Table of contents:
- Short film career and short marriage with Andrei Mironov
- The second life of Ekaterina Gradova
- What Maria Mironova cannot forgive herself
Video: Why Maria Mironova did not consider herself a good daughter, and what her mother Ekaterina Gradova regretted
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On February 22, the famous actress Yekaterina Gradova, the first wife of Andrei Mironov, who was remembered by the audience for the role of radio operator Kat from "Seventeen Moments of Spring", passed away. Her acting career was very short-lived, and for over 30 years she had not acted in films. But at the same time, the star of her daughter, Maria Mironova, rose, who followed in the footsteps of famous parents and became one of the most sought-after modern actresses. Although she had a very tender relationship with her mother, she still did not consider herself a good daughter and recently admitted that it was only after 45 years that she realized what values were paramount for her.
Short film career and short marriage with Andrei Mironov
Probably, during her lifetime, Ekaterina Gradova lived two lives: in the first of them she was a famous actress, the star of the legendary films "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", and also the wife and mother of a child of one of the most talented and popular Soviet actors Andrei Mironov. Those who communicated with her in her youth probably would not have recognized her in the second half of her life, when Gradova abandoned her acting profession and publicity, came to God and adopted a boy from an orphanage. She probably would not have imagined this herself.
She did not immediately understand that she wanted to connect her life with the acting profession. Her mother, Raisa Gradova, was an actress, and Ekaterina often visited the theater, but from childhood she studied English and German and after school entered the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages. However, after studying there for only one year, she realized that the scene attracts her much more. Gradova entered the Moscow Art Theater School and already in the 4th year made people talk about herself when she played the main character in the play "Talents and Admirers". After completing her studies, the actress first came to the Theater. V. Mayakovsky, and after 2 years - at the Theater of Satire, and appeared on its stage until 1987.
At the age of 20, Ekaterina Gradova began acting in films, but she became widely known 6 years later, after the role of radio operator Kat in "Seventeen Moments of Spring". Just during the filming of this series, the actress met Andrei Mironov. They first met at the Satire Theater, and just 2 months later he proposed to her, although they saw each other only a few times. In November 1971, the actors signed. This hasty marriage surprised all of Mironov's acquaintances - in their opinion, in this way he wanted to forget his former love, Tatyana Egorova.
2, 5 months before the premiere of "Seventeen Moments of Spring", on May 28, 1973, Ekaterina Gradova gave birth to a daughter, Maria, who was named after Andrei Mironov's mother. Later, the actress recalled: "".
Soon after the birth of their daughter, the relationship between the spouses soured. Although they were united by the theater, their views on life turned out to be completely different. In addition, Mironov was not ready for family life, Gradova heard rumors about his hobbies, and when she herself was convinced of his infidelity, she could not forgive and left him. Later, she was very sorry about the divorce from Mironov - she said that then she simply did not have enough wisdom and patience. Gradova said: "". The actress continued to love him and allowed herself to start communicating with other men only after Mironov was gone.
The second life of Ekaterina Gradova
After that, Yekaterina Gradova played several more roles in the cinema, the most striking of which was the role of Volokushina, the friend of "The Runner," in the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", and after 1987 she did not appear either on screens or on the stage of the theater. Her acquaintances said that she came to God after she started having serious health problems at the age of 38. The actress was fading away before our eyes, and the doctors for a long time could not understand what was the reason. In religion, she found solace, and the disease receded for a while. Then Gradova decided to leave the acting profession forever and devote the rest of her life to serving God and people.
Gradova graduated from St. Tikhon's Theological Institute and began teaching the subject "living word" in schools. In addition, she created a charitable foundation and helped orphans. During a pilgrimage trip to Optina Hermitage, she met Igor Timofeev, who became her husband in 1991. A year later, they decided to adopt Alexei Sukhoverkov, a pupil of the orphanage. He turned out to be the same age as her grandson, son of Maria Mironova Andrei.
What Maria Mironova cannot forgive herself
The daughter of famous parents has been in the spotlight since childhood. To many, she seemed like a darling of fate, but she herself did not think so. The father left the family when she was very young, and when she was 14 years old, he was gone. Maria was not a spoiled child. When she began her career in the acting profession, her father was no longer alive, and her mother left cinema and theater.
In total, Mironova achieved everything in her life on her own and answered questions about her stellar childhood: "".
Maria said that her mother, leaving the acting profession, finally found herself. Only in the second half of her life did she begin to do what gave her true joy. Maria always took care of her mother, but once in an interview she admitted that she did not consider herself a good daughter: "".
Today Maria Mironova admits that she has ceased to take her profession too seriously. She was a workaholic all her life and worked too hard, because of which she could not devote enough time to her loved ones. After the birth of her second son in 2019, the actress revised her life priorities and realized that the family for a woman should always remain in the foreground.
Before Maria Mironova went to rest in the Maldives in February, she managed to see her mother. Of course, the actress could not imagine that this meeting would be the last. Before that, they had not met for several months - Maria was on the set in St. Petersburg, and before the New Year she fell ill and did not come to her mother so as not to endanger her. Recently, she did not complain about her health, and nothing boded ill. When Maria was in the Maldives, she was informed that her mother suddenly became ill and was taken to the hospital. On February 22, she died of a stroke at the age of 74.
Shortly before her departure, Ekaterina Gradova admitted that her daughter is currently very happy in marriage with a man far from the world of cinema. But the actress keeps the name of the father of her youngest son Fyodor a secret: What Maria Mironova is hiding from the public.
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