Actress Lyudmila Glazova, the most famous contemporary viewer for the role of Katyusha Kutuzova in the film "Heavenly Slow-moving", lived a long but unhappy life. What was Lyudmila Sergeyevna’s career, how did her personal life take shape and what tragedies fell on the lot of the once-famous actress?
Biography
Lyudmila Glazova was born on August 29, 1907 in Izhevsk. During the revolution and the Civil War, the father of little Lyudmila fought in the ranks of the Red Army, so the education of Lyudmila and her younger sister Tamara fell on her mother's shoulders. Mother, Svetlana Glazova, worked as a typist during the day, and in the evenings she went to a drama club, participating in amateur performances. Since there was no one to leave daughters to, she took them with her to rehearsals and performances - here Lyudmila first encountered the acting profession. Soon, she began to participate in performances along with her mother, and also went to school theater club.
In 1923, when the Civil War ended and Sergei Glazov returned home, the family moved to Moscow. My father got a job as the director of the factory, and his mother as an actress in a little-known theater, of which a huge number opened after the revolution in Moscow. Together with her in the theater, Lyudmila also played small roles.
The first film works
In 1927, twenty-year-old Lyudmila Glazova entered the Boris Tchaikovsky Film School , and already in 1928 she made her film debut. Lyudmila played the pioneer leader Tonya in the children's film "I Want to Be a Pilot." In 1930, she graduated from college with a degree in cinema actress, after which from 1931 to 1936 she performed several small roles in little-known films.
In 1936, the first film was released in which the actress played one of the main roles - “Goalkeeper”. The film was directed by her husband, Sergei Tymoshenko. Lyudmila Glazova played Anastasia Valyazhnaya, a designer girl with a strong character and a charming appearance. Until the end of her life, this role remained with Glazova most beloved: in 1970 the film was re-released in theaters, and the actress did not miss a single session.
The next after the “Goalkeeper” film work of Lyudmila Glazova was the main role in the film adaptation of the tale “Ruslan and Lyudmila”. The role of Lyudmila brought the actress all-Union popularity and fame among the audience, but not among the directors - after this film she was not invited to the cinema until 1943.
War years
With the outbreak of the war, Lyudmila Glazova was evacuated to Alma-Ata, where in 1943 she played a cameo role in the film "Wait for Me", and in 1944, one of the main roles in the film "Invasion". Finally, in 1945, her husband Sergei Tymoshenko gives her the main female role in his film "Heavenly Squalor." Popularity returns to Lyudmila again, she is recognized on the street and called Katyusha. Unfortunately, “Heavenly Slow Walk” was the last successful film for both actress Glazova and director Tymoshenko.
Tragic fate
Before Sergei Timoshenko, Lyudmila Glazova was already married to the actor and director Yan Burinsky. But having met Sergey, Lyudmila, without thinking twice, filed for divorce - she was sure that she had found her happiness. So it was: the couple lived in perfect harmony, survived the war, their son Vyacheslav was born. But happiness was not given to last forever - in 1957, 12-year-old Vyacheslav drowned, falling through the ice. After only a couple of months, his own nephew, the son of Tamara’s sister, who entered into a fight with the hooligans, was killed.
At the same time, Sergei was seriously ill. For almost a year, Lyudmila persistently looked after her husband, hoping for a recovery, but in November 1958, Sergei Tymoshenko passed away.
Having recovered after these tragedies, the woman, heartbroken and lonely, tried to return to the cinema. But cinema rarely forgives long breaks in work - she could not play a single major role.
Lyudmila Sergeevna Glazova died on May 16, 1981 from poisoning - a gas leak occurred in her apartment, the reasons for which have not been established. The grave of the actress is located in St. Petersburg, at the Serafimovsky cemetery.