Lyudmila Gurchenko is a famous Soviet and Russian actress and singer. Films with the participation of Gurchenko are known to millions and are firmly included in the lists of Soviet classics, and the actress herself has become a symbol of an entire era in Russian cinema.

Gurchenko Lyudmila Markovna was born on November 12, 1935 in Kharkov. Before the war, the parents of Lyudmila Gurchenko, father Mark Gavrilovich Gurchenko (real name - Gurchenkov) and mother - Elena Aleksandrovna Simonova, worked at the Kharkov Philharmonic. My father was a professional musician, he played the button accordion, and my mother sang. Often, parents took their daughter with them to concerts, so Lyudmila had a backstage childhood, she saw the stage from an early age.

From the day she was born until the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Lyudmila lived with her parents in Kharkov, in a one-room semi-basement apartment in Mordvinovsky Lane. The happy childhood of Lyudmila Gurchenko was interrupted by the war. Father Mark Gavrilovich, whom the actress dearly loved and revered all her life, went to war. He was not of military age and also had a disability, but he decided to fight. The girl remained in occupied Kharkov together with her mother.

On September 1, 1943, after the liberation of Kharkov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, with some delay, went to school, which was located in the courtyard of her house. And in the fall of 1944, she entered the Beethoven Music School - her parents decided to develop the child's considerable musical abilities.

Since 1953, the metropolitan page of the biography of Lyudmila Gurchenko begins. It was this year that the girl went to Moscow and immediately entered VGIK, in the workshop of Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. She was the brightest and most versatile in her course, she danced, sang and played equally well. In her senior year, the actress played Keto in the operetta "Keto and Kote" and Imogen in the stage composition "The Trap" based on Theodore Dreiser. In these two roles, Gurchenko sang, danced, and played the piano.

She graduated from VGIK in 1958. After graduating from the university, she first played at the Theater-Studio of a film actor, and since 1964 Gurchenko worked for two seasons at Sovremennik, playing in the director's productions Without a Cross, Big Sister, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Naked King and Forever alive." Then Lyudmila Gurchenko devoted several years to work in the theater and the Moscow Theater of Satire.

Films

In the cinema, Lyudmila Gurchenko made her debut in her student years. Her first film was the film "The Road of Truth" by Jan Fried, released in 1956. “I didn’t come here to be silent!” - this was the first phrase of the actress in the cinema. The film was noticed, as was the aspiring actress, whose rise to fame began with the very first picture.

Gurchenko became deafeningly popular after the release of the New Year's comedy Carnival Night. Lyudmila Gurchenko in an instant became a national favorite and idol. The film broke all rental records, almost 50 million tickets were sold for it. And the song "Five Minutes" performed by the main character Lenochka Krylova became the anthem of the New Year, and until now the whole country on this holiday argues with Lenochka whether it is a lot, 5 minutes, or still not enough.

Lyudmila Gurchenko in the film "Girl with a Guitar"

“Carnival Night” was followed by the picture “Girl with a Guitar”, which was written specifically for Gurchenko and in which the artist again received the main role, very similar to the previous one: also in a light, dance genre. This film was less successful, although by inertia it collected full movie theaters in the country. But the success of these two tapes had the other side of the coin: Gurchenko was assigned the role of some lightness and carelessness.

Oblivion

The following events became a dark streak in the acting biography of Lyudmila Gurchenko. Due to the difficult financial situation, Gurchenko was forced to earn money in parallel with filming, give concerts at factories and arrange creative evenings with the audience. These acting "hacks" caused censure in the press. Officially, this is what caused problems in his career. But there is a version that the refusals to the artist in new roles were sent "from above".

In 1957, during the filming of "Girl with a Guitar", the Minister of Culture of the USSR Nikolai Mikhailov called the actress and, according to rumors, offered to cooperate with the KGB during the VI International Festival of Youth and Students. Gurchenko refused. They say that this was the reason for the persecution and some oblivion. For a long 10 years, the actress was not taken to the main roles. However, the actress starred in at least one, and sometimes three films a year. Lyudmila even played several main characters, but in passing films that did not have much success with the audience.

During this period, Lyudmila Markovna tried her hand at a dramatic role. In the film Baltic Sky, Lyudmila Markovna demonstrated that she can play deep, tragic heroines experiencing strong feelings. In the same role, Gurchenko played in the films "Workers' Village" and "Old Walls".

Return

The black streak in Gurchenko's career is over. She again became one of the most sought-after actresses in the country and got the opportunity to act, having received bright roles in films. These were musical pictures "Sky Swallows", "Straw Hat", "Tobacco Captain" and "Mother".

Lyudmila Gurchenko in the fairy tale "Mom"

During the filming of the movie "Mom" Gurchenko badly injured her leg. She was threatened with disability: a closed fracture with a displacement, 19 fragments. Lyudmila Markovna was able to dance and walk in high heels again only after many years of training.

Lyudmila Gurchenko wanted to play dramatic roles in strong films. Such pictures in the work of the actress were "Twenty Days Without War", "Siberiada" and "Five Evenings".

