Acting dynasty of Major Vortex: How Yegor Beroev repeated the success of his famous grandfather

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

The founder of this acting dynasty, Vadim Beroev, was allotted only 35 years of life, but during this time he managed to build a theatrical and film career, become famous throughout the country in the image of Major Vortex and start a family. His daughter Elena followed in his footsteps and also became an actress. Vadim Beroev did not see his grandchildren, but he would definitely have reason to be proud of them - the name of Yegor Beroev is no less known today than the name of his grandfather in the late 1960s.

Ossetian, Polish, Russian and German blood were mixed in the Beroev family. Vadim's mother, Zinaida Karafa-Korbut, came from a Polish noble family, his father, Boris Beroev, was an Ossetian, worked as a doctor. Vadim was born in 1937 in North Ossetia, his real name is Beroyty Barisy firt Vadim. He became the first in the family to devote his life to art. As a child, he became interested in amateur performances, participated in school performances, and after graduating from school he left for Moscow and entered GITIS.

His acting career began at the Theater. Mossovet, to which he gave 14 years of his life. Vadim Beroev performed on the same stage with the legendary Faina Ranevskaya, and although she was very critical of young talents and did not let anyone down, she appreciated Beroev's abilities and even refused, when he was gone, to continue to play in their joint play "Strange Mrs. Savage" … The actor was very popular among theater-goers, many went to see them at the theater "on Beroeva".

Vadim Beroev's film career lasted only 10 years and was less successful than theatrical. At first, in the cinema, he was offered the same type of role of positive heroes, young intellectuals. And when he was offered to embody on the screens the image of the classic heroic scout in the film "Major Whirlwind", it did not cause him enthusiasm. But this hero was much more human and livelier than those whom he played before, besides, the story was based on real events. As a result, the role of Major Vortex became Vadim Beroev's trademark and brought him incredible popularity in the USSR.

Back in his student years, the actor married the actress Elvira Brunovskaya, in 1958 their daughter Elena was born. The girl grew up in a creative atmosphere - actors often gathered in their house, organized musical and poetry evenings. But family happiness was short-lived. The couple lived together for 15 years, until the sudden departure of the actor. His health was always weak, his liver worried, but at the same time Beroev allowed himself to drink too much, which was contraindicated for him. In 1972, at the age of 35, he passed away.

Elena Beroeva, as a teenager, began to participate in performances. Vadim Beroev did not see her success - he was gone when his daughter was only 13 years old. After school, she, like her father, entered GITIS. At the Theater. Mossovet, where she came in 1982, she was called the keeper of traditions. At the beginning of her career, she also performed with Faina Ranevskaya. Elena Beroeva was a theater actress, did not act in films, appearing on screens only in films-performances, and therefore her name was little known to the general public.

Once a young man approached her on the street and offered to take a walk. So began their romance with actor Vadim Mikheenko, who soon became her husband. The couple had a son, Yegor, but the marriage lasted only about one year. In the second civil marriage, which also did not last long, Elena had a second son, Dmitry. Only in the third marriage with Yuri Cherkasov did she find her happiness. Her husband replaced both sons with their fathers.

Both sons of Elena bear the surname Beroev - the mother really wanted them to become the successors of the dynasty. And so it happened: both Yegor and Dmitry became actors. Sons are proud of their roots, Yegor says about this: "".

Yegor Beroev did not communicate with his own father. Their relationship improved only 30 years later, when Yegor himself wrote to him. He first appeared on stage at the age of 7 and since then he had no doubt that he would also become an actor. But he only chose not GITIS, but the Schepkinsky school - so that no one would have any suspicions that he had used his loud surname. After graduation, he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. A. Chekhov and performed on the stage of this theater for 10 years.

His film career began with series, which brought him fame by the age of 25. The main roles in the series "Citizen Chief", "The Fifth Corner", "Family Secrets" turned Yegor Beroev into one of the most promising, sought-after and recognizable young actors. After that, several new projects with his participation were released annually. One of his most famous film roles was Erast Fandorin in The Turkish Gambit.

Yegor Beroev approaches the choice of roles very selectively, declaring: "". At the moment, there are about 60 works in his filmography, and not only he himself, but certainly all representatives of this acting dynasty would not have to be ashamed of them. Yegor Beroev is married to actress Ksenia Alferova, daughter of Irina Alferova. The couple are raising their daughter Evdokia.

Yegor's younger brother Dmitry Beroev also became an actor. From the age of 5 he took part in the performances of the Theater. Mossovet, where his mother spoke. After graduating from the Shchepkinsky School, he became an actor in the Sovremennik Theater, and then in the Sphere Theater. In 2009, Dmitry Beroev made his film debut, but he rarely appears on screens, since his main hobby is theater.

About his famous ancestor Dmitry says: "".

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