"Actress Ruslanova was struck by a stroke!" And later: "Nina Ruslanova - the disease receded!" This news circulated the pages of the press several years ago, causing the hearts of numerous fans of the artist to anxiously beat.
Actress Nina Ruslanova. Biography
Back in 1946, in Bogodukhov (Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine), employees of an orphanage sheltered an abandoned girl two months old. No one thought then that this girl is the future famous film actress Nina Ruslanova, whose photo will be flashed more than once in the press. By the way, the girl owes her last name, which was given to her by the head of the orphanage, to L. Ruslanova, the then popular singer of folk songs.
Until adulthood, Ruslanova Nina Ivanovna visited several shelters for children, until, at the end of the eighth grade, she went to study at the builder in one of the Kharkov schools. She had to combine the development of her specialty with evening school. After graduating from college, Nina works as a plasterer, receives a small salary and dreams of becoming an actress. Her will and perseverance lead the future artist to her cherished dream.
Becoming an Actress
A capable girl managed to enter the Kharkov Theater Institute, where she studied for 2 years. Suddenly for fellow students, Nina leaves the institute and leaves to conquer the capital.
Despite the “Ukrainian” accent of Nina Ruslanova, her charisma and determination played a role, and the capital, “not believing in tears,” is finally losing ground. In Moscow, the girl enters the Theater School. Boris Schukin, where there was a shortage of young men. She is taken after vows that she is ready to play even men.
Vera Konstantinovna Lvova, on her course, studied with Nina the famous L. Filatov, I. Dykhovichny, A. Kaydanovsky and B. Galkin. For the second year of study, a little-known student Ruslanova unexpectedly for everyone is invited to one of the main roles by director Kira Muratova. The film was called “Short Meetings,” and the girl was lucky to play on the same set with V. Vysotsky himself.
Actor constellation around Ruslanova
Since then, the actress has become very popular and in demand and starred with Michele Placido, Eugene Evstigneev, Andrei Mironov, Vladimir Etush, Sergei Bezrukov, Vasily Lanov and other movie stars. When she studied at the theater, she was called to work at the Taganka Theater by Lyubimov, she was invited to the Sovremennik and other theaters, but she preferred the troupe of Evgeny Rubenovich Simonov, the head of the theater named after Vakhtangov.
To date, her artistic baggage has about one hundred and fifty roles.
Theater and movie work
In 1969, the girl was taken to the famous theater. Vakhtangov. She, a provincial, had a hard time there. It was almost impossible to stand out among the stars of this collective. Vertinskaya Marianna, Borisova Julia, Maksakova Lyudmila, Kupchenko Irina, Nikolay Gritsenko, as well as the famous Ulyanov and Lanova already shone on the stage of this theater.
Ruslanova gets small episodic roles that cannot satisfy her ambition. Maybe because of this “complex” of uselessness that has developed with her, the artist is increasingly agreeing to the invitation of filmmakers. In parallel with work in the theater, actress Nina Ruslanova fruitfully works on the set of the USSR.
Filmography
The following films with her participation were most remembered: “Gypsy”, where she plays the dissolute Katka-Airport, “Afonya” (fashionable cohabitant of the protagonist), “Do not shoot white swans” and “Take care of men”, as well as the famous Soviet series “Shadows disappear” at noon ”(in the role of chairman Marya Voronova) - a pretty good list for a novice artist.
In 1988, director V. Bortko shot a film adaptation of M. Bulgakov’s novel “A Heart of a Dog”. Ruslanova Nina Ivanovna showed her talent in the role of a charming cook.
In the movies: “Winter Cherry-2”, “Khrustalyov, the car!” and “Mom, do not grieve” she, as always, is on top.
A bit rude, with a simple humor, but still an attractive actress is invited to appear on television in popular TV shows: “Daddy's Daughters” and “My Fair Nanny” and many other TV shows and films. And this is far from a complete filmography of Nina Ruslanova.
Intrigue and rumor
Ruslanova Nina Ivanovna left the Vakhtangov Theater in 1985 because of an allegedly "bad character", which is rumored, and joined the troupe of the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater. True, a year later she left this theater.
She failed to return to the Vakhtangov Theater. She will regret it later.
Despite these troubles, the actress is invited to appear by famous, and not so, directors. The filmography of Nina Ruslanova is actively updated. Fans of the USSR cinema will forever remember the films with her participation: “The Return of Budulaya”, “Winter Cherry”, “Valentine and Valentine”, “Wild Hops”, “She is with a broom, he is wearing a black hat”, “Kin-dza-dza”, “Bread is a noun”, “Tomorrow was a war” and many other films ...
Personal life
In the life of Nina Ruslanova, there were few men. Once, in Soviet times, she connected fate with a civil marriage with an operator named Ravkat Gabitov. They are together now. In 1976 she gave birth to a daughter, Olesya. Olesya became her assistant and support in life. She accompanied her mother on the set and starred with her. Despite her good looks and talent, Ruslanova’s daughter does not want to go on her mother’s path and become an actress. Nina Ivanovna regrets that she did not give birth to more children in her youth and expects grandchildren from Olesya. Olesya, fortunately, was near at a difficult moment, when Nina Ruslanova fell ill.
Actress's disease
It happened in the winter, in 2009, in Penza, when the theater-goers of the city came to meet with their beloved actress. The performance “Married Bride” was to take place with her participation. The production was suddenly canceled - Nina Ivanovna suffered a stroke.
It turned out that the artist suffers from hypertension, and before that she already had crises. It is good that the doctors intervened on time, and the disease did not manage to cause serious harm.
For the treatment of Ruslanova, modern methods were used, and the patient began to recover. To enhance the effect, the artist was sent to be treated in a sanatorium, where procedures and massages had a beneficial effect on the body, and many then thought: "You were born in a shirt, Nina Ruslanova. The disease receded."
New challenges
However, it was too early to rejoice. In 2010, Ruslanova moved to the country, where her illness began to be forgotten. Her speech recovered from the consequences of a stroke, and at the next appearance in the House of the actor, colleagues and fans noted her well-being and healthy appearance. Many even thought that the stroke passed without a trace. But, alas, as they say correctly, trouble does not come alone.
Heart surgery
In September, Ruslanova's acquaintances learned that she underwent a serious heart operation. Frequent heart attacks forced Nina Ivanovna to turn to doctors. Doctors considered it necessary to urgently apply radical intervention and perform an operation to install the mitral valve. Fortunately, the operation was successful, and the artist was saved. The health of the woman is now out of danger, and she returned to her former life. Congratulations, Nina Ruslanova! The disease, thank God, has passed!
Awards
Nina Ruslanova has many titles and awards. She is a People’s Artist of Russia, winner of State Prizes of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. In addition, she has a Ukrainian gold medal to them. Dovzhenko.
From the French Film Academy, she was awarded the prize for Best Actress. Actress Nina Ruslanova also has two Russian "Nicks".