He died at the age of 46, having managed to play almost fifty roles in films and television shows. He quite often received offers to act in military, espionage and adventure films. He remained an orphan at 7 years old, but grew up a wonderful person. This is Alexey Eibozhenko - a Soviet film and theater actor.
Childhood and family ties
In Moscow on February 6, 1934, in a family very unusual for the Soviet era, a boy was born, who was named Alyosha.
His papal grandmother was French and was related to the famous writer George Sand (who was the cousin of her niece). They even had the same surname - Dupin. In his early days, his grandfather was a rather wealthy homeowner (before the revolution, the house and land, where the Olympic complex is now located, belonged to him). Once he lost the cards in the Noble Assembly and shot himself from hopelessness.
First terrible loss
Little Alexey Eibozhenko managed to celebrate only his seventh birthday, when the Great Patriotic War began. Dad goes to the front to defend his homeland and dies in the Battle of Kursk. Mom loved him so much that she could not survive such a great loss. Shortly after the death of her father, and she dies. So, while still a child, the boy remained an orphan.
Stage debut
Actor Alexey Ebozhenko still studied at the theater school - in the so-called “Sliver”, when he began to go on stage. He played the King in “The Star of Seville”, Karaulov in “Alien Child”, Romashov in “Two Captains” ...
In 1957, having received a diploma from a theater school, he joined the troupe of the Koltsov Voronezh Drama Theater. He worked there for two years, and then moved to the Moscow Drama and Comedy Theater, which is located on Taganka. It was there that he was destined for a meeting with a woman of his life.
Who are you, my love?
They studied in “Sliver” under Vera Pashennaya, only Natasha (Natalya Kenigson, whose father was the famous Soviet actor Vladimir Kenigson) studied at a younger rate. For Pashennaya, Eibozhenko Aleksey Sergeevich was a favorite student. She always said that he was the best, that he was wonderful, that he was talented. When Natalya began working on Taganka, she was told that a young man was working there, who also came from Sliver. Hearing the name of the guy, she screamed that this is a legendary person and immediately wanted to meet him. However, at a personal meeting, the girl was a little surprised, because Eibozhenko turned out to be the most ordinary person - sociable and simple-minded.
Thus began their great love. They lived together for 16 years, loving each other, as on the first day. It’s rare for anyone to have such unlimited happiness. They practically did not communicate with anyone and did not invite anyone to visit. Not because they didn’t like guests, but because they didn’t need a single person, they adored each other.
Their son, Aleksei Alekseevich Eibozhenko, recalled one case that clearly characterized their reverent attitude to each other. One day, parents were going to go to the movie house for the premiere. They were about to leave when their father suddenly said: “Mom, maybe we won’t go?” Natasha agreed. They stayed at home.
Natalya and Alexey simply did not know how to get angry with each other for a long time. They could quarrel because of some nonsense, and then he came to his wife with the words: “Forgive me, mommy! I’m an orphan ... ”And all, immediately all insults and quarrels were forgotten.
Theater stage
Natalya Eibozhenko did not work at the Taganka Theater for long: when Lyubimov came there, the relationship didn’t work out, and Natalya quit. Aleksey Eibozhenko, on the contrary, confidently walked from role to role. The new leader trusted the young artist to play interesting characters. Everything would be fine, but ... Love for his wife was much more important and stronger for Alexei, so he goes nowhere for his beloved.
But it was necessary to provide for the family. Alexey Eibozhenko, whose films will subsequently be included in the treasury of Soviet cinema, begins work in his first paintings. One of his early screen images was Nema Brock - the picture "In the line of duty" and Lemeshko - the film "Third Half".
The year 1964 has come. The actor becomes a member of the troupe of the Academic Theater. Vladimir Mayakovsky. He stayed there for a short while, but the roles he played there were quite memorable and interesting. After 3 years, he came to the State Academic Maly Theater, where his repertoire was replenished with more than two dozen complex, characteristic roles.
Set
Each of the characters played by Eibozhenko drew the attention of spectators of different ages to the artist - be it an episodic role or the main one. One of the actor’s most famous roles is considered to be the character from the television movie “For the Remaining Life” (commissioner Ivan Egorovich Danilov), which was directed by Pyotr Fomenko in 1975 in the hope of cooperation with Eibozhenko.
As early as 1966, he played in the film “On Thin Ice”, in which he talked about the struggle of GB employees with foreign intelligence in the late 30s and during World War II. Alexei Sergeyevich embodied the central role on the screen - it was an employee of the NKVD Andrei Trapeznikov.
There were other interesting works: Colonel Vinnikov in the film “Fight after the Victory”, Grandfather in the film “The Road to the Ryubetsal”, Max Gusman in the film “Seventeen Moments of Spring” ...
Unfortunately, Alexey Eibozhenko died early. The cause of death is hypertension. It would seem a common, common disease. But ... Mortality from cardiovascular diseases, both then and now, is very high. He died on December 26, 1980, at the age of 46. Sometimes, however, in some print media you can find materials that the actor was beaten before his death. But Natalya Kenigson herself refutes this information. Alexey Eibozhenko is buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery. His son, named after his father, is now a popular TV presenter and actor.