Among the actors and actresses of the Soviet era, phenomena arose that were accompanied by a strong opinion of something out of this world - from another time, from another world. Such a phenomenon was Natalia Vilkina.
Any appearance of her on the stage or screen gave rise to a feeling of a significant and large-scale personality, irresistible femininity and at the same time - incredible defenselessness before blows - or human evil will, or bad fate.
Children of winners
In this generation of births immediately after the Victory, there are many who, at the time of entry into life, will not have innate fear, whose parents came from the terrible war as victors and, realizing their strength, managed to convey some of this awareness to their children. Natalia Vilkina was born on May 28, 1945.
There was also a fashion for free, creative professions. Natalia’s parents were doctors and hoped that her daughter would continue their dynasty, but she chose the profession of an actor, perhaps not realizing how unfree, dependent on others, life in the theater and cinema would be.
From the second attempt
When after school Natalia Vilkina came to enter the Theater School. Schukina, she decided not to get carried away with makeup and focus on the creative side of the exam. She did not go into the second round and heard that her training in acting was impressive, but here's the external data ... She was told that she needed to get prettier.
After working for a year as a draftsman (which surprised friends - she did not notice the inclination for such work - perseverance, thoroughness, meticulousness), she again came to the entrance exams in Pike. This time she came “fully armed”, upsetting her mother with the amount of makeup she used to influence the admissions office. Subsequently, she found out how the discussion of her candidacy went. And this time there was no firm conviction: “The preparation is not very good, the girl is weak, but what an amazing external data!” Vilkina was enrolled.
Family course
In the course of the famous teacher Leonid Moiseevich Shikhmatov, which was released in 1967, many children of celebrities and future famous actors studied. These were Nikita Mikhalkov, Anastasia Vertinskaya, Nikolai Burlyaev, Nonna Terentyeva and others. During her studies, Natalya Vilkina marries actor Igor Okhlupin and soon gives birth to a daughter.
She did not have outstanding beauty in the usual sense, although if she wanted to, she could hit any man with just one appearance on the stage. From her came, in addition to purely female charm, intellectual attractiveness. Such women became very popular during the thaw, when it was decided who was more important - physicists or lyrics. Vilkina harmoniously united both of these principles in the eyes of many.
Own director
An actor who has something behind his soul is always looking for “his” director who will help him speak out. To find such a master for an actor is a great success. Actress Natalya Vilkina met such a director. When, after graduation, she came to the Moscow Central Theater of the Soviet Army, Leonid Kheifets worked there.
Soon the whole theatrical Moscow began to talk about the works of Vilkina in his performances as an extraordinary, outstanding event. It was impossible to get to the play "Uncle Vanya", and Vilkin as Sonya was called the determining beginning of the whole performance, setting the sound, rhythm, mood for all characters. This acting work was considered outstanding.
Your opinion
Later it became clear that the actress has her own beliefs and determination to defend them. Heifetz’s attempt to stage the play “Two Comrades” based on the play by Vladimir Voinovich, who was already beginning to gain the scandalous fame of the dissident, was stopped by vigilant ideological workers in the bud, and Kheifets announced that he was leaving the theater.
Together with him, two more people filed an application - Sergey Shakurov and Natalya Vilkina. For a young artist, this could mean the death of a career at the very start. The obstinacy of “art historians” with a military bearing was rarely forgiven.
Own road
Fortunately, Heifetz was left in the profession and allowed to work in the Maly Theater. Vilkina enters the service at the Mayakovsky Theater and again excites theatergoers with her roles. The presence of such an actress in performances according to A.N. Ostrovsky or Dostoevsky inevitably gave them a topicality, made them seek analogies from the classics in the modern world.
Heifetz considered Vilkina his actress, so he attracted her to work in the Maly Theater. The first and one of the most notable was the role of Inken in the play based on Hauptmann’s play “Before Sunset”. Partner Vilkina became the legendary Mikhail Tsarev, who also considered her one of the most talented in his generation.
This was followed by work in the performances of "Lord Golovlev" - Anninka, "Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa" by Schiller - Leonor, "Zykov" by Gorky - Sofia and others. And each was eagerly anticipated by the viewer and enjoyed success.
Kinoroli
A film actress with such a surname is much less known than the star of the Moscow intellectual theater scene of the 70s and early 80s Natalia Vilkina. Films with her participation are mainly theater productions transferred to a large or television screen. Although her roles in "School Waltz" (1977), "Partners" (1983) and other films are harmonious and show her high professionalism.
The role of the mother of the main character in the film by Valery Todorovsky "Love" (1991) was the last in the life of the actress. As if anticipating the imminent departure, she rushed the young director with the filming, but some of the scenes planned by Todorovsky remained unanswered.
Care
By that time, she had long been left without roles in the Maly Theater. Kheifets left and from there, preparing new performances at the Mayakovsky Theater. Therefore, Vilkina had to search for projects herself and punch their formulation. It was after a conversation with the theater leadership about her solo performance that she suddenly lost consciousness and fell, and after a few hours she was gone. That was April 7, 1991.
As always, there are several answers to the question why Natalia Vilkina left so early. The cause of death is a stroke. What caused the hemorrhage - weak vessels or a detached blood clot - is not so important. Some, depending on the degree of mental and mental development, call others the “main” (actually false) reasons - smoking 5 packs a day, alcoholism and family troubles.
It’s just that such individuals leave when it becomes clear to them that it is difficult to realize what nature has been given to them by nature, and this unrealized one is torn out, breaking the aorta.