In 2019, People's Artist of the RSFSR Malevannaya Larisa Ivanovna will celebrate her eightieth birthday. The remarkable Russian theater and film actress survived a difficult childhood and youth, but adversity did not break the character of this amazing woman.
Biography of Larisa Malevannaya: childhood
Back in 1939, in the very middle of winter, January 22, in the village of Fedorovka, Rostov Region, a girl Larisa was born. Family life was not easy, and the war soon began. Larisa, along with her two sisters and brother, had to survive. After the war, the head of the family became addicted to drinking and began to raise his hand at the children. Larisa grew up a sick and weak child.
In 1952, the family moved to Krasnodar. Larisa's mother was a teacher, she had to work a lot, and at 43, the unfortunate woman died. In Krasnodar, clever Larisa took up sports, enrolled in the basketball section, and worked diligently there. She recalls how gradually her dream of becoming strong, agile and quick came true with every workout. In the same place, in Krasnodar, the girl attended a theater club, where the vocation of the future actress gradually formed.
The dream of becoming an actress
At school, Larisa Malevannaya studied remarkably, was a diligent student, and from school subjects she preferred literature and the Russian language. The girl dreamed of becoming an actress, but those around her told her that such external data was not enough to get on stage. The girlfriends called Larisa ugly, and even my grandmother advised me to quit acting, considering the youngest granddaughter, Angelina, is much more pretty. After graduation, Larisa heeded the advice of others and chose the Krasnodar Pedagogical Institute for admission. The girl studied well at the Faculty of History and Philology, but in the last year she decided to pick up the documents, realizing that this was not her vocation.
University admission
Despite the protests of relatives, Larisa Ivanovna arrives in Leningrad. She was already 21 years old, and she was worried that the age of the competition at the coveted university would not pass. But fate turned out to be supportive of a talented girl, and on the first attempt she entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. Larisa was enrolled in the directing department, on the course of Alexander Muzil. Acting skills Larisa Malevannaya taught Arkady Katsman. While studying at the institute, the girl met her future husband - director Gennady Oporkov. In 1965, Malevannaya graduated from the university with honors and almost immediately tied the knot with Gennady.
Theater work
The actress was invited to the troupe of the Komissarzhevskaya theater, but the newlyweds had other plans, and they moved to Krasnoyarsk. Larisa and Gennady were promised employment in the new theater, housing and creative freedom. In reality, everything turned out to be completely different, and as a result, after almost four years of working as a young spectator in the Krasnoyarsk Theater, in 1968, the family moved to Leningrad.
Gennady got a job as a director at the Lenin Komsomol Leningrad Theater, and Larisa rejected the invitation of Georgy Tovstonogov, and instead of the Bolshoi Drama Theater, she chose Lenkom to be with her husband. Among the theatrical works of this period are the main roles performed by the actress in such performances as “Passenger” and “Do not part with your loved ones”. Malevanna was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Personal life of Larisa Malevannaya
In 1970, the first-born son, Alexander, appeared in the family of Larisa and Gennady. But family relationships began to mess up. As the main director of Lenkom, Gennady Oporkov began to receive a lot of unequivocal attention from young actresses. When Larisa realized that the situation was out of control, she decided to leave. In 1976, the couple divorced.
Further career in the theater
Larisa Malevannaya finally accepted Tovstonogov’s offer and began working on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater. Here, the actress plays prominent and vivid roles: Varvara Mikhailovna in the "Summer Residents" Gorky, Natalia in the "Quiet Don" Sholokhov and others. Particularly due to Malevanna’s extraordinary talent, these performances became successful for several seasons in a row. At the Bolshoi Drama Theater, Larisa also tries her hand at directing, and soon her production of “Daughter” based on the play by Valentin Krymko came on stage, and her performance “Bengal Lights” by Averchenko was on the small stage of the theater. Within the walls of the Bolshoi Drama Theater, Larisa met her second husband. The marriage was lasting and lasted 20 years, and the new husband accepted the son of Larisa Sasha as a native.
Actress in the cinema
In the same period, Larisa begins acting in film and television projects. In the very first film "On Wedding Day" in 1968, she was assigned the main role of Nyura Salova. In the film by Alexander Alov and Vladimir Naumov, “The Legend of Tile” Malevannaya played the role of Sotkin, and the image of Vera Ivanovna in the film “Late Dates” became a real star role for the actress. This was already the 20th film of Larisa Malevannaya. The role of Sophia Andreevna in the historical drama "Teenager" by Dostoevsky is still considered the standard of acting skills of Larisa.
Opening of own theater
In 1984, Larisa Ivanovna returned to the institute, which she graduated from. She works as an assistant professor in the department of acting. In 1985, Larisa Ivanovna Malevannaya received the honorary title - People's Artist of the RSFSR. And four years later she releases her own acting course. Malevanna had such a warm relationship with the students that when they proposed to organize her own theater, she could not refuse them. So Larisa Ivanovna became the head of the Drama Theater on Vasilyevsky Island and worked here for five years.
Movie roles
Huge fame came to the actress after the release of Todorovsky's film "Intergirl". In the picture, Larisa Malevannaya performed the role of a teacher - the mother of a prostitute Tanya. Malevanna’s participation in the filming of this film was perceived ambiguously. In addition to enthusiasm, the actress also had to endure unpleasant, rude comments. Despite the fact that the role played by Larisa Ivanovna was positive, many viewers condemned her. The actress admits that participating in this movie helped her reconsider her own views on life and become more tolerant of people.
In 1999, Larisa Ivanovna, for achievements in art and culture, became the laureate of the art prize "Petropol". Collaboration with Peter Yefimovich Todorovsky continued on the set of the film "Anchor, another anchor." In this film, Malevannaya talentally played the tragic role of an abandoned general's wife. Then, after almost a ten-year break, Larisa Ivanovna flashed a vivid role in the TV series Black Raven. In the serial TV movie by Dostoevsky, “The Idiot” by Vladimir Bortko appeared in the role of Nina Alexandrovna in 2003. In the 2000s, Malevannaya came to St. Petersburg to accept Larisa Gergieva’s offer and to teach acting at the Academy of Young Singers. In the same period, the artist is awarded the Pushkin Medal, and also becomes a laureate of the Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize.
Theatrical life of the actress
In 2007, the famous actress and director Larisa Malevannaya leaves the BDT. By this moment, a certain stagnation had continued in the theatrical life of Malevannaya for several years - they did not give roles, and the actress gave this theater for more than thirty years. After breaking up with the Bolshoi Drama Theater, Larisa Ivanovna left for Krasnoyarsk to play “Strange Mrs. Savage” brilliantly and with pleasure in the local youth theater. And a year later the artist is invited to the Krasnodar Municipal Youth Theater. On the stage of this theater, Malevannaya staged performances such as The Doll based on the work of Arkady Averchenko's Joke of a Patron, as well as The Eternal Husband by Dostoevsky and Freaks by Shukshin. The performance "Doll" was awarded the first prize at the prestigious festival "The Kuban Theater".
Actress now
Currently, Larisa Ivanovna continues to act in films. She discovered in herself a writing talent and published two autobiographical books: “Sandbox”, “Pea in a Box”. In 2014, another book by Malevannaya came out - “Make peace, make peace, don't fight anymore”. Also, the artist writes talented scripts.
Actress family
Larisa Malevannaya treats her family with great trepidation. She is a wonderful mother, a wonderful grandmother of two grandchildren and a granddaughter. And recently, Larisa became a great-grandmother, and now she has two great-grandchildren. She warmly talks about her grandchildren, likes to spend time with them and is very proud of them. The whole family spends summer together in the country. Warmly Larisa Ivanovna talks about her daughter-in-law, Oksana. Of the whole family, Oksana most often attends the theater.