A little starlet, a radiant kind child with cunning sparks in his eyes.
That was Nadezhda Rumyantseva. A little travesty of Soviet cinema, she broke into a cameo scene with a whirlwind and made the film famous. A child actress could charge a multimillion-dollar audience with an extraordinary gayness of being, remaining, unlike other screen stars, a girl from your yard, close, understandable and beloved. Films with the participation of Nadezhda Rumyantseva always became an event, they were talked about, revised many times.
Little Star
Rumyantseva was born in 1930 in the Smolensk region in the family of a housewife and conductor of the Moscow-Vladivostok train. My father was almost never at home, and the little girl was constantly with her mother, a lover of cinema, songs and dances. It is not surprising that at school all classmates called her "artist", because she constantly represented, made laugh and charged everyone around with reckless fun. In such a peculiar way, the girl won the love and respect of her peers, because she was very small. Sometimes she even hooligan, but she studied perfectly and graduated from high school with a gold medal. When she grows up, Rumyantseva knew exactly what she would be, but she doubted her strength. Well, who will take to the "Pike" without any special external data? The growth of Nadezhda Rumyantseva did not exceed 150 centimeters, so she immediately applied to the Children's Theater Studio, where she was enrolled with great pleasure. Actresses the role of travesty on the Soviet theater stage was very small, and they were snapped up by the directors.
Travesty
From the first year, Nadezhda Rumyantseva played in the performances of kids and animals. When she was invited to shoot a children's film where she played a 10-year-old girl, her little “work colleagues” involved her in their games and sometimes even pulled pigtails. Her mentor was Ivan Pyryev himself , who somehow told her that such a talent needed a special scenario. And he was in the life of an actress. I had to wait for such a scenario for a long 5 years, but it appeared. From the very beginning, her first adult film role was conceived as a serious moralizing film about the triumph of communism.
First role
Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose biography began with roles on the stage of the Youth Theater, was noticed by director Yuri Chulyukin. He was able to understand the versatility of this perky girl and made a boring script a masterpiece of Soviet cinema.
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Tosya
The image of Tosi Kislitsyna from the cult film "Girls" Rumyantseva thought up herself. She appeared on the set and the director gasped: here she is, the very heroine he imagined. So a new star appeared - Nadezhda Rumyantseva, films with the participation of which teach love and good.
This work on the second day after the premiere became popular. The song "Old Maple" was sung by everyone, it became a hit. But Nadezhda, who played the young perky 18-year-old factory girl, was already 31 years old. As it turned out later, the film went abroad, and they wanted to invite the "Soviet Juliet Mazina" to Hollywood. Rumyantseva, of course, this good news was not even reported.
I must say, “Girls” were given to the actors with great difficulty, since Rybnikov disliked his partner from the very beginning. He wanted to see the beautiful wife Alla Larionova in her place and was always angry with everyone. Only at the end of the shoot, the partners were able to find a common language.
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Nadezhda Rumyantseva had a very subtle sense of humor and could make anyone laugh. Many of her phrases were then embedded in the mouth of movie heroes. So, there was a very funny incident on the set of the movie “The Queen of the Gas Station”. For the shootings, the decoration of the column was specially built, and perplexed drivers began to gather in it for refueling the car. This impeded the work process, Rumyantseva was nervous and could not concentrate. Another driver got her so mad that she answered him briefly that she would not refuel his car, because he was unshaven and his car was dirty. This is how another catch phrase appeared, which was immediately included in the film and was forever remembered by the audience.
Love for life
The personal life of Nadezhda Rumyantseva in those years somehow did not work out. She had one early student marriage, which ended very quickly. The actress is completely immersed in creativity, ceasing to think about family happiness.
In the 60s, she unexpectedly found the most beloved person with whom she lived the rest of her life. Vladimir Khshtoyan was far from the cinema, worked in a trade mission and after a couple of months he asked for her hand.
It was a harmonious relationship for which Nadezhda Rumyantseva could get up at 7 in the morning to prepare her beloved breakfast and spend it at work. Subsequently, she left the cinema for a full 10 years, as her husband was sent on a long-term business trip abroad, and a loving wife, without a moment's hesitation, followed him. The decision to leave was finally ripe after the premiere of the film "Die Hard", where the order in the Red Army was ridiculed. The audience was outraged, because the directors encroached on the shrine of the Soviet state.
Long trip
She was all discouraged, assuring that for a long 12 years she would be forgotten, and she would no longer be able to return to the screens. However, Hope was adamant in her decision. In Egypt, she developed a vibrant activity, immediately learned two languages - English and French. Possessing impeccable taste, she dressed very elegantly. The whole staff of the embassy loved her for her cheerful disposition and ability to quietly help a person in need of a kind word. An excellent psychotherapist would come out of her - such wise life advice she gave to her friends abroad.
Voice from our childhood
As friends predicted, upon returning to Moscow, the directors did not interrupt the phone of the actress, seeking to remove her in the lead roles. And Hope yearned. However, as a man of action, she turned to television, where she began working in the "Alarm Clock" and the program "My Family", voicing films and cartoons.
Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose filmography was replenished from year to year, was out of work as an actress, but she was able to realize herself again. Her favorite drawn heroes spoke in her voice, and we can no longer imagine the beloved tapes in another voice acting.
More than anything, she wanted to give joy and hope, which is probably why she rejected offers to star in some films, which she considered too joyless. She refused to star with Ryazanov in "Promised Heaven" because the film did not give the viewer hope for a bright future. She was very worried about political events in the country, when her homeland became suddenly different. Indeed, in the hearts of the majority settled despair and hopelessness. She could not afford to play "perestroika" films and tarnish the name of Tosi, take away hope and faith in universal ideals. Films with Nadezhda Rumyantseva can only teach good, as the actress said.
Tragedy
A few years later, a tragedy occurred that discouraged the couple from wanting to live in the capital. Robbers burst into them, and they miraculously managed to escape death. Nadezhda had a head injury and several ribs were broken. A year later, they moved to the Moscow Region in their own house, which became their island of love.
Nadezhda Rumyantseva took up the garden - it bloomed with all the colors of summer, the trees began to bring a rich harvest. On the table were always delicious compotes and jams. She gave all her strength to her beloved garden, talked with seedlings, and as if hearing words of love and affection, they blossomed in a riotous color, delighted the eye with unusual colors. Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose biography in the movie ended once and for all, completely disappeared into her comfortable world: she went for long walks with her beloved dog Eugene, watched the birds, fed them in the cold winters.
House in the village
The hospitable hostess loved country gatherings with friends. The veranda could accommodate a lot of people, and the house was always full of guests.
Legends circulated about the culinary abilities of the actress, and many dreamed of getting to the cherished cottage to enjoy homemade pickles and masterpieces of culinary art. A little stubborn woman gave her guests love and infected with enthusiasm and gaiety, which have not disappeared over the years. Behind her was a successful career, many friends, a loving faithful husband. The couple was able to carry mutual love, friendship and respect to the very end, and at sunset, bathed in happiness.
As many as 42 years he was measured out, until death did them part. Hope became very ill. Apparently, a long-standing head injury affected. She was diagnosed with cancer - she quietly faded in her country house. The husband did everything to put his "staunch tin soldier" on his feet, but the doctors were powerless before the terrible diagnosis.
So, one April evening in 2008 there was no legend of Soviet cinema - an eternal child with mischievous eyes and disheveled pigtails, which she remembered by millions of fans. Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose filmography did not stain herself with any tape that the actress would not believe in, remained the golden fund of Russian cinema.