The outstanding Soviet and Russian actress Rimma Markova has created many vivid and unforgettable images in the cinema and theater. Today we will tell you about this talented and strong woman.
Childhood
Rimma Markova - an actress whose biography is written in gold letters in the history of Russian cinema - was born in early March 1925.
Vasily Markov, father of the future actress, served in the troupe of the drama theater of the city of Saratov. From the age of six, Rimma Vasilievna went on stage if the roles of children were provided for in the performances.
Her brother Leonid began performing in the theater from the age of four. He also became a famous and very popular actor, awarded the title of People's Artist of the Soviet Union.
Rimma Markova, whose biography could not have been otherwise, spent all her free time in the theater. She recalled that she always felt a huge responsibility for her brother. He was a modest, shy guy, and Rimma was lively, active. It is funny, but the first children's roles of future outstanding actors were distributed by the director as follows: nine-year-old Rimma played the role of a homeless boy, and Lenya played the role of his sister.
Rimma Markova: biography, the beginning of a career
In 1945, Rimma Vasilievna and her brother Leonid entered the studio at the Vologda Drama Theater, successfully completed it and went to conquer Moscow. They submitted documents to the studio, which was created at the Lenin Komsomol Theater under the direction of Ivan Bersenev. Brother and sister did the first attempt, despite a huge competition.
Creative way
After graduation, Rimma Markova, an actress with great creative potential, began working in the theater. Her first major role was the work in the play “Second Love”. The actress played the role of Frosi. In 1962, Markova left the theater and entered the Moscow Concert.
In 1971, Rimma Vasilievna entered the work in the Theater Studio of the film actor. Almost at the same time, her film career began to take shape.
Since 1992, actress Rimma Markova became an official pensioner, but continued to work under employment contracts, working closely with the most famous theaters in Moscow.
In 1994, beloved by millions of viewers, Markov was awarded the high title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Surge in popularity
Rimma Markova is an actress whose biography is inextricably linked with cinema. After retirement, neither the audience nor the directors forgot her. On the contrary, Rimma Vasilievna became even more popular after her roles in the sensational films “Night Watch” (2004) and “Day Watch” (2006). Thanks to these works, the younger generation also recognized the great actress. The number of her fans has increased rapidly.
Rimma Markova - an outstanding actress. In these paintings, she played small roles, but they were remembered by the viewer. Rimma Vasilievna herself did not consider these roles significant.
Rimma Markov created many interesting images in the last years of her life. The filmography of the actress was replenished with works in the films “Burnt by the Sun-2”, “The Best Film”, and the series “Voroniny”.
Best friend nonna
Rimma Markova is an actress whose biography is full of meetings with interesting and talented people. But Nonna Mordyukova was always her best friend. They had complex characters, they often quarreled, but very quickly put up.
The personal life of the actress
Rimma Markova, whose photo you can see in our article, was married three times. No one knew the true reasons for her separation from her husbands. After the actress died, the curtain of secrecy was opened by the daughter of Rimma Markova - Tatyana.
She made her first marriage with a Greek, whose name was Russian with the name Semen. He was a pilot. Markova just graduated from a theater studio and became a theater actress. Before starting work, she decided to visit relatives in Makhachkala. It was in this city that she met Semyon. They lived less than a year and divorced. Semyon was a military man, quite severe. He was sure that the wife should always sit at home and meet her husband with a cooked dinner. For the sake of a man, Rimma Vasilievna could not give up her favorite work.
The second time she connected her life with accordion player Vladimir Nikitin - Tatyana's father. This marriage lasted six years. Rimma Markova, whose husbands were the exact opposite of each other, could not accept the relationship to the life of her second husband. Vladimir was a "hussar" - beautiful, generous, bright, loving wine and women. For six years, Rimma Vasilievna suffered his betrayal because of great love, but once her patience snapped, and she kicked him out of the house. Before leaving, he, offended, said that he would see his daughter only when she was 16 years old. And I must say, he kept his word ...
The entire Soviet Union spoke about the actress's third marriage. In San Sebastian, during the presentation of the award for the film "Indian Kingdom" Spaniard Antonio fell in love with her. He was very handsome, but, according to the actress, she did not love him. However, a passion flared up between them serious.
They broke up in 1971, but there was no official divorce. Before death, Rimma Vasilievna was the wife of Antonio. The actress was very worried about this separation.
