In all of immense Russia, and even in the near and far abroad, there is perhaps no person who would not know who Ilya Oleinikov is. The biography of any public person always arouses keen interest among the layman, and even the artist, and even such a famous one, especially. After all, we all know well that there is no such role that the actor Ilya Oleinikov could not play. Male or female, comic or tragic - it does not matter. He does not hold talent. However, the path to universal recognition for Ilya Lvovich was not at all strewn with roses. And the life of this wonderful man has never been easy. According to the recognition of the actor himself, it was like a song - “song” for a lifetime.
How it all started
Ilya Oleinikov was born in the city of Chisinau, in 1947, on the tenth of July. Nothing remarkable happened to him in childhood, and even then the times were difficult, post-war. Therefore, the children's biography of Ilya Oleinikov contains only two noteworthy facts. First, then his last name was Klyaver. And secondly, it was then that he realized that clowning, humor, satire - this is perhaps the only thing that can cause interest in him. For this reason, after graduation, in 1965, Ilya did not face the problem of choosing the cause of life. He without hesitation left Chisinau for the capital. Where he successfully entered the Moscow State School of Circus and Variety Arts at the clownery department, the graduation of which he received four years later.
Oh, how I want to break in ...
And who knows, what would be the future life of Ilya Lvovich, if not for one circumstance. His teacher was then still young Alexander Shirvindt, who invited Oleinikov to take part in his new program called “Teleview”. The program was attended by many actors of the then very popular Satire Theater - Tatyana Peltzer, Andrei Mironov and other famous artists. And although the program itself turned out, frankly, so-so, it was thanks to her that the artist Ilya Oleinikov was born. His biography as an actor, however, could have been somewhat different if it had been during this time that he had not received a summons to the army. In those days, there were only a few channels on television. Each new program aroused genuine interest among viewers, literally the whole country "stuck" to the screens. And therefore, immediately after the release of the program, the young actor literally became recognizable. But over two years of army service, the viewer Oleinikova pretty forgotten, a long way to fame had to start all over again.
"Town"
I had to work hard. From 1970 to 1974, Ilya Klyaver worked in the Yuri Saulsky Orchestra, which was called “VIA-66,” and then moved to the Lenconcert, on the stage of which he acted as a conversational artist. But thoughts of that fleeting success on television did not leave him for a minute. And in the mid- eighties, the actor takes the pseudonym Oleinikov and begins to perform in a duet with Roman Kazakov.
Who knows, perhaps Ilya Lvovich would have found fame much earlier if not for the tragic death of her partner. Oleinikov had quite a long time to look for a companion for speeches by trial and error, until, finally, in 1991 what happened happened. The actor met Yuri Stoyanov, and two years later the first episode of the Gorodok program appeared on the screens of the country. Original scenes, sparkling humor, funny dialogues - the viewer instantly appreciated the talent of the "inhabitants" of the town. And three years later, in 1996, the program received the Taffy Award. Surprisingly, from year to year the popularity of Gorodok was only growing. Even today, it is watched with pleasure not only by spectators of Russia, but also by lovers of good humor throughout the post-Soviet space.
Filming a movie
The talent of Ilya Lvovich is multifaceted. He is not only a great comedian, but also a terrific actor, who quite a lot has successfully acted in films. True, Ilya Oleinikov does not consider his films a special achievement. Nevertheless, some of them really deserve attention. So, he played a very memorable role in the film adaptation of Bulgakov’s cult novel “The Master and Margarita” (Roman variety show financial director), and also starred in two very good, praiseworthy and really funny comedies - “Alchemists” and “Thin thing”. These are his best works, but in general, the name Ilya Oleinikov appears in twenty-five films in the credits.
The biography of this subtle, intelligent, and versatile person reveals to us one more side of his talent. Most often, the name of Ilya Lvovich is associated with pop music, humor. And somehow they very rarely recall that he himself wrote and directed the very good musical “Prophet”. True, due to objective circumstances, the performance failed to “survive”. And who knows, everything would have turned out differently, maybe Ilya Oleinikov today would have been known to the audience not only as the creator of Gorodok, but also as the director of magnificent music shows. By the way, in 2001, the actor received the title People's Artist of Russia.
Family and personal life
Oleinikov never suffered from a star fever and did not consider himself a public person. His family life is the same as that of most ordinary people. The only thing that can be said is that the actor was married three times. True, according to Ilya Lvovich himself, the first two marriages were registered in youth, and even then for the sole purpose of obtaining a Moscow residence permit. In essence, both were considered fictitious.
With his third wife - Irina Klyaver (Oleinikova) - the actor happily lived for almost 40 years. They met at one of the speeches of Oleinikov in the regional town of Donetsk region. Irina Viktorovna - a former singer. By the way, with her husband, she took part in the release of the album "Chanson for Two", which was released in 2010. The son of Ilya Oleinikov - Denis Klyaver, from 1994 to 2012 was the lead singer of the group "Tea Together", which today, unfortunately, broke up. The Oleinikov couple have two grandchildren - Timothy and Daniel, and a granddaughter of Evelin.
And forever escort the whole yard ...
Unfortunately, the actor did not see the third grandson - Daniel. On November 11, 2012, the inhabitants and admirers of Gorodok suffered a great sorrow - in the sixty-sixth year of life its creator and inhabitant Ilya Lvovich Oleinikov died. He died of a cancer that was diagnosed by the actor a year earlier. So the talented actor and very good man Ilya Oleinikov, whose biography is similar to a song, passed away ...