Tamara Zyablova is a famous Soviet actress. She worked as a director on television, played in the theater named after Alexander Pushkin. Tamara became known to the entire Soviet Union when she married Vasily Lanovoy. True, their marriage did not last long, ending tragically. In this article we will talk about the biography of the actress, her work and personal life.
Early career
Tamara Zyablova was born in 1929. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an actress. After graduating from a theater university, she was accepted into the troupe of the theater named after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
Over time, actress Tamara Zyablova began working on television in parallel.
Theater roles
In the Pushkin Theater, the actress soon began to receive significant and prominent roles. In 1954, Tamara Zyablova received the main role in the production of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's play “Ivanov”. The heroine of our article was played by Sasha, the role of Ivanov was played by George Yanikovsky and Boris Smirnov, Shabelsky - Alexander Shatov, Lebedeva - Boris Chirkov, Kosykh - Sergei Tsenin, Babakin - Kira Zharkova.
The production, made by director Maria Knebel with the participation of the artist Yuri Pimenov, became a real event in the theatrical life of the capital. Knebel tried to look at the classic Chekhov hero in the future, her Ivanov judges himself in the face of future times.
Premiere of the year
The performance permeates the theme of severe responsibility to life, giving this work exciting new sounds. This was a new reading of the well-known work by all, as well as the interpretation of one of Chekhov’s most complex characters. With amazing accuracy, Knebel managed to convey the atmosphere of mud and vulgarity that surrounds Ivanov and strangles him.
Thanks to the participation of prominent artists in the leading roles, including Tamara Zyablova, the performance immediately advanced from ordinary productions, becoming one of the largest and most talented theatrical works of that time. Knebel herself wrote that the collective, faced with the Pushkin playwright, felt like a genius seized power over him. They managed to convey the atmosphere of vulgar philistines and the devastated estate that surrounded the main character.
Photo of Tamara Zyablova after this success began to appear in many theatrical publications, paying attention to new and high-profile premieres.
It is worth recognizing that this was perhaps the most striking and outstanding role in the career of the actress. The Moscow theater audience remembered and appreciated this work. For several seasons, Zyablova remained one of the most striking and sought-after artists of the Alexander Pushkin Theater. Over time, a career in television began to interest her much more.
Acquaintance with Lanov
When the heroine of our article met Vasily Lanov, he was already a famous actor, played in the Vakhtangov Theater. In his career, there was already the role of Pavel Korchagin in the eponymous historical and revolutionary drama by Vladimir Naumov and Alexander Alov.
From 1955 to 1958, Lanova was married to actress Tatyana Samoilova, with whom they studied together on the same course. In the biography, the personal life of actress Tamara Zyablova, acquaintance with Lanov played an important role, they played a wedding in 1961. At that time, Tamara was 32 years old, and her husband - 27.
The five-year difference at first confused her, but soon, realizing how good they were together, she stopped worrying. They say that Lanovoi loved his wife, literally carried her in his arms, trying to make her reality look like a fairy tale.
"Scarlet Sails"
The year they got married, Lanovoi was playing Arthur Gray in Alexander Ptushko’s melodrama Scarlet Sails. The shooting took place in Yalta. The actor persuaded the crew to sail on a yacht with scarlet sails to the shore in the part where the hotel was located, where they lived with his wife.
Effectively escaping along the ladder from the sailboat to the shore, he began to shout declarations of love out the window. Zyablova, when she remembered this moment, joked that Vasily then woke up the whole of Yalta.
Ksenia Marinina, Zyablova's friend, artistic director of Kinopanorama, says that Tamara was complex because of the age difference, like any woman in this situation, she began to think that she was already many years old, she was unworthy of such a man. In addition, the marriage with Lanov was long-awaited for her, she had long dreamed of him, finally he took place. In the biography of Tamara Zyablova, this was of great importance, she really felt happy.
At the same time, living with Lanov was not easy. He was constantly jealous of her for other men, carefully and meticulously monitored how and whom his wife was looking at, it is possible that because of this scandals occurred in their family repeatedly. Even in conversations with close friends, Tamara herself always elegantly avoided this topic, telling only good things about her husband. With outsiders, only Vasechka always called him.
Tragic death
Tamara constantly played in the theater and worked on television. Her career was very successful, but he never played in a movie.
Spouses have long dreamed of children, but constantly put off. Having been married for almost ten years, Zyablova finally realized that she was expecting a baby. This was confirmed by the results of a medical examination. The message literally inspired both her and Lanovoy.
At the same time, the actress was in no hurry to go on maternity leave. She led several important creative projects that she did not want to quit. I had to work with tripled strength.
The tragedy occurred in mid-1971. In Mikhailovsky she organized Pushkin evenings. Returning from another project, which was successfully completed, she was in a terrible catastrophe. The pregnant actress died on the spot. The happy personal life of Tamara Zyablova broke off at one point.
The fate of Lanovoy
Lanovoy was hard at the loss. Colleagues, in turn, worried about the actor, they say that he was literally heartbroken. Many tried to support as they could. The first telegram with words of condolences was sent to him by Faina Ranevskaya. However, Lanovoy’s mourning did not last long. A few months after the death of Zyablova, he met actress Irina Petrovna Kupchenko. They say that Vasily Semenovich then again felt happy. The third time he played a wedding.
The very next year they had a son, Alexander, who became a graduate of the History Department of Moscow State University. In 1976, another boy was born - Sergey. He graduated from the Economics Department of Moscow State University, worked at the Federal Ministry of Finance. In 2013, he died of a heart attack.
Vasily Lanovoy himself is already 84 years old. He is still married to Irina Kupchenko. She turned 70 years old. In the movies in recent years, he has already stopped acting. In 2016, he played the role of Igor Stepanovich in the film "Alien Grandfather", a year earlier the king on the train in "The Secret of the Snow Queen" and the episode in the unfinished film "Escape to Heaven. Devyatayev."