Illness and death
It should be noted that this was a very strong woman - Rimma Markova. The actress, whose biography is full of triumphant professional victories, joy and disappointment in her personal life, won cancer three times.
Initially, she developed a malignant tumor on her neck, due to a torn birthmark. In 2011, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The trouble does not come alone - after a while the tumor was found in the intestines.
The cause of death of Rimma Markova for a long time was not voiced. In recent months, this extraordinary woman has faded before our eyes - she has lost a lot of weight and has haggard. It seemed that she had simply exhausted her vitality.
Today, the cause of death of Rimma Markova is known - the great actress died not from cancer, but from an adhesive disease that developed in the abdominal cavity.
On January 14, 2015, Rimma Vasilyevna lost consciousness and was taken to the intensive care unit of the Botkin Hospital. January 15, the great actress was gone ...
Rimma Markova - filmography and biography
On account of Rimma Vasilievna 86 film roles. The images she created are vivid and memorable. Each character of Markova is natural, she wants to believe. We cannot tell you about all her works, but we will present the most outstanding to you.
The Indian Kingdom (1967) - drama
In this film, which is a continuation of the "Chairman", Rimma Vasilyevna played the main role. This picture is also about the village, its open and sincere inhabitants, about love. The story of a simple Soviet collective farmer who led the women of her village during the Second World War and survived the horror of occupation with them. Nadezhda Petrovna lost everything - her son, husband, native home ...
"Cliff" (1983) - drama, film adaptation
In the film adaptation of the famous novel "Cliff" by I. A. Goncharov, Markova played the main role - Tatyana Markovna Berezhkova.
Bored Petersburg aesthet Boris Pavlovich Raysky arrived in a family estate in a town on the Volga. He hoped to find boredom and typical provincials there. But, to his surprise, he discovered that in the outback he was waiting for a real life, serious passions and dramatic love. The Paradise Estate is a picturesque corner. Everything here pleases the eye - and the tender greens of linden and birch trees, and the silver surface of the Volga, and the old house. Only a mysterious precipice, located at the end of the garden, scares the inhabitants of the estate. According to a long tradition, at its bottom a jealous husband killed his wife and his rival.
“The Ada Family” (2007) - a tragicomedy
Grandma Ada (Rimma Markova) has always been the head of a large family. But even after death, she does not abandon her relatives. Bringing the grandmother appears on the doorstep and reports that soon the family will lose their apartment. Confused relatives under the guidance of a ghost grandmother should win the rightful legacy as soon as possible, pay off debts and learn how to live independently. Otherwise, the spirit of the grandmother of Ada will not rest in peace.
“Veronica will not come” (2008) - historical film
The main character is a cynical rebel Veronika Sorokina (Rimma Markova), for whom success, career, prosperity are just a bet in a game of chance called life. She constantly tests her fate, completely disregarding that this is a dangerous rival. Sooner or later, this game should end in defeat. And so it happened - the arrogant beauty lost everything at once. There is no way to return the lost - a once blooming woman, a talented journalist turned into an old woman and ended up in a nursing home ...
Burnt by the Sun-2 (2010) - drama
In this picture, the action takes place several years after the notorious events of 1936, when fascists marched on our land. Kotov is considered to be shot, but he is alive, serving a term, and then ends up in a penal battalion. The role of the nurse Ilyinichna performed by Rimma Markova is striking in her reliability, she demonstrates the unshakable spirit of a Russian woman who finds herself in a tragic situation ...
New Year's detective (2010) - comedy
Moscow is preparing for the New Year. Galina unexpectedly meets a former classmate Edward, to whom she felt her first love. Old friends decided to celebrate New Year together. The festive night brings many surprises - old friends are in no hurry to tell each other about the changes that have happened in their lives over the years ...
“Life and Adventures of the Bear of the Jap” (2011) - an adventurous melodrama
Pani Basya is the last role of the great actress. In her performance, the heroine turned out to be very colorful and convincing.
The Japanese bear is not a simple hijacker. Not everyone is given the chance to become the king of thieves, to keep the huge city in constant fear and at the same time to be a national hero. An extraordinary person is capable of this. His popularity was colossal - in him they saw Robin Hood, who was glad for his people.
He was a king for only three years, but these were the brightest years of his life ...