Vsevolod Sanaev is a famous film and theater actor. For a long time, he not only participated in many theatrical productions of Moscow, but also starred in a large number of films where the audience remembered and loved his heroes. His life was rich and tragic. But he was saved from all problems and troubles by the work, which gave him the meaning of life.
Childhood
Vsevolod Sanaev was born in late February 1912 in the city of Tula. His family was not rich, but large. In addition to the very future actor, the family had eleven more children. The area where the Savin family lived was not rich, but industrial.
School
At school, the future actor studied poorly. He did not like this occupation at all. Therefore, his father soon took Vsevolod from school and sent him to work.
Factory Work
The boy came to work early at a harmony factory. First, Vsevolod Sanaev studied craft, and then gradually began to get involved in the working profession. His father worked at the same factory, so the boy was in his apprentice. His responsibilities included not only assembling the instruments, but also tuning the harmony.
It is known that at sixteen Vsevolod Sanaev himself taught apprentices. But even here he understood that it was not his business. The teenager did not have a soul for this craft; he did not like it.
Passion for the theater
From early childhood, my mother took Vsevolod to the theater. The capital's art theater constantly came to their city. He especially remembered the play "Uncle Vanya" based on the play by Anton Chekhov. The whole atmosphere of the theater, the magnificent play of the actors made a strong impression on Vsevolod. But at that time he could not even think about becoming an actor himself.
When the amateur theater “Hammer and Sickle” appeared in Tula, he immediately began to visit it with great pleasure. Vsevolod managed to enter this circle not the first time, it took a lot of effort.
Theatrical career
In 1930, Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanaev became an actor in the theater, who acted at the cartridge factory in the city of Tula. But first, the young and novice actor was taken only as a backup. Soon, his theatrical career began to take shape quickly and successfully. Soon he began to work already in the state academic drama theater named after Maxim Gorky.
But in order for his theatrical career to move forward, it was necessary to get some kind of theatrical education. As a mentor, he began to prepare Vsevolod Vasilievich for exams at the theater college in Moscow. And, despite the fact that his parents were against it, Sanaev still left for Moscow to act.
When the working faculty in the theater institution was successfully completed, Vsevolod Sanaev, whose photo is in this article, remained for some time in the walls of the theater institution in order to increase his professionalism. His teacher in acting became Nikolai Plotnikov. But he did not have enough money, so in the evenings he was forced to work.
The zeal and desire to get an acting profession led to the fact that he soon entered the Institute of Theater Arts. He was lucky, and the talented and famous director Mikhail Tarhanov became his teacher.
Since 1943, Vsevolod Sanaev has been performing at the theater, but he cannot stop at one theater. So, in 1943 he went to work at the Mossovet Academic Theater, and after three years he transferred to the movie actor theater. It is known that in 1952 he was invited to go to the Moscow Art Theater, but the roles that were offered did not suit him at all. Just at that time his wife was seriously ill, so money was needed. Vsevolod Vasilievich had to refuse such an offer.
Cinematic career
Despite the fact that the famous actor Sanaev, after graduation, worked in the capital's art theater, there was little work. Therefore, Vsevolod Vasilievich decided to try himself in the cinema. The first film starring Vsevolod Sanaev, whose personal life is interesting to the public, was the film "Private Life of Peter Vinogradov," directed by Alexander Macheret. This film was released in 1934, and a talented actor plays a small and episodic role of a Red Army soldier.
Success and popularity comes to Vsevolod Vasilievich after he starred in the film "Volga, Volga" directed by Grigory Alexandrov. In this film, which was released in 1938, he played two small roles at once. According to the plot of the film, he first plays a musician from the orchestra, and then also a lumberjack. In this film he was noticed and soon job offers followed.
So, in 1940, he played his first major male role in the film "Beloved Girl" directed by Ivan Pyryev. According to the plot of the film, the famous turner Vasily Dobryakov, who works in the capital's automobile plant, receives an apartment and invites Varia, who is expecting a child from him, to move to live with him. But already on the first day of marriage, they quarrel. Young people are not painted, and the words thrown by Vasily greatly injure Varia. And she immediately runs away to her home.
