Three marriages of Yuri Yakovlev: Twice divorced, thrice happy

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

He was one of the most popular actors in the Soviet Union. Each role played by him became a real event and made him more and more popular. The gallant lieutenant Rzhevsky from The Hussar Ballad and the loving Ippolit Georgievich from The Irony of Fate - whoever Yuri Yakovlev played, he did it brilliantly. Off set, he was an incredibly kind and very romantic character. He was married three times and divorced twice and managed to maintain a cordial relationship with all of his women.

Kira Machulskaya

For the first time, the actor got married at the age of 24. The affair with Kira Machulskaya developed rapidly. They met in the House of the Actor, and after the second meeting, which took place in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Kira Machulskaya broke off her engagement to director Vladimir Vengerov and began to meet with a student at the Shchukin School.

They officially registered the marriage two years after the start of their life together, completely not attaching any importance to this event, since they had long considered themselves husband and wife. Then to the lovers, their happiness seemed endless. Of all his trips, he wrote touching letters to his wife, describing in detail the cities he visited, talking about his every appearance on the stage. And he sent detailed shopping lists for his beloved, persuading her to write what else to bring her. He affectionately called her Paw or Masei, touchingly looked after her during illness, tirelessly squeezed juices from vegetables for her and made cabbage compresses.

When Kira fell seriously ill, he took care of her loyally and touchingly. Their marriage was overshadowed only by the absence of children. The first child died 3 days after birth. Only a few years later, the news of a new pregnancy will give both spouses hope for a miracle. Kira did not yet know that soon her husband would be carried away by another, and his new lover would have a son. The age difference between Yakovlev's two children will be only 4 months.

They broke up, but Kira Machulskaya admits that her relationship with her husband did not end after the divorce, They called up, sometimes met, and she always continued to love him, despite the fact that she was quite happy in marriage with another man.

Ekaterina Raikina

Yuri Yakovlev at the Vakhtangov Theater was involved in the play "Ladies and Hussars", where his stage partner was Katya Raikina. Yakovlev played a major in love with the heroine Raikina. Gradually, feelings spilled over from the stage into real life, a passionate romance broke out between the actors on tour. And soon Katya informed Yakovlev about her pregnancy.

In 1961, he had a daughter, Alena, and a son, Alexei, children from two women. The actor occasionally visited his daughter, sometimes worked with his son, was successful in the profession. He had everything he needed to be happy.

Alyosha's upbringing was mostly carried out by a relative, since his parents were constantly busy in the theater, they toured a lot. But Yuri Yakovlev was increasingly showing an addiction to alcoholic beverages. Katya tried to fight her husband's bad habit, but when her son was three years old, she could not stand it and filed for divorce.

However, the actor retained a warm relationship with his second wife. Soon, each of them found their new happiness within the walls of their native theater.

Irina Sergeeva

Ola served in the museum of the Vakhtangov Theater, was respected by the artistic director Ruben Simonov, who invited her to rehearsals. At the same time, Irina Leonidovna was so beautiful that many actors suddenly became interested in the history of their theater.

Showed an interest in Irina and Yuri Yakovlev. He became a regular visitor to the museum and soon got married. Irina Leonidovna was smart and educated, and also possessed a truly iron will. She was not scared by her husband's hobby for alcohol, she just began to fight his addiction.

The actor himself jokingly called his wife an FSB agent, because she knew everything about him: where and with whom he was and where he was hiding his stash. At the same time, she simply turned a blind eye to his fleeting hobbies, not wanting to destroy the family. In 1969, the couple had a son, Anton.

Yuri Yakovlev, in a conversation with his longtime friend, actor Mikhail Vorontsov, confessed that Irina had become his greatest love. She was more than just a wife to him. Irina was his true faithful friend and assistant. She was always by his side, helped him with the choice of roles, supported him in difficult situations, monitored his health.

Triple happiness

With age, Yuri Yakovlev became much more interested in his children than in his youth. Alena became a famous actress, Alexei also initially worked in the theater, but after a while he went into business, Anton, after graduating from the acting department of the Moscow Art Theater School, trained in Oxford, and then mastered the profession of a director, having completed training at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors.

The children of Yuri Yakovlev note that their father became an amazing grandfather. All the grandchildren loved to visit him, and Yuri Vasilyevich himself paid a lot of attention to each of them. It is significant that, while maintaining excellent relations with all his wives, the actor managed to make friends with his children and grandchildren. He was an amazing person, kind, sensitive and very talented.