It would seem that the life of such a magnificent actress and just a beautiful woman should be easy and successful. But the biography of Alla Larionova was not so simple. She was born in a fairly wealthy family at that time. Her parents met during the Civil War. Later, his father became the director of the district food department. Dmitry Larionov was an ardent communist. And mother had only 4 classes of education and worked as a supply manager in kindergarten.
When the Great Patriotic War began, my father went to the front, and Alla and her mother evacuated to the small town of Menzelinsk. There, a nine-year-old girl spoke to wounded soldiers in the hospital, she read poetry and sang beautifully songs. In the same hospital lay the wounded Zinovy Gerdt (a few years later they met on the set of the film "The Magician").
Biography of Alla Larionova: the period of extras and the first steps of the future star
The kindergarten, in which the mother of the actress worked, went to the country in the summer, and little Alla went there with them. Once, an assistant to one of the directors came to the children, he needed children for the filming. For a long time they asked Alla's mother to let her daughter go, but she still did not agree. The next opportunity to get under the spotlights appeared with the girl when she was in the 8th grade. This time the persuasion of the “filmmakers” was crowned with success. From now on, the biography of Alla Larionova was replenished with episodes of the magical world of cinema. At Mosfilm, the girl’s photos were brought to a special file cabinet and began to invite her to shoot extras.
After graduating from school, Larionova applied at the same time to VGIK and GITIS. In the last exam, Andrei Goncharov, a very famous director and teacher at that time, took the exam. Alla was so fascinated by him that she forgot all her text from excitement.
Sergei Gerasimov, who was gaining a course at VGIK, also did not want to accept Larionov; strangely enough, he considered her ugly. The wife of the famous director stood up for the girl, and Larionova was accepted to the Institute of Cinematography. Among freshmen, she turned out to be the cutest girl. Of course, she had a lot of fans, among whom was Nikolai Rybnikov. With him, subsequently, the biography of Alla Larionova was one for two. But this later, and at first she perceived him only as a friend. How did our domestic star, actress Alla Larionova, shine in the sky of Soviet cinema?
Biography: successes and failures
Alla began acting as a student. The very first was the role of Lyubava in the film "Sadko". The success of this picture was grandiose, it was released in 1952, and already in 1953 the entire film crew of this film was invited to the Venice Festival. It was Larionova who won the Golden Lion (the main award of this festival), and immediately offers from foreign directors came down on her. It is clear that they did not let her go from the USSR. But right after the festival she got a role in the film "Anna on the Neck" in her homeland. The picture was also a great success. Following was the role of Olivia in Twelfth Night. And now Larionova could not hide from her popularity anywhere, fans watched her everywhere, even near the windows of the basement in which she then lived.
Once at the "Lenfilm" came the Minister of Culture Alexandrov, he was very impressed with the actress and decided to look at her. Alla Larionova was also listed on his beloved list. Her biography in the cinema from that moment began to decline. Gossip spread throughout the film studio, and no one dealt with the lie. And the result was the excommunication of the talented artist from the cinema without any explanation.
Biography of Alla Larionova and Nikolai Rybnikov
At first, Alla was carried away by Nikolai, but he did not pay attention to her. And when she stopped thinking about him, Rybnikov suddenly caught fire with her. For 6 years he dreamed of Alla and then still decided to conquer her. In January 1957, Larionov and Rybnikov entered into an official marriage. They raised two daughters and lived together for 33 years. Unfortunately, in the 1960-1970s, they were already filmed very little. I even had to take on episodic roles. In 1990, Nikolai passed away, she lived without him for another 10 years. In April 2000, Alla Larionova died of a massive heart attack in a dream and was laid to rest at the Troekurov cemetery near her Kolya.