The biography of Ekaterina Vasilyeva is full of bright events. This woman is an actress, held both in the theater and in the cinema. She is known and loved in Russia and in the entire post-Soviet space. Her authority is undeniable. Catherine has weight not only in the theatrical sphere, but also in the public life of the country.
Origin
Ekaterina Vasilyeva was born in 1945, on August 15, in a family of creative people. The poet Sergei Vasilyev is her father. In Soviet times, he was one of the ten most widely read songwriters. Sergei himself comes from a wealthy merchant family. The mother of the actress, Makarenko Olimpiada Vitalievna, is the niece of the famous Soviet writer and teacher Anton Semenovich Makarenko. The native father of Catherine’s mother, Vitaly Sergeevich, was a White Guard officer, participated in the civil war, then emigrated to France. He was never able to return to Russia. Anton Semenovich had no children of his own, and he took the Olympics to himself, educated and supported her until the end of his days. Catherine has a brother, Anton is a writer, publicist, director and ecologist.
Childhood
Parents of Ekaterina Vasilyeva met and began to live together in 1945, at the very end of World War II. When the future actress went to school, her mom and dad entered into an official marriage. When the girl was 12 years old, her parents broke up. Katya had a hard time, during the day she helped her mother, earned money by mail. In the evening, Vasilyeva visited the theater studio at the House of Scientists, where she played many roles. The future actress studied unimportantly, she received the certificate after graduating from the school of working youth.
Theatrical activity
At the age of 17, Ekaterina Vasilieva became a student of the acting department at VGIK. She graduated from a theater university in 1967 and immediately entered the service at the Yermolova Theater. She was involved in the productions of "A Month in the Village", "Glass Menagerie" and others. In the period from 1970 to 1973, the girl worked in the troupe of the Sovremennik Theater, where she played in the performances "Like Brother to Brother" and "Valentine and Valentine."
Since 1973, actress Yekaterina Vasilyeva has become one of the main actresses in the Moscow Art Theater. For 20 years, she shone on the stage of this theater, demonstrating her multifaceted talent. This girl was subject to any role. Catherine played in the productions of Oleg Efremov and other directors - Lev Dodin, Kama Ginkas, Anatol Efros, Krzysztof Zanussi. She participated in the performances of "The Game of Women", "Lord Golovlev", "Collapse", "Gypsy Car", "Uncle's Dream", "Seagull", "We, the Undersigned", "Ivanov", "Echelon" and many others.
Filmography
Ekaterina Vasilyeva, films with the participation of which is beloved by Russian viewers, debuted in a small role in the movie "On Tomorrow Street" by Fedor Filippov. Then she played the main characters in the films "Adam and Hewa" and "Soldier and Queen". The popularity came to the woman after she appeared on movie screens in the image of the ataman of Sofia Tulchinskaya in the film "Bumbarash".
Despite the fact that the actress Vasilyeva Ekaterina did not always play the main roles in the movies, her heroines were remembered for a long time by the viewer. The women she portrayed were dazzling and colorful, striking in their beauty. Vasilieva was not afraid to take on negative roles. They were obtained from her convincing and truthful. All tapes in the shooting of which Ekaterina took part are difficult to list.
In the 70s and 80s, the heyday of this actress was swift and bright. Everyone remembers her roles in the films The Straw Hat, The Wizards, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Ordinary Miracle, The Key Without the Right to Transfer, Preference on Fridays, Taimyr Calls You, Visit of the Lady, “The woodpecker’s head doesn’t hurt”, “Crew”, “This funny planet”, “Wife left”, “My dearly beloved detective”, “Somersault over the head”, etc.
Conversion to Faith
In the early 90s, the actress began to appear on movie screens less and less. This fact is due to the fact that Catherine turned to God and gradually moved away from worldly life. In 1993, Vasilyeva completed acting and left the theater. But in 1996, the actress returned to filming and appeared in the TV series "Queen Margot" and "Countess de Monsoro." According to Catherine, she began to more carefully relate to the choice of roles and is removed only in those films whose content does not contradict Christian values. Vasilieva is still a very successful and sought-after actress. However, he claims that he considers himself primarily the mother of a priest, and only then “a lyceum”, a woman who devoted her life to acting.
