Soviet actresses who were at enmity with each other: Kustinskaya-Fateeva, Gundareva-Doronina, etc

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

It would seem that for people of the acting profession nothing is impossible: fiercely hating actors can portray great love on the screen, and vice versa. But sometimes the hostility is so strong that not only in the cinema, but in ordinary life, the contradictions between these creative people were so strong that they could not hide it. What did these talented Soviet actresses not share among themselves?

Natalia Gundareva and Tatiana Doronina

The 80s turned out to be hot for the Mayakovsky Theater, because at that time Natalya Gundareva and Tatyana Doronina served there: both actresses considered themselves prima, wanted to get the brightest roles and demanded that their word was decisive. Although the director Andrei Goncharov himself invited Gundareva, whom many theaters wanted to get, he was in no hurry to give her the main roles. But at this time, Doronina shone, which did not suit her rival, so constant clashes and quarrels became a constant phenomenon. However, soon Natalia had an excellent chance to prove what she is capable of: she was entrusted to embody on stage the image of the main character in the play "Bankrupt". After that, the contradictions between the rivals only intensified.

Once there was a scandal, after which it became clear that one of the actresses had to leave. During one of the rehearsals between Gundareva and Doronina, the already familiar skirmish began. But at some point, Natalya could not stand it and hit Tatyana in the face. A fight broke out, and the actresses were somehow separated. After this incident, Doronina decided to leave. Perhaps she is tired of conflict and rivalry. Nevertheless, in the future, for many years, there was one star at the Mayakovsky Theater - Natalya Gundareva. True, in adulthood, the actress repented of many of her actions, including regretting that she actually forced Tatyana to quit.

Nina Ruslanova and Valentina Malyavina

Ruslanova and Malyavina were friends for many years, but they almost stopped communicating after Valentina, left without work, began to abuse alcohol. In this, her addiction was supported by her young roommate Stanislav Zhdanko, who was also in a creative crisis.

In the spring of 1978, disaster struck. According to Malyavina, she and her common-law husband once again drank, had a fight, and he went into the room. And when she went to get him, it turned out that the man had plunged a knife into his heart. At least this is what the actress assured, proving that it was suicide, and the court, believing her, initially closed the case.

However, Stanislav's relatives and friends believed that it was Valentina who killed the actor, and made sure that the investigation was resumed. It is interesting that Nina Ruslanova acted as a witness for the prosecution, who was sure that Zhdanko could not commit suicide. Malyavina, who did not expect such a turn, cursed her ex-girlfriend and her daughter right in the courtroom. The latter did not take these words seriously, but her mother believed that the unsuccessful personal life of the child was connected precisely with Valentina's resentment. The latter received 9 years of imprisonment, but after a while she was released under an amnesty.

Natalia Fateeva and Natalia Kustinskaya

In the comedy "Three plus two" Kustinskaya and Fateeva played their friends so believably that there was no doubt that the actresses communicate well in ordinary life. For the time being, it was just like that, until a man, or, more precisely, several gentlemen, stood between the two Natalias.

The first quarrels between the actresses began during the filming of Three Plus Two. Fateeva had a stormy romance with Andrei Mironov, but at the same time he still managed to look after Kustinskaya. The first, naturally, did not like it, but since all the participants in the love triangle did not make further plans for something big, the conflict was hushed up.

And then Fateeva fell in love so much that she was not afraid to take the object of her passion out of the family. Cosmonaut Boris Yegorov was married, but he could not resist the pressure of the actress and created a social unit with her. True, the happiness of the spouses lasted exactly until one day they decided to drop by on a visit to Kustinskaya, in which the man fell in love at first sight.

Despite the fact that both were not free at that time, they could not cope with the surging feelings. Fateeva experienced such a betrayal hard and, according to Kustinskaya, her ex-girlfriend let dirty rumors about her and tried to make her rival unemployed.

However, the homeless woman also stepped on the same rake: Egorov cheated on her too. And their family life could hardly be called ideal: Boris turned out to be a real tyrant. Their happiness did not last long. Kustinskaya, on the other hand, was married six times, but did not find happiness with any of the men. Moreover, she believed that after breaking up with Yegorov, a black streak began: under mysterious circumstances, her only son Dmitry died. And shortly before that, her seven-month-old grandson passed away. The actress was haunted by other setbacks: trauma and long recovery from it, problems with alcohol and health.

Fateeva was also married three times, but it is difficult to say whether she was happy. Now the actress practically does not communicate with her children and leads a reclusive lifestyle.

Natalia Fateeva and Roza Makagonova

However, although Fateeva was very offended by Kustinskaya, she herself more than once, for the sake of her own ambitions, did not stop at anything and took away from the family not only Boris Egorov, but also the previous spouse Vladimir Basov.

Natalia met the actor and director during the filming of the film "Accident at Mine Eight". For Fateeva, Basov became an idol, he also could not resist the beauty of the rising star of the screen. But there was one "but": the man was married to Rosa Makagonova. But, returning to Moscow, he immediately announced to her that he had decided to divorce. After the official separation from his wife, Basov almost immediately married Fateeva, but family life did not work out from the very beginning. Vladimir was madly jealous of his wife, but she was never able to come to terms with the constant domestic scandals and her husband's love for alcohol. Three years later, the actors broke up.

Life did not work out for Rosa Makagonova, and she blamed her rival for this. Distinguished by a gentle character, she was not ready to make her way to the cinema. Fortunately, before that it was pushed by Basov, who was an influential director. But after the divorce, Rosa's career was destroyed. And Fateeva, already in old age, admitted that she had not found female happiness due to the fact that she had done badly to Makagonova in her time.