Actress Valentina Sharykina is called Russian Merelin Monroe. Blonde with brown eyes, in her youth she possessed model external data. Beauty could play many dramatic heroines. But the choice fell on satire. The actress was remembered by the audience for the role of the cute waitress “Zucchini of 13 Chairs” - Mrs. Zosi.
Polish roots
Grandmother and grandfather Valentina Sharykina was born in the Polish city of Krakow. In the pre-revolutionary years, they moved to live in Kiev. In 1917, the grandfather of the actress, who worked as a simple pharmacist, died tragically. He was shot in the courtyard of his own house in front of his wife. Grandmother remained a widow with a three-year-old daughter in her arms. She managed to put her daughter on her feet and learn at the Sverdlovsk Conservatory. There, Valentina Sharykina's mother met her father, a military pilot. A year before the start of World War II, on February 25, the couple had a future star.
Childhood
The girl was not even a year old when her father was taken to the front. There, a young pilot fell in love with a nurse and after the war left his first family. Valya was brought up by her mother, grandmother and stepfather, who replaced her own father. Unfortunately, the stepfather passed away early. His departure became a personal tragedy for Valentina Sharykina. The family had to be tight financially. The actress admits that she was a quiet and shy girl, a real "mother's daughter." She loved to spend evenings at home reading books.
Institute
After graduation, the future actress decided to follow in the footsteps of her mother and try her hand at acting. The girl went to Moscow. The first educational institution in which she tried to enter was the Moscow Art Theater School. The attempt was unsuccessful: the entrant flew off the second round, forgetting the text. In the Shchukin school, Valentina Sharykina was already bolder. She read an excerpt from Anna Karenina and was accepted on the course of Joseph Rapoport. In the first year, the newly-made student was still sandwiched and shy. She was lucky that the head of the group was Andrei Mironov. He began to study with a student, preparing an independent passage based on the work of Anton Chekhov's “Mysterious Nature”. Mironov managed to reveal the talent of the future artist. In addition, a reliable comrade appeared in the biography of Valentina Sharykina.
Random selection
After graduating from the Schukin School, the aspiring actress decided to appear with the role of Larisa Ogudalova from Ostrovsky’s play “Dowry” in the Sovremennik Theater. Oleg Efremov, who was the director of the theater, liked the game of Valentina Sharykina. He was ready to take her to the troupe. But the case intervened. Andrei Mironov at that time appeared in the Satire Theater. His partner fell ill, and the actor asked a former classmate to help him out. Young actors showed a joint work of the student era and received an offer to enter the theater together. A positive decision played a significant role in the biography and personal life of Valentina Sharykina.
Friendship disorder
The first time in the theater was held for the aspiring actress successfully. She immediately got a few worthy roles. One of them was the role of Suzanne in “The Marriage of Figaro”. The performance partner was Andrei Mironov. He was very amorous and could not play feelings if the partner did not attract him as a woman. Andrei immediately confessed this to Valentina, and later did everything so that his protégé, the young actress Tatyana Egorova, would take on the role of Susanna. Valentina Sharykina never had a quarrelsome character, so she quietly stepped aside. After this incident, she got roles in the crowd for a long thirteen years. At first, the actress had an offense at Mironov, they did not communicate for some time. But then friendships resumed. Valentina's gentle nature never allowed her to be angry with anyone for a long time.
Return to the play
To return to the performance, Valentina Sharykina involuntarily helped Vera Vasilyeva. She played the role of countess in The Marriage of Figaro. Before the very tour Vasilieva got sick. The director of the theater began to look for a replacement for her. Sharykina first volunteered to play the role. Many did not believe in the success of this enterprise. Valentina herself was terribly worried. At the first rehearsal, having missed the chair, she fell to the floor. The first thought of the actress was the belief that she would be fired from the theater. But, when everyone present on the stage and behind the scenes burst into uncontrollable laughter, Sharykina breathed a sigh of relief. And at the end of the rehearsal, the actress first caught the eye of Andrei Mironov, full of respect and pride. So the actress was approved for the role of the countess. And when Vasilyeva left the hospital, the play was played by two compositions.
Mrs. Zosia
In addition to working in the Satire Theater, Valentina Sharykina was involved in the television musical entertainment show “Zucchini 13 Chairs”. Such a program was released on television screens of the USSR for the first time. She very quickly earned popular love. For the fifteen years during which the show lasted, the audience was so used to its characters that they called the actors involved by their names. "Zucchini" was created by George Zelinsky, who was the head of the troupe of the Satire Theater. He invited Sharykin to the role of the Polish girl Zosi, working as a waitress. She liked the work on the show. Teachers of vocals and choreography conducted classes with the artists.
