She was Lisa Connolly in Martin Eden, Marina in the Garage, Vasilisa in Vasily and Vasilisa, Kara Semenovna in the Tower, Polina Ivanovna in Very Faithful Wife, Tamara Georgievna in Zmein Source, Maria Alekseevna Dolgoruka in âPoor Nastyaâ, Maria Grigoryevna in âZhelannayaâ, Margarita Zhdanova in âDon't Be Born Beautiful,â Daria Matveevna Urusova in âOne Night of Loveâ, Ekaterina Kuzminichnaya Morozova in âMarinesâ. All these roles were played by actress Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova. How did her formation in this capacity happen, and what is happiness for her, you can find out by reading this article.
Children's years of the future actress
Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova was born in the Orenburg region, in the city of Buguruslan in September 1947. There were three more children in the family: the sisters of Paradise and Luda and brother George. Mom kept the household and dad taught physics. The whole family was very friendly, there was love and harmony in the house.
Olin Papa was also the regent of the church choir. In this family, three generations of men were priests. It was childhood that became for the future actress the foundation on which she built her life. And she still has in her memory the memories of her home: obligatory shared breakfasts, dinners, which always took place during conversations at a large family table. And there was tea on the veranda and a mandatory brass band. All this, even in the most difficult moments, warmed the soul of Ostroumova.
She said that, being a ten-year-old girl, she decided to become an actress. At this age, a schoolgirl with her mother and sisters came to a play in which her motherâs friend played. This was an amazing discovery for the girl, and she decided for herself that she would definitely act. Parents were surprised at this decision of the daughter, but did not object to her.
Student Years
After receiving a school certificate in 1966, Olya leaves for Moscow to enter GITIS. Mom baked her daughter pies and, wishing good luck, put her on the train.
The path to the dream of yesterdayâs schoolgirl really turned out to be difficult. For the first time she was alone in a completely unfamiliar city for her, in which she had no relatives, no friends, no acquaintances. Olya did not know where her university was located, so she was at his door only in the evening, having just miraculously managed to audition. Admission took away her many nerves, it was quite difficult. And yet, young Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova was received the first time. Her mentor was Varvara Alekseevna Vronskaya.
The beginning of a theatrical career
Olga Mikhailovna, whose biography interests fans of her talent, began to appear on the stage of the Moscow Youth Theater since 1970. It was here that she received her first acting experience. She worked here for three years, and after Pavel Chomsky, her mentor, left the theater, Ostroumova moved to the arch of the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. A former GITIS fellow student Andrei Martynov invited her here.
Alexander Dunaev, who was the director of the theater at that time, received the new actress rather warmly. It was under his leadership that she played roles in several interesting performances, for example, âWolves and Sheepâ, âPetty Bourgeoisâ. So Olga Mikhailovna, an actress at that time a beginner, was able to accumulate rich experience.
In the theater at that time a real star cast was formed: Olga Yakovleva, Oleg Dal, Alexey Petrenko. In such a wonderful company, Ostrumova managed to play in many performances.
New job
This theater Ostroumova left in 1984, moving to the Theater of Miniatures. The director then was Mikhail Levitin.
Olga Mikhailovna quite organically replaced Lyubov Polishchuk, who went on maternity leave. The actress even rehearsed Bulgakov's Margarita, however, it was not possible to play.
After some time, the actress moved to the Mossovet Theater. Here she was approved for the role of Anfisa in The Widowed Steamboat. The premiere and subsequent performances were held with a bang. There was only one âbutâ: many of the actors in this theater were not happy with the presence of a young colleague. Scandals began. Ostroumova managed to gracefully go through all the intrigues, not stooping to retaliatory actions.
In the near future, theatergoers were able to see the actress in new performances. She was Madame Bovary in the performance of the same name, Filisyanta in the âDance Teacherâ, Ranevskaya in the Cherry Orchard, Elena Talberg in the White Guard, and Claudia Tarasovna in the Silver Age.
Her paintings
The biography of the actress in cinematic art began with the movie "We'll Live Till Monday", where she played the most beautiful of all the girls in the class. After the release of the tape on the screens, a huge part of the male audience was in love with a blonde schoolgirl.
Despite the great success of this film, the role of Zhenya Komelkova in the military drama starring in Karelia brought the real popularity to Ostroumova - âDawns Here Are Quietâ. The film became a cult not only in the Soviet Union, but also far beyond its borders. Photos of Olga Mikhailovna began to be printed in many magazines of those years. Suggestions from directors rained down on the girl. Nevertheless, the young actress decided to refuse: it seemed to her that the potential work was allegedly copied from Kamelkova, and Olga did not want to become a hostage to one role.
The following films - âFateâ, âEarthly Loveâ, âVasily and Vasilisaâ brought her not only the love of the audience, but also awards.
But the role of Marina, the professorâs daughter, which Ostroumova played in the comedy Garage, did not bring the actress much pleasure. She could not feel herself a representative of the âgolden youthâ, she was complex and tried to go into the shadows. Everyone who worked on the film: both the director and the host of stars of Russian cinema (Lia Akhedzhakova, Semyon Farada, Valentin Gaft, Iya Savina, Vyacheslav Nevinniy) seemed to her true celebrities, compared with which she was a girl from kindergarten.
From âCrazy Day ...â to âPoor Nastyaâ
After the Ryazanov comedy, Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova took a break for a couple of years. Now she only went to the theater stage. But later she started acting again, playing in the âCrazy Day of Engineer Barkasovâ, âThere Was No Sorrowâ, âTime of Sonsâ, âCup of Patienceâ and others.
The nineties brought her new roles and another wave of audience sympathy. Perhaps one of her best works in these years can be called the role of Tamara Georgievna, the imperious and tyrannical director of the school, which was the "evil genius" of one small provincial town.
Five years later, another interesting role of the nurse Masha, the wife of the hero, played by Valentin Gaft, was added to the actressâs movie bank. It was a mystical thriller âOn the Other Side of the Wolvesâ, released in 2002.
The triumphant return to the screens of Olga Mikhailovna took place in the series about poor Nastya. Ostroumova managed to convincingly incarnate Princess Maria Alekseevna Dolgoruky very convincingly. This role was for her a kind of experiment, which she succeeded.
About personal ...
Here she is, actress Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna. Her biography contains information about three husbands, with the last of whom she is still happy.
With her first husband, Boris Annaberdyev, she met while still a student. He also studied at GITIS. The marriage was short-lived, and they divorced. After graduation, Boris was assigned to Turkmenistan. Only a few months of life in separation showed that nothing binds them.
Later, she married Mikhail Levitin - director and writer. This happened in 1973. Michael at the beginning of their acquaintance was not free, and Olga had to wait several years for his divorce.
The couple had two children - Olya and Misha. Ostroumova literally had to fight for family happiness: her husband constantly cheated on her, and every time she found out about it. They divorced after 23 years of marriage.
For a long time, the actress did not even want to look towards men. She was engaged in parenting and favorite work. Everything changed after the next meeting with Valentin Gaft. He liked Olga back in the seventies, when they worked together on the film "Garage". The wedding ceremony took place in 1996 in the hospital ward (Gaft had surgery shortly before the celebration). But all these conventions did not matter. The couple are still happy. The actress now understands what it means to be a happy and beloved woman.