The name and surname of Valery Kravchenko is not spoken to many representatives of the young generation. This is very sad. After all, on the account of this actor over 50 roles in full-length tapes and series. Information about his life and work is contained in the article.
Biography: children's time and youth
Kravchenko Valery Pavlovich was born in 1945 (March 1) in Mongolia. He has Russian and Ukrainian roots. In faraway Mongolia, his family was evacuated. After the war ended, he moved to the Republic of Belarus with his father and mother. The Kravchenko family settled in the city of Bobruisk.
Valera grew up an active and sociable boy. At school, he studied well, attended various circles (aircraft modeling, drawing, and so on).
At the age of 10, our hero enrolled in the boxing section. I must say that Kravchenko Jr. has achieved considerable success in this sport. In 1961, he took part in boxing competitions among juniors. As a result, Valery was recognized as the champion of Belarus. Parents were proud of the achievements of their son.
Student
At the end of high school, Valery Kravchenko went to Leningrad. He submitted documents to one of the prestigious universities - LGITMiK. A talented guy from Bobruisk managed to get there the first time. Valery enrolled in the course of Z. Korogodsky. In 1966, he was awarded the long-awaited diploma.
Film career
When did Valery Kravchenko first appear on the screens? This happened in 1968. The young actor played the listener of the report in the film “Just One Life”.
From 1968 to 1992 Over three dozen films were released with his participation. What images did Valery Pavlovich not apply to himself? He was a bandit, a factory employee, a convict, a radio operator and so on.
About what all-Russian fame is, our hero found out after filming in the film "Everything will be fine" (1995). The artist successfully got used to the image of drunkard Andrei Samsonov. Oddly enough, this character was remembered and loved by the audience.
Valery Kravchenko is an actor who took part in scoring 14 films. For example, Pestrukhin speaks in his voice in the painting “Dog Heart” (1988).
Personal life
In youth, our hero was very popular among women of the opposite sex. A guy with a brutal appearance and a low voice liked many girls. However, he cannot be called a womanizer. If he fell in love with some beauty, he saw only her.
After Valery Kravchenko began acting in films, the number of his fans increased significantly. To the actor himself, such increased attention was not a joy, but a burden. Young girls were waiting for him at the entrance, admitted sympathy. And someone even invited Valery on a date. He did not want to offend his fans. But he was not going to give them hope for a relationship.
Valery Kravchenko (photo above) carefully hid his personal life from strangers. Because of this, various rumors arose. At one time, Valery was credited with an affair with a colleague in the film “Everything will be fine” Olga Belyaeva. So convincingly they played a married couple. In life, Valera and Olya were good friends. Belyaeva lived in a civil marriage with director Dmitry Astrakhan. In May 2000, the actress died in a terrible fire. Her son was saved. And six months later, Valery Kravchenko was gone. This will be discussed below.
As for the actor, he was married. He has children left. However, information about them is not distributed.
Valery Kravchenko (actor): cause of death
Our hero had many plans for his future life and film career. But they were not destined to materialize.
November 6, 2000 Valery Kravchenko left this world. Friends found his lifeless body in his St. Petersburg apartment. Arriving at the place of doctors stated death. The cause of the death of a famous artist is a heart attack.
Relatives and close friends were engaged in the funeral of Valery Pavlovich. Hundreds of people came to say goodbye to him. His colleagues from the series “Streets of Broken Lights” flew from Moscow to St. Petersburg in full force.
The actor found his last shelter in the Kovalevsky cemetery, located in close proximity to the Northern capital. Relatives and loyal fans look after his grave. They always bring flowers in odd numbers.
Finally
Now you know what contribution to the development of the Russian film industry made Valery Kravchenko. He created many vivid and believable images. May he rest in peace…