Tamara Sovchi (nee Yakimenko) is a Soviet and Russian actress who was born in Simferopol and died at the age of 69 in Moscow. The actress began to appear in paintings and show projects, starting at 22 years old. What is known about Tamara Sovchi? How did her career develop and her personal life develop? You can find out about this by reading the information from our article.
Artist Biography
Tamara Dmitrievna was born in June 1941. The artist’s mother, Anna Ivanovna, was engaged in raising the girl on her own.
After graduating from the Nemirovsky seven-year school, Tamara Sovchi studied at the Lviv Food College, and then graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography with a course of B. Babochkin (Y. Pobedonostsev first started the course, but he was soon replaced by Y. Segel). After which she was admitted to the Theater Studio of the film actor. In addition, the girl was educated at the evening department of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute.
It is known that Tamara Sovchi served as an apprentice at the Vinnitsa distillery, and also worked on television as a director for voiceover. In the credits, the actress, as a rule, was listed as T. Sovchis.
Actress Tamara Sovchi
The filmography and the list of television projects in which the actress participated, has more than 50 works. The most significant roles among them are in the films “I am twenty years old”, “Children of Vanyushin” and “Stepmother”.
The first film with Tamara Sovchi - “Monday is a hard day” - was released in 1963. At that time, the actress was 22 years old and she was studying in the second year of theater.
The next work from the filmography of the actress was the picture "I am twenty years old", then "Krynitsa" and "Pharmacist". So with the participation of Tamara Dmitrievna since 1963 every year came out in several roles.
The last projects in which Tamara Sovchi took part were the Transit for the Devil and Carmen tapes, shot in the late 90s. A little later, the actress began to duplicate foreign paintings. It is known that in 2000 Tamara Dmitrievna voiced the American film “The House of the Big Mom”, and in 2003 acted as the director of the dubbing of the picture “Moulin Rouge”.
Personal life of Tamara Sovchi
Tamara Dmitrievna Yakimenko was the wife of the Soviet and Russian actor Georgios Yanis Sovchis. Married to Georgis, the woman gave birth to a daughter, Maria, who graduated from the medical academy after school, and a little later went to live abroad, where she married and gave birth to two twin daughters.
The wife of Tamara Dmitrievna - Georgios Janis Sovchis - died in 1996, at the age of 58 years. The actress at that time was 55 years old. The woman survived her husband for 15 years. The actress herself died in 2011. She was buried in the 267th section of the Khovansky (Northern) cemetery in Moscow near her spouse.
Memories of fans
Fans of the work of the talented actress especially remembered the role of a colorful dark-skinned girl in the famous film “Zarechensky Suits”, which was shot by a young director L. Millionshchikov.
The black-and-white picture, shot at the Mosfilm studio in 1967, is designed in the style of the socialist regime characteristic of Soviet times. A short film about love, in which three participate: Mikhail, Peter and Tatyana. This love triangle, at first glance, does not affect the normal course of life of the whole village, and the fact of matchmaking itself is quite an ordinary, albeit curious, action.
In this tape, Tamara Dmitrievna very sincerely and believably played the role of a bride who sat up in girls. However, as soon as a loved one appeared in the life of the heroine, all the boyfriends ran away, who as a result were left with nothing. The picture ended with the wedding of the main character and her chosen one.
The script of the picture by V. Merezhko was created based on the work of A. Leonov “Close Grooms”. Thanks to the inimitable game of E. Leonov (in the picture he woo Tamara for the local womanizer), his appearance and tricks, the whole picture looks fun and relaxed. The tape contains the musical composition “Everyone Has Different Things” performed by Larisa Mondrus, as well as the song Koi-no Bakansu or “Vacation of Love” in Japanese. It is performed by Hideyo Amy and Yumi Ito.
Of the large number of main and secondary roles, as well as translations created by a talented actress, it is worth noting a small but rather vivid episode with Tamara Sovchi from the picture "Afonya". Many spectators remembered her precisely for this role, playing the inimitable cashier from the dining room.