This actress belongs to the era of Soviet cinema. Kira Golovko experienced many historical changes. Together with the country, she was changing. What roles is known for Kira Nikolaevna?
Born a writer ...
Kira was born in Old Russia, in the city of Essentuki, Stavropol Territory. None of the family was associated with the acting profession. And Kira Golovko did not immediately show her love for acting. However, one of the relatives still influenced her. Vyacheslav Ivanov, a playwright, earned the love of the public for his creative work as a critic, symbolist, translator, philosopher, candidate of philological sciences. Being a representative of the “Silver Age”, he created many bright works. Carried away by poetry, Kira Golovko enters the Institute of Philosophy and Art. She studies domestic and foreign literature.
... become an artist
But very quickly Kira Nikolaevna realized that she did not want to devote her life to this. In 1938, she tried her hand at the Academic Theater. Interestingly, she chose Krylov's fables for listening. She is accepted into the auxiliary staff of the troupe. So was born Kira Golovko - actress. Later, she moved to the Moscow Art Theater, and in 1954 she went to Kaliningrad, where she settled in the local drama theater.
Relocation is associated with changes in personal life. Kira Nikolaevna gets acquainted (and later gets married) with Arseny Golovko, the commander of several fleets and flotillas. In marriage, two children are born. It is noteworthy that each of them followed in the footsteps of their parents. Daughter Natalia became an actress, played on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. Son Mikhail entered the service in the navy, rose to the rank of captain of the first rank.
The period of active creativity
What else did Kira Golovko remember for the fans? The biography of the actress includes many interesting facts. So, for a long time there were disputes about the date of her birth. In fact, she was born in 1919, although the passport appears in 1918. According to the actress herself, the fault was ... the school. After the end of the fourth grade, she was not taken in the fifth, referring to her small age. Mom Kira Nikolaevna made appropriate adjustments to the metric so that her daughter could continue her studies.
Kira Golovko played her debut role in the biographical drama “Glinka”. For the image of Anna Kern, Pushkin's closest friend, the actress received the Stalin Prize. In subsequent years, she appeared in the picture “First Grader”, and together with Mikhail Ulyanov and Nonna Mordyukova, she played in the “village” picture “Chair”. In 1957, she returned to the Moscow Art Theater, but not as an actress, but as a teacher. Within the walls of this institution, Kira will serve until 1985, teaching such famous personalities as Nikolai Karachentsov. In 1957, Kira received the title of People's Artist - another confirmation of the love of her viewers and fans.
The best film works
The track record of this wonderful actress includes about thirty paintings. The most famous was the image of Natasha Rostova, which Kira Golovko (photo attached) embodied in several films of the series “War and Peace”. In addition to this countess, Kira played the princess Priklonskaya in the television film “Belated Flowers”.
She played her last role in the comedy drama by Stanislav Govorukhin, “Artist”. Since then, Kira Nikolaevna has not been removed.
However, she played a lot on the stage. According to critics, Cyrus, above all, remains a bright theater actress. At the Moscow Art Theater, she performed more than two dozen memorable roles in the productions of “At the Bottom”, “Blue Bird”, “Anna Karenina”, “The Last Victim”. Among the plays mostly works by Ostrovsky, Tolstoy, Bulgakov prevail. Kira was also taken in the role of Olga in Chekhov's “Three Sisters”.
Kira Nikolaevna stopped her theatrical career in 1979. However, despite her advanced age, she could not refuse Kirill Serebryannikov and Yuri Eremin, participating in the 2004 productions of Les and Cats and Mice.
Behind her are also two important awards - “Order of Friendship” and “For Merit to the Fatherland”. Undoubtedly, Kira Golovko made a huge contribution to the development of Soviet post-war theater art.
Other interesting facts
Few people know that the famous fashion designer Alexander Vasilyev miraculously got a dress from Kira Nikolaevna’s personal wardrobe. Created from spangled silk, it was a model of the 1920s fashion. Designed for speaking in public, the dress went to the actress from her aunt. Where did she get it, the story is silent. Alexander Vasiliev made it an exhibit of the exhibition, held under the name “Wardrobe of the Soviet era”.
In 2012, the publishing house “Art of the 21st century” published memoirs of Kira Golovko. In the book Admiralsh, her name is associated with the era of Stanislavsky, which she found. The work will reveal interesting facts from the backstage life of the theater, as well as tell about the personal life of the actress. Kira Golovko herself is called the legend of the art theater, in which she served for many years.