Sergey Dreyden is a famous film and theater actor. He also became known as an artist who worked under the pseudonym Dontsov. Among his artworks, self-portraits are especially notable. In the creative piggy bank of actor Dreiden, there are thirty roles in the theater and seventy roles in the cinema. Sergei Simonovich was married four times, and in each marriage he has children.
Childhood
Sergey Dreyden was born on September 14, 1941. The place of his birth was the city of Novosibirsk, where at that time his family was evacuated. He is from a famous theater family.
It is known that the actor’s father, Simon Davidovich, was a well-known theater critic and literary critic. The name of the mother of Sergei Simonovich is widely known. Zinaida Ivanovna Dontsova is a famous actress. Paternal relatives owned a small printing house in St. Petersburg. My paternal great-grandfather served in the tsarist army for twenty-five years.
Relatives on the mother's side are less well known, but there are facts that Ivan Dontsov, the actor’s grandfather, was a senior janitor at the Kazan Cathedral.
The tragedy of the actor’s family
In 1944, the whole family of the future actor moved to the capital, where he was transferred according to the work of Simon Dreiden. For some time, Simon Davidovich worked for Alexander Tairov. But just three years after the war, the whole family moved to Leningrad, where in 1949 his father was arrested. He is declared an enemy of the people. But Sergey Dreyden did not know about this tragic event in the life of his family, as his mother explained to him that his father was absent due to important work in the Kremlin.
At that time, his friends were Peter Merkuryev, the son of Vasily Merkuryev and Irina Meyerhold, and Sergey Dovlatov, who later became a writer.
Education
Since childhood, Sergey Dontsov loved to draw, so back in school years, parents sent him to an art school. The teenager dreamed of enrolling in the Institute of Operators at VGIK. But for this, experience was needed in this area, so my father helped Sergey Simonovich get a rigger on Lenfilm.
But this production experience was not useful for admission, since he entered the acting department of the Leningrad Institute of Cinematography, Theater and Music. In 1962 he successfully completed this training.
Theatrical career
Dreyden Sergey Simonovich immediately after graduating from the theater institute enters the Miniature Theater of the city of Leningrad, which was then led by Arkady Raikin. But he was able to work in this theater for only four months and left it. Since 1963, Sergey Dreyden began working in the drama and comedy theater at Liteiny. On this scene, he played in the play "Stone Nest."
But already in 1964 he left this theater and began his work at the Akimov Comedy Theater. For a long time he successfully played in the play “Goose Feather”, and then left the stage, getting a job as a driver. But he soon returned to the same theater and played in seven more performances: “Stepanchikovo Village and its inhabitants”, “There Will Be No Trojan War”, “Quartet” and others.
Dreyden Sergey, an actor whom the whole country knows and loves, performed on theatrical stages of many cities. This is the capital's Drama Theater named after Ermolova, and "Borey", and "Shelter of Comedians", and the Children's Theater named after Bryantsev and others. In total, he has already played in thirty performances.
Painter
Sergey Simonovich is also known as a professional artist. All the paintings by Sergey Dreyden, whose filmography includes about 70 films, performed in different years on the material that came to hand. It could be not only cardboard and paper, but even gift wrapping. At first it was only a small cursory outline of portraits and landscapes.
The creator of the Comedy Theater, Nikolai Akimov, reacted with interest to his work, as the artist was easily based on reality and chose only the main and the main thing.
Many of Dreyden's drawings were made immediately after the performances. So, there were sketches for the theatrical production "Stepanchikovo Village", which depicted Kiev itself, and the house, and even the tree. Among his works there are Leningrad, its streets and even firemen who march.
But nevertheless, self-portraits occupy a special place in his collection of artwork. He studied not only his body, but also the features of his own face. He tried to draw his face in such a way that it was a mask with which he could then play in the play. In 2011, an exhibition was organized by the outstanding and unique artist Dreiden. This exhibition was called My Life in Pictures.
The plot of the film "Atonement"
The significant role of Sergei Simonovich was the role of professor. So, the film “Atonement”, which was released in theaters in 2012, takes the viewer to the southern city in 1945. In the post-war time on the eve of the New Year, Sasha lives in a devastated city. She is a Komsomol member.
Her parents are known that her father died in the war, and she hates her mother. There are several reasons for this attitude: she steals food in the dining room for police officers, and she also has love with an employee of the local Culture House. Sasha tries in every possible way to take revenge on his mother and, like a real patriot, informs her.
But director Alexander Proshkin in the film “Atonement”, a 2012 film, shows how much everything changed in the life of a young Komsomol member when she fell in love with Augusta. The young lieutenant came on vacation in order to bury his parents, who were brutally murdered during the occupation. Their neighbor, Shum, who used to clean shoes, killed them. Augustus yearns for revenge, but Noise is already in the Gulag. Then he decides to commit suicide, but here Sasha appears in his life. Love changes both his life and the life of a girl who has forgiven her mother.
Cinematic career
The debut film of the actor Dreiden was the film "Caution, Grandma!" directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova, which went to the box office in 1960. But the role was so episodic that his name was not even indicated in the credits. Sergei Simonovich played his first major role in 1970 in the film "On Love" directed by Mikhail Bogin. The main character is an engineer Velikhov. Mitya is still young, but already ambitious. The main character meets a young and attractive woman who works in the Hermitage. She is waiting for love, a strong feeling, and for this she refuses casual acquaintances and even offers to marry.
In 1988, the actor Dreiden perfectly played the main role in the comedy film "Fountain" directed by Yuri Mamin. The film takes place in a house that has long been in need of major repairs. Grandfather comes from Kazakhstan to the wife of Peter Lagutin, played by Sergei Simonovich. All his life he was a shepherd in his homeland and never studied Russian. Peter works as a chief engineer, and on his site some people blew up the source from where the water comes from, believing that it flows too slowly. At the request of the wife, the protagonist arranges for the wife’s grandfather to work in the office as a plumber, and here the problems begin.
The most interesting work in the movie was the role of Nepomniachtchi in the film "Tank Klim Voroshilov -2" directed by Igor Sheshukov. This film was released in 1990. The hero, played by Sergei Simonovich, is a weak and quiet physics teacher. He is intelligent. But during the war, he, along with wounded soldiers and tankers, defended his city.
Popularity and fame for the talented actor Dreiden, who was sometimes credited by Dontsov in the credits to perpetuate the memory of his mother, came after he starred in the film "Window on Paris" directed by Yuri Mamin. The main character, played by Sergei Simonovich, works as a music teacher. One day, a neighbor in a communal apartment dies with Nikolai Chizhov. In her room, a window opens to Paris.
Regularly, the actor Dreiden began acting in 2000. His most striking and notable works were the following: the role of the Marquis de Custine in the film "Russian Ark" directed by Alexander Sokurov, the role of engineer in the movie "Crazy Help" directed by Boris Khlebnikov, the role of Osip Goldberg in the television series "Kuprin" and others.
Personal life
Sergey Dreyden, whose personal life has always been known to the public, has been married four times. In his first marriage, his daughter Katya was born. The second time, Sergei Simonovich married in 1966. In this alliance, which lasted five years, a son, Kasyan, and a daughter, Elizabeth, were born.
The third wife of the actor Dreiden was the playwright Alla Sokolova. In this marriage, the son Nikolai was born. The fourth wife is Tatyana Ponomarenko, who was president of the nonprofit cultural organization.