Claudia Polovikova - theater and film actress. A native of Little Russia (Russian Empire). She played roles in such famous cinematographic projects as “War and Peace”, “Idiot”. The greatest fame for her brought the role in the film "The Fate of the Drummer." The company is known as the mother of actress Valentina Serova, the chosen one of the writer Konstantin Simonov, who tragically passed away in obscure circumstances in the early winter of 1975. Claudia Polovikova died in Moscow in February 1979 at the age of 82. The first role in the cinema was played by her in 1933, the last - in 1966. In 1954, she was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Biography
Claudia Mikhailovna Polovikova was born on December 15, 1896 in Little Russia. She began her career in art when she entered the Maly Theater Studio School, from the walls of which she left in 1921. She devoted the next fourteen years of her life to work in the same theater. In the mid-1930s, she served in the Moscow Theater of the Revolution. Later she worked at the Lesya Ukrainka Theater in Kiev and at the Pushkin Leningrad Theater. During the Second World War, she served in the Lensovet Theater (Moscow). The last place of her work was the Moscow Drama Theater. Claudia Polovikova played in the theater and in films of strong-willed, temperamental, emotional and strong natures, which, according to people who knew the actress, were close to her in spirit. From Vasily Polovikov, a hydrological engineer who was subsequently repressed by the Soviet regime, she gave birth to a daughter, Valentina, on February 10, 1919.
Theater roles
She first appeared on the stage in the play “Glass of Water”. The actress shone in such performances of that time as "Pious Martha", "Third Youth", "Noble Nest", and others.
First movie roles
In 1933, cinema entered the life of the actress when she played the role of a blind woman in the comedy drama "Ragged Shoes" about the fate of German workers before the Nazis came to power.
Then there was the role of the laundress in the film “Three from One Street”, which was released on the screens of the country in 1936.
At the same time, actress Claudia Polovikova performed Aunt Polly in the family film Tom Sawyer, an adaptation of Mark Twain's work on the adventures of two tomboys, Tom and the young tramp Huck Finn, who brighten up their life by searching for treasure.
Further roles
Later she played a role in the historical drama "Fiery Waters" about 1919, when detachments of Belarusian peasants and workers are fighting the White Poles. The picture was released in the autumn of 1939.
In 1942, the actress again turned to the work of Mark Twain, playing in the adventure drama "The Prince and the Pauper." This story, familiar to everyone today, talks about how a young slum dweller and a lady of royal blood decide to swap places. No one will notice the substitution, because these two are very, very similar to each other. The picture was released at a very difficult time for the country - in January 1943, when every resident of the USSR worked to defeat fascism.
In 1946, the actress appeared in the biography film "Glinka", which tells about the time of writing the opera "Ivan Susanin", when the writer of the famous romance "I Remember a Wonderful Moment" on verses by A.S. Pushkin became friends with Anna Kern. In this picture, the voice of the famous singer Sergei Lemeshev sounds. In the film nominated for the competition of the Venice Film Festival of 1947, the main roles were played by Boris Chirkov and Vasily Merkuryev.
In the spring of 1956, the viewer first saw the adventure drama "The Fate of the Drummer" in which the actress Polovikova played one of the secondary roles. This is a story about a young drummer and pioneer Seryozha Batashov. The main character is left alone after his father, who worked as an engineer in a secret factory, loses important documents and ends up in jail. After that, some people come to the empty house of the Batashovs, who introduce themselves to Seryozha as a distant relative, but in fact they are spies and criminals. For some reason, this “kin” is eager to meet his father’s colleagues. The pioneer does not immediately understand why these “relatives” need these meetings. The painting is based on the work of Arkady Gaidar.
In 1958, Claudia Polovikova played a prominent role in the drama "Idiot" directed by Ivan Pyryev. Spectators are introduced to Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, who returns to Russia after a long treatment abroad and meets, once once in the Epanchins' house, with a very spectacular special Nastasya Filippovna. This meeting for the protagonist becomes fateful. In the film based on the work of Fedor Dostoevsky, Yuri Yakovlev and Yulia Borisova played the main roles .
Role in the winning film
In 1965, the now legendary epic film “War and Peace” by Sergey Bondarchuk began a triumphal march through cinemas, in which the actress played the role of Princess Anne Drubetskaya. The film, which spent $ 29 million, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Having watched films with the participation of Claudia Polovikova, one cannot help but marvel at the skill, a subtle understanding of the role of this extraordinary and talented actress.