One of the most wonderful “old” actresses of Soviet cinema is Klara Luchko, whose biography testifies to the worthy life of a good man and a beautiful woman.
Childhood, war, VGIK
Klara Stepanovna was born in 1925 in the Poltava region, in Ukraine. Father and mother were chairmen of neighboring collective farms. The childhood of the future actress was happy and calm, she studied
diligently, diligently and with pleasure at the school of Clara Luchko (a biography testifies to this fact). The war began when the girl graduated from 7th grade. Klara graduated from high school in Dzhambul, the place of evacuation of the family. A VGIK was evacuated to Alma-Ata, about which recruitment in 1943 was learned by K. Luchko. Having argued with parents, Klara leaves for Alma-Ata and successfully enters Bibikov’s workshop. After the institute returned to Moscow, she continued her studies in the class of
S. Gerasimov and
T. Makarova, who graduated with honors. The thesis was the role of Ulyana Gromova in the play "The Young Guard".
At the end of the institute in 1947, a talented graduate became an artist of the Theater Studio of a film actor. In her first two films (“Three Meetings” and “Michurin”), Luchko starred while still a student. The roles went unnoticed by the general public. The film version of The Young Guard, where she was offered a supporting role, did not bring fame either.
"Kuban Cossacks" - a film-gift of fate
The real fame brought K. Luchko film A. Pyryev "Kuban Cossacks", awarded the Stalin Prize, 2nd degree. For the post-war era, this film was more than a film. He brought joy to every family, gave people strength to restore the country from the ashes. The actors who played roles in this film became favorites of the whole nation. Now cynical users of social networks can talk about how the film was a fairy tale, then people watched it 25 times.
Clara Luchko, whose biography talks about the "bags" of letters, which played the role of Dasha Shelest, woke up famous. The film brought her not only fame and government awards, but also the love of then-popular artist Sergei Lukyanov, who became her first husband. In 1947, a girl was born in a happy family. Together they starred in such a popular saga as The Big Family, in the movie Twelfth Night. Handsome S. Lukyanov, being 15 years older than his wife, loved her madly, according to his daughter, even sewed her own sandals.
His death in 1965 was a shock for Clara Stepanovna. But she continued to act in a significant number of films (her filmography includes more than 60 films), which strengthened her fame, but did not reach the level of "Kuban Cossacks."
In 1969, the actress met her second husband, the future venerable and titled journalist and writer, in a marriage with whom she happily lived more than 40 years until her death in 2005.
"Gypsy" - glory to the end of life
The second time, deafening creative success overtook Klara Stepanovna in 1975, after the release of the television series “Gypsy”. Mihai Volontir and Klara Luchko starred in the lead roles (her biography became again in demand, they were written about in all magazines), who received the title of
People's Artists of the USSR for these roles
. You can count on the fingers of the Soviet series, the share of which fell such fame. The second part of the series entitled "Return of Budulai" did not reduce it either.
Actress Klara Luchko, whose biography from then on indicates constant popularity, being an energetic person, was engaged in parallel with social activities. In this field, she was awarded a number of government awards and titles, including international ones, such as Woman of the World and Woman of the Millennium.
Klara Semenovna died, surrounded by the love of family and friends, having not lived a bit before her 80th birthday. The funeral of Clara Luchko was held at the Novodevichy cemetery. The civil funeral service at the Cinema House was marked by its two star roles: the gypsies sent a huge wreath with the inscription “From the gypsies”, and the Cossacks sent a large delegation led by the governor of the Krasnodar Territory A. Tkachev, who provided the guard at the tomb.
The last work of Klara Stepanovna in the film by Y. Guzman "Park of the Soviet period" remained unspoken. As a sign of deep respect and gratitude to the actress, the director said that no one else would voice her role, and modern technology allows the sound of the deceased actress to sound in the film.