Lyudmila Gurchenko in the film "Five Evenings"

In total, the great actress has 96 film roles. The most unforgettable and vivid ones are “Beloved woman of the mechanic Gavrilov”, “Vacation at her own expense”, “Flying in a dream and in reality”, “Station for two”, “Recipe for her youth” and, of course, the legendary comedy “Love and Pigeons” .

This timeless movie came out in 1984. The painting "Love and Doves" very subtly and realistically showed a fairly common love triangle: the struggle of a wife and mistress for her husband's attention. The main character of the picture, Vasily Kuzyakin, whom he played, lives with his wife and three children. His wife in performance is an ordinary Soviet woman, tired of children and life. That is why the spectacular and exalted beauty, who was played by Gurchenko, who met the man at the resort, takes Vasily away from the family. Vasily understands that a holiday romance and family life with a new lover are two different things. The Kuzyakin family is reunited.

Shooting of the film "Love and Doves"

The film would not become a legend if it was about only one couple. “Love and Pigeons” shows the life of a whole social stratum: here is Uncle Mitya, who loves to drink, whom he played, and his wife, who is always looking for her husband, and the daughter of the Kuzyakins, who broke up with her husband, and their young children.

Music

The creative biography of Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko is not only a biography of a theater and film actress. This woman was extremely versatile in her talents. Gurchenko recorded 17 music albums, released three autobiographical books and tirelessly performed in duets with various performers, among whom were others.

Lyudmila Markovna starred in 16 video clips for her songs, including the compositions “I Hate” and “Petersburg-Leningrad” performed in a duet with Boris Moiseev. The video for one of Gurchenko's iconic songs called "Prayer" was directed by a director known for his work in big cinema.

The last work of Lyudmila was a video where the actress covered the song "Do you want?", which she originally performed. Lyudmila Markovna brought even greater popularity to this song and, according to her, got pleasure from touching a real talent.

Personal life

The life of the actress was full of not only bright roles, but also stormy novels. In the life of Lyudmila Markovna there were six husbands. Five official marriages and one civil. All Gurchenko's men were bright and famous. But every time something prevented them from staying together with such an extraordinary and strong woman.

The first husband of Lyudmila Gurchenko was the film director Vasily Ordynsky. This marriage took place when Lyudmila was only 18 years old. The couple lived together for only a year. With her second husband Boris Andronikashvili, screenwriter and historian, son of the writer Boris Pilnyak, the artist also did not live long, but this marriage gave her daughter Maria.

The third husband of the artist was the actor Alexander Fadeev, the adopted son of a famous writer, and the fourth - the singer. Gurchenko broke up with him three years later. Two stars of this magnitude could not get along for long.

Soon after their separation, rumors appeared in the press about Gurchenko's romance with. Lyudmila herself admired the musician, but rather as an outside observer than as a woman in love. Gurchenko did not comment on rumors about these relationships. But together with the musician and accompanist Konstantin Kuperweis in a civil marriage, Lyudmila Markovna lived for 18 years.

Relationship with daughter

The actress had a difficult relationship with her daughter,. Until the age of three, the child was raised by his grandparents, thereby allowing Gurchenko to continue his acting career. The girl took the reunion with her mother hard and even tried to run back to her grandmother. Despite a series of stepfathers, the real family of mother and daughter did not work out in any way - Lyudmila Markovna was, first of all, an actress, Gurchenko spent a lot of time on the set, she could go on tour for a long time. As a result, in childhood, Maria was quite often left to herself.

The actress herself, her entourage and fans hoped that Maria would eventually follow in the footsteps of her star mother, but even in her youth, Masha showed that she and Lyudmila were very different. The girl did not show a penchant for music or the stage, she graduated from medical school, and, unlike her mother, who became a model of style and elegance, she wore comfortable clothes and almost did not use cosmetics. Maria married an ordinary man and gave birth to two children of the same age. Lyudmila Gurchenko had a strong conflict with her son-in-law, because of which Maria at first even divorced her husband, but then got back together.

The actress loved her grandchildren, named after her own parents, but even they could not finally reconcile her with her daughter and her husband. The artist had high hopes for her grandson and granddaughter, seeing in them the successors of her acting endeavors.

In 1998, tragedy struck. Mark, the grandson of the actress, died suddenly. The young man died of a drug overdose. Maria knew about her son's illness and struggled with his illness for a long time and unsuccessfully. According to rumors, Lyudmila Gurchenko did not come to the funeral, but in fact the actress was at parting and was very sad, she just tried not to draw much attention to her person.

Soon there was an aggravation of relations between mother and daughter. Lyudmila Markovna got married again. The sixth and last husband of the actress until her death was producer Sergei Senin. Gurchenko's new husband could not get along with either his stepdaughter or mother-in-law. As a result, there was a protracted conflict, which was aggravated by the division of property of Lyudmila Gurchenko's mother. Grandmother bequeathed her apartment to Maria, bypassing her star daughter. The actress did not accept this, and the matter went to court.

In the last years of the actress's life, a rumor appeared in the press about Gurchenko's romance with a photographer. Lyudmila really said that she was in love with Aslan, but, most likely, she meant strong friendly feelings and admiration for his work. Akhmadov emphasizes that there was no love relationship between him and the actress. Lyudmila Markovna met a young man at a fashion show, Akhmadov offered her a thematic photo shoot dedicated to the myth of Oedipus, and later became her personal make-up artist.

