Lyubov Orlova (1902-1975) - People's Artist of the USSR, known to viewers for the films “Circus”, “Volga-Volga”, “Russian Souvenir”.
Biography: childhood
Lyubov Orlova was born, whose filmography includes only eighteen films, on February 11, 1902 in the city of Zvenigorod. The mother of the future artist Evgeni Sukhotina came from Tula and even had a distant relative to Count Leo Tolstoy. The girl’s grandmother in her youth was a maid of honor with the sister of the emperor of Russia.
Lyuba’s father, Pyotr Orlov, although he was a rank-and-file official in the military chancellery, he personally knew Chaliapin, and even sometimes performed romances with him when they stayed at the Sobinov’s dacha. Often Chaliapin was visiting the Orlovs. Once, when Lyubov was only seven years old, she played the role of the fairy tale "Turnip" before Chaliapin. The guest liked the girl’s game so much that he took her in his arms and said that a wonderful actress would come out of her.
In childhood, Orlova met with Leo Tolstoy. The famous writer presented the girl with his book "Prisoner of the Caucasus" with a dedication inscription. This book, Lyubov Orlova, films with which subsequently instantly became megapopular in the USSR, was carefully kept under glass for many years.
Not all childhood years in the biography of the actress, unfortunately, were cloudless and happy. The girl’s father was an avid gambler. He lost in the cards not only all the property of the family, but also three estates, which brought the family the main income. Left without a livelihood, the family for some time moved to a small house in Zvenigorod, which belonged to Lyubin’s mother. Orlova attended a gymnasium in Moscow, her parents, having lost their last means, went to live with her aunt in the city of Voskresensk, located in the Moscow Region. At the gymnasium, Lyubov studied music, attended classes on playing the piano. As a result, the girl began to play the piano beautifully and for some time even moonlighted in the movie theater as a taper.
Biography: career
In 1926, the girl entered the Stanislavsky Theater as a chorus girl. Later in the same theater they take her to the corps de ballet too. The first role of Lyuba was Gersilla in the operetta of Nemirovich-Danchenko “Daughter of Ango”. In this role, Orlova had to say only three phrases on stage. Due to her flexible character, Lyubov Orlova (the filmography of the girl quickly replenished with new roles) was liked by the directors as an actress. Soon she played a role in the play "Root Bells". Love also earned by singing before movie shows in movie theaters.
Noticing the musical talents of Lyubov Orlova, director Alexandrov invited her to a role in the film "Funny Guys". At that time, the girl sang well, danced and moved. Anyone signed an employment contract, according to which she was to fulfill the role of Annie in the picture. The amount of the fee was set very modest, but Orlova so wanted to become a film actress that she was ready to play in the film for free. “Funny guys” did not like the critics. Only thanks to the intervention of the writer Maxim Gorky, the film was allowed to be released. The picture received many laudatory reviews from the audience. Lyubov Orlova became a famous actress in the USSR. Now roles in films were offered her one after another.
In 1936, the film "Circus" was released, in which the song "Broad is my native country" was first performed. Orlova played in it the role of the American Marion Dixon, who arrived in the USSR with a circus on tour. At the International Exhibition in Paris, the film received the Highest Award. “Volga-Volga” is a comedy directed by Aleksandrov, in which the main role, the postman Strelka, was played by Lyubov Orlova. The filmography of the actress after the film “Volga-Volga” was replenished with the films “The Bright Way”, “The Case of the Artamonovs”, “Spring” and others.
In the films of Orlova she sang, danced, played the piano, performed acrobatic performances. To look good on the TV screen, the actress already in those years resorted to plastic surgery. Well-groomed appearance, carefully selected wardrobe - this is what Lyubov Orlova has always been distinguished by.
Biography: personal life
Orlova's first husband was Andrei Berzin. He was ten years older than Lyuba, was a member of the party and worked as an agronomist in the People's Commissariat of Agriculture. The husband moved the whole Orlov family from the Moscow region to his Moscow apartment. Berzin vehemently defended his ideas and served his term first in imperial penal servitude, and then on Stalin's. He was arrested in 1929, and his fate remained unknown for almost twenty years after that. It turned out that during these years he worked in Kazakhstan.
From 1932 to 1933, Lyubov Orlova lived in a civil marriage with a man from Austria named Franz.
The next chosen actress was the director Grigory Alexandrov. Orlova fell in love with him at first sight. The director at that time was already married. Feelings were mutual. Love and Gregory got married and lived together until the actress’s death in 1975.
Orlova Lyubov Petrovna: filmography of the actress
In the USSR, a large number of various films were released annually. In what films did Lyubov Orlova play over the years of her work in the movie? The filmography of the actress includes the following films:
- In 1934, the paintings "Petersburg Nights", "Funny Guys", "Love of Alena."
- In 1936, the film "Circus".
- In 1937, the film "Our Circus".
- In 1938, the painting "Volga-Volga".
- In 1939, "The mistake of the engineer Cochin."
- In 1940, the film "Bright Path".
- In 1941, "Battle movie collection number 4" and the painting "The Artamonov Case".
- In 1943, the film "One."
- In 1947, the film "Spring".
- In 1949, "Meeting on the Elbe."
- In 1950, the painting "Mussorgsky."
- In 1952, the film "Glinka Composer".
- In 1960, "Russian Souvenir".
- In 1963, the film "Melodies of Dunaevsky."
- In 1974, the painting "Starling and Lyre."
The death of the actress
On Alexandrov's birthday, January 23, 1975, the actress lost consciousness. Orlova was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Three days later, the actress died. The funeral was organized at the Novodevichy Cemetery. Many people have come to pursue Love on the last journey.
conclusions
Orlova is an actress whose fate was full of trials, ups and downs. Despite life's difficulties, Love reached unprecedented popularity in the Soviet Union.
Not only Lyubov Orlova herself - biography, personal life, filmography of the actress, have also always been the subject of talk throughout the USSR. The actress was equally enthusiastic about politics and housewives. Lyubov Orlova is a laureate of Stalin Prizes of the 1st degree in 1941 and 1950. In 1950, the actress received the title of People's Artist of the USSR.