The star of the movie "Sportloto-82" is 60: Why Svetlana Amanova disappeared from the screens, and why she is silent about Vitaly Solomin

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

April 29 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie star of the 1980s. Svetlana Amanova. The audience remembered her for her roles in the films "Sportloto-82", "Winter Evening in Gagra", "On the Eve", etc. Then she was called one of the most beautiful and promising young actresses, but soon she disappeared from the screens for a long time. However, Amanova did not leave the profession - all this time she continued to perform on the stage of the Maly Theater, where, as they said, she had a secret affair with Vitaly Solomin. Why the actress never commented on this fact, and for what reason she acted so little in films - further in the review.

First steps in the profession

Svetlana Amanova was fond of creativity since childhood, but at first she was more attracted to music. She graduated from the Gnessin seven-year school in violin, and her parents hoped that she would connect her life with classical music - like a mother who was a pianist. However, she was so fascinated by the theater that after school, Svetlana decided to enter a theater university.

She managed to enter the Schepkinsky Theater School on the very first attempt, and even during her studies she played her first film role - in the film "From Evening to Noon". A year later, Svetlana got the main role in the film "Travel will be pleasant". True, the audience hardly remembered her first roles.

Immediately after completing her studies, she became an actress at the Maly Theater and still performs there. Amanova recalled: "". The artists with whom she performed on the same stage largely shaped her ideas about creativity and set such a high bar in the profession that she simply had no right to lower it. Subsequently, it was this that affected the further development of her film career.

Finest hour

While still in her 4th year, Svetlana Amanova was invited to audition for the main female role in Leonid Gaidai's film Sportloto-82. Her rival was Larisa Udovichenko herself, but, fortunately for the student, the director decided that the star did not fit the age of other characters. The preparatory period for filming lasted more than a year - Leonid Gaidai and Vladlen Bakhnov wrote the script, the director auditioned the young actors. But the agonizing wait was not in vain - the actress got a role that, at the age of 21, turned her from an unknown student into one of the most popular actresses in the USSR.

Amanova always remembered working with Gaidai with special warmth and never tired of thanking him for the chance given to her: “”.

After the release of the film, the all-Union popularity fell on the young actress. The comedy "Sportloto-82" became the leader of film distribution in 1982 and took the 25th position in the list of the highest-grossing films in the entire history of Soviet cinema - 55.2 million people watched it! Svetlana Amanova was invited to television, she was interviewed, at the Maly Theater she began to receive leading roles. It was her successes in the theater that became for the actress the best reward for the triumph in cinema, so for the next 3 years she did not act in films and completely focused on theatrical performances.

Lost chances

It would seem that after such a triumphant debut, all doors were open for her, but her further film career could not be called successful.3 years later, Svetlana Amanova starred in the film "Winter Evening in Gagra", then there was the main role in the film adaptation of I. Turgenev's novel "On the Eve", the role of the Queen of England in the film "Richard the Lionheart", a supporting role in the melodrama based on the story by A. Pushkin's "Young Lady-Peasant" - and, perhaps, there were no more prominent roles, and Tanya from "Sportloto-82" remained the pinnacle of her film career. In the second half of the 1980s - early 1990s. the actress appeared on the screens, mainly in films-plays.

The actress said about the reasons for her failure in cinema: "".

With Leonid Gaidai, the actress maintained a relationship until his last days. He offered her a role in his film "Operation" Cooperation ", but she was forced to refuse, since at that time she was expecting a child. Later, the director invited her to the film "Good weather on Deribasovskaya …" for photo tests, in which she starred with Dmitry Kharatyan, but in the end another actress was approved.

Secret romance

All this time, Svetlana continued to perform on the stage of the Maly Theater, where she got such roles that every actress can only dream of. One of her partners was Vitaly Solomin, who worked with her both as a director and as an actor. In the theater, everyone knew that for many years they had an affair, but the artists themselves did not comment on these rumors in any way, because Solomin was married.

Amanova always answered all questions on this topic evasively and did not try to exploit the name of the famous actor in order to once again attract attention to herself, as many of her colleagues did. Vitaly's wife Maria Solomina knew about their romance, but she was a very loving and wise woman, and after he left, she once said to Amanova: “”.

And Svetlana herself said about this: "".

At the same time, the actress did not deny that Solomin meant a lot to her: "".

Nowadays

Svetlana Amanova never married again, although there was great love in her life, which she still remembers with warmth. The man decided to emigrate to the United States, but she did not dare to leave her mother, friends, from her beloved theater - into the unknown, where she had no idea what she would do. She did not regret her decision later - only that she no longer met such love. Her daughter Katya received the profession of a producer and works at Mosfilm, while Svetlana herself continues to perform on the theater stage and from time to time returns to the set. True, she is filmed very rarely - she does not want to lower the bar set in her youth and lose the respect of both colleagues and viewers. In addition, the theater for him all his life remained in the first place - for her it really became a vocation and service.

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