Death

2011 was a fatal year for the actress. In February, Gurchenko slipped outside her house and broke her hip. The next day she underwent surgery. In early March, he was discharged, and things were on the mend. But on March 30, the condition of the actress worsened. Lyudmila Gurchenko died at home, the cause of death was pulmonary embolism.

On April 2, a public farewell to everyone's favorite actress took place at the Central House of Writers. Gurchenko was wearing a dress that she herself had sewn quite recently. Numerous fans came to say goodbye to Lyudmila Gurchenko. The capital itself said goodbye to the artist: in the Moscow metro on that day, Gurchenko’s famous song “Our Youth Team” sounded every half an hour.

Not only thousands of fans came to say goodbye to the actress, but also family friends, colleagues and relatives. Throughout the event, Lyudmila's husband Sergei Senin was nearby. But, as journalists noticed, among the mass of those saying goodbye were not many of the artist's closest people. The daughter of the actress came only at 11 in the morning with a huge bouquet of chrysanthemums - Maria did not take part in organizing the ceremony, but she learned about her mother's death from the newspapers. The daughter of Lyudmila Markovna did not join the VIP guests, she stood in the general queue, put flowers at the coffin and left, without commenting on her act to the journalists who recognized her. The press never saw Gurchenko's granddaughter and great-grandchildren at the ceremony.

The funeral took place on the same day. The legendary Lyudmila Markovna was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. Despite the fact that it was a gesture of respect and recognition, the choice of the cemetery violated the last will of the actress herself. Lyudmila Gurchenko wanted her grave to be at the Vagankovsky cemetery, next to her parents and with her only grandson.

Six months later, in September, the newspapers obtained permission from the artist's relatives and released a series of materials about the last days of Gurchenko, which included dying entries from the artist's personal diary.

In 2015, the biographical series "Lyudmila Gurchenko" was released, where she decided to play the star of Russian cinema. The director of the picture, Sergei Aldonin, said that he simply fulfilled the promise that he accidentally made to Lyudmila Markovna. In the last year of her life, he admitted to the actress that he would like to make a series about her, and Gurchenko approved this idea and practically blessed the director.

In addition, more than two dozen documentaries were shot about the famous actress, and many stars of Russian show business dedicated their own songs and performances of famous compositions, which Gurchenko herself sang during her lifetime, to her memory.

November 8, 2017, the only daughter of Lyudmila Markovna. The woman complained of malaise and high temperature in recent days. On the way to the hospital, Maria became ill. The cause of death is heart failure.

Filmography

• "Carnival Night"
• "Guitar Girl"
• "Old Walls"
• "Straw hat"
• "Twenty Days Without War"
• "Siberiada"
• "Sky Swallows"
• "Beloved woman mechanic Gavrilov"
• "Station for two"
• "Love and pigeons"
• "My sailor"
• "Old nags"

She was married five times, had many admirers. Her stormy, passionate and amorous nature, as Lyudmila Gurchenko admitted, demanded a way out. And her many men were in some way temporary fireflies who flew to a bright light to bask in its rays and show themselves.

Today it is no secret to anyone that they often very skillfully used Lyudmila Markovna's popular fame, extracting considerable benefits for their personal person. However, Gurchenko was never a “whipping girl”. She had a strong and domineering character, sometimes capricious to indecent. And I must admit that living together with a star was far from sugary.

Vasily Ordynsky

The first lover of eighteen-year-old Lucy was film director Vasily Ordynsky. Gurchenko met him in her second year at VGIK.

The romance that ensued between them lasted no more than a year. For Lyudmila, everything that happened remained, as it were, behind the scenes, just a touch in the beginning biography of the actress. There is no doubt: there was a certain benefit in these relations.

Vasily Ordynsky even invited her to play the lead role in one of his films. But the members of the artistic council, observing the honor and conscience of Soviet cinema, gave a complete refusal to the young actress. And yet the status of "passion" of a fairly well-known director made itself felt. Otherwise, she would not have been invited to the main role in Eldar Ryazanov's film "Carnival Night", which brought phenomenal success and national recognition to Lyudmila Gurchenko.

Boris Andronikashvili

Parting with Ordynsky was easy and painless. Soon on her life path she met Boris Andronikashvili, a student of the screenwriting department of VGIK, a recognized idol of the girls of the course, with an irresistible appearance. Lyudmila, without knowing it, succumbed to the charms of a spectacular young man and married him. Boris became the first official husband of Gurchenko and the father of the only daughter of the actress - Masha. After two years of family life together, they broke up: "ice and fire" in the relationship turned out to be completely incompatible.

“FROM CHILDHOOD, I FALLED IN LOVE AT ALL CROSSROADS AND IN ALL CINEMA HEROES, IF “HE HAD TEETH YAK CHALK, VUSY YAK AT BUDENAGA.” IN SHORT, IN ALL "DARK EAGLES". IN THE INSTITUTE I FALLED IN LOVE ON EVERY FLOOR. PASSED BEAUTY - EK HEART! BUT WAS DISAPPOINTED QUICKLY. AND SUDDENLY FALLED IN LOVE. FALL IN LOVE, REALLY.

