Difficult childhood, wedding at 16 and 7 more little-known facts about the first beauty of Russian cinema Anna Samokhina

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

One of the most beautiful movie stars of the 1990s, Honored Artist of Russia Anna Samokhina, could have turned 56 on January 14, but 9 years ago her life was tragically cut short. For many viewers, it has remained a mystery - alluring, unattainable and incomprehensible. There were many happy accidents and tragic events in her life, without which, perhaps, her life path could have lasted longer, but she would hardly have become a movie star. From whom she had to defend herself in childhood with an ax in her hands, why she called herself doomed to loneliness and other interesting facts - further in the review.

Anna Podgornaya was born in Guryevsk and grew up in Cherepovets, where her parents worked at a metallurgical plant. The family lived in a hostel in an industrial area, my father drank heavily, life was very difficult, Anna and her sister slept on mattresses on the floor of the shared kitchen, neighbors constantly had fights, often leading to stabbing. Once, when the parents were working the night shift, a drunken fight broke out in the next room, and one of its participants began to knock on all the doors. Samokhina told: "".

She decided to become an actress at the age of 15, and unhappy love pushed her to this decision. A year before that, she began an affair with a peer. And although their relationship was innocent - they wrote poetry to each other and did not even kiss - his parents were against it and believed that at this age a young man should not think about love, but about study and future profession. He soon left for Moscow and became a hockey player. It was then that Anna decided to be an actress - so that her young man once saw her on the screen and realized what he had lost.

After the 8th grade, Anna entered the theater school of Yaroslavl and … fell in love again! Her chosen one, Alexander Samokhin, was already 24, he was the most handsome guy in the school, and many did not understand why he needed a 15-year-old bride. But this time no one could influence the decision of the couple - when Anna was 16 years old, they began to live together and signed. After graduation, they were assigned to the Rostov Youth Theater, a year later Anna went on maternity leave and gave birth to a daughter. In the theater, her roles were immediately given to another actress, although she went to work already 2 months after the birth of the child. Samokhina began to feel depressed - it seemed to her that she could put an end to her professional career, and she even persuaded her husband to go abroad.

Anna's professional fate was decided by a lucky chance: one day an assistant director of the Odessa Film Studio appeared in their dormitory, looking for an actress for the role of Mercedes in the film Prisoner of If Castle. Anna was not ready for this meeting, and she was taken by surprise, in a dressing gown and with a saucepan in the shared kitchen. Seeing that the director's assistant was disappointed, she handed him her photos "in full dress", and the very next day she received an invitation to come to audition. So her film career began.

She was lucky enough to act with the stars of the national cinema. At first, she felt very insecure among them, but they helped her reveal her talent. So, in the film "Thieves in law" her partners on the set were Valentin Gaft and Zinovy Gerdt. Anna shared her impressions: "".

Anna Samokhina was one of the most beautiful actresses in Russian cinema, and directors often invited her to play in erotic scenes. She agreed to this only once - in the film "The Royal Hunt". And after that she demanded that in frank scenes she be replaced by an understudy.

In 1989, the actress moved to Leningrad and continued to act in films. But in the 1990s, a crisis broke out, cinema was going through hard times. For some time Samokhina agreed to passing commercial roles - as in the films "Brunette for 30 kopecks" and "Passion for Angelica", but then she began to reject such offers, which is why her film career was simple. At this time, she tried to engage in the restaurant business, in which her second husband Dmitry helped her. But as a result, she had to leave this occupation, which did not bring income, and she returned to the cinema.

The third husband of the actress was a retired customs officer Eugene, but this marriage did not last long. In recent years, she remained alone, which she herself explained as follows: "".

In November 2009, the actress felt severe stomach pains and underwent an examination, during which it turned out that she had inoperable cancer in the fourth stage. After the first course of chemotherapy, her liver refused, and the actress lost hope of recovery. On February 8, 2010 Anna Samokhina passed away. Her premature departure was a real shock for many. Director Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich said: "".

Her loved ones could not come to terms with her death and looked for various explanations for this: What accelerated the departure of Anna Samokhina.