9 famous women who dedicated themselves to their husbands' careers and "raised" geniuses

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

It is widely believed that there is a great woman behind every great man. In fact, it is unclear how the fate of many famous directors, writers, musicians, artists, and even politicians would have developed if there had not been a patient, wise, understanding, and often forgiving woman next to them. They were ready to remain in the shadow of their geniuses, but it was their participation and support that had a significant impact on the spouse's career.

Yoko Ono

Many blamed this woman for the collapse of The Beatles, completely forgetting that the problems in the team began much earlier than John Lennon married a Japanese artist. But it was she who helped the spouse understand what he really wants. John Lennon confessed: his wife taught him everything he knew, she also showed him how to be free and gave him a sense of wholeness. After meeting with Yoko, the performer took up a solo career, achieved incredible success in this, recorded an album and surpassed The Beatles in popularity.

Sophia Tolstaya

You can argue a lot about the role of the wife in the life of a genius writer, but it was she who created all the conditions for creativity for Leo Tolstoy. It was through her efforts that the house shone with cleanliness and order, she was engaged in the upbringing of thirteen heirs of the writer, arranged celebrations and receptions of Lev Nikolaevich's guests. In addition, Sofya Andreevna was engaged in the editing of her husband's creations, correspondence and the conclusion of contracts with publishing houses and printing houses, checking estimates and even the density of the paper on which Tolstoy's books were to be printed. And besides, she also copied her husband's drafts with her own hand. Unfortunately, the writer was never able to fully appreciate his wife, commenting on the marriage slightly dismissively: "It could have been better."

Vera Nabokova

Unlike his literary colleague, Vladimir Nabokov never downplayed the role of his wife in his life. On the contrary, he repeatedly stressed: without Vera, he could have remained nothing. Vera Evseevna has always remained the muse of Vladimir Nabokov, and also a reviewer, editor, translator and literary agent. By the way, she did not like housekeeping, but she could substitute for her spouse at lectures at the university, take credit from students, reprint the manuscript and negotiate with publishers. She became her husband's personal driver and even his bodyguard: to protect Nabokov from ill-wishers, Vera Evseevna always carried a loaded pistol in her handbag.

Mercedes Barcha Pardo

It was an amazing union, to which the lovers went for thirteen years. The great writer taught Mercedes how to cook, enveloped her with his care and love, and she turned out to be the person who is ready to share joys and sorrows with her husband, share poverty and even sell her own hairdryer and mixer in order for Marquez to give the publisher his novel Hundred years of solitude . At the same time, Mercedes did not consider herself special and always tried to keep in the shadow of her famous spouse, having agreed to give an interview only once in her entire life.

Jane Hawking

She agreed to marry Stephen Hawking already at a time when he was given a disappointing diagnosis, and the doctors gave him only two years of life. After ten years of marriage, when the astrophysicist's condition deteriorated significantly, Jane became a nurse with her own husband. She looked after him, ran a household and raised three children. And everyone perceived her as just an addition to Stephen Hawking. In conclusion, the husband also became interested in his own nurse after 30 years of marriage.

Gala

She became the first person in the world who believed in the genius of a young unknown artist, who at the time of meeting with Elena Dyakonova was practically on the verge of madness. In addition to the fact that his wife became Dali's muse and model, it was she who was involved in all financial issues and the promotion of the artist, organizing exhibitions and searching for customers. After Elena Dyakonova passed away, the surrealist stopped painting.

Juliet Mazina

The successful actress pushed her own career into the background when she became the wife of a brilliant director. Juliet, as Fellini called her wife, was engaged in editing scripts and approving actors for roles, looking for money to implement her husband's new projects, and choosing the nature herself. For the sake of not parting with her husband for a long time, Juliet refused a lucrative Hollywood contract, knowing that in separation her husband was irritated and nervous. And she herself could not be away from her beloved Federico for a long time. But Mazina did not become a shadow of her own husband, she starred in his most famous films.

Hillary Clinton

After meeting Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham left her own ambitious plans to conquer the political Olympus and became the first assistant to her husband. She did not leave her job in a law firm and at the same time was involved in all the financial issues of the family and raising her daughter. Even when the scandal involving Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky broke out, Hillary defended her husband. Only after her husband's lies were revealed, Hillary Clinton decided to build her own political career.

Sharon Osborne

This woman actually devoted herself to the career of the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, making him her most successful production project. Sharon became the brain center of their close-knit family, managing to successfully combine the work of a producer, raising children and caring for her beloved spouse. The reality show "The Osbourne Family", initiated by Sharon, beat all popularity ratings and gathered a multimillion army of fans from the screens who wanted to know the details of the life of the famous musician's family.

When it comes to Leo Tolstoy or Sergei Yesenin, the genius of these men and their invaluable contribution to Russian and world literature immediately comes to mind. Nobody thinks about what personalities they were, and what is even more interesting, family men. But the most famous Russian writers and poets often turned out to be intolerable husbands and made their wives unhappy.