Photos of Valentina Sharykina began to appear in popular magazines. The broadcast was broadcast in Poland. All the actors involved in it were awarded the title of Honored Artists of this country. When the show closed, Valentine realized that there was another side to the coin. The actress was no longer invited to the cinema. To the directors, the image of Mrs. Zosi seemed too intrusive. They did not want the heroines of Sharykina to be identified with him.
Movie
Despite the workload in the theater and on television, the actress left her mark in the cinema. Films with Valentina Sharykina also deserve attention. The star got its first role in 1962. She played Vera in the Third Half war drama by Yevgeny Karelov. The following year, the actress was approved for the role of Brigita in the film adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanthe. In 1966, three roles appeared in Valentina's piggy bank at once:
- Shura in the famous melodrama of George Nathanson's "Elder Sister";
- Lucy in Marlene Hutsiev's drama July Rain;
- episodic role in the drama about Soviet pilots "Days of Flight".
In 1967, the actress played a small role in the military drama of her civil husband Yevgeny Tashkov, "Major Whirlwind." Later, the director shot his lover in another film: the drama "Children of Vanyushin." In it, Valentina embodied the image of Lyudmila Krasavina. In the seventies, the actress starred in the following roles:
- Faith in the musical melodrama of Alexander Muratov “Do you know how to live?”;
- Elizabeth in the drama of Sergei Solovyov "Egor Bulychev and others";
- flight attendant Masha Terekhova in the musical comedy of Olgerd Vorontsov “Hello, Warsaw!”;
- episodic role in the tale of Alexander Ptushko "Ruslan and Lyudmila";
- actress Katenka Kolpakova in the historical film Yaropolk Lapshin "Privalovskie millions";
- Claudia Korneevna in Igor Vetrov’s children's film “Not A Day Without Adventure”;
- Marina Kiseleva in the detective Stanislav Govorukhin "Smuggling";
- Valery Nazarov in the detective drama Crime;
- a small supporting role in the musical film by Eugene Ginzburg “The Magic Lantern”.
Next, followed by a break in the cinema for twelve years. Only in 1988, Valentina starred in the fairy tale by Leonid Horovets "Glade of Tales". The role was episodic, after which a twelve-year break again followed. Since 2000, the actress was again invited to the cinema. She embodied such images as:
- mother of the main character in the comedy of Dmitry Ivanov "Showcase";
- General Ivolgin in the black comedy by Roman Kachanov “Down House”;
- housemaid in the musical comedy of Tigran Keosayan “Lily of the valley silver 2”;
- Lyudmila Telepneva in the drama by Sergei Ursulyak “Long Farewell”;
- a small role in the comedy series "Big Girls";
- funny old woman in the television novel by Alexander Kananovich "The Conductor, or the rails of happiness";
- Matilda Voronin in the series by Alexander Zamyatin “Airport 2”;
- Henrietta in the comedy melodrama of Alexander Karpilovsky "Snow Angel";
- a small role in the youth series "Own Team";
- Maria Ryumin in the detective series by Alexander Kalugin, “Return to Proceedings”;
- Doctor "Death" in the detective series "Emergency Call".
Theatre
After Sharykina was taken into the permanent cast of the play “Crazy Day, or the Marriage of Figaro”, she began to get other good roles. She played in such performances as: “Tartuffe”, “At Time in Captivity”, “Eight Loving Women”, “Secretaries”, “An Ordinary Miracle”, “Concert for the Theater and Orchestra”, “Zucchini happy Elsa”, “Moliere "," Tricks of Skapen. " The most favorite for the actress were the roles in the performances - "Mad Money" and "Run".
A family
Personal life of Valentina Sharykina can be considered established. In her youth, the actress had a relationship with the film director, screenwriter and actor Evgeny Tashkov. He shot Valentina in three of his paintings. But further relations did not work out. The actress prefers not to be frank about the reasons for the breakup.
The actress met her second husband on the street. Late in the evening, Valentina returned from the next performance and heard someone's steps behind her. The actress became scared. When she reached the street lamp, she turned around and loudly asked the stranger why he was chasing her. The man himself was frightened of surprise. It turned out to be Yuri Izvekov, who later became Valentina's husband. He is far from the world of art, is a Russian scientist. Sharykina admits that Yuri met in her life in a very difficult period. He gave her real support. Life with Izvekov made the actress a happy woman.
Animals
Valentina does not have her own children. But a lot of pets. Together with her husband, she takes care of homeless animals. Up to ten cats and dogs can live in their house. Someone stays with the couple forever, and some manage to attach in good hands.