Successful domestic actresses who chose a career over the joys of motherhood

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

Most actresses have played the roles of mothers at least once in their lives. But, meanwhile, some of them, having so believably embodied such images in films, were never able to raise their children in real life. Soviet stars were no exception. Moreover, the reasons for this were different for everyone: some, having chosen cinema at one time, could not make up for lost time, others, fearing of losing their beauty, deliberately refused to give birth, and still others had health problems. Today we will remember the actresses who could not know the joy of motherhood.

Faina Ranevskaya

One of the most famous Soviet actresses, many of whose phrases were taken away for quotes, was never married and had no children. Ranevskaya was critical of herself, did not consider herself beautiful, admitted that she did not know how to cook and run a household. And the failures in her personal life were explained by the fact that she liked those who did not like her, and vice versa. Faina Georgievna lived to be 87 years old, and her loneliness was brightened up by a dog named Boy.

Lyubov Orlova

The cult actress of the very first Soviet films admitted that the birth of children was never in the forefront of her. Career was a priority for her. Orlova admitted that she did not want to worry during pregnancy, and after all her life to be responsible for her child. In addition, in her opinion, expecting a child does not reflect in the best way on the figure and appearance of a woman.

Love was married twice, and, according to her niece, she had abortions a couple of times from her second husband, director Grigory Alexandrov.

Natalia Gundareva

Another actress could not play the role of mother in real life, although she got married three times. But having children was not a priority for her, and therefore she put off this question all the time. And only in marriage with her third spouse, Mikhail Fillippov, did she make an attempt to become a mother: Gundareva was then 38 years old, and the doctors only helplessly threw up their hands, although there were also those who said that the actress's infertility was associated with an unsuccessful operation. However, Natalia herself admitted that the theater replaces her children.

Rina Zelena

Another Soviet actress was married twice, and Rina Zelenaya really wanted children, but she did not succeed in becoming a mother. Although she replaced her with the two sons of her second husband, Konstantin Topuridze, she paid a lot of attention to her niece and was always glad to communicate with the children of friends and acquaintances.

The artist said that she had never lisp with children and talked to them like adults, and, according to her, they accepted her. In addition, Zelenaya wrote books for young readers, starred in films for boys and girls, and voiced cartoons.

Tatiana Peltzer

The actress played caring mothers and grandmothers many times, but in her life she never got this role. No, the point is not that Peltzer did not want to have children or was playing for time - everything was decided by a fatal accident. Being 4 months pregnant, the actress went to the funeral of Joseph Stalin, where, due to a large crowd of people, she had a miscarriage. After that, the star could no longer get pregnant.

But at the same time, Peltzer admitted that the love of the audience allows her to cope with loneliness. When in the late 80s the actress began to lose her memory, and in the play "Memorial Prayer" she played practically without words, the audience still greeted and accompanied her with ovations.

Tatiana Doronina

The actress, who played so naturally in the film "Stepmother", also did not experience the joy of motherhood, despite the fact that she got married five times. Doronina hid for a long time why this happened, but several years ago she decided on a frank confession. According to her, she was expecting a child from her first husband, Oleg Basilashvili, but decided to have an abortion. Even then, the woman who performed the operation on her said that the actress was expecting twins: a boy and a girl. Tatyana Vasilievna believes that she forgives her sin until the end of her life.

Izolda Izvitskaya

The star of the Soviet actress went out as quickly as it lit up. Izvitskaya married a colleague of Eduard Bredun, but the couple had no children. And then there was a creative crisis, and Isolde preferred to drown her problems in wine. At the same time, her husband was not averse to noisy feasts.

However, soon the husband left the actress to her friend, and Izvitskaya began to drink heavily, without leaving the house at all, forgetting to buy even food. The star of the film "Forty-first" died of hunger and alcoholism, and her body was found only a week later in an empty apartment.

Leah Akhedzhakova

The first marriage of the actress and Valery Nosik was short, but the former spouses managed to maintain a warm relationship. Akhedzhakova broke up with her second husband Boris Kocheyshvili after he refused to support her in a difficult situation: Leah was then caring for a seriously ill mother.

After two unsuccessful attempts, the actress did not admit anyone for a long time, and only in 2001, photographer Vladimir Persiyanov managed to melt her heart. Since then they have been together, but age no longer makes it possible to have children.

Nadezhda Rumyantseva

The first official relationship of the actress was also short: her husband Vladimir Shurupov left the capital, and Rumyantseva did not want to follow him. But in her second marriage with Willie Khshtoyan, Nadezhda learned what happiness is. True, the spouses did not have children, although they lived in perfect harmony for more than 40 years.

After the death of the actress, her husband admitted that they always thought they would be in time. Moreover, he already had a daughter from a previous marriage. The man still regrets that at one time he did not insist that the chosen one give birth to heirs to him.

Tamara Semina

Unlike other colleagues in this collection, Tamara Semina got married only once and lived with her husband Vladimir Prokofiev for almost half a century until his death in 2005. However, the heirs in this marriage did not appear. Why it happened, the actress told herself. According to her, in her youth she was expecting the birth of twins, but in the last months of pregnancy she had a miscarriage.

Subsequently, the Soviet star managed to conceive children several times, but could not bear them again. And after forty years, she resigned herself to the fact that she would not become a mother.

Elena Tsyplakova

The actress has always dreamed of having children, but her first marriage was very short. And later there was an incident that turned Tsyplakova's whole life: during a trip to Africa, she was bitten by an anopheles mosquito. Fortunately, the girl managed to drink the necessary medications, and then, due to the onset of hormonal imbalance, she recovered greatly.

At this time, Elena met a man with whom she was going to go to the registry office, but suddenly she felt bad. Doctors were forced to undergo emergency surgery, after which the actress could not have children.

However, the second husband did not reproach her with the fact that they have no heirs, but still their marriage came to an end. The actress married again in 2005 to a man living in a nearby house. He has a daughter from a previous marriage, with whom Tsyplakova was able to find a common language.