Lyudmila Gurchenko later recalled this marriage in her book “Lucy, stop!”.

“With this young man, we approached each other like in a song:“ You and I are two banks of the same river. This is visible from the present bell tower, but then ...

Despite his exquisite appearance, from which you initially do not expect anything deep, he was a complex person with a set of extraordinary qualities - large and small. All his pockets were filled with rare books interspersed with newspapers and magazines. I read everything in the world. He had a special sense of humor.

He believed that his personal criticism was the most accurate and original. Distinguished by musicality, masculine charm.

“Everything in it was out of reach for me. And vice versa. He treated my profession with irony. He considered a musical picture-comedy to be a spectacle far from art. Well, success with the public ... When I got into a field that was not “my own” (I was interested in his complex screenwriting profession), I was always amazed at how much irony my “jump” from a frivolous, primitive acting life into his mysterious world caused in him ... sometimes he skillfully knew how to live side by side, being only on his own shore. With incredible willpower, I had to learn to live alone together ... site www.wday.ru

Unexpected Lucy: rare photos of Lyudmila Gurchenko

On November 12, the beloved actress would have turned 80 years old.

Her husband Sergei Senin shared rare archival footage with Antenna and Woman's Day.

1993, frame from the film "I Love".

“This is our second joint work with Lyusya,” says Sergey Senin. - The musical picture was her old idea, and I found an opportunity to implement it. Filmed by Fyodor Sergeevich Bondarchuk. Lucy always addressed Fedor by name and patronymic. The artists were Boris Krasnov and Valentin Yudashkin. Operator - Mikhail Mukasey. The television premiere took place on New Year's Eve. This picture is a benefit performance: songs and monologues.

Lyudmila Markovna dreamed of being a musical film actress. Her greatest pain and longing for her profession was that, unfortunately, in our country, Lyusin's musical talent was not in demand. She was calm about her even best dramatic roles, believing that any other good actresses could play them. And here's the musical! It was a dream...

Approximately 1939-1940.

— Lusya is in a kindergarten in Kharkov. “My first fiance Semochka,” she smiled, looking at the photo. Here he is sledding her.

Approximately 1936. With dad Mark Gavrilovich.

Her father was the most precious person to her. This photo in his book “Lucy, stop!” she signed as follows: "From an early age, I carefully listened to my father's instructions."

1953 High school graduation.

- Kharkov Women's School No. 6. There is now a class dedicated to Lyudmila Markovna. In 2013, a memorial plaque was opened at the school (now a gymnasium). In front of Lucy (she is on the far right) sits Mila Gitshtein, her closest friend. They were born on the same day and in the same year.

Late 1950s. With my friend Mila.

- These are houses in Kharkov. Photo taken by Lucy's dad. Now Mila lives in Chicago, but they walked through life side by side, always kept in touch.

She was married five times, had many admirers. Her stormy, passionate and amorous nature, as Lyudmila Gurchenko admitted, demanded a way out. And her many men were in some way temporary fireflies who flew to a bright light to bask in its rays and show themselves. Today it is no secret to anyone that they often very skillfully used Lyudmila Markovna's popular fame, extracting considerable benefits for their personal person. However, Gurchenko was never a “whipping girl”. She had a strong and domineering character, sometimes capricious to indecent. And I must admit that living together with a star was far from sugary.

Vasily Ordynsky

Photo frame from the film "Shield and Sword"

The first lover of eighteen-year-old Lucy was film director Vasily Ordynsky. Gurchenko met him in her second year at VGIK. The romance that ensued between them lasted no more than a year. For Lyudmila, everything that happened remained, as it were, behind the scenes, just a touch in the beginning biography of the actress. There is no doubt: there was a certain benefit in these relations. Vasily Ordynsky even invited her to play the lead role in one of his films. But the members of the artistic council, observing the honor and conscience of Soviet cinema, gave a complete refusal to the young actress. And yet the status of "passion" of a fairly well-known director made itself felt. Otherwise, she would not have been invited to the main role in Eldar Ryazanov's film "Carnival Night", which brought phenomenal success and national recognition to Lyudmila Gurchenko.

Boris Andronikashvili

Photo frame from the film "Otar's Widow"

Parting with Ordynsky was easy and painless. Soon, on her life path, Boris Andronikashvili met - a student of the screenwriting department of VGIK, a recognized idol of the girls of the course, with an irresistible appearance. Lyudmila, without knowing it, succumbed to the charms of a spectacular young man and married him. Boris became the first official husband of Gurchenko and the father of the only daughter of the actress, Masha. After two years of family life together, they broke up: "ice and fire" in the relationship turned out to be completely incompatible.

Photo frame from the film "Beloved woman mechanic Gavrilov"

From childhood, I fell in love at all crossroads and with all movie characters, if "he had teeth like chalk, whiskers like Budenaga." In short, in all the "dark-haired eagles." At the institute I fell in love on every floor. A handsome man has passed - the heart of ek! But she quickly became disillusioned. And suddenly fell in love. Deeply in love, for real

Lyudmila Gurchenko later recalled this marriage in her book “Lucy, stop!”.

