Ekaterina Durova is the leading actress of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater. In addition, in her filmography more than thirty roles. The biography of the actress is the topic of the article.
early years
Ekaterina Durova is an actress in the second generation. Her father is a great Soviet and Russian artist and director. For many years, Lev Durov served as the chief director of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, where Ekaterina still serves today. The mother of the actress is Irina Kirichenko. The girl decided to follow in the footsteps of her parents as a child. Therefore, after graduation, she submitted documents to GITIS.
Theatre
Ekaterina Durova is an actress with unusual energy and rare talent. It is difficult to doubt this, having visited one of the performances with her participation. After graduating from VGIK, until 1984, the actress worked at the Taganka Theater. During this period, she managed to play six roles in the movie. Since 1984, Ekaterina Durova - actress of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Here she played more than ten vivid roles. Among the performances in which E. Durova was involved, the following productions are worth mentioning:
- "Meteor".
- "Fox and grapes."
- "Mother of Jesus."
- "I'm not Rappoport."
Movie roles
For the first time on the set, Catherine was in 1978. Her characters in the movie characters are bright, colorful. Even if their role in the plot is small. In 1983, for example, the actress played the raider, nicknamed "Katka Fry" in the film "The Green Van." This image is one of the most memorable in the two-part feature film. Her partners on the set were Alexander Demyanenko, Dmitry Kharatyan, Borislav Brondukov. Among the films present in the filmography of Durova, “Yuryev Day”, “Widow Steamer”, “Gop-Stop”.
School Waltz
This film was released in 1978. The plot is a straightforward story of school love. The main characters love each other since school years. Even before receiving a certificate, their relationship develops into something more serious. Then the girl learns that she will soon become a mother. However, her lover does not want to take responsibility. He marries a girl from a wealthier family.
In this film, the young actress Ekaterina Durova played a cameo role. The personal life (husband, children) of the daughter of the great artist and theater director is a topic that has always been of interest to journalists. But the heroine of this article is very reluctant about her first wife. It is only known that he was an actor who played the main role in the film "School Waltz". Sergei Nasibov in this film played an irresponsible young man. He knew Durova long before his first appearance on the set. The young people got married, but soon broke up. Ekaterina Durova has a daughter from Nasibov.
A family
In the theatrical and cinema spheres, strong marriage is a rarity. Ekaterina Durova is an actress whose children grew up in a friendly large family. And this is not surprising. Indeed, since childhood, parents served as an example for Catherine. Lev Durov and Irina Kirichenko lived a long happy life.
Despite the fact that the first marriage of Catherine with actor Nasibov was unsuccessful, the second man with whom she decided to connect her life also had a direct relationship with the theater. Ekaterina Durova met Vladimir Ershov several years after the divorce. He is also an actor at the Malaya Bronnaya Theater. Spouses often go on stage together. So, during the life of Lev Durov, for many years one of the most popular productions in the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya was “The Fox and the Grapes”. In this performance, Catherine plays Meli, her husband is Xanfa. Lev Durov went on stage in the image of Aesop.
E. Durova, Honored Artist of Russia, has two children: daughter Ekaterina and son Ivan. Even during the lifetime of the head of a large family, a huge country house was built. Today, children and grandchildren of Ekaterina Durova live in it. Lev Konstantinovich passed away in August 2015.