Actor George Taratorkin is familiar to viewers from many films and performances. This person is a real workaholic. Being already at a fairly advanced age, Georgy Georgievich continues to actively engage in creative activities.
Everyone who knows him says that he is a real intellectual, charming, intelligent. In all circumstances, behaves modestly, naturally and with dignity.
Childhood
Georgy Georgievich Taratorkin was born in Leningrad in 1945, on January 11. The childhood of little Zhora cannot be called carefree, since at that time there was a difficult post-war period. Father was very sick for a long time. When the boy was seven years old, the head of the family, also Georgy Georgievich, died. The actor’s mother, Nina Alexandrovna, was left completely alone with two children in her arms - George had a little sister, Vera. The children did not see beautiful toys, nor expensive clothes, or sweets, but they had one joy - trips to the Youth Theater. It was an invariable tradition of the Taratorkin family . There was always not enough money, but my mother occasionally found an opportunity to take her children to the theater. Impressions after such a trip were enough for many days, they were looking forward to the next time.
As a schoolboy, George dreamed of becoming a teacher, the boy grew shy and did not even think then that he would become a famous actor. But going to the theater was not in vain. After graduating from school, the guy went to his beloved Youth Theater to become a student of the artist, but instead he was offered the job of a light. It is not known how the fate of yesterday’s schoolchild would have happened if the artistic director of the Korogodsky Theater had not considered the talent of the actor in a handsome and modest guy. It was he who convinced Taratorkin to pass exams and enter the studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater.
Georgy Taratorkin: the path to the theater
The path to the theatrical stage began with intensive study, but George liked the atmosphere prevailing in the studio, theatrical life completely captured the guy. He played his first role as a student. The role of the schoolboy Vitaly Romadin liked the novice actor, he coped with it perfectly.
After graduating from the theater studio, Georgy Taratorkin played on the stage of the Youth Theater the role of the foreground in many performances. All the images were united by one feature - romance. His repertoire could only be envied - Pyotr Schmidt, Hamlet, Boris Godunov, Podkhalyuzin ... Such a talented actor could not be overlooked by filmmakers, he soon had a debut on the set.
Taratorkin Georgy Georgievich - film actor
The debut work in the movie was the role of Grinevitsky in the film "Sofia Perovskaya." The actor played great. The manner of execution really liked the director Lev Kulidzhanov, he invited George to the main role of Raskolnikov in the film “Crime and Punishment”. George literally lived the life of his hero. Raskolnikov was difficult to play, but the twenty-five-year-old Taratorkin amazed everyone with the depth of his skill.
After such a significant role, it would seem that the young artist had to quickly make a brilliant career, but this did not happen. Undoubtedly, George Taratorkin is very talented and beautiful. His filmography, although not too big, but still deserves respect. He did not get to the top of fame, but his creative life is very interesting and diverse.
Filmography of George Taratorkin:
- "Translation from English" - Vitaly Dudin.
- “Cases of the heart” - Evgeny Pavlovich.
- The “winner” is Makashev.
- “Open Book” - Mitya Lvov, etc.
We can’t help but recall the participation of Taratorkin in the popular series “Spas under the Birches”, “Chronicle of Love and Death”, “Chess Player”, “Do Not Be Born Beautiful” ...
Another Taratorkin: director and unrivaled master of words
In our time, Georgy Taratorkin became a famous Russian artist. In addition to working in the theater and cinema, he successfully performs on radio and pop. Georgy Georgievich is a talented master of words, he reads poetry wonderfully and can be heard in many audio performances.
But this is not all the talents of an amazing person. In 1992, Taratorkin made his debut as a director in the film "The One That Did Not Become." Already a professor at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, to help such inexperienced artists as he was, Georgy Georgievich created the Theater Workshop.
The personal life of the actor
On the set of "Crimes and Punishments," Georgy Taratorkin met actress Ekaterina Markova. A romance broke out between young people, which ended in a wedding. Markova is a wonderful wife and mother, a talented artist and writer. She starred in the films "Cases of the heart", "And the dawns here are quiet," "Third in the fifth row." Catherine writes scripts for which films are made. Famous parents gave birth to two heirs - son Philip and daughter Anna.
Anna Georgievna Taratorkina, graduating from the school to them. Shchepkina, became an actress. She continued the family dynasty. Philip Georgievich Taratorkin took up the study of history, received his Ph.D. and devoted his life to God.