When Varya has a baby, she hides from everyone who is the father of her child. But relatives and friends, taking care of the child and Var, try to reconcile the quarreling lovers. In the cinematic piggy bank of the famous actor Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanaev, there are about 90 roles.
Filming in the film "White Dew"
In 1983, Vsevolod Vasilievich starred in the film "White Dew" directed by Igor Dobrolyubov. The main character is Fedor Filimonovich Khodos, who is successfully played by actor Sanaev. The hero is already eighty years old, and he lives alone. But constantly the fate of his three sons worries him. The eldest son is under the control of his wife, the middle son is constantly on the job and does not get married, and the smaller son brings up someone else's daughter and, learning about this, wants to divorce his wife.
Personal life
For a long time nothing was known about the personal life of a famous actor. And the audience kept wondering who the wife of Vsevolod Sanaev was. But everything became known about the personal life of the talented actor Sanaev after his grandson Pavel Sanaev, writer, actor and director, published the book “Bury Me Behind the Baseboard”. In this biographical work, which was published in 1994, Pavel Vladimirovich spoke about the family life of his famous grandfather.
He met his wife Vsevolod Sanaev, films whom the whole country loves and knows, met on the eve of World War II. On tour in Kiev, where the famous actor was with the theater troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. Lidia Antonovna Goncharenko at that time studied at the Faculty of Philology. Seeing her, Vsevolod Vasilievich fell in love at first sight and decided that it was imperative to marry her. But all the relatives of the girl were against their union.
When the troupe of the theater returned to Moscow, then Lidia Antonovna left with them. She was a wonderful wife and mother, but family relationships were difficult, since Lidia Antonovna often had depression. Once she told a joke in the shared kitchen of the communal apartment where they lived then, and soon the secret services were interested in her. And soon after that, it began to seem to the impressionable woman that someone was constantly pursuing her and watching her. Because of this, she even ended up in a psychiatric ward.
At the very beginning of the war, Vsevolod Vasilievich went on tour to Borisoglebsk, leaving his wife and little son at home. But the fighting did not allow him to quickly return home. At this time, Lidia Antonovna, along with the baby, was evacuated to Kazakhstan, where the boy caught measles and diphtheria. At the age of two, Alexei Vsevolodovich died. This was a terrible blow for the whole family, but Lidia Antonovna was most worried.
In 1943, a daughter was born in the family of a talented and famous actor Sanaev. It is known that in childhood, Elena fell ill with jaundice, and Lidia Antonovna was very worried about the health of the girl, afraid to lose her, like her son. At this time, the woman developed a fear of losing the child, who accompanied her all her life. And it also added complexity to the family of the Sanaevs.
And, despite the fact that the actor Vsevolod Sanaev, whose biography is interesting to the audience, loved his wife, sometimes because of the escalating illness of his wife, he did not want to return home. After all, he understood that sometimes any of his words could cause a quarrel or conflict. Vsevolod Vasilievich had the same difficult relationship with his daughter. The first elect of Elena was engineer Vladimir Konuzin. But Lidia Antonovna, an imperious woman, did not want to accept such a son-in-law. Vsevolod Vasilievich did not want to argue with her, so he simply did not intervene.
But the first marriage collapsed quite quickly. In this union, Pavel Sanaev was born. The second husband of Elena Sanaeva was the actor and director Rolan Antonovich Bykov.
Actor's death
Vsevolod Sanaev constantly starred in various films, while his health allowed. But at 75, he suffered a heart attack, was on the verge of life and death. But he could not leave his wife without support, so, according to his daughter, he survived. When Lidia Antonovna died in 1995, then exactly nine months later the great and wonderful actor Sanaev died. The cause of his death was oncology. Recently, he had lung cancer. The couple was buried nearby in the capital at the Novodevichy cemetery.