Video: The fading star of Tatyana Konyukhova: Why did the star of the 1950s, at the peak of popularity, leave the cinema
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The name of modern viewers Tatiana Konyukhova hardly familiar, but to understand how popular she was in the 1950s, it is enough to recall the episode of the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”, in which the heroine of Irina Muravyova, watching the stars of Soviet cinema, exclaims: “Look, look! Konyukhova! Love! She was one of the most famous and most beautiful actresses, but on the rise of her film career, she decided to leave the profession.
Tatyana Konyukhova dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood. Even at school, she was called the main artist - she sang and recited poetry best of all. She entered VGIK on the first try and even during her studies she made her debut in the title role in the film "May Night". But on the dubbing of the role, she was confused and did not cope with the task, so her heroine spoke in the voice of another actress. And then Konyukhova did an act that was remembered for a long time in VGIK: she herself asked to leave her for a second year.
Tatyana Konyukhova's further film career was very successful, but she could have become even more brilliant if the actress herself did not refuse roles that later became iconic for other debutantes: for example, Eldar Ryazanov invited her to the lead role in the film "Carnival Night", but she received an invitation to star in "Walking in Pain" and for the sake of these filming refused Ryazanov. And instead of myself, I recommended Lyudmila Gurchenko to him, for whom this role became a hallmark and a successful start of her film career. Konyukhova could have played in the film "The Cranes Are Flying", but she refused for the same reasons.
The actress passed the audition and was already approved for the role of the main character in the film "Walking in the throes", but suddenly, after the start of filming, the director decided to give this role to another actress. As it turned out later, this happened due to the fact that the director's wife was jealous of him for the beautiful actress. For Tatyana Konyukhova, this refusal was such a shock that for a long time she could not cope with depression. “, - she said about this case years later. - ".
Nevertheless, Konyukhova played in the famous films of the 1950s: "Marina's Fate", "Volnitsa", "Good Morning", "First Joys", "Different Fates" and others. the actress was incredibly popular. She had a huge number of admirers, Leonid Bykov, Evgeny Dunaevsky and Vladimir Vysotsky sought her favor.
However, she preferred VGIK student Valery Karen to her star fans, although this marriage lasted only a few months. The second marriage with the sound engineer Boris Vengerovsky lasted 3 years, until she met her fate - the famous athlete, 4-time USSR champion in javelin throw Vladimir Kuznetsov.
Soon after the wedding, Konyukhova had a son, and she went to the set in the seventh month of pregnancy, hiding her position from the director of the film "Dima Gorin's Career". She later admitted: "". After the birth of her son, the actress realized that she could not devote enough time to her family if she continued to work in such a rhythm. And at the peak of her popularity, she decided to leave the cinema, which she never regretted.
The directors continued to offer her roles, but most often she refused. Although there were still exceptions: when Menshov offered her a cameo role in the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears," she agreed. At the age of 48, Tatyana Konyukhova played herself in her youth, and the audience could not believe that this was really the same movie star of the 1950s, because she still looked great. When asked what the secret of her youth is, the actress replied that it was love: "".
Since then, Tatyana Konyukhova has starred very rarely, nevertheless, the actress successfully realized herself in another profession - she taught at Moscow State University of Culture and Arts and headed the acting department, performed with the author's program, reciting the poems of the poets of the Silver Age. At 54, Konyukhova became a widow and never married again - no one could compare with her husband. Now the actress is 86 years old and the main happiness in her life is her son and granddaughter. She does not regret unplayed roles: "".
Among the movie stars who are enthusiastically greeted by the heroines Irina Muravyova and Vera Alentova in the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", besides Tatyana Konyukhova, was also Georgy Yumatov, who also disappeared from the screens after a period of incredible popularity. True, the reasons for this were completely different. The reverse side of glory: What killed Georgy Yumatov and Muse Krepkogorskaya.
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