If you look back, the biography of Tatyana Doronina is the path of a
successful person. She was born in 1933 in Leningrad. Her father is from a family of Old Believers, and her mother's father was a headman in a village church. During the war, Tanya, her sister and mother were evacuated to the Yaroslavl region, in a very small town Danilov. Father served on the Leningrad Front. After the war, they returned back, and Tatyana again began to study at a city school. In addition to studying, she studied at once in several circles. She was fascinated by rhythmic gymnastics and shooting sports, the girl was engaged in the French language and artistic word. In addition, she also went to sing. It goes without saying that Tanya took an active part in
amateur performances .
We can say that the creative biography of Tatyana Doronina began already in the 8th grade. She decided to secretly from her parents enter the Moscow Art Theater School. Tanya went to Moscow and practically entered. They wanted to enroll her already, but they learned the real age and, of course, they sent them back to finish their studies. As soon as Tatyana received a certificate, she immediately went to do it again. She submitted applications to all Moscow theater schools and did everything, but she gave preference to the Moscow Art Theater School. And probably not in vain: for example, the future actress Tatyana Doronina studied on the same course with Basilashvili, Evstigneev and Kozakov. Her biography was subsequently closely intertwined with the charming Oleg Basilashvili. This talented, beautiful and intelligent student was able to win her heart, and they played a modest Komsomol wedding without an elegant dress and rings.
They graduated from the Studio School in 1956. And who knows, perhaps the biography of Tatyana Doronina would have turned out differently, because she was invited to several theaters at once, but she followed her husband. Basilashvili was then taken only to the drama theater of Stalingrad. True, they did not stay there for long - there were no roles in the theater, there were no prospects either, and the director let them go. Returning to Leningrad, the couple began to work in the Lenin Komsomol Theater, and three years later Doronin was invited by
Georgy Tovstonogov, who was the head of the Bolshoi Drama Theater. She agreed, but only on condition that he would take her husband and give him a role in the very first production of the theater. The most remarkable thing is that Tovstonogov accepted all its conditions. Apparently, he was already able to discern how successful the acting biography of Tatyana Doronina will be.
The first glory of Doronina brought the performance of "Barbara", where she played Nadezhda Monakhova. Basilashvili recalls that under the influence of the theater and success, Tanya’s soft nature began to change. He lived as if under oppression and was very grateful when his wife initiated a divorce. Subsequently, she married several more times. Her husbands were Anatoly Yufit (critic), Edward Radzinsky (playwright) and actor Boris Khimichev.
In the movie, Tatyana made her debut in the 50s of the last century. But her main roles were in the early 60s, when she was already a famous theater actress. She did not have many film works, but all of them were a resounding success. These are such films beloved by everyone as “Elder Sister”, “Three Poplars on Plyushchikha”, “Once Again About Love”, “Stepmother”.
In 1966, Tatyana left the Bolshoi Drama Theater and several decades later considered it her mistake. But that was later, but for now she moved to Moscow and entered the Moscow Art Theater. Unfortunately, the work there did not bring pleasure, and after 11 years, the actress decided to leave for the Mayakovsky Theater, where she met with one of her future husbands - Boris Khimichev. And already in 1983 she returned to the Moscow Art Theater, which was then led by her classmate Oleg Efremov. I must say that all her parishes in theaters were not enthusiastic, especially among the female half of the theater, which was quite justified: a bright, talented, famous actress came, respectively, and she became the theater prima - Tatyana Doronina. Her biography did not stop only on the role of an actress. The Moscow Art Theater split up in 1987, and Doronina became the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky, which is located on Tversky Boulevard. She leads him today and still plays on stage.