Galina Orlova is an actress who gained recognition and popularity in the 70s. after playing the main roles in the films “Hello, I am your aunt” and “The Circus lights the lights”. Orlova passed away quite recently - in 2015. Let's recall the pictures with the participation of the actress, which will forever immortalize her name.
short biography
Orlova Galina Petrovna was born in 1949 on January 17. Its historical homeland is Moldova.
Galina's mother was an analytical chemist by profession, mainly working in pharmacies. Nothing is known about the girl’s father.
When Galya was small, her family moved to Odessa for permanent residence. Soon after the move, the parents divorced, and the father no longer took part in the life of his daughter.
Since Galina Orlova since childhood has been distinguished for her artistry, her mother sent her to attend an acting school at the Odessa Film Studio. This predetermined the fate of the then very young Gali.
First movie appearance
Galina Orlova received her first major role at age 15.
In 1964, the shooting of the military-patriotic film "Odessa Vacations" took place at the Odessa film studio. The script for the film was written by Lev Arkadyev, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, the author of screenplays for the movie "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" and the melodrama "French Waltz". The project was directed by Yuri Petrov.
The main heroine of the drama is the 15-year-old girl Vika, who in 1941, during the evacuation of civilians from Odessa, escapes from the ship and returns to her hometown to protect him in the ranks of other Komsomol members.
The film was well received by the audience, and the spectacular black-haired girl was noticed by the directors and began vying to offer her new roles. But Galina Orlova was in no hurry to accept proposals for filming a movie. After graduation, she successfully entered VGIK and until the 70s. disappeared from the screens, devoting all her time to the study of acting.
Filmography
In 1970, the girl returned to the cinema, playing a cameo role in the drama of the Riga director Roland Kalnins “The Knight of the Queen”. In 1971, Galina was assigned the role of Kupava in the "Spring Tale" by Yuri Tsvetkov.
A year later, director Olgerd Vorontsov began to create the musical film “The Circus Turns on the Lights”, the plot of which was based on the operetta of the same name by Yuri Milyutin. Orlova got the main role in the film - the Italian circus Gloria, who falls in love with the Soviet artist Andrei Baklanov performed by Alexander Goloborodko.
Finally, in 1975, Galina Petrovna received one of her best roles - the role of the naive and empty-headed Betty in the comedy "Hello, I'm Your Aunt." The film, shot by Viktor Titov, brought together prominent and talented Soviet actors: Alexander Kalyagin, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Mikhail Kazakov, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Tamara Nosova, Tatyana Vedeneyeva and Valentina Gaft. The image of Betty is the same star role that will keep the memory of the actress even after her departure.
Personal life
Despite a successful start, Galina Orlova did not seek to make a dizzying career. Surely her external and acting data allowed her to play more main roles, more often appear on screens. But in the period from 1975 to 1984, the performer starred in only 5 films, and then completely disappeared from the screens.
Most likely, Galina Petrovna preferred quiet family life with film playwright Alexander Mindadze to high-profile fame. In the 70s. Alexander and Galina had two daughters: the eldest Catherine subsequently became a film director, and Nina - an artist.
Since Galina grew up in an incomplete family, for her the preservation of the home was a matter of paramount importance. And the actress managed to brilliantly fulfill her most important role. The spouses of Mindadze lived in marriage all their lives, until 2015, until Orlova passed away.