Modern roles
Photos of Ekaterina Vasilyeva can be found in any reputable magazine that sanctifies the life and work of great Russian actors. She was involved in the filming of more than 120 films and series. Among them are such as “Anna Karenina”, “Hindu”, “Anna German”, “Black Lightning”, “Once there will be love”, “Plot”, “Bankers”, “Joys and sorrows of a small town”, “Main roles” , “Come see me”, “This woman is in the window”, “Ka-ka-do”, “Year of the calf”, “Rescuer” and many others.
In the late 90s, the actress returned to the theater, where occasionally she plays roles in plays that tell about Christian morality, telling about the meaning of life and the nature of love for one's neighbor. She adorned with her participation the performances "Do not renounce loving," "Woe from Wit," and "All My Sons." The production “I was happy” was created specifically for Catherine by director Vladimir Salyuk based on materials found in the diaries of Dostoevsky’s wife, Anna Grigoryevna.
Other activity
Ekaterina Vasilyeva for several years, starting in 2005, was one of the jury members of the Golden Knight International Orthodox Film Festival. She works a lot in church. In particular, in the Temple of Sofia the Wisdom of God, the actress was a treasurer for several years. In the same position, this wonderful woman is now working in the church of the holy martyr Antipas, where her son Dmitry serves as rector.
Awards
For her long creative life, Catherine received national recognition and many awards. She was awarded the Crystal Turandot Prize for her best role in staging the Oristeia Theater of the Russian Army. She won a prize at the Constellation Film Festival for participating in the filming of the Queen Margot television series (1997). The actress was awarded prizes at the Amur Autumn Film and Theater Festival for playing in the performances of “Do Not Renounce Loving” (2005) and “I was happy!” (2008).
Vasilieva became the best actress of the year at the 3rd International Film Festival "Russian Abroad" for her role in the film "Kromov" (2009). The great actress of the Russian theater and cinema was awarded the Order of Honor for services to the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity in 2010. In 1987, Ekaterina Vasilyeva received the title of “People's Artist of the RSFSR”.
Personal life
The first husband of Catherine was the director, producer and screenwriter Sergei Soloviev. Young people met as students of VGIK in the mid-60s. Their marriage lasted about five years. Vasilyeva played in the films of her husband "Family happiness" and "Egor Bulychev and others." After the divorce, she continued to work with Soloviev, appeared in his paintings “Anna Karenina” and “Rescuer”.
The next big love in the life of the actress was the playwright Mikhail Roshchin. The future spouses met in 1971 in the House of Writers and from the first minute they met began to communicate like old friends. That same evening, Mikhail left the family and became Vasilieva's civil husband. The playwright recalls that they were connected with Catherine by crazy, ardent feelings. Spouses had nowhere to live, they wandered around the corners. Then fame came, the couple began to earn enough, but all the fees went to stormy parties. As a result, after the birth of his son Dmitry in 1976, Roshchin and Vasilyev parted.
For the third time, the actress connected her fate with the artist Andrei Larionov. They met on the set of the film "Key without the right to transfer" in 1976, got married, but soon broke up.
Vasilieva’s son from his second marriage, Dmitry, after graduating from VGIK, decided to become a priest. He studied at the seminary and now serves as the rector in the church of the holy martyr Antipas.
Another Ekaterina Vasilyeva
In Russian cinema there is an actress who is also called Ekaterina Vasilyeva. The daughter of Jeanne Prokhorenko and director Evgeny Vasiliev, this woman grew up in a creative environment, she played several small roles in various films. Russian viewers remember her heroines well in the films “You Never Had A Dream” and “A Guest from the Future”. The daughter of Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Mariana Spivak, graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, entered the troupe of the Satyricon Theater and is actively acting in films and TV shows.