Veronika Lebedeva is an actress who played in the legendary Soviet film. But, despite the popularity, she did not continue her artistic career. Why was Veronika Lebedeva no longer acting in films? The biography of the comedy star "Foundling" is the topic of the article.
First roles
Veronika Lebedeva was born in September 1934. As a little girl, she managed to star in several films. She was such a talented child that she was remembered by millions of viewers.
The first film of the little actress was "Toy Parade." What is the picture about? One very moody girl tends to get her tears and tantrums. Once she goes to the store with her mother and begins to sob loudly until she is bought the doll she likes.
Lebedeva also played a small role in the film "Doll Country". It told an instructive story that toys should be handled carefully, otherwise they will all disappear, and naughty children will be punished. These two works in the cinema are forgotten today. The young actress Veronika Lebedeva was remembered by the audience for the film “Foundling”. It was he who brought her the popularity and love of the audience unprecedented at that time.
About how the girl got on the set
Veronica Lebedeva might not have played in the movie “Foundling”. She got to the shooting by accident. Everything happened in one of the Moscow cinemas. The girl with her parents watched an interesting film. Suddenly, an unfamiliar woman came up to the mother of the young artist and introduced herself as a director.
After Tatyana Lukashevich - that was the name of the lady - she said that soon the shooting would begin, that little Veronika was ideally suited for the role of the main character. The girl’s parents left the home number. My father grumbled all the way home. He did not want to see the little daughter in this atmosphere of debauchery. Nevertheless, Lebedev soon got a call and invited to come to the test. But by then, filmmakers had already made a decision. Even at the first meeting, Lukashevich realized that she had found a suitable artist.
Veronica Lebedeva played her starring role at the age of four. It was not easy for her to star in the film. However, the director in every possible way helped to get accustomed and fulfilled any whims, which, however, were few.
The Further Fate of the Foundling Star
When Veronika Lebedeva grew up, then at the request of her mother, she entered not the theater institute, but the pedagogical, the faculty of foreign languages. After training, she taught for some time at school. Then she got a job as an editor in a magazine. When she married Igor Sinitsyn, she left work.
Veronika Lebedeva, whose biography is so interested in fans of Soviet cinema, wrote a book with her husband. But this work has nothing to do with the acting profession. Lebedeva-Sinitsyna seemed to have forgotten about her famous role. Rarely gave interviews. I did not write, like other failed actors, about my acquaintance with famous artists. What is the film about in which Veronika Lebedeva played her main role?
"Foundling"
The film was released in 1939. The plot is simple. The woman works a lot, so she asks for help from her eldest son to look after her younger sister. But he is constantly engaged in pioneering activities. Once again immersed in his favorite pastime, he does not notice the loss of his sister.
Five-year-old Natasha leaves the house and disappears. First he goes to kindergarten and finds new friends there. But the head of the kindergarten understands that the girl was lost. Need to call the police. However, the child disappears again.
Then the baby gets to a single geologist who likes it so much that he decides to become her father and leave to live with him. While he is arguing with an elderly neighbor about raising a child, the young traveler leaves again.
"Mulea, don't make me nervous!"
Girl trying to cross the road. But she was nearly hit by a car. Fortunately, Nina, a classmate of the heroine’s brother, comes to the rescue. The savior decides that the "lost" should be urgently taken to the police station. And here the genius actress Faina Ranevskaya appears on the screen. The phrase “Mulea, don't make me nervous!”, Which the artist said in this film, “haunted” her all her life. The role of Lyalya in Podkidysh became for Ranevskaya happiness and punishment.
Middle-aged spouses decide to take care of the child. They take Natasha and lead to their home. True, the husband believes this is wrong, because the girl already has parents. However, the heroine of Ranevskaya does not count with his opinion. The imperious woman never listened to the timid man, and this time will not be an exception.
The ending of the picture is happy. The girl regains parents. Not foster, but relatives. The painting “Foundling” is one of the few pre-war paintings, which is not about class struggle and the achievement of universal happiness. The plot of the film is an ordinary story from the life of ordinary people.