Actress Margarita Sergeeva was once, perhaps, the most famous girl in Soviet cinema. But once, when behind her fragile shoulders were the main roles in almost twenty films, the young actress suddenly disappeared from the screens. Where she was and how she lived all this time, the general public was unknown. She was found only a few years ago after she became very ill. Margarita Vladimirovna underwent a very complex operation on the brain.
Childhood
The future movie star of the 70-80s was born on May 24, 1963 in the city of Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, in a family of doctors. From the first years of her life, it was clear that the girl had a clear acting talent, because at all family holidays she was in the spotlight.
On the set of Rita Sergeeva began to go back in six years. And it happened like that. She and her mother came to the performance of the Leningrad BDT. During the intermission, a curious baby managed to get behind the curtains, where she met Yefim Kopelyan himself. Efim Zakharovich was simply fascinated by the girl and spoke about her at Lenfilm. Very soon Ritochka was invited. So, very simply and completely unexpectedly for herself, she became a film actress.
First steps in the profession
Her first film was a short film “Spyglass” (1973, the role of Alenka), then - “Captain”, “ Where it is seen, where it is heard” (the role of Lena Ilyutina). At first, there were small roles in her creative biography, but already in 1974, Rita was approved for the main role in the film by Ayan Shakhmalieva about strange adults, who drew attention to her while working on “Captain”.
This television movie was about the girl Ton, which the spouses who do not have their children took from the orphanage. The role of Rita was very serious and dramatic. The director even had some doubts as to whether the little girl could play it, because huge internal stress was required. But fears were in vain: small Rita Sergeecheva did an excellent job. Her cinematic heroine Tonya-Juliet - a cute girl with white-haired pigtails, shocked all the audience with her childish mind.
Later there was another major role in the film "Children as Children." This film even won the Intervision Prize.
Now the young actress Margarita Sergeecheva for several years it became the most important face of Soviet cinema. Ayan Shakhmalieva invited her to her films for the main roles: Rita in “Light in the Window”, Masha in the fairy tale “While the Clock Beat”, Gulya Koroleva in “Fourth Height”.
"Adult" role of a young actress
After graduating from a comprehensive school, Margarita Sergeecheva, whose films are still watched with pleasure by millions of television viewers, became a student at LGITMiK, studying on the course of Professor Vladimir Petrov. She was very diligent, so the result of her labors was a red diploma. The external data of Sergeyeva (a low-level voice for the girl and short stature) predetermined her role - travesty. After graduation, Rita was invited to play in the Bryantsev Youth Theater, but received her refusal.
Actress Margarita Sergeecheva moved to Moscow and continued to act in films. Many of her roles are simply impossible to forget: Tatyana in the comedy “For Beautiful Ladies!”, Ritka in “Fools Die on Fridays”, Nastya Filimonova in “Without a Week a Week”. Each of her heroines is not only smart, pretty, but also strong, understanding what she needs to do in this life.
What happened after the movie?
Difficult times came in the nineties. Actress Margarita Sergeeva thought for a long time and decided that she needed to change her profession. She receives a medical education, returns home and begins to work for the ambulance. The patients loved her very much, and the children were completely crazy about her. She was always very kind, sincere and had great charm.
In 2007, a misfortune happened: Margarita Sergeeva had a stroke, after which she could not work.
The allowance of three thousand rubles ...
Today, the former actress with great difficulty survives on a meager disability allowance. If she had lived somewhere abroad, she would have already become a very wealthy woman. Unfortunately, the stars of Soviet cinema do not even dream about this. Margarita Sergeeva, personal life who has always been interested in fans of her talent, shares an 11-meter room in St. Petersburg with her mother, trying to survive on the insignificantly small pension that the state pays her. Mom, despite her rather venerable age (and she is already over seventy), has to work, because in another way they just can not survive. There is not enough money even for ordinary products, but you still have to buy medicines that are very expensive. But even these drugs help quite a bit, and Margarita Vladimirovna has not fully recovered after a stroke.
Personal life of a little star
Rita did not have, as is customary, school love: her guys were simply afraid. The first time she fell in love when she entered the theater, but nothing came of it.
She met her future husband already in Moscow, where she arrived after graduating from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater. They got married, but everything changed in the nineties. Margarita Sergeecheva, whose personal life was never shown off, once found out what was expecting a child. But during pregnancy, she got the flu, plus she had severe toxicosis. And at that time Margarita was still actively filming. Mom, as a doctor with great experience, understood how this could end for an unborn baby. They held a family council and decided that they should terminate the pregnancy.
Now she does not watch films with her participation: it is unpleasant for her to look at herself, young and healthy, and to realize that everything in her life has changed once and for all. Margarita does not even allow her mom to hang her photographs at home. Mom is sure that if they had had enough money at one time, Rita could have been saved, and both of them are trying to at least slightly ease her existence. These strong women are not used to asking for help, they are used to coping with difficulties on their own. But it would be nice if at least someone helped them, because twice a year Margarita Vladimirovna needs to have an MRI (this procedure costs six thousand rubles), in addition, the same amount is spent on drugs a month. And they are trying to survive. True, mom is very afraid that when she dies, Rita will not be needed by anyone ...
The Guild of Film Actors does not promise to help, because Margarita Sergeycheva is not a member of the Union of Cinematographers.