Since 1930, the passion for antiques appeared in actress Ekaterina Mazurova. They said about her that she had the gift to feel where the true artistic masterpiece and where is the fake. Guides from the museum of the city of Shui tell about the decision of Ekaterina Mazurova in 1972 to donate her favorite collection.
The museum received as a gift more than a thousand different exhibits: paintings by masters Schilder and Galkin, Makovsky and Levitan. A collection of miniature portraits has been compiled.
Thanks to the hometown of Shuya
She is called a philanthropist of the Shuisky Museum of Local Lore and History. In the city book, Actress Ekaterina Mazurova is recorded as an honorary citizen of the city. The theater and film star continued her life in heaven. In 2006, the planet 10671, which was discovered back in 1977, received its official name "Mazurova". Such an entry is in the international catalog of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
Childhood memories
The family of actress Ekaterina Mazurova was patriarchal, Old Believer. The actress was born in 1900. In the biographical data the city of birth of Ivanovo-Voznesensk is recorded. About her grandfather, the actress said that he was a famous manufactory Belokrinkin. When Katya was born, my grandfather already had nothing. In the middle of the XIX century, a heavy fire destroyed the weaving factory. Katya's mother, at 16, was urgently married to clerk Jacob. The family was big: four children. Ekaterina Yakovlevna’s love for antiques is from her father. In his collection were porcelain baubles, glasses, piggy banks. All this beauty fascinated the kids. Of course, it was impossible to touch things. Little Katya began performing at school on various holidays, took part in school performances. In the second grade, grandmother took the girl to a church choir. From nature, Katya was nimble and everywhere in time: she passed exams as an external student, was an assistant in the kitchen, she was entrusted to buy at the market.
Youth
At 16, she and her family moved to Shuya. A young girl went to work at a spinning mill. Life turn took place in fate after the revolution. Competent personnel were needed, and Ekaterina Mazurova, with her education, began to manage the library. The girl interested the people with her indefatigable energy, and people began to come for books.
Having established the library, Ekaterina Yakovlevna turned to the leadership with the desire to open a drama circle at the library. Then came the studio, where they learned the skill of the actor. The first graduates of the studio and were accepted into the troupe of the Shui Drama Theater.
The beginning of theatrical activity
So, in 1920, Ekaterina Mazurova became an actress in the theater. Roles rained down one after another. There were invitations to other theaters and moving to other cities. Everywhere, the viewer loved the young actress. Young Catherine married a partner in the game on the stage of Nikolai Morozov. Together they moved to Moscow, where they continued to live for many years.
War
The war became a sad page in the biography of actress Ekaterina Mazurova. Her husband goes to the front at the beginning of the war. Actress Ekaterina Mazurova remains to work in the Moscow Regional Youth Theater. The play on the stage of the artists could only be interrupted by an air raid siren. Then, along with the audience, the artists went to a bomb shelter. After the shelling, the performance continued. Healed the souls of children, home front workers and the military.
In 1944, Ekaterina Mazurova received a letter from a Polish hospital: her husband was seriously injured. Taking leave from work, Ekaterina Yakovlevna goes to her husband. In Gomel at the hospital, she found him depressed. Both legs were going to amputate him. Squeezing her tears, Katya promised her Kolya that everything would be fine. She began to feed him with a spoon, tell all sorts of acting stories. With her perseverance and optimism, she so infected her husband that he began to recover quickly. In the month of March 1945, it was time to go home. Nikolai returned on his own feet. Of course, there was no talk of work in the theater for a long time. The family was fed by Ekaterina Yakovlevna. She ran to the theater for performances, rehearsals and home to help her beloved husband.
Taganka Theater
Period 1947-1951 was associated with work in the First Drama Theater of the military unit in the GDR.
The Taganka Theater was formed immediately after the war. And at home, Ekaterina Mazurova immediately turned to the leadership of Taganka with a request to take her into the troupe. She began to play leading age roles on his stage. The audience just loved the actress.
But there was one heart attack, then another, then a stroke and a sentence of doctors - either life or theater. Only the care of her husband at that time became a saving straw. Attacks continued, depression increased. The pillow for tears was constantly wet.
Movie
The filmography of Ekaterina Mazurova began with a small episode in the film "Anna on the Neck" at the Gorky Film Studio. After that, there was a sharp turn in the fate of the actress. She was noticed by other directors. Leonid Gaidai in his serious film "The Long Way" invited the actress Ekaterina Yakovlevna already for the main role. This returned the actress to a full life. She became in demand in the movies. Films with her participation appeared on the screen one by one.
Here are her roles:
- The wife of the chairman, Marya Fedorovna, “It was in Penkov.”
- Housekeeper Seraphim, "The House I Live In."
- Lifter, "Catherine Voronina."
