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Video: What made Nina Grebeshkova endure Leonid Gaidai for 40 years, and why she could not leave him
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
It seems that the actresses who married the directors, along with the marriage certificate, receive a lucky lottery ticket in the form of the main roles in the films of the spouse, a comfortable life and all the other delights of life. But all this had nothing to do with Nina Grebeshkova, the wife of Leonid Gaidai. She literally pulled the whole house on herself, and sometimes she received nothing in return. Once Nina Pavlovna even tried to get away from Gaidai, and he said only six words to her, and she stayed. And she never tried to talk about divorce again.
Student romance
Nina Grebeshkova fell in love with Gaidai as a student, when they studied at VGIK. She is at the acting department, he is at the directing department. He is tall, very thin and awkward, in trousers that are always frayed at the bottom, and she is a Moscow beauty with a radiant smile. But at the same time, Leonid Gaidai was very charming, and Nina Grebeshkova from the first days of her acquaintance appreciated the incredible sense of humor and integrity of the young man.
Although he didn't even know how to look after. Rehearsals at VGIK, as a rule, ended very late, and one day Gaidai simply said: "I will see you, since no one is accompanying you!" Classmates always recalled how Ninochka shone with happiness, looking at Gaidai. She still remains attractive, and in her younger years, Nina Grebeshkova could rightfully be called the first beauty of the course.
When Gaidai saw Nina off, he never confessed his love to her, did not talk about ardent feelings, did not give flowers and gifts. He just once said: “Why do we all walk and walk? Let's get married! The girl was taken aback, and then laughed: they will look comical! She is small, and he is as long as a pole! He needs to find himself a stately girl. Gaidai replied that he would not even lift the big one, but would carry it in his arms.
Broken promise
Unfortunately, Leonid Gaidai never kept his promise to carry his wife in his arms. Once, 10 years after the wedding, Nina Grebeshkova asked her husband to give her his hand when crossing the boardwalk over a pit. To which the director sarcastically asked if she shouldn't be moved in her arms. The actress was extremely upset and decided to remind her husband of the promise given once. Gaidai only shrugged his shoulders, and his wife burst into tears.
At the same time, she fully provided for Gaidai's life, tirelessly took care of him, and went on an expedition with her husband. All colleagues understood how difficult it was for Nina Pavlovna to be with a genius. He had a difficult character, bad habits, in recent years he also became addicted to gambling. She endured everything, put up with all the shortcomings of her husband and turned everything into a joke.
And the main function of providing for the family also lay with her. Leonid Iovich received pretty decent royalties for his films, but this usually happened once every couple of years, and serious purchases were made with this money: a dacha, a car. In addition, the director passionately loved to treat friends and acquaintances, and also lent everyone to everyone, forgetting to demand a return. At home, he did not hammer in nails, did not hang shelves, did not even know where his socks were.
Once, when Nina Pavlovna was tired of carrying on herself the whole heap of everyday problems, she decided to divorce Gaidai. When he heard the news from his wife about the upcoming divorce, he sat down on a chair, clasped his head in his hands and said only one phrase: “Nina, I will be lost without you …” The actress suddenly realized that it would really be so. Her brilliant husband was completely unadapted for life. She stayed and never again admitted the thought of parting.
Episode queen
Despite all the everyday difficulties and problems, Nina Grebeshkova was happy. She loved her husband and did not consider herself a victim of circumstances. The actress played many serious dramatic roles in films, but she was remembered for her episodic work in Gaidai's films.
For example, Nina Pavlovna got the role of a nurse in the film "Prisoner of the Caucasus" quite by accident. She was supposed to star in the title role with another director when Leonid Gaidai had a stomach ulcer. And the wife went with him to the set to take care of her husband, feed him homemade food and make sure that he took medications on time. Leonid Iovich immediately came up with a role for his wife.
He always valued the opinion of Nina Pavlovna, she was the first reader of his scripts. If she didn't like a scene, he immediately sat down to invent it again. And in Gaidai's films, phrases that Nina Pavlovna uttered at home are constantly heard.
There was another amazing quality of the famous director: he was a great connoisseur of female beauty, but never and under no circumstances gave his wife a reason to doubt his loyalty. In the 27 years that have passed since the director's death, not a single "romantic" story associated with his name has surfaced.
Life after love
Leonid Gaidai died unexpectedly due to a detached blood clot that blocked the pulmonary artery. He died in the arms of his wife, and at that moment she had to cope with this irreparable loss on her own. The daughter and her family were abroad. After the funeral, Nina Grebeshkova was unexpectedly glad that she had buried her husband, and not he her … How would he have coped with all this without her?
She slowly, day after day, learned to live without him, and her work saved her. She still plays a lot today, does not refuse episodes and roles in TV shows. And he can endlessly watch the films of his husband, because in each of them he himself is present. Heroes often pronounce his phrases, use his gestures. Leonid Gaidai continues to live not only in his films, but also in the endless love of his wife, Nina Pavlovna Grebeshkova, who always said that her best role was Gaidai's wife.
The phenomenon of comedies by Leonid Gaidai lies in the fact that they do not seem to become outdated, but as if they become even better over time. All of his films bear the imprint of a unique directorial style. The actors who starred with Leonid Iovich recall how carefully he treated the little things. So, for example, a unique “family gesture” was invented for each hero, by which his whole essence became immediately visible. Most often Gaidai showed the necessary movements in front of the camera himself.
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