Elena Doronina is an actress who has performed on the stage of the Maly Theater for many years. She also managed to star in several films. Are you interested in her biography, creativity, date and cause of death? All this information is posted in the article.
Brief biography of the artist
Doronina Elena Vitalievna was born in Moscow in 1955, on January 2. She was brought up in a creative and respected family. Her mother is Constance Roek, a professional actress with Polish roots. And Elena's father does not need a special introduction. After all, this is Vitaly Doronin, who received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1964. For many viewers, he was remembered for the role of the pilot Ivan Kroshin in the military film "Restless Economy".
Elena's father passed away in June 1976. The cause of his death is a heart attack. Vitaly Doronin was only 52 years old. As for the mother of our heroin, she lived a long life. Constance Frantsevna died at the age of 81.
In school years, Doronina Elena was fond of music and drawing, attended the sports section and the needlework circle. By the time she received the matriculation certificate, she had already decided on the profession. Lena dreamed of an acting career. The first step towards the realization of a dream was the submission of documents to the Moscow Art Theater School. She managed to cope with the entrance tests. The young Muscovite was enrolled in a course led by P. Massalsky.
In 1976, she received a diploma. Then she was accepted into the main troupe of the Maly Theater. At first, Lena got tiny roles that did not require memorizing a large number of phrases. Over time, directors began to trust Doronina with more vivid and complex images. The peak of her theatrical career came in the 1980s. At that time, Elena Vitalyevna played key roles in such productions as Ordinary, Living Corpse, Immature Raspberry, and so on.
In 1999, she was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 2nd class. But the title of Honored Artist, she did not wait.
Film career
For the first time on the Soviet screens, Doronin Elena appeared in 1981. It was a movie play "Profitable Place", where the young actress played Yulenka.
In 1986, the second picture came out with her participation. In the film "Marriage of Balzaminov," she tried on the image of a maid, whose name is Masha.
In 2008, E. Doronina starred in the historical and biographical drama "Galina", which tells about the life of the daughter of Secretary General Brezhnev. Her character, Bronnikov’s wife, appears only in the 1st, 3rd and 4th series.
In 2009, the premiere of the film play "Children of the Sun." Doronina got a small role. She successfully reincarnated in Avdotya, Yegor's wife.
The latest film work of the actress was the criminal-mystical melodrama "Thirty-seventh novel", which was released in 2010. She got the secondary role of Vera Andreevna. And the colleagues of E. Doronina were Natalya Antonova, Sergey Chonishvili, Alexei Ogurtsov, Tatyana Lutaeva and other stars of the Russian film industry.
Now a little about the plot of the tape "Thirty-seventh novel." The main character is the novelist G. Vetlugin. He has already released 36 novels. On instructions from the publisher, a man leaves Moscow for a provincial town. There, Gregory meets Anna Gureva. He dreamed about this woman for many years. He began to attend terrible visions with the participation of Anna. And soon this lady goes to jail for the murder of her roommate.
Personal life
Within the walls of the Maly Theater, she met her future husband. It's about the actor Alexander Ovchinnikov. On his account dozens of brilliantly played roles in performances. In 1986, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Elena and Alexander worked together, spent the summer at the cottage in Shchelykovo. The acting couple did not have children. Doronina Elena was the second wife of Alexander Ovchinnikov. And the first wife gave birth to two children - daughter Nastya and son Igor.
In 1997, our heroine became a widow. Her beloved husband passed away on October 24.
Death
Recently, the artist was seriously ill. In 2008, a woman stopped going on the stage of the Maly Theater. Elena Vitalyevna also did not act in films. On December 31, 2011, actress Doronina left this world.
She did not live only two days before her 57th birthday. Farewell to her took place on January 3, 2012 near the Maly Theater, in which the actress worked for more than 40 years. Elena found the last shelter of Doronin at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
Finally
Today we remembered another bright, hardworking and creatively gifted person. The roles played by E. Doronina in the cinema and on the stage will live forever.