- Gennady's mother, "Three came out of the forest."
- A nurse in a prison hospital, Sunday.
- Grandmother near the teacher’s office, “And if this is love?”.
- Mother-in-law of Stepan Ivanovich, “An Invented Story”.
- Grandma Tatyana, "The Station".
Of all the grandmothers played by Mazurova, the most beloved and recognizable by everyone is Kostya Inochkina's grandmother (the comedy “Welcome, or No Trespassing”), each viewer remembers the three scenes played by the actress. But during the filming of this comedy in 1963, Kolya's beloved husband died. The actress barely recovered from grief. Without children, for actress Ekaterina Mazurova, personal life turned into loneliness, with which it was necessary to learn to live. And Catherine coped with this task.
After the death of her husband, Mazurova played the starring role of the old woman Nastasya Borisovna in the melodrama “When the Trees were Big” by Lev Kulidzhanov. There were no scenes where the old woman tells Kuzma about a lonely girl in the original version of the script. Such a turn was invented already during the filming, and Ekaterina Mazurova was invited to the role of the old woman. It was very difficult for all the actors to play the scene of the meeting of the old woman with Kuzma. The role brought her great popularity. Ekaterina Mazurova starred in a large number of films
Filmography until the mid-70s
It:
- "Uncle Ivan";
- “Kysh and two briefcases”;
- "Gentlemen of fortune";
- "Big change";
- "Ruslan and Ludmila".
Having developed for herself the rule “Leave the art before it leaves you”, Mazurova stopped acting, despite the proposals, and there were a lot of them. So the actress said goodbye to the movie, but not to art.
Friendship with the Museum
A letter from Mazurova to Irina Fedorovna Chaliapina with a request to donate something in memory of the great Russian singer to the museum in Shuya was preserved in archival documents of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. The friendship with the local history museum in his native city began with the request of his employees to provide materials on her acting activities for the exposition. The actress was struck with what dedication bit by bit interesting specimens are going.
What is a museum like?
Today the museum in Shuya is an art center in the city. It is located in an old building. In the last century, the City Council was located there. The exhibits of the museum are really very unique. Many of them are heritage and gifts from actress Ekaterina Mazurova. In 1972, she donated a collection of paintings and porcelain to the museum. Using such unique porcelain products, the stages of development of ceramic production in Russia and abroad are studied. Mazurova brought to the exhibition paintings of other Moscow artists. With her light hand, many famous contemporary artists presented their works to the museum. Living in Moscow until the mid-80s, the actress continued to maintain close contact with the museum staff. Thanks to her patronage, exhibitions of arts and crafts appeared. In the last years of her life, the actress considered that she had already done everything that she could for art, and began to do housework.
Household
This is a plot from the personal life of actress Ekaterina Mazurova, in the photo she is with her granddaughter niece Natasha. Mazurova was reputed to be a magnificent hostess. Her apartment was on the ground floor, which allowed her to build a cellar. Everything was there: sauerkraut, soaked apples, pickled mushrooms. But at the age of 80, the Honored Artist of the RSFSR was forced to move to another place. The house where she lived near the Kursk station was demolished. Ekaterina Mazurova was able to move to Lefortovo without outside help. Many advised her to seek help from their famous movie partners. But Mazurova always preferred to solve problems on her own.
The actress loved inviting guests to the house. On Saturdays, she had gatherings with relatives, relatives, and theatergoers in her apartment. Evenings were fun: playing cards, drinking, joking. The rabbit was the main dish of the birthday feast. They celebrated a birthday with relatives, and then on the second day, friends and actors were also invited. The center has always been actress Ekaterina Mazurova.
Biography with photos, facts from the life of the actress always interested people.
Glory did not turn Mazurova's head. The neighbors still knew and communicated with her, as with Katya. People on the street less and less remembered actress Ekaterina Mazurova. She pretty quickly finished her career as a film actress. Lived 95 years. She died on October 8, 1995.
They did not make a documentary about her either. Many did not know that the actress lived such a long life. Ekaterina Mazurova was buried at Vvedensky cemetery, plot 26. Her grave is next to her husband. Only in the hometown of Shuya they always remembered and will remember the great woman, actress Ekaterina Yakovlevna. Presented exhibits are now exhibited in the halls. There are more than a thousand of them: Russian and foreign painting, graphics of the XIX-XX centuries, ceramic products, handicrafts with beads, antique furniture. In her gift letter, Mazurova indicated the reason for such a generous gift: “Shuya gave me the opportunity to become an actress and opened the way to great art. "I have bequeathed the collected things for my whole life with deep love only to the city of Shue." And this was not her only gift. She gave her viewer all the power of her talent, love for people and life, her kindness. For herself, she did not learn to ask.