Secrets of family happiness from celebrity couples who have been together for over 50 years

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

Surely every person, entering into marriage, hopes that his family will be strong and happy, and that the spouses will live together for many years. But these hopes are not always justified. Today we want to tell you about the secrets of strong marriages of domestic celebrities. They created families back in Soviet times, went through victories and defeats together, reached the heights of glory, raised children and continue to support each other in every way in sorrow and joy.

Svetlana Druzhinina and Anatoly Mukasey

Even at a time when they did not know each other, Anatoly Mukasey with his mother and sister Ella saw the film "Behind a Department Store Window", in which Svetlana Druzhinina starred. Mom drew attention to the actress, and Anatoly immediately said: he will certainly marry her. True, they met a little later on the volleyball court. First, she noticed the huge imported sneakers, and only then the young man himself.

Svetlana and Anatoly were both captains of the women's and men's volleyball teams of VGIK, often crossed paths at competitions and soon became friends. They created their family in 1958 and have not separated for over 60 years. At first, the spouses often quarreled, and Anatoly's parents helped them make peace. But now Svetlana Sergeevna and Anatoly Mikhailovich themselves know how to save their family.

Svetlana Druzhinina often shares the secrets of a happy marriage on her pages on social networks. She believes that patience, mutual understanding, friendship and the ability to forgive helped them survive all adversity. For Svetlana Mikhailovna and Anatoly Mikhailovich, all these are the components of love and happiness. And from the parents of Anatoly Mikhailovich, they learned to create their own family traditions, which they now carefully preserve and pass on to their grandchildren.

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Anastasia Voznesenskaya and Andrey Myagkov

They met at the Moscow Art Theater School. Myagkov was the oldest on the course, and Voznesenskaya was the younger. The future actor immediately recognized this fragile, defenseless and incredibly beautiful girl as his only love. Nastya, however, was far from as confident in her feelings as her admirer. But nevertheless, he managed to do everything in order not to leave his competitors who were courting Voznesenskaya, not a single chance. In 1963 they became husband and wife.

For more than 55 years they have been together, but they were able to amazingly preserve not only their family, but also the youthful ardor of feelings and endless tenderness in relationships. They do not allow anyone into their family, refuse to talk about their personal life, but the secret of their family is quite simple and clear: love, mutual respect and support for each other. Whatever Andrei Myagkov did: whether he painted pictures, composed detective stories, Anastasia Voznesenskaya was invariably on her husband's side. They are sincerely interested in each other's affairs, resolve all issues together and always touchingly hold hands.

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Vera Alentova and Vladimir Menshov

They got married in their second year at VGIK and have lived together for over 50 years. Their happiness was not simple and cloudless. They even parted and lived separately for several years. But the separation contributed to the fact that Vera Alentova and Vladimir Menshov learned to value their family.

The couple believe that luck and the ability to work on relationships are at the heart of their marriage. If love is truly a gift from heaven, then you need to strengthen and support this gift by actions. The family should have traditions and family holidays. Vera Alentova started the tradition of giving each other gifts for the New Year. Both have complex characters, the famous director and his wife learn to find compromises and forgive all their lives.

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Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov

He saw Inna Churikova in a TV show and realized that he needed this actress for the film "There is no ford in the fire." At first, Gleb Panfilov seemed too serious to the actress. But it wasn't long before she saw what a sparkling sense of humor the director possesses, how his eyes shine and how much kindness lurks in his heart. Their feelings arose on the set, and soon Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov decided to start a family.

They have been together for more than half a century and never once had the thought of a divorce come to them. They solve all problems together, they have a similar perception of the world and outlook on life, they are both passionate about their profession and work together with pleasure. It is in this community that the secret of their happy marriage lies. But the actress believes that the basis of their family is true love, when it is simply impossible to breathe without a loved one. And you are happy to share what you kept for yourself.

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Alexander Shirvindt and Natalia Belousova

The famous actor met his wife as a teenager in a suburban village near Moscow. They were 15 years old, this was the first love that grew with them. Alexander Shirvindt and Natalya Belousova have always been very different. He dreamed of becoming an actor, Natalia was going to become an architect. They studied in different cities and wrote touching letters to each other. And in January 1957, Shirvindt made an offer to his Tatka, presenting a huge bush of snow-white lilacs.

They have been together for 62 years. When they are asked a question about the secret of family longevity, they answer simply: you should never dissolve in each other. Everyone should have their own hobbies and their own life. This allows you to live, constantly being surprised at the achievements and talents of a loved one, share impressions and never lose interest in each other.

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Zhanna Bolotova and Nikolay Gubenko

Sympathy between them arose in the first year of VGIK, but after Nikolai Gubenko arranged a scene of jealousy for his beloved, the cause of which was Bulat Okudzhava. Bard dedicated poems to Zhanna Bolotova, and Gubenko refused to believe that there was no reason for this. As a result, Zhanna married the artist Nikolai Dvigubsky, and Nikolai Gubenko desperately tried to forget his girlfriend. Only a few years later, he came to her to correct the mistake. In the late 1960s, they got married and have practically not parted for more than half a century.

Zhanna Bolotova considers the basis of their strong marriage to be patience, which allowed them to walk a joint path of 30 years, after which, according to the actress, real family happiness begins. However, the secret of longevity of family relationships is not only this. Nikolai Gubenko and his wife have a similar worldview. The actor and politician never ceases to admire his wife, and she does everything to make her man always want to return home.

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Vladimir and Elena Presnyakov

They became husband and wife in November 1966, celebrated their golden anniversary in 2016, and still haven't gotten bored with each other. In their youth, they knew how to quarrel with taste and even sometimes, in the heat of conflict, threatened each other with divorce. True, in fact, they were not going to part.

They have long ceased to sort things out and arrange hot scenes for each other. They learned to find a way out of controversial situations with the help of … laughter. A good joke thrown in the midst of a quarrel makes Vladimir and Elena Presnyakovs laugh to tears and immediately forget about the causes of the conflict. The couple consider a sense of humor to be the key to strong family happiness, which has not let them get bored for more than fifty years.

French writer François La Rochefoucauld skeptically noted that "true love is like a ghost: everyone talks about it, but few have seen it." It looks like New York photographer Lauren Fleishman was incredibly lucky she managed to meet unique people and create a touching photo cycle about couples who have celebrated their golden wedding.