“With this young man, we approached each other like in a song:“ You and I are two banks of the same river. This can be seen from the present bell tower, but then ... Despite his exquisite appearance, from which you initially do not expect anything deep, he was a complex person with a set of extraordinary qualities - large and small. All his pockets were filled with rare books interspersed with newspapers and magazines. I read everything in the world. He had a special sense of humor. He believed that his personal criticism was the most accurate and original. Distinguished by musicality, masculine charm.

“Everything in it was out of reach for me. And vice versa. He treated my profession with irony. He considered a musical picture-comedy to be a spectacle far from art. Well, success with the public ... When I got into a field other than “my own” (I was interested in his complex screenwriting profession), I was always amazed at how much irony my “jump” from a frivolous, primitive acting life into his mysterious world caused in him ... sometimes he skillfully knew how to live side by side, being only on his own shore. With incredible willpower, I had to learn to live alone together ... "

Photo frame from the film "Carnival Night"

It's amazing how long it took me to realize that, from head to toe, from here to there, Boris is not my man. Beautiful, but alien. It is very, very difficult to understand yourself, and even more difficult to explain to others how a long relationship ends. I passionately wanted happiness, and this was my misfortune ...

Then there was a fleeting connection with the actor of the Sovremennik theater Igor Kvasha. Igor almost publicly beat his chest, swore eternal love to Lyudmila Gurchenko and firmly promised to marry. However, he did not have the courage to “set sail” forever from the warmed family hearth and destroy his real marriage.

Alexander Fadeev Jr.

Photo frame from the film "Station for two"

And for many, the decision of the star actress to marry the adopted son of the famous Soviet writer Alexander Fadeev Jr. was unexpected.

“There is someone to sleep with, but there is no one to wake up and drink coffee in the morning with”, - Lyudmila Markovna noted sadly in one of her books.

The future spouses met at the WTO restaurant - the most fashionable and visited by actors institution. Alexander was also an actor, but little known and "not inspiring great abilities." However, he more than paid for it in constant spree, and the WTO restaurant became his real “theater”, where Alexander was the number one client for local waitresses. It couldn't go on like this. Moreover, the husband, at any opportunity, tried to prick his wife: they say, your popularity is not for long and will end soon. They broke up two years later...

To say that the recognized Soviet diva grieved greatly about this would be unfair. And it is not always necessary to blindly believe the writer's memoirs of our celebrities: sometimes they contain a lot of personal and hidden things. After the divorce, Lyudmila Gurchenko did not live long with film actor Anatoly Vedenkin. Then there was a stormy romance with the artist Boris Diodorov: she simply took him away from under the nose of his legal wife. “Stumbled” on the charms of the charming Lyudmila Gurchenko and Vladimir Vysotsky. For this random episode of communication, Marina Vlady hated the star actress forever.

Joseph Kobzon

Photo "Wikipedia"

The third official husband of Lyudmila Gurchenko was Joseph Kobzon. For the first time they saw each other in 1964 in the corridor of the All-Union Theater Society. And soon Joseph called Lyudmila and invited her to dinner. This was the beginning of the love story of two stars - passionate and outstanding natures, which could not but end in a legal marriage. Now it is difficult to judge which of them was right or wrong. But the family life of a famous singer and famous actress did not work out. Moreover, she became unbearable. They parted as completely strangers, who, it seems, had nothing to say to each other ...

Photo frame from the film "Love and Doves"

Fool, it seemed to me that I would “rebuild” it. What naivete. He so needed a director of his appearance and repertoire nearby. Great opportunities will not replace taste, style

In his book Stop, Lucy! Gurchenko wrote the following about this marriage:

“It was one of the worst mistakes of my life. You had to run from him like Harun. Faster doe. But there was no one to guide me. What's the point that one composer was horrified: “Lucy, what have you done?” And where were you before?

“Those few days in less than three years brought such a puzzle ... Much, much can be voiced. But why? It is enough that for three years after that I could not imagine a single person nearby. One, only one. God forbid. Never. Never. No no. I know that I learned a lot about myself then.”

Photo frame from the film "Five Evenings"

Constantine Cooperweiss

Photo frame from the movie "Sky Swallows"

“When we met Kostya, he was Kostya Mikhailov. It turned out that his wife's parents forced him to take her last name. Change last name? How is it? It's my father's name! I even choke at the thought of changing my surname under pressure. This is where I put my pressure on. And Kostya Mikhailov became Kostya Cooperweiss. I was satisfied…”- Lyudmila Gurchenko wrote about her fourth husband in the book “Lucy, stop!”.

She met the 23-year-old pianist at a difficult time for herself: her father, whom she literally idolized, died. And she, like an ordinary woman, wanted to find support in this difficult moment: to be honest, just cry, speak out and find sympathy. It was such a person that Konstantin Kuperweis seemed to Lyudmila.

I've been told for years that this is for life. How else? Such love! The kind that had to be believed. But it turned out that all the words and confessions are just zilch! 18 years of solid zilch, huh?!

