The hero of this article was a real star of the second plan and episode in Soviet cinema. Appearing on the big screen in the 50s, he became known to millions of viewers for roles in such films as “The Secret of Two Oceans”, “Star Boy” and “Girl with a Guitar”. Over the next 20 years, he could be seen in such masterpieces of Russian cinema as “Chairman”, “To me, Mukhtar!”, “They knew only by sight,” Major “Whirlwind”, “Gloom-river” and “Seventeen Moments” spring. "
Biography
The birthplace of actor Sergei Golovanov was the village of Novo-Kharitonovo near Moscow, in which he was born on October 8, 1909. The childhood of our hero was not much different from the childhood of other rural boys, from an early age accustomed to independence and the need to help parents in the maintenance of the household.
In Novo-Kharitonovo, as in any village, first of all, hard work was appreciated, and only then the ability to dance or play the harmonica. Therefore, after graduation, Sergei, until then completely not thinking about an artistic career, entered the ceramic school. In 1928, a 19-year-old graduate of the school, Golovanov got a job at one of the glass enterprises of the city of Moscow, having worked there until 1933. It was then, during the practical application of the knowledge gained at the ceramic school, in the life of Sergei Golovanov that the theater first appeared. The cultural life of the capital was in full swing, and the young man, who began to attend various performances more and more often, soon literally fell ill with the theater.
Theatre
At first, Sergei, who did not have any special education, played in amateur amateur troupes in his spare time from work. By 1933, he fully realized his mission in life, left the plant and became an actor in the theater studio "Construction", for four years of work in which he gained experience and proved himself quite well. This allowed him to enroll in the troupe of the Morflot Theater in 1937, and a year later to get a job at the First Collective Farm Theater in the capital, from which Sergey Golovanov volunteered for the front in 1941. However, he didn’t really have to fight, because already in 1942 he was sent to the front-line theater, in which he performed until 1949, after which he became an actor in the Drama Theater troupe of the Western Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
Golovanov returned to Moscow only in 1953. By this time, 44-year-old Sergey Petrovich, who managed to get the high title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, turned into a respectable actor with an innate aristocracy and an article. Despite the fact that he always dreamed of working at the Moscow Art Theater, fate decreed otherwise, and ultimately Golovanov became an actor in the Moscow Theater Studio, a film actor, to whose service he devoted many years. On his account, roles in such performances as The Missouri Waltz, Vassa Zheleznova, The Living Corpse, Ivan Vasilievich, Wormwood, and many others.
A few years after the start of work in this theater, cinema also came into the life of Sergei Petrovich.
Movie
The debut role of Sergei Golovanov in the movie was the brilliantly played image of the spy Gorelov in the film "The Secret of Two Oceans", which was released on the screens of the country in 1955.
Work in this film has become a real springboard for his future film career. His talent was appreciated not only by millions of viewers, but also by many directors.
Over the next 30 years, this actor, who became one of the leading supporting performers, thanks to his expressive character played many roles, most of which were negative.
In the 50s, Sergei Petrovich could also be seen in such famous paintings as "They were the first", "Star Boy", "Girl with a Guitar" and "A Man Changes the Skin".
And the 1960s were marked by the release of such masterpieces of Soviet cinema with the participation of Golovanov as “Chairman”, “To me, Mukhtar!”, “They knew only by sight,” Major “Whirlwind” and “Ugryum-river”.
In the subsequent period, the actor’s most significant works were roles in the films “And in the Pacific ...”, “Seventeen Moments of Spring”, “Emelyan Pugachev” and “Victory”.
The total number of roles played in films by Sergei Golovanov exceeded four dozen.
Personal life
Before meeting with his wife, the famous actress Maria Vinogradova, Sergey Petrovich already had his first failed marriage.
They met in post-war Germany. This happened in the city of Potsdam, where they both played for a long time in the troupe of the Drama Theater of the Western Group of Soviet Forces. Returning to Moscow in 1953, the couple lived in a civil marriage for several years, only in 1957 officially legalizing their relationship.
Maria Sergeyevna Vinogradova was one of the most sought-after actresses in Soviet cinema and a brilliant master of the episode. She fell in love with the audience for the roles played in such films as Star Boy, I Walk in Moscow, Gelsomino's Magic Voice, Prokhindiada, or Running in Place, Queen Margot, and many others. Maria Vinogradova also voiced about three hundred cartoon characters, including Uncle Fedor from the Prostokvashino series, Sharik from the Kitten named Gav and Hedgehog from the cult cartoon Hedgehog in the Fog. She participated in the scoring of many foreign and domestic films.
Maria Vinogradova became the last wife in the personal life of actor Sergei Golovanov.
Daughter
Olga Sergeevna Golovanova made her parents happy with her birth on February 26, 1963. She was a late but very long-awaited child. At the time of her birth, Sergei Petrovich was already 54, and Maria Sergeevna - 42. She had to be kept in the hospital for almost the entire pregnancy.
As Olga herself later recalled, due to such a difference in age, she was often embarrassed in her childhood to walk with her father, since many mistook him for the girl’s grandfather.
When the daughter of Sergei Golovanov and Maria Vinogradova grew up, then without hesitation went in their footsteps, also connecting her life with the acting profession. After graduating from GITIS, at the age of 23 she made her film debut, playing in the film "Dear Edison!". The real fame was brought to her by the role of the right girl in the 1988 film “The Lady with the Parrot”, which was well-known and loved by the audience.
Like her mother, Olga Golovanova is engaged in dubbing foreign films. Today, her voice is spoken by the heroes of more than 300 films, the most famous of which are Butterfly Effect, Shrek, We Are Millers, Sherlock Holmes, Monster Hunting and Sex and the City.
Afterword
Closer to the mid-1990s, actor Sergei Golovanov, whose photo can be seen in this article, experienced periods of prolonged severe depression, sometimes accompanied by alcohol consumption. This did not interfere with his work, since he never allowed himself to go out on stage with a drink and always remembered the texts of his roles. When his wife Maria Sergeyevna and daughter Olya made him comments about his depressing state, he always answered with a smile:
Girls, I want to live the way I want, I have a little left ...
Only in 1989 did the cause of his failures become clear - doctors made the actor a terrible diagnosis - cancer.
October 4, 1990 Sergei Petrovich passed away. And five years later, Maria Sergeyevna died of a stroke.
Today, the artistic path of their parents continues to their daughter Olga. In 2002, her son Yegor was born. This year he will be 17 years old, and he dreams of becoming an actor.