"I want to burn like a torch": How the phrase of the actress Elena Mayorova turned into a terrible prophecy for her
"I want to burn like a torch": How the phrase of the actress Elena Mayorova turned into a terrible prophecy for her

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Elena Mayorova
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20 years ago, a tragedy happened, which is still being discussed: a famous theater and film actress Elena Mayorova burned down alive. The mysterious circumstances of her death make one debate whether it was a suicide or an accident.

Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Elena Mayorova in the film you never dreamed of …, 1980
Elena Mayorova in the film you never dreamed of …, 1980

Elena Mayorova entered the theater institute the second time, Oleg Tabakov believed in her acting talent, who accepted her on his course at GITIS. He said: "". After graduating from GITIS, Elena was accepted into the troupe of the Sovremennik Theater, then she moved to the Moscow Art Theater, and she played her first film role in an episode of the film "You never dreamed of …".

Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Still from the film Lonely is given a hostel, 1983
Still from the film Lonely is given a hostel, 1983

As a rule, in the cinema she did not get the roles she dreamed of, more often she had to play heroines from the people - guides, barmaids, factory girls, etc. However, for her role as a waitress in the movie "Fast Train" she won the Best Actress Award at the "Constellation-89" Film Festival. But in the theater, she got the roles that all actresses dream of - she played many Chekhov's heroines, and with the play "Oresteia", together with Tatyana Dogileva and Yevgeny Mironov, she successfully toured abroad.

Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Elena Mayorova
Elena Mayorova

Acquaintances of the actress believed that she had a difficult character, she was often tormented by depression, during which she abused alcohol. Director Vladimir Khotinenko said: "".

Still from the film Untitled, 1985
Still from the film Untitled, 1985
Elena Mayorova
Elena Mayorova

Elena Mayorov was married, and the union with the artist Sergei Sherstyuk was happy. But in the 1990s, her husband was left without work, and all material concerns fell on Elena's shoulders. In 1996, the actress fell in love with her filming partner Oleg Vasilkov. The husband guessed everything, but did not make scenes, and Elena rushed between the two men, unable to make the final choice. This situation was very burdensome for her, and problems with alcohol during this period worsened.

Elena Mayorova in the film Lucky, 1987
Elena Mayorova in the film Lucky, 1987
Still from the film Forgotten melody for flute, 1987
Still from the film Forgotten melody for flute, 1987

In the 1990s. the actress made several suicide attempts, but they were all demonstrative and "theatrical". But precisely because Elena had already tried to commit suicide, after the tragic incident of August 23, 1997, everyone decided that it was suicide. On this day, she sent several messages to the pager Oleg Vasilkov. First she asked me to come and said that she was bored, then she wrote in despair: "I am dying." But the actor left the pager at home and did not answer her. Supporters of the suicide version believe that after that she went to the landing, doused herself with kerosene and deliberately set it on fire.

Elena Mayorova in the movie Fast Train, 1988
Elena Mayorova in the movie Fast Train, 1988
Shot from the movie Fast Train, 1988
Shot from the movie Fast Train, 1988

Close actresses tend to believe that it was an accident, since the actress had no serious reasons for suicide. They claim that Elena had a sore throat and she treated him with the old folk method - she rinsed with kerosene, accidentally spilled it on her dress, and then went out to smoke on the landing and dropped the burning match. The official version of what happened was death by negligence.

Elena Mayorova with her husband, artist Sergei Sherstyuk
Elena Mayorova with her husband, artist Sergei Sherstyuk
Elena Mayorova in the film Makarov, 1993
Elena Mayorova in the film Makarov, 1993

With terrible burns in a state of agony, Mayorova managed to run to the service entrance of the Mossovet Theater, which was located next to her house, and fell unconscious. She was taken to the Sklifosovsky Institute, she lived for several more hours, but the doctors were powerless - burns occupied 85% of the body.

Elena Mayorova
Elena Mayorova
Shot from the movie The Return of the Battleship, 1996
Shot from the movie The Return of the Battleship, 1996

Elena's friend Tatyana Dogileva spoke to her on the phone that day and did not suspect something was wrong - her voice was calm. Dogileva finds in the death of Mayorova a mystical connection with the last roles she played: "". In addition, the director of the film "At Knives", where the actress played the murderer Glafira, ordered the workers five grave crosses necessary for filming. Shortly thereafter, five members of the film crew died, including Mayorov.

Elena Mayorova in the film At Knives
Elena Mayorova in the film At Knives
Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova
Theater and film actress Elena Mayorova

A few years before her death in an interview, Elena Mayorova said: "". Of course, she meant the creative process and total dedication in the acting profession, but her words, by a terrible coincidence, turned out to be prophetic. She was only 39 years old, her husband survived her by several months and died of cancer.

Actress in Sochi a year before her death
Actress in Sochi a year before her death

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