Photo frame from the film "The Recipe for Her Youth"

After the first meeting, she invited him to the press bar of the Moscow Film Festival, where they spent a warm and unforgettable evening. Konstantin, one might say, was the ideal husband for Lyudmila Gurchenko. He fulfilled every whim of his star wife. The producer, personal secretary, financial director and even the nanny of her daughter Masha - one cannot count the responsibilities that fell on the shoulders of the young spouse. Konstantin did not even notice that in general he was once a talented musician and could achieve a successful career. However, everything was "eaten" by the environment in which he communicated and "spun". Of course, in the sea of ​​adoration and love for Lyudmila, there was no time to think about herself. And by the eighteenth year of their married life together, Constantine Cooperweiss suddenly had an epiphany: he seemed to wake up from a lethargic dream. His decision to leave was unexpected for Lyudmila Gurchenko.

Name: Lyudmila Gurchenko

Age: 75 years old

Place of Birth: Kharkov

Place of death: Moscow, Russia

Activity: theater and film actress, pop singer

Family status: was married to Sergei Senin

Lyudmila Gurchenko - biography

This actress has always caused conflicting feelings. Someone deified her talent. She annoyed someone. But, undoubtedly, the life of Lyudmila Gurchenko has become an integral part of the era. The biography of this person is the fate of a woman who sacrificed her life and personal happiness to the profession.

Lyudmila Gurchenko - Childhood

Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko was born in Kharkov. Her father was an accordion player who spent matinees at schools and festive evenings at factories and plants. The attitude of this man to his daughter predetermined her fate. From early childhood, Mark Gavrilovich convinced his wife, acquaintances and neighbors that Lucy would become a real artist.

The daughter believed in her uniqueness and talent thanks to the boundless love of her father. This confidence gave her strength even when, after many years in Moscow, she realized that it was difficult and sometimes unbearable to be different from everyone else. And the love and affection that the actress felt for Mark Gavrilovich may have deprived her of personal happiness. She always dreamed of meeting a man who looked like her father.

The future actress and singer spent the first years of her life behind the scenes. Parents often took their little daughter to their performances. She learned to sing before she could speak. According to the memoirs of Lyudmila Gurchenko, her life before the war was music, during the war - the expectation of her beloved father.

Mark Gavrilovich reached Berlin and returned home in 1945 safe and sound. His daughter has always stood out favorably from her peers. She was dressed differently, confident in herself, and already in her teenage years she became popular in some areas of her native city thanks to numerous performances.

Lyudmila Gurchenko in Moscow

Relatives and acquaintances saw in young Lyudmila a future pop star. But she unexpectedly chose a slightly different path to fame for herself. After graduating from school, Gurchenko went to the capital to enter the Institute of Cinematography. In VGIK she was accepted from the first call. The teachers of the future movie and pop star were the famous teachers Gerasimov and Makarova.

The course brought together the most gifted young people from those who dreamed of acting glory. But even against this background, a miniature girl with a soft Kharkov accent stood out. She had the thinnest waist, boundless charm and unique energy. And most importantly, Gurchenko was extremely self-confident. It is these people who, as a rule, achieve their goal.

It was not so easy to get rid of the Ukrainian accent. But the future actress understood that with this flaw, all roads to the cinema were closed. And therefore, she made a lot of efforts, and in the third year her speech became almost perfect.

Lyudmila Gurchenko - Star Trek to the cinema

Lyudmila Gurchenko began acting in films immediately after graduating from VGIK. The biography of this person includes periods when she was not at all in demand as an actress. She made a living from voice acting, performed at all sorts of concerts, took almost any job. But that was later. The path of the young graduate of VGIK began brightly and promisingly. She played two minor roles in films in films whose titles will not say anything to the modern audience. But then, fate brought her to the young director Eldar Ryazanov.

The main female role in the film "Carnival Night" made her a screen star in a matter of days. And this film has firmly entered the history of Soviet cinema.

Only a few years have passed since the release of the famous film, when the public suddenly turned away from Gurchenko. The reason was the scandal that broke out around the actors who allegedly earned their living dishonestly. "Capitalist approach to art" -
the accusation that the Soviet press made to the artist.

The best roles of Lyudmila Gurchenko

Difficult times have come in the life of Lyudmila Gurchenko. After a bright and rapid take-off, they suddenly forgot about the young aspiring actress. Gurchenko's biography is a life story that cannot be told, perhaps even in a full-fledged book. Nevertheless, ill-wishers have repeatedly stated that in her long life this actress has played very few real and interesting roles.

Perhaps there is truth in these words. But among the images created by Gurchenko on the screen, one cannot fail to name such roles as the role of Clara Bokardon in the film "The Straw Hat", the abandoned bride in the film "The Woman Mechanic Gavrilov", Tamara Vasilievna in the film "Five Evenings" and many others. According to film critics, Gurchenko's best work in the cinema was his participation in the filming of the film "Station for Two".

Lyudmila Gurchenko - biography of personal life, husbands of the actress

The relationship of Lyudmila Gurchenko with her daughter has become a favorite topic of the yellow press. The actress, who became a symbol of an entire era, could not play her main role - the role of the mother. She made no secret of this. In autobiographical works, she quite sincerely spoke about her relationship with her daughter.

It is difficult to say how many husbands Lyudmila Gurchenko had. But according to official figures, the actress was married five times. The first husband, he is the father of Gurchenko's only daughter, was Boris Andronnikov, a young handsome actor, in whose veins Georgian princely blood flowed. She was in her early twenties when they met. She has not yet acquired a reputation as a cold and narcissistic fury. According to the memoirs of close friends, Gurchenko at that time was a young naive person, for whom her husband's betrayal became a real tragedy.

The second husband of the actress was Alexander Fadeev. Gurchenko remembered him a little. And about the third marriage, which aroused particular interest among the public, she did not speak at all. The third husband of the famous artist was.

The fourth husband was fourteen years younger than Lyudmila Gurchenko. They became the pianist Konstantin Cooperweiss. After the break, Gurchenko did not maintain any relationship with him and responded very negatively. The fifth and last husband of the most extravagant figure of the Russian stage was Sergei Senin.

On April 2, 2011, the Garden Ring in Moscow was blocked. Thousands of fans saw off the actress with honors worthy of the first persons of the state. And the farewell ceremony itself was thought out by her during her lifetime. One of the books of this actress is called "Applause". It was for them that she lived her long bright life.

Lyudmila Gurchenko - filmography, films

Carnival Night
Girl with a guitar
old walls
straw hat
Twenty days without war
sky swallows
Beloved woman mechanic Gavrilov
Station for two
Love and pigeons
My sailor
Old nags

The great actress Lyudmila Gurchenko, whose personal life, whose husbands will be presented to your attention in the article, has repeatedly admitted that she has been very amorous since her youth. For her, love is the main thing. Now the names of the beloved men whom the actress once let into her heart have already gone down in history. They were destined not only to play completely different roles in her fate, but also to determine to some extent the course of the life of a magnificent actress.

front-line soldier

When eighteen-year-old Lyudmila was already a student at VGIK, she met Vasily Ordynsky. He was then thirty. And despite their age, they studied together, in the same workshop, with the same teachers. True, Vasily had already completed his studies. Prior to that, he took part in the Great Patriotic War. He went through this terrible war. The news of the victory came to him when he was in Germany. He was demobilized only in 1948. After that, he decided to become a director, where he met his future wife. Note that even at the institute, Ordynsky began to shoot his first paintings.

"Secret marriage

The novice director was seriously interested in the future actress. For him, it was true love at first sight. The age difference did not bother him at all. Friends began to notice that with Lyudmila he seemed to be experiencing a second youth. But, by and large, whether Lyudmila experienced such feelings is unknown. The fact is that this union remains a mystery to this day. Indeed, for a long time, their acquaintances did not know at all about the marriage.

Many believed that the actress signed with him in the registry office because of his name. And accordingly, she, in their opinion, believed that her husband would shoot her in his future films. To be honest, the director himself helped her in every possible way. He sincerely wanted to live up to her expectations.

So, for his film, which was called "A Man Is Born", he invited Lyudmila. She was supposed to play the main role in this project. But the artistic council categorically rejected this candidacy.

Lyudmila was very disappointed. As a result, having lived with Ordynsky for almost a year, she wrote a statement about the dissolution of the marriage. The director tried to keep her, but these attempts were in vain. He is said to have loved her very much for the rest of his life.

By the way, the tape "A Man is Born" still came out on the screens. And despite the fact that Gurchenko did not participate in the filming, she nevertheless voiced the main character of the film.

Well, the actress herself, after some time, was offered to star in the legendary Carnival Night.

Second marriage and birth of a daughter

After the divorce, Lyudmila experienced a real strong feeling. She is seriously in love. Her chosen one was Boris Andronikashvili, a student of the scenario department. His father was a famous writer. In addition, the young screenwriter was a cousin of directors G. and E. Shengelaya.

The first meeting between Lyudmila and Boris took place in the student canteen. Sympathy was mutual, a stormy romance began. Soon these relations were officially registered.

At first, the family idyll seemed to be in no danger. The newlyweds almost never parted. And they were expecting their first child.

The actress dreamed that soon she would give her beloved husband an heir, but a daughter appeared - Masha. She hoped that the child would be able to inherit her abilities: acting talent, plasticity, voice and, in the end, her elegant figure. But the mother's genes did not pass to her, and, accordingly, the actress was very disappointed. As a result, years later, they stopped communicating altogether. Maria learned about the death of her mother from media reports. Unfortunately, in 2017 she also died ...

When the daughter was born, the actress was forced to deal with the newborn. But for some reason, her beloved husband was absent more and more often.

After a while, she became aware that her husband was cheating on her. Upon learning of this, without scandals, she herself decided to file for divorce.

The divorce process was very difficult and was not easy for her. Now she understood that sacrificial love, as a rule, brings only suffering and misfortune.

After divorce

When the actress broke up with her husband, she lived alone for two years. But these were not all Gurchenko's husbands (a photo of Lyudmila with her soul mates is in the article). After some time, a colleague in the theater began to look after her. At the same time, the actor was married. They say that despite this, he even announced to his friends that he would marry this magnificent partner. But Lyudmila decided to end this relationship. But she married another man. Her husband was the adopted son of the eminent prose writer Alexander Fadeev.

Alexander Fadeev Jr. also served the theater. But, unlike his wife, he did not shine on stage at all. But, thanks to his father's glory, he lived more than comfortably and freely.

Their first meeting was very short. They met by chance in one of the capital's restaurants. After that, the younger Fadeev decided to achieve reciprocity with the actress. He began to court her beautifully, and as a result, his plan was fully realized. Lyudmila and Alexander signed in the registry office. But over time, the actress realized that it was very difficult for her to get along with him. In addition, the son of a Soviet classic was considered a frequenter of Moscow restaurants, and his “partying” could continue without interruption.

In a word, Lyudmila admitted her mistake and decided to get a divorce.

Their marriage lasted two years. In the future, the actress recalled that this union was a somewhat offensive dash in her fate ...

In search of happiness

The experience of family life with Fadeev literally shocked Gurchenko. For several years, Lyudmila generally abstracted from any relationship. She decided not to let anyone near her. And this, by and large, was, to put it mildly, completely unusual for her.

After some time, she began dating the artist A. Vedenkin. A little later, she became close to Boris Diodorov, who worked as an artist. He was a calm and quiet person. He plunged headlong into his work, creating famous illustrations. And such, for example, were the drawings for the fairy tales of the great Andersen. According to rumors, Gurchenko put a lot of pressure on him. And if they had not divorced, his life, according to the spouse, would have been absolutely destroyed.

The illustrator left Gurchenko, and she managed to find a new life partner.

Talented singer

It was Iosif Kobzon. Their first fleeting meeting within the walls of the theatrical society turned into a serious romance. The singer courted his beloved woman for a long time, and as a result she gave up. They merried. This union was truly an event of all-Union significance. Lyudmila, it seemed, was able to find her female happiness. But it was very difficult for creative and complex personalities to get along.

Conflict situations began, in fact, from the first days of her marriage. Newlyweds have always tried to find a compromise. But these attempts turned out to be futile.

For three years they fought each other to become the winner. As a result, Gurchenko made a fundamental decision to file for divorce.

Note that both the actress and the singer never liked to talk about their joint years of life.

Pianist

After parting with Kobzon, Gurchenko believed that in her life there would be no more husbands at all. And when she was almost forty, she met a talented musician. He played the piano. And his name was Constantine Cooperweiss. Gurchenko's husband, whose biography became of interest to all fans of the actress's talent, was fourteen years younger than Lyudmila.

Their first meeting took place at the Moscow Film Festival. Despite the difference in age and difference in character, they quickly converged.

But now the actress was in no hurry at the registry office. She wanted to get to know her chosen one better.

Be that as it may, the musician felt the nature of his beloved very much. He knew how, like no one else, "to adapt to her." As a result, the official marriage was registered. Note that at that time Lyudmila's daughter was fourteen. And she began to call Cooperweiss exclusively dad.

This marriage lasted almost twenty years. Konstantin was not only Lyudmila's accompanist and husband, but also a reliable support for her. And she believed that this union would be exactly the last in her life.

The husband continued to sensitively feel all the moods of his beloved wife. He indulged her weaknesses and knew her habits. And she, in turn, literally adored him and believed that she could always rely on him.

Everything collapsed when Konstantin admitted that he had a completely different woman for a long time. Besides, he was determined to go to her. This sad news, and then the divorce, became the most painful for Lyudmila.

Last novel

In 1991, Gurchenko met producer and businessman Sergei Senin. He was born in 1961 in Odessa. After school, he became a student at one of the technical universities. After receiving a diploma, he worked as a laboratory assistant at the same institute. After some time, he decided to radically change his life and got a job at the Odessa Film Studio.

It was then that he met his future wife. Their acquaintance happened on the set. There was work on a film called "Sex Tale". The picture is based on the work of Vladimir Nabokov.

Of course, initially Lyudmila did not even think about any relationship with Senin. She was already almost sixty, and Sergey was half that. But be that as it may, after a while the entire film crew began to observe with interest how rapidly their love affair developed.

The actress realized that she did not want to part with this person even for a minute. In addition, the characters of the father of Lyudmila and Senin are very similar. Therefore, her lover jokingly called her "daughter."

However, the producer was married. In addition, he had a child. Therefore, Senin at that time was in no hurry to file for divorce. But hiding these relationships was quite difficult. The situation resolved itself when Sergei's wife found out that another woman had appeared in his life. After that, she herself wrote a statement about the dissolution of the marriage. And Gurchenko and Senin signed in the registry office.

Happy marriage

This union was truly the happiest in the life of a great actress. According to her confessions, Sergey turned out to be a really very close person. He sincerely loved her and was there until the last days.

This marriage lasted eighteen years. By and large, husband Gurchenko Senin dedicated his life together to his beloved woman. And never regretted it. So, creatively, he did what the rest could not. Especially for his beloved, he gave her a musical film. We are talking about a short film called "I Love", which consisted of musical compositions and monologues. The fact is that this genre was the dream of a great actress. And thanks to Senin, this dream became a reality.

In addition, Gurchenko's husband Sergey Senin produced such well-known projects as Reboot and Motley Twilight. In them, Gurchenko played herself.

In a word, all the husbands of Lyudmila Gurchenko did not give her that last marriage. In fact, he brought the actress what she had been looking for for so long. This is love, respect, care and, of course, understanding ...