Babs Baberley, Chichikov, Alexander Alexandrovich Lyubomudrov, Zhukovsky, Sam - this is not the whole list of acting works of a hardworking and wise person. Alexander Alexandrovich Kalyagin. He played over 60 films, voiced by everyone beloved, kind and fair Leopold. The call of this cute cat is known to all the children of the Soviet Union. It is impossible to forget that Alexander Kalyagin is a talented director. What is his Prokhindiada worth?
Winner's birth
Actor and director Alexander Alexandrovich Kalyagin was born at the end of May 1942 in the village of Malmyzh, on the Vyatka River. His mother - Julia Mironovna Zaydeman was already forty years old. The village doctor gave advice: "Give birth!"
The name of the son was chosen by the pope - Alexander Georgievich Kalyagin, who was sure that the name Alexander (winner) would always help the boy out of his life. Unfortunately, he passed away when the baby was not even a month old, June 17th. Julia Mironovna did not get married again, she raised her son on her own.
Little Shurik spent his childhood in the capital, in Moscow. It was there that his mother's relatives lived. Subsequently, he recalled that these were intelligent people, mostly women. So he grew up in the âIndian kingdomâ a quiet, modest good guy.
But at the same time, even a little Alexander Kalyagin could not stand even the slightest violence against himself. When mother decided to teach the boy to play the violin (he had an absolute pitch), this did not last long: he just sat on the violin, crushing it. Alexander Alexandrovich said that he could not stand non-alterative situations in his life, he was wounded when there was no choice.
First serious decision
When Sasha was five years old, he decided that he would be an artist. Since he grew up among many female relatives and was surrounded by tenderness and love, he immediately sat on his head and showed his character. Shurik realized early enough that his homeland is antics. All relatives admired his performances. As a child, Sasha was sure that the actorâs work is a very light bread. Julia Mironovna took her boyâs theatrical activities very seriously.
While studying at school, Alexander began to read poetry in the Palace of Pioneers. When he grew up a little, he spoke already reading serious literature.
Learn, study, study ...
Yes, Sasha really wanted to play on stage. But collecting home advice, his mother and numerous aunts made an important decision: the boy needs to get the usual profession. Alexander Kalyagin agreed, and study at the medical school began. After graduating in 1959, he worked as a paramedic on an ambulance. Thanks to this profession, he was faced with real real life, with human tragedies and dramas. Alexander saw heart attacks and crippled in fierce fights, drunkards and suicides. This experience later proved invaluable while working on roles. After working for an ambulance for two years, he wanted to realize a dream that appeared in his childhood.
From the first time, Sasha went to the "Pike", asking only for information that he had ligaments in perfect order. This was due to the fact that his voice was sandy, unusual. Such shades in the voice appeared after imitation of Arkady Raikin, who was the idol of Kalyagin.
Hero lover or young pioneer?
Having switched to the second year, he was expelled from school for professional unsuitability. The teachers could not come to a common opinion: what role will the future actor have. He cannot play pioneers, heroes are also not in his path, but in old people, and so without an account. Alexander already was not very thin and beginning to go bald.
His savior was Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Many years later, theater experts exclaimed admiringly: Kalyagin Alexander Alexandrovich seemed to have come into this world to try on Chekhovâs characters! The first-year student Lyuba Koreneva, whom he always recalls with words of gratitude, became a winning card for him. In four hands they put a small piece of the performance by Antos Chekhont, which rector Boris Zakhava recognized as the best in the whole course. Soon, Sasha became a practical best student.
The bright feeling of a smiling man
At the same time, Kalyagin Alexander Alexandrovich made acquaintance with his first love. She was Tatyana Korunova - a real fairy-tale beauty and a talented actress. The girl came from Sverdlovsk, where she studied at a local university in physical education until the third year. During the entrance exams, Tatyana simply conquered Boris Zakhava and was accepted without wasting time on qualifying rounds.
The novel, which was born suddenly, was hidden from everyone. Alexander and Tatyana carefully hid their feelings. The marriage took place already in the second year and was secret, the young just signed in the registry office.
Family life was calm and happy. The indisputable head of the family was Alexander Kalyagin: his wife was sure that he was much more talented, and tried to adapt to his work schedule, she hosted the house with might and main.
They graduated from college together in 1965 and together entered the Taganka Theater. It was there that Alexander Kalyagin was entrusted with the role of Galileo in the play according to Bertold Brecht.
One very bad day he had a serious quarrel with the director Yuri Lyubimov, after which Alexander decided to leave the theater. Exactly such explosive is Kalyagin Alexander Alexandrovich, personal life which is a tangle of contradictions. Lyubimov assures the actor that immediately after his departure his wife will be dismissed. When Tatyana heard this phrase, she herself wrote a statement that she was leaving the theater. From that moment on, her whole life was devoted exclusively to her family. Tatyana and Alexander had a daughter, Ksyusha.
All life is a theater ...
In 1967, Kalyagin crossed the threshold of the Yermolova Theater. Over the course of three years, many interesting roles have passed through his hands: Poprishin in N.V. Gogolâs Notes of a Madman and Jim in T. Williamsâs Glass Menagerie.
In 1970, the actor moved to Sovremennik, and a year later - at the Moscow Art Theater. It is here that he will serve for more than a quarter of a century, becoming related to these walls, colleagues and leader Oleg Efremov. Here he will play his most significant roles.
Within these walls, he met the great Anatoly Efros, who gave Kalyagin two roles - Fedi Protasov and Orgon Moliere. They perfectly show the trusting soul, thousands and thousands of torments, flight and unforgettable masculine charm.
âCinema, cinema, cinema. We are crazy about you. â
And then came 1967, the year of the debut of Alexander Kalyagin in the cinema - in the film "Nikolai Bauman." By the mid-70s, his best roles had been played by him: Vanyukin in the film âOne among strangers, a stranger among friendsâ, Alexander Alexandrovich in âSlave of Loveâ. So Alexander Kalyagin became famous, whose films became the âgoldenâ classics of Soviet cinema. At the same time, the comedy âHello, I am your aunt!â Appeared on the screens of the country, thanks to which the actor simply took off in the wake of popularity. His hero Babs Beberley with all his charm penetrated the hearts of the audience, and the film, which became a cult, was simply divided into quotes: âI will kiss you. Then. If you want "or" I'm Aunt Charlie from Brazil. "
New marriage and new life
When the daughter of Alexander Kalyagin, Ksenia was only four years old, Tatyana Korunova died of cancer. So the actor became a single father: she washed clothes, prepared food, took him to kindergarten, and helped teach lessons at school. He loved his daughter madly. Alexander was so adoring about his girl that he trusted her to choose a new mother, because he had fears that an outsider in their house would cause irreparable injury to the child.
Ksenia stopped her leisurely choice on the actress. So a new acting family was created: Alexander Kalyagin, Glushenko Evgenia. Alexander made acquaintance with a woman, starring Nikita Mikhalkov in the film "Unfinished Piece for a Mechanical Piano", but they developed a serious relationship only after two years. After the daughterâs approval of the fatherâs choice, the wedding took place, and in 1980, the newlyweds had a son, Denis.
So, actor Alexander Kalyagin. The personal life of this charming person is not on display. Daughter Ksenia now lives in America, she is a programmer. 14 years ago, her son Matvey was born. Son Denis graduated from a private school near Philadelphia. Now he lives in Moscow with his mother, he is a journalist. The actorâs second marriage, unfortunately, broke up, but the spouses respect each other until now.