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22.10.2019

Today, September 2, 2015, Valentin Gaft celebrates his 80th birthday. It is probably difficult to list all the films and wonderful roles for which the viewer remembers him. Each role of Valentin Gaft was unique, thanks to his game, and it is unlikely that anyone would have taken up the embodiment of these images. Although now Gaft no longer needs to play so much - the audience will clap even when he enters the stage once.

THE EARLY YEARS AND THE ROAD TO THE THEATER

Your pre-war childhood Valentin Gaf t spent in Moscow. In those years, nothing foreshadowed his future acting career. Father, Joseph Romanovich, was a lawyer. And the mother, Gita Davydovna, always taught her son to be organized and keep order in everything, because then the family lived in a small room in a communal apartment on Matrosskaya Tishina Street.

June 21, 1941 - the day the war began, the family was supposed to move to the City of Priluki, in Ukraine, but due to the heavy workload of their father, they decided to change tickets a day later. And it became a fatal decision in their lives. On June 22, Molotov announced the beginning of the war on the radio. Father and cousin Valentina Gafta went to war. At the end of the war, Joseph Romanovich returned as a major.

Valentin Gaft in his youth

And for the first time, Valentin met the theater only in the fourth grade, when he was taken to the children's theater to watch Sergei Mikhalkov's play "Special Task". And though Valentin Gaf t was very impressed with what was happening on stage, but he did not yet have a desire to become an actor. The first thoughts about choosing an acting career appeared when he first appeared on the school stage himself. By the way, since the school was only for boys, Valentine had a chance to play many female roles.

And yet the profession of an actor was far from what others expected from him. Therefore, he decided to secretly submit documents to two universities at once - to the Shchukin School and the Moscow Art Theater School. Gaft later said that before the exams he was lucky to meet the actor Sergei Stolyarov. And then Valentine was not afraid, he asked the idol of the public to listen to him first and give some advice. The actor, although he was surprised by such a request, decided to help. And, although Gaft was able to go through only one round in Pike, he entered the Moscow Art Theater on the first try.

His parents reacted ambiguously to this. As he remembers Valentin Gaft, his father then said: “Valya, what kind of artist are you? Look at Misha Kozakov - he has both a suit and a bow tie, and what about you? That's what an artist should be." Then he did not imagine that the first film role in Valentina Gafta will be in the film with Kozakov. Then everyone dreamed of getting on the screen. And the first success in this area smiled at Gaft in the last years of the institute, although these were episodic roles, almost without words, in the films “Murder on Dante Street” and “Poet”.

First screen appearance in Murder on Dante Street

LONG SEARCH FOR "OWN" SCENE

But after graduating from the institute, they did not want to take Gaft to any theater. The famous reader, Dmitry Zhuravlev, helped in finding a job. Thanks to him Valentina Gafta took to the theater of the Moscow City Council. True, the actor did not stay there for a long time: during the very first tour, he left the troupe, as he did not like the proposed roles. After some time, Erast Garin offered him a job at the Satire Theater, but he was expelled from there after his first debut. Then no one knew that a few years later on the stage of this theater Valentin Gaft will perform one of his best theatrical roles - Count Almaviva in Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro.

Valentin Gaft - actor of the Sovremennik Theater

During this period, jobs Valentina Gafta are replaced one after another. First, he works in the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, then with A.A. Goncharov in a small theater on Spartakovskaya Street, and in 1964 Gaft got to Anatoly Vasilyevich Efros at the Lenin Komsomol Theater. And, even in latest actor also did not stay long, but it was here that he gained experience that formed the basis of his subsequent career, because the theater played a lot of classical productions that helped Gaft find his talent.

Five years later, Oleg Efremov invites him to work at Sovremennik. And it was this theater that became dear to him and remains so to this day. Among the best roles played on this stage are Glumov "Balalaykin and K", George "Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Scene from the play "Balalaykin and K"

AND FINALLY A MOVIE

Career in cinema Valentina Gafta didn't go very well either. For a long time he played only in episodes. And even when, by the end of the 60s, the actor began to appear more and more on the screen, he still did not get interesting and memorable roles. As Gaft himself said about this: “The cinema did not spoil me. Not only that, my type was not the same. non-Russian, strange appearance. In those days, the hero had to be different. This is natural. In the 50s, 60s, 70s, I was not suitable for any role, with rare exceptions. Most often it was like this - they did screen tests, and it seemed that they were about to take on the role, but then someone came, and it was not me who was shot in the picture.

In the 70s, luck began to smile Valentin Gaft and he played his first bright roles in the cinema: Brasset in the comedy "Hello, I'm your aunt!" and Stewart in the political drama Night at the 14th Parallel. And even then his cinematic style began to develop. intellectual games, with a deep drawing of the image.

A frame from the film "Hello, I'm your aunt!"

But true popularity came to Gaft after meeting Eldar Ryazanov. It was with him that he played his classic roles. Their first joint work was in 1979 the film "Garage", where Valentin Gaft played the role of chairman of the garage-building cooperative Sidorkin. His game perfectly portrayed the ironic character in the spirit of the times.

This was followed by more than one role in Ryazanov's films: the father-commander in the tragicomedy "Say a word about the poor hussar ...", Odinokov in the film "Forgotten Melody for the Flute", the leader of the homeless named "President" in the tragicomedy "Promised Heaven". Each of these roles was completely different from the previous one, and it was with Ryazanov that Gaft was able to show that he was able to play completely different characters. In each of these films, the actor created a unique and memorable long time image.

