Actress Galina Volchek, whose biography is available in all theatrical and cinematographic guides and dictionaries published back in the Soviet era, is loved by millions of Russians and people who are not alien to art, all over the world.
If we get by with dry data, we can state the following: Galina Borisovna - a full holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland and was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR. And this is not the whole list of awards, behind which we stand the rich fate of a talented person.
Actress and director Galina Volchek largely repeats the biography of her parents - father, a prominent figure in Soviet cinema Volchek B.I., and mother, screenwriter V.I. Maimina.
In 1933, the future actress Volchek Galina was born in this famous family. Being from a young age among talented and distinguished people, the girl absorbed the surrounding atmosphere, read a lot and, in fact, could not help but follow in the footsteps of her parents.
An event in the theatrical life of the country, the importance of which is difficult to overestimate, was the creation in 1956 of a studio, which later became known as Sovremennik. All the capital's theaters at some time reached their heights, but the popularity of Sovremennik is incomparable with anything. This is primarily due to the large number of talented and original people whose thoughts and feelings are occupied by the theater. Performances became an event and were heard by everyone.
Among the founders of the theater, director and actress Galina Volchek, whose biography is still connected with Sovremennik, occupied a special place. She became the 3rd chief director of the theater and leads it to this day. Under her leadership, the theater did not lose what was achieved, with honor survived the troubled times in which the country plunged, and now strives for new heights.
As an actress, Galina Volchek, whose biography is inextricably linked with cinema, is talented in everything. As a theatrical figure, she takes her place of honor among the most venerable directors, and any of her roles in the cinema, even the smallest, did not go unnoticed. Dozens of commendable articles have been devoted to her work in the film adaptation of King Lear.
The insignia of this actress can be listed for a very long time. Almost every of her productions, starting with the first (“Two on a swing”) and ending with the last (“Game of Gin”), was awarded and was a huge success with the audience and critics.
The successor of the glorious family tradition is her son, a famous and titled cameraman and director - Evstigneev Denis Evgenievich.
The presence of such dynasties, where each subsequent family member not only does not diminish the contribution to the culture made by the predecessors, but also enriches it, speaks of the spiritual wealth of the country.
The undoubted merits of Galina Borisovna include her work in bringing the cultures of Russia and the United States closer. Starting with the first stunning production of Echelon on the stage of the Houston Alley Theater, countries began to exchange theater productions, plays, directors and actors on an ongoing basis. In America, more and more people want to find out which theater is directed by Galina Volchek in her homeland, to come and see her work here.
Of course, the recent anniversary of G. B. Volchek became a phenomenon in the life of the country. The director, playwright, public figure Galina Volchek, whose biography is marked almost every year by some significant event, is one of those bright personalities about which N. Nekrasov wrote the great words: “Mother Nature, when you didn’t send such people sometimes to the world, the field of life has died out ... "