Actress Valeria Kiseleva is known primarily as the mother of the popular TV presenter Ivan Urgant. In her filmography there are no main roles. Most of her life, actress Valeria Kiseleva worked at the Comedy Theater of St. Petersburg. What is known about the life of this artist? Why did the mother of Urgant never give an interview or talk about her famous son?
short biography
Kiseleva Valeria Ivanovna was born in Leningrad in 1952. Graduated from the Institute of Theater and Cinematography. Since 1986, she played on the stage of one of the theaters in her native city. The first husband of the actress was Andrei Urgant. The second is Dmitry Ladygin.
In February 2015, she passed away. Valeria Kiseleva is an actress whose cause of death became known in early February. The press reported that the mother of Urgant died in her apartment as a result of complications of a respiratory viral infection.
Filmography
In the movie, the actress Valeria Kiseleva played a few roles. She can be remembered in the image of one of the participants in the street ensemble in the melodrama "You are mine." Valeria Kiseleva played a cameo role in one of the series “Streets of Broken Lights”. Other paintings in the filming of which the actress took part:
- “You know ... mom.”
- "The fourth planet."
- "Leningrad".
- "Cross the line."
- "Trip to the son."
Andrey Urgant
There were a lot of rumors about the relatives of the television celebrity. Information has repeatedly appeared in the press that Ivan Urgant was allegedly brought up by her grandmother, and that her parents were suspended for a long time from fulfilling their duties. The grandson of the performer of the famous patriotic song in the film "Belarusian Station" prefers not to comment on this information. He never told reporters about his family.
Nevertheless, according to the recollections of acquaintances and friends of mother and stepfather Ivan Urgant, the future star of Russian television spent his childhood and adolescence in his parents' house. Actress Valeria Kiseleva met Andrei Urgant as a student. The novice artist moved to live in a communal apartment, where Ivan's mother subsequently lived for many more years. However, Andrei Urgant was not adapted to family life at that time, and therefore soon his young wife kicked him out.
Dmitry Ladygin
Valeria Kiseleva did not like to give interviews and spread about her personal life. And this is a rather rare occurrence in the theatrical and cinematic environment. The second husband of the actress was Dmitry Ladygin. According to close friends of Urgant's parents, and bard Alexander Rosenbaum also belongs to them, Kiseleva was an intelligent and extremely modest person. Despite her occupation, she did not like public speaking.
For Dmitry Ladygin, marriage with Valeria Kiseleva was the first. They studied at the same institute, but at different courses. When the actress married Ladygin, her son was four years old. A few years later, the daughters of Valentine and Alexander were born into the new family. For some time Ivan called his stepfather "dad", but, having matured, apparently remembered the presence of his own father and began to contact Ladygin by name.
The family of theater actors did not have much financial wealth. Especially in the nineties. However, during this period it was not easy for all Petersburgers. Ivan already began to earn money in school years. When he became a star, he began to help relatives.
Valeria Kiseleva passed away on February 1, 2015. The actress was supposed to be sixty-four years later. After the death of Valeria Kiseleva, the program “Evening Urgant” did not go on air for three days. In the next issue, the facilitator explained the reason. Ivan Urgant told the audience about the death of his mother, mentioning that she was a very modest person and not only did not give an interview, but even tried once again not to talk about who her son was. “She would be embarrassed if she found out that I was talking about her all over the country,” said the presenter in the epilogue of the Evening Urgant program.