Claudia Kozlenkova is a talented actress who declared herself in the days of the USSR. “French lessons”, “I can’t say goodbye,” True friends, “Carnival”, “Eternal call”, “Shadows disappear at noon” - all the famous films and series with her participation are difficult to list. Most often, Claudia Prokofievna got the roles of simple village women, with whom she convincingly coped. What is the story of the star, unfortunately, already left this world?
Claudia Kozlenkova: the beginning of the path
The actress was born in the Lipetsk region, it happened in September 1926. The first years of her life, Claudia Kozlenkova spent in the village of Krasnoe. Then her family moved to Moscow, settled on Sretenka. The girl went to school already in the capital.
Claudia early began to reach for creative activity. Kozlenkova with pleasure participated in school activities, loved to dance. She was a teenager when the Great Patriotic War began. Wanting to render all possible assistance to the front, Claudia sewed linen for soldiers.
First successes
On the set, Claudia Kozlenkova first came back in school. A talented girl made her debut in the film "It Was in the Donbass" by Leonid Lukov. She got a cameo role of a schoolgirl. Claudia’s name didn’t even appear on the credits, but she was delighted to be involved in the filming process. It was then that Kozlenkova finally realized that she wanted to become an actress.
After leaving school, the girl became a student of the Institute of Foreign Languages, but did not leave her dream of acting. In 1946, Claudia managed to enter the Moscow Art Theater School. Two years later, the aspiring actress transferred to the Shchukin school. Kozlenkova received the diploma of this educational institution in 1952.
Films and TV shows
It was only possible to be on the set of Claudia Kozlenkova again in 1954. The actress played a nurse in the comedy melodrama True Friends. This was followed by small roles in the films “Knock on any door”, “Ivan Brovkin on the virgin lands”, “Lullaby”, “Simple Story”, “The End of Old Berezovka”, “Business Trip”. In the fairy tale “Frost”, she embodied the image of a country girl.
The first role Kozlenkova first received in 1965. She played Galai in the film Amazing Power. The character of Claudia is a strong and determined woman, a hero of labor. Galai takes patronage of the lagging brigade and makes every effort to bring it to the forefront.
Thanks to small roles, Claudius Kozlenkov attracted the attention of herself. Films and series with her began to come out more often. She embodied the image of Avdotya in the television project “Shadows disappear at noon”, played Ulyana in “Eternal Call”. The directors saw Claudia Prokofievna in the roles of simple village women, and she really brilliantly managed such images. Kozlenkova convincingly played caring mothers in the films The Golden Helmet, What the Taiga was silent about, Hello, It's Me!, You Can't Prohibit Beautiful Living.
Dubbing
The actress Claudia Kozlenkova had a chance to work on duplication of foreign paintings. She took dubbing lessons from the director Janot. Claudia Prokofievna voiced German, French, Polish, Uzbek, Egyptian films.
The list of paintings on which Kozlenkova worked as a dubbing actress is given below.
- "Idol".
- "The struggle in the valley."
- "Girl from Bombay."
- "Irena, go home!".
- "Behind a swan cloud of clouds."
- "Bridge".
- "Younger wife."
- "Ruined Lives."
- "Love one evening."
- "Traces lead into the abyss."
- "The Last Pass."
- "Tart grapes."
- "Morning Stars."
- "The Return of Martin Herr."
Personal life, death
How was the personal life of Claudia Prokofievna? Even in her youth, the actress married the writer Eugene Pavlihin, was happy in marriage. The couple did not have children.
Kozlenkova died in August 2005. The actress died in Moscow, her grave is in the Khimki cemetery.
Interesting Facts
What is known about Claudia Prokofievna besides this? The talented actress considered her main achievement to be participation in the film “At the Source of Days”. In this picture, she brilliantly embodied the image of a nanny. The last tape with her participation was presented to the audience in 2004. We are talking about the touching drama "Long Farewell", in which she is assigned a secondary role.
Kozlenkova repeatedly received offers to appear in commercials. For example, the actress played a grandmother in the video of the company "Village House".
Photo Claudia Kozlenkova can be seen in the article.