Shot from the film "Garage"

After that to Valentin Gaft popularity came. In the 80s he was lucky to play many interesting roles. Among them are the roles of recidivist thief Alexei Dedushkin, nicknamed Baton, in Alexander Muratov's detective story "Vertical Racing" and a role in the detective series "Visit to the Minotaur." Also famous were the roles of Valentin Gaft in such films: "Magicians", "According to main street with an orchestra”, “Visit of a lady” and “Anchor, more Anchor!”. And in 1994, Gaft played Woland in the film adaptation of The Master and Margarita directed by Yuri Kara, but the film was never released to wide screens.

Frame from the film "The Master and Margarita

LITERARY WORK OF VALENTIN GAFTA

But Valentin Gaft rich not only in his acting talent. One day, unexpectedly for himself, he began to compose epigrams. And then Oleg Efremov invited him to compose several such epigrams about famous actors. They were ironic and sometimes very caustic, but their purpose was not to insult colleagues, but simply a fun look at their work. Many of them have been frequently cited. Here are some of them.

Dzhigarkhanyan:

There are much fewer Armenians in the land,

Than films where Dzhigarkhanyan played.

Irina Alferova:

You won't be successful

After all, you, beauty, are not Piekha.

Make your success in bed -

Doing it on stage is a sin!

And among the most intimate pleasures

Irina is better b .... th of all.

Stop walking through the torments

Play with art you separation.

Mikhail Boyarsky:

Why are you yelling like that

Like a robbed Jew?

Do not disturb D "Artagnan,

He is a nobleman, not a plebeian.

By the way, already at that stage Valentin Gaft began to ascribe some lines written or spoken not by him. After that with epigrams Valentin Gaft quickly finished, but nevertheless decided to improve his poetic abilities. So today there are even several collections of lyrical poems Valentina Gafta. In addition to poetry, there are other books by Gaft dedicated to the theater and his life.

THREE WIVES OF VALENTIN GAFTA

Personal life Valentina Gafta ball much more eventful than you can imagine now, because in his youth he was considered enough interesting man. The actor entered into marriage three times, and his chosen ones were very attractive women. First wife Valentina Gafta became a fashion model Elena Izorgina. The second is the ballerina Inna Eliseeva. And although the couple had a daughter, Olga, they still divorced in the 80s.

One of the biggest tragedies in the life of an actor is connected with this marriage. After their divorce, the daughter took her mother's surname and stayed with her, but nevertheless maintained a warm relationship with her father. But the older Olga got, the more her relationship with her mother deteriorated. In September 2002, the girl unexpectedly committed suicide, accusing her of suicide note his mother. Inna Eliseeva, however, did not outlive Olga much, having died on January 31, 2003 from stomach cancer.

Valentin Gaft with his daughter

But with his third wife, actress Olga Ostroumova, he is happy to this day. But their relationship was not so easy. They first met on the set of the film "Garage", and, although Olga immediately liked Valentin Gaft, at that time she was married, and Valentin Iosifovich decided not to even try. “I felt so bad,” the actor said. - I realized that I was tired of lying, tired of hearing lies from others, I was tired of the contradictions in which I got confused. And suddenly Olya appeared on the screen - I just stared at the image, I could not take my eyes off her wonderful face. But soon Olga Mikhailovna broke up with her husband, and then the path to their happiness was open.

Valentin Gaft and Olga Ostroumova

In filmography Valentina Gafta to date, there are more than a hundred roles, many of which have become classics. But, despite this, he always considered himself primarily a theater actor. For more than 40 years he has been faithful to his temple, the Sovremennik Theater, on the stage of which he has played countless wonderful roles. In my 80s Valentin Gaft is still active. Soon the actor plans to stage his own play, in which he has invested everything he would like to pass on to future generations. As the actor himself says: “I think that each generation lives for the next. Life gives a person happiness and rewards him for the fact that he, with all the difficulties of life, remains a man.

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Biography, life story of Gaft Valentin Iosifovich

Gaft Valentin Iosifovich (09/02/1935, Moscow) - film and theater actor.

Childhood

Valentin was born on 09/02/1935. Before the war, the Gaft family lived in Moscow, in a five-story building on Matrosskaya Tishina Street. The Gafts lived more than modestly, in a communal apartment, like everyone else. They had one room and everyone was happy. Valentin's parents had nothing to do with the theater. Father, Joseph Romanovich (1907-1969), was a lawyer by profession. He was surprisingly modest, but strong and proud man. From his mother, Gita Davydovna (1908-1993), Valentin learned organization, she instilled in him a love of order.

Very well, a day that could become fatal in the fate of the family crashed into Valya's childhood memory. On June 21, 1941, they had to go to Ukraine, to the city of Priluki. However, for some reason, the parents changed the tickets for Sunday the 22nd. The next day, Molotov spoke on the radio with a message about the beginning of the war ... I remember the farewell to the front of my father, then my cousin. My father went through the entire war, ending it as a major.

The very first impression of the theater came to Valentin in the fourth grade while watching the play "Special Task" in the children's theater. He believed everything that happened on stage. But by his own admission, there was no desire to become an actor then. It appeared somewhat later. He began to participate in school amateur performances, where Valentin had to play exclusively female roles, because only boys studied at the school then.

Moscow Art Theater

But even playing in school plays, Valentin was embarrassed to admit to someone that he wants to become an artist. Therefore, he decided to act in secret from everyone. Valentin decided to try his luck at once both at the Shchukin School and at the Moscow Art Theater School. Two days before the exams, Gaft accidentally met the idol of all moviegoers on the street and asked to "listen" to him. surprised, but did not refuse. Lessons famous actor were not wasted. True, he passed only the first round at the school. But Valentin entered the Moscow Art Theater on the first attempt, passing the exam with excellent marks. When they accepted him, he was shocked, he could not believe what was happening.

CONTINUED BELOW

Like all students of the Moscow Art Theater, Valentin Gaft dreamed of immediately getting into the cinema. Once (it was in 1956) he was invited to go