Natalya Vladimirovna Varley is an actress who played many roles in Soviet cinema films, but in the hearts of most fans she remained the heroine of Leonid Gaidaiâs comedy âThe Captive of the Caucasusâ. Sportswoman, Komsomol member and just beautiful - on the screen, Natalia seemed a carefree and mischievous girl, but in real life, the actress had to go through many trials. Varley survived the betrayal of loved ones, the betrayal of a beloved man, the envy of colleagues, failure to work - all this was in her fate, but in spite of all the enemies she survived and did not break. Based on the results, the actress made important conclusions for herself.
Today, in spite of everything, she continues to lead an active activity, enjoy life and surprise others with her unfading beauty Varley Natalia Vladimirovna. Personal life, husbands, children of the actress, all the most important milestones of her biography will be covered in the materials of our article.
Childhood
Natalya Varley was born in June 1947 in Romania, however, the artistâs childhood passed in cold Murmansk. Nataliaâs father, Vladimir Viktorovich, served in the navy, he was a captain of the long voyage, for some time he worked as chairman of the city executive committee. Mom - Ariadna Sergeevna Senyavina was engaged in the education of daughters. In addition to Natalia, another girl grew up in the family - Irina, the actressâs younger sister. The Varley family can rightfully be called multinational, because distant the ancestors of Father Natalia belonged to the Celtic people inhabiting Wales. But the mother of the actress was the granddaughter of the mining engineer Barbot de Marni - a native of France.
As a child, Natalia was an active and very curious child - she studied at a music school, painted, loved to read, wrote poetry. Paradoxically, in school, the future actress was released from physical education - the girl was diagnosed with heart disease. However, this did not prevent her from connecting her life with the circus in the future. Natalya Vladimirovna Varley, whose biography has more than forty roles in the cinema, began her career with juggling - a difficult genre of circus art, in which you need to masterfully control your own body in order to maintain balance.
Circus life
Natalya Vladimirovna got into the circus thanks to the occasion. The Varley family moved to Moscow. Once, when mother took her daughters to a performance, Natasha saw an announcement about recruiting children for a circus studio. She secretly from her parents came to the competitive selection, declaring her desire to work in the circus. Natalia accepted.
Later, at the end of the school of circus and pop art, Varley became a member of the Moscow Circus collective on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Natalya warmly recalls the circus time, in which there were many bright, joyful and carefree moments. The girl was lucky to work in one of the rooms with the great clown Leonid Yengibarov. At some performances, Natalya Vladimirovna crossed paths with the legendary Yuri Nikulin.
By the way, in the life of Varley
Leonid Yengibarov played a key role. It was thanks to this man that Natalya Vladimirovna got into the cinema and abruptly changed her fate. The fact is that the famous clown himself sometimes acted in films and had several friends from the cinema environment. One of these comrades was the director of the Odessa film studio Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich, who, having come to the circus performance, noticed the beauty Natalya. Soon, the role of a nurse in the film by the famous director âRainbow Formulaâ was played by Natalya Varley.
The filmography of the actress began her reckoning precisely from this film.
World of cinema
And although the picture didnât reach the wide screen for a number of reasons, Natalya Varley was noticed and invited to audition for Leonid Gaidaiâs film âPrisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurikâs New Adventuresâ. Many actresses claimed to be the main heroine of the picture, among whom were stars of the first magnitude - Natalya Kustinskaya, Victoria Fedorova, Natalya Fateeva, etc. But the director, to the great surprise of his colleagues in the workshop, chose Natalya Varley, an unknown circus artist, at that time. This decision was not easily given to Gaidai, but he was not mistaken in his choice.
Natalya Varley admits that working in the film loosened her. The image of the girl Nina in the "Caucasian Captive" was not similar in character to the actress in life. The actress gained confidence, mischief, optimism from the heroine of the film - qualities that she did not possess before. The actress herself is surprised how, being a circus actress, she could be a shy and dreamy girl. But the fact remains.
In April 1967, the premiere of the film "The Caucasian Captive, or Shurik's New Adventures" took place in Moscow. I must say, the tape was a resounding success with the viewer, and the All-Union fame fell on the performer of the main role. In an instant, the incredibly popular Varley Natalia Vladimirovna. The photo of the artist now did not leave the pages of all-Union magazines and newspapers. This film became the hallmark of the actress. Despite the fact that in her whole life Natalya Varley starred in more than forty films, in the hearts of the audience she forever remained Nina - an activist, sportswoman and just beautiful.
About personal
Some time later, Natalya Varley left the circus and entered the Shchukin Theater School. Within the walls of this educational institution, a new round of her life, creative and personal, began.
Natasha enjoyed crazy success with the stronger sex - she was offered friendship by many actors known today. For example, Leonid Filatov for a long time did everything possible to achieve the location of a young beauty. However, Natasha chose Nikolai Burlyaev. Later, a relationship with a talented actor led to a marriage, which, unfortunately, soon broke up. Inexperience, ardor and youth have done "their job."
In 1971, the artist decided to try her luck again and married a colleague in the workshop and her classmate Vladimir Tikhonov. The daughter-in-law of the famous actors Nonna Mordyukova and Vyacheslav Tikhonov became Natalya Vladimirovna Varley. Vasily Vladimirovich Tikhonov is the first-born of the couple, who was born a year later.
Famous relatives, husband, child - outwardly it seemed that at last the actress began to take shape, however, she was disappointed in this marriage. Natalia had a lot to go through - the unreasonable jealousy of her husband, his drug addiction, treason. When the forces of struggle were over, the artist realized that she could no longer and did not want to fight with windmills. The actors broke up.
I must say that even after many years, Varley Natalya Vladimirovna always speaks kindly about her partners in personal relationships. Husbands for her are people who are part of life, albeit the past.
Movie roles
As noted earlier, in the creative biography of Natalia Varley many roles - she had the opportunity to work in more than forty films. In addition to the "Caucasian Captive", in the piggy bank of the actress shooting in a horror film (the first Soviet) - a screen version of Gogol's work "Viy", where Natalya played Pannochka, the daughter of the centurion.
Only many years later, the artist realized that working in the film was a terrible sin. Mystical things often happened on the set, and Natalya more than once experienced some inexplicable fear in the process. And after the premiere of the film, the actress was haunted by misfortunes. At some point, the woman thought that her life began to crumble: betrayal, slander, failure in personal relationships, the death of her ex-husband - everything was mixed into a single com.
In the early 70's, Natalya Varley starred in such films as â12 Chairsâ, âThree Days in Moscowâ, âSeven Brides of Corporal Zbruev.â In the 80s, the actress worked intensively, but most of the films with her participation can not be called very popular. Among the paintings of that period, one can distinguish âOutsiders are allowedâ, âI do not want to be an adultâ, âA guest from the futureâ.
During the perestroika period, Natalya Varley practically did not act in film. The roles of the witches of Gingema and Bastinda in the children's fairy tale âThe Wizard of the Emerald Cityâ are considered successful work of those years.
In the early 2000s, Natalya Varley worked in several art films - âFirst Fastâ, â12 monthsâ, âWolfhound from the kind of Gray Dogsâ. The actress also took part in the filming in 2011 of the documentary "Indian Summer". Sometimes a talented artist can be seen in various television projects and entreprise performances.
Theater work
In addition to working on the set, Natalya Varley played on the stage. After graduating from the school in 1971, the actress joined the troupe of the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater. Among the performances in which she was engaged, one can name the productions of âFarewell in June,â âCunning and Love,â âLiving Corpse,â âStill Not Yet,â and âMonsieur de Pursognac.â
Comparing work in the theater with work in the circus, Natalia speaks of a significant difference. âThe theater environment is a terrarium where everyone envy each other and try to play a dirty trick,â says Natalya Varley Varley. Personal life, husbands, children - everything becomes an occasion for gossip and gossip. In the life of the actress there was a lot of evidence of this. But in the circus, the artist always felt the support and elbow of friends and colleagues. Although, in her opinion, there is always and everywhere a place for competition and intrigue. Circus is no exception.
Natalya Varley gave the theater ten years of her life, and during this period the main directors changed there repeatedly. The artist had to go through all sorts of times - there were difficulties, there were successes. Despite everything, Varley remained true to herself. She had a character.
Second child
In the fate of Natalia Varley there were many fans, she could more than once arrange her personal life to a profit. For example, in her student years, Lucien Harmegins appeared on her way, whose father was the Minister of Defense of Belgium. A man came to the Soviet Union with students of theatrical universities. A foreigner could give Natalia a lot if only she wanted to. But with him, like with many others, nothing came of it. Personal life did not work out, all meetings always ended in parting. And so it has been for many years.
In the 80s, the actress left the theater, and later entered the Gorky Literary Institute. Soon, fate gave her another opportunity for motherhood - during her second year at school she gave birth to a son, Natalya Vladimirovna Varley. Alexander Varley was born not without problems. The birth was difficult, and only due to the fact that a very experienced pediatric doctor Grachev was next to the actress, everything worked out. It was not in vain that fate brought Varley to this man. Grachev later left medical practice and became a minister of the church (in the life of Natalia Varley he is still present as a confessor). The artist claims that only after the churching in her fate gradually everything began to improve. By the way, the actress does not disclose the name of the father of her second son to anyone.
other hobbies
After graduating from the Faculty of Poetry of the Literary Institute, Natalya Varley plunged headlong into a new field of art. Her childhood passion found continuation in adulthood. Today, the actress continues to write, behind her a whole collection of poems, which resulted in four discs with songs with the participation of composer Nikolai Shershnya. The joint work of the poetess and composer - two copyright discs of songs: "Do not die, love!" and âAt the highest point of unity,â as well as two CDs: âDon't Break Into Me, Stringâ and âLiving Waterâ.
Despite the fact that Natalia Varley has not acted in films for a long time, people remember her and are happy to come to her creative evenings. In addition, the artist found application for her acting talent in dubbing foreign series - Natalia voiced about 2 thousand roles. Her voice speaks the heroines of the comedy series "Pharmacy on duty." Natalya Varley played behind the scenes the role of Veronica Castro in the Mexican series Wild Rose, and the actress voiced all the female roles in the American romantic comedy Wedding Planner.
The artist also has experience in television work. In 1999, Natalya Varley hosted the âHome Choresâ program on RTR, and in 2014, she presented the program âYour Caseâ on Channel One.
Achievements in the profession
Natalia Varley's talent is undeniable, and her creative achievements have been awarded several awards. For example, in 1984, the actress was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR named after N.K. Krupskaya for her role in the film "I Do Not Want to Be An Adult." In 1989, Natalia Varley was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, but the national actress did not. Natalya Vladimirovna herself admits that the papers for conferring the title on her several times went for consideration, but returned with enviable constancy with refusal. The blame for everything is the inexorable character of the artist. Without showing favor to the ârightâ people, the actress always lost her title.
In the piggy bank of the regalia of Natalia Varley is the prize âUnfading spectator loveâ of the St. Petersburg festival âVivat Russian Cinema!â, Which the actress received in May 2002. Also, the artist was awarded the Order of Friendship in 2010 for her services in the development of national culture and art, for many years of fruitful work. Leads the actress and social activities. In 2013, Natalya Varley participated in the preparation of memory events that were dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the shooting of the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation.
Despite all the regalia and merits, the main thing in life, according to Varley Natalya Vladimirovna, is children.
About what's inside
Natalya Varley is a very interesting conversationalist and very frank. Opponents âuncomfortable questions are answered openly. For example, when she is asked why, with all the beauty and charisma, her personal life has not come close to an ideal, such as in a movie, the actress puts everything on the shelves. Natalya Varley does not believe that her personal life did not work out, because, firstly, she has two beautiful sons; secondly, the actress has a grandson with whom she spends a lot of time. But on the question of why all her relationships were short-lived, the artist does not know the exact answer, but suspects that there were probably life circumstances that are higher than human desires. Despite everything, the actress continues to believe in such feelings when everything is for life and in one day. Natalia says that it cannot be otherwise.
Natalya Varley for a long time in her life was alone, but philosophical about loneliness. A woman believes that loneliness is not oblivion and not âuseless to anyoneâ, but rather a state of mind when you belong only to yourself and have the opportunity to figure out your own life or do something that you did not have enough time or courage to do before. In her free time, the actress is engaged in housekeeping, educates the grandson of Eugene. In the house of Natalia Varley, nine cats found shelter. The actress claims that these animals are the best domestic healers.
Even at 68, the artist looks great. She admits that she does not make special efforts to preserve her beauty - she does not exercise regularly, she allows herself a lot in food. However, the woman is firmly convinced that appearance is the result of a state of mind. As Varley Natalya Vladimirovna frankly declares - personal life, children for her form the basis of everything. And many will agree with that.