Table of contents:
- The beginning of a film career
- A short and vivid romance with Andrei Konchalovsky
- Heavy 1990s
- How the secret became clear
Video: Why Irina Brazgovka hid her daughter from Andrei Konchalovsky, and why the actress had to become a cleaner
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The film career of this actress began in the 1970s, and in the early 1980s. her name became widely known after she starred in the movie "Racing Vertical". After a successful start, Irina Brazgovka disappeared from the screens for a long time. In the new century, her film path continued, and in her mature years she played more roles than in her youth. Recently, however, her name is most often mentioned outside the context of creative activity. 17 years after the birth of her daughter, the actress admitted that her father is Andrei Konchalovsky, and only recently explained the reasons for her long silence.
The beginning of a film career
Irina Brazgovka's hometown was Minsk. She was born into the family of the Deputy Minister of Public Utilities of the Republic of Belarus and a teacher of the Russian language. The actress gave the following explanations regarding her unusual surname: "".
Irina Brazgovka played her first film role in her school years - she starred in the film "I'm Going to Look" at the Belarusfilm studio. Her family lived next door to the director Igor Dobrolyubov, once he saw a charming red-haired girl in the yard and invited her to take part in the filming of his new film. At first, she felt completely confused on the set, because there were no actors in her family, and she had no idea how to behave on the set. But the process of work fascinated her so much that she wanted to continue her acquaintance with this profession. By the time she graduated from school, she played several more movie roles.
After graduating from school, Irina Brazgovka went to the capital and entered the acting department of VGIK, on the course of Sergei Bondarchuk and Irina Skobtseva. At the age of 18, the actress played her first leading role in the film "Street without End" and during her studies she starred in several more films. But at the same time, after graduating from high school, she did not go to any of the theaters - she was carried away by singing and became a member of the Dmitry Pokrovsky ensemble.
Later she said: "". In parallel with performances in the ensemble, the actress continued to act in films. Her most notable work of the Soviet period was the lead role in the detective "Races in the Vertical", where her partner on the set was Andrei Myagkov.
A short and vivid romance with Andrei Konchalovsky
On a parallel course at VGIK, Alexander Pankratov-Cherny studied with Irina Brazgovka. One evening he called a girl with an unexpected offer to come to the restaurant of the House of Cinema, where he had dinner with Andrei Konchalovsky. To this, the actress replied that in this case she was waiting for a personal invitation from the director, because the meeting was not professional, but private. To her surprise, Konchalovsky called back and invited her to meet. They began to communicate, and soon a romance broke out between them.
The actress did not expect that this novel would result in something serious - she knew that the director was married to a French woman, and he immediately warned her that their relationship could not last long. He was going to emigrate abroad and did not want to give the girl false illusions. And she could not resist her feelings and did not demand more from him than he could give. Neither then, nor years later, Irina Brazgovka did not express any claims and was grateful to Konchalovsky for those happy few months that they spent together.
Soon he went abroad, and the actress lost contact with him - she did not even know which country he went to. And soon it turned out that she was pregnant. Then Brazgovka was at a loss, did not know how to inform her parents about this, could not contact Konchalovsky. And yet she decided to keep the child. And soon she met a man named Alexander, who took care of her and the baby. A year later, they had a daughter, Alexandra. He was also married, but their relationship lasted 15 years. For a long time he was sure that it was he who was the father of her first child. The actress explained: "".
The daughter of Brazgovka and Konchalovsky Dasha was born with serious health problems due to improper intrauterine development. The actress spent six months with her in hospitals. After a blood transfusion, the girl was infected with hepatitis and her condition worsened. It took several years to restore her health.
Heavy 1990s
In the 1990s. a crisis began in the cinema, the actress was left without work, and this time became a serious test for her. She had to take on any job, at one time she even was a cleaner at the school. The actress mastered several new professions for herself - she was a secretary and manager, worked at a pharmaceutical factory. Later she recalled: "".
Then she started making bracelets and rings from cupronickel with mother-of-pearl inserts and she herself stood with her “products” on the market. At first, the actress was very worried about the fact that some passers-by recognized her and grinned maliciously: "". Years later, Brazgovka admitted: "". Then she learned to ignore it.
How the secret became clear
The fact that the father of her eldest daughter, Andrei Konchalovsky, knew only one famous director, whose name Brazgovka did not name. Upon learning of her plight, he invited her to seek help from Konchalovsky, but she refused. And then he himself informed him that he had a daughter, Dasha. At that time she was already 17 years old.
After Konchalovsky found out about his daughter, he began to help her, although their rapprochement took a long time and was difficult. The actress said: "".
At 66 years old, Irina Brazgovka feels like an absolutely happy person. She raised two beautiful daughters and was able to realize herself in her favorite profession. In the new century, the actress returned to the screens and played twice as many roles as in her youth. She learned not to pay attention to the whisper behind her back, and in response to the next remarks doubting Konchalovsky's paternity, she only smiles - just look at Dasha to get answers to all the questions, because she looks like a father more than all his children.
There were many novels in his life, he was married several times, but only one woman was able to make him settle down: Secrets of Julia Vysotskaya.
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