husband became terribly jealous of his popular wife. He did not like the fact that they began to perceive him as "Safonova's husband", and as a result, the couple separated.

The most affected side in this story was little Alexander Labarthe - he was separated from his mother. Elena fought for three years with the French judicial system, according to which children born in the country cannot be taken out by one of the spouses for permanent residence in another state. However, she did not achieve the result - now she has to communicate with her youngest son only occasionally.

Rimma Markova

The famous Pani Basya from the movie "The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik", the elder sister of Nikolai from the TV series "Voronins", as well as the eternal mother, grandmother, nurse, teacher from many other popular films, this actress truly earned popular love. But the personal life of Rimma Vasilievna was not so successful. For the first time, a foreigner charmed the actress in her youth, when she met the Greek pilot Semyon. The marriage lasted about a year.

But almost all the inhabitants of our country knew about the third marriage of the actress. The actress met a passionate Spaniard at a festival in San Sebastian. "Such a game must not be missed," whispered her friends, including Nonna Mordyukova. Indeed, the actress was already slightly over forty, and she agreed. However, the foreigner turned out to be not only a passionate lover, but also a terribly jealous husband. Rimma Vasilievna, without a scandal, could not even have a word with the director.

Of course, she understood that a common child would further strengthen her husband's arguments, and she would have to leave the stage. Therefore, the actress had an abortion. And her husband, having learned about this, immediately left her. Rimma Vasilievna remained the wife of the Spanish baron until the end of her days, refusing to change her passport because of the stamp.