People who were familiar with Yevgeny Menshov responded and continue to speak about him exceptionally positively and with deepest respect. He possessed some special, unique charm, was a very talented and sophisticated artist.
Angelina Mikhailovna Vovk, a leading colleague on the stage of the Russian television program Song of the Year, having worked with him for 18 years side by side, speaks of him as a person who was confident, cheerful, full of plans and ideas. Definitely, one of the most charming actors in Russian television is Evgeny Menshov. The biography of the artist will not leave anyone indifferent.
He was a cheerful and witty man who, with a smile, overcame any difficulties in his life's journey and never gave up under any circumstances. This is how relatives and many friends continue to see him after his death, and so he remembered his viewers.
Biography
Almost everyone knows Evgenia Menshova. This outstanding actor was awarded such a high title as "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation", has the Order of Honor. But most of all he was remembered by viewers in the role of the leading popular musical program "Song of the Year."
Evgeni Menshov was born on February 19, 1947 in Gorky (today Nizhny Novgorod). Before embarking on the path of acting and moving rapidly up the career ladder, he was seriously involved in sports: he played for the Gorky football team Volga as a goalkeeper.
Student years
A few years later, in the same place, in Gorky, he perfectly graduated from a theater school and went to try his luck in Moscow. And he did not lose at all. In the capital, Eugene entered and successfully graduated from a higher educational institution at the Moscow Art Theater - the well-known Moscow Art Theater School. Interestingly, he did not only by his own efforts.
Eugene took from his friend Yuri Krupin a letter that was written by the respected director of the theater school Vitaly Aleksandrovich Lebsky. It was addressed to the admission committee of the university. Since Vitaly Lebskyâs opinion was taken into account in Moscow, the director decided to help the actor, who, in his opinion, gave him hope, to receive it. However, the recommendation was taken by Evgeni Menshov (the artistâs photo is presented later in the article).
Theater work
Since 1971, after the university was graduated, the future favorite of the public worked at the famous Gogol Moscow Drama Theater, where he received only 75 rubles a month in his arms. The actor did not think about money. The only thing that worried him at that moment was whether he got the role and whether his last name is on the lists.
The roles of the first plan came to the film artist far from immediately. Only in 1980, after the film âMelody for Two Voicesâ was released on blue screens, Evgeni Aleksandrovich became popular. Kirill Vorobyov, whose role was played by thirty-three-year-old Menshov, at first glance won the hearts of all women.
Personal life
Next to him were those women who idolized the artist, believed in him. The actor was married three times, and all his heartfelt companions were exceptionally talented artists.
With his first love, Natalia Seliverstova, Evgeni Menshov studied together at the Moscow Art Theater School. They lived together for almost 18 years and were happy. The union of Eugene and Natalia was broken, because the actress could not forget and forgive the betrayal of her faithful. She left not only Eugene, but also from the profession. Until now, there is practically no news about Natalia Seliverstova.
Drama in the life of an actor
His second wife was also an actress - Larisa Borushko (played Amalia Kazimirovna Bezhetskaya in the movie "Azazel"). To her, Eugene left his first wife, Natalia in 1988. Their romance began when they played together in the Gogol Theater.
Soon it was Larisa who made Menshov happy with his son Alexander. His only child. Larisa was always beautiful, convincing on screen, charming and infinitely talented actress, distinguished by the so-called thoroughbred beauty. For 18 years of marriage, they experienced many adversities. At the beginning of their relationship, Yevgeny Menshov was already a popular presenter and actor, but still he didnât get much money. Since the actor left everything to his first wife, Natalia, the newlyweds had to live in a small room in a communal apartment, where there was nothing, not even furniture.
They slept on newspapers spread on the cold and creaking floor. But everyday problems and troubles did not interfere with their family life. They were happy together until everything was cut short by the death of Larisa. The reason for the death of the wife of Eugene was a long and very serious illness - cancer of the uterus. At the initial stage, this ailment could be cured by almost 100%, but Larisaâs situation was much worse: she started the disease to the last, extreme state, constantly distracted by work and forgetting about her health.
The actress died on May 1, 2006, having passed away at the age of 43. Eugene tirelessly fought for the life of his wife, replacing the best of both Russian clinics and hospitals abroad, but could not rewrite her fate.
The next drama in the life of the famous actor was the news that his son Alexander stopped talking. But fortunately, everything turned out perfectly, the illness receded after a long treatment. Alexander was educated at a medical university and lives in an apartment donated by his father.
New love in the life of Menshov
But for a long time nobody managed to get Eugene himself out of a grave condition after losing his beloved wife. Nothing brought the actor joy. It was said that together with his second wife Larisa, Yevgeny Menshov himself died. The actorâs personal life gradually began to improve over the years, and only new love helped to cope with grief.
After a year and a half, she became a young and beautiful TV presenter Olga the Terrible. She is famous for leading such television programs as Date and Vremechko. The actors were familiar long before the start of their bright romance. It was Olga who managed to breathe life into Eugene again: after a thirty-year hiatus, the actor finally returned to the cinema - and with new enthusiasm shone on the screen in the popular TV series "Alexander Garden".
Even the age difference did not bother the artists in love with each other, and they signed in 2008. At the time of the conclusion of family ties, Menshov was 60 years old, and Olga was 42. For all eight years of their happy marriage, the actress did not stop admiring her husband for a second, calling him not only a real man, but also an excellent person, which can be counted on the fingers. According to Olga herself, Eugene did not commit a single bad or wrong act, not to mention the vile.
Filmography
On the account of Eugene Alexandrovich Menshov roles in 26 films. The most famous of them are in the films âChief Designerâ and âCombatsâ. The very first film in which the actor starred was released in 1972 under the title âDawns Are Quiet Here,â he played a tourist.
The actor, who in every role gave himself completely, without a trace - this is Evgeny Menshov. The filmography of the artist is diverse: from films to roles in the theater. For example, the actor had a chance to star in 1973 in the film play âGuys from Our Yardâ (Alexey).
In 1976, starred in such films. Everyday Life as an ordinary radio operator Mitya Solnyshkov. In the film âWhile the Mountains Are Standingâ, the climber Alexander Seleznev played . In 1980, he starred in films such as âWhere are you, love?â, In the role of Andrei, and in the film âChief Designerâ, where he played the adjutant Ragozin.
But one day, on a sunny morning in 1980, he woke up famous. This happened after the release of the film âMelody for Two Voicesâ. And from 1988 to 2006, together with Angelina Vovk, Eugene hosted the annual musical television show âSong of the Yearâ on Russian television, for which he received fame, love and recognition from the entire Soviet Union.
And the last film with the participation of Eugene - âNatural Selectionâ, in which Menshov played the role of Shvedov, was released in 2009. This picture was a success.
Evgeny Menshov: the cause of death of the artist
The news of the death of everyone beloved charismatic presenter shocked the entire Russian Federation. Newspapers and news were trumpeted with one voice: on May 19, 2015, the beloved theater and film actor Yevgeny Menshov died. The cause of death of the artist is a long illness. For the last ten years of his life, he has been relentlessly fighting cancer. Despite this, in the fall of 2014, his health worsened significantly, he was hospitalized in one of the capital's clinics. Theater and film actor, presenter and favorite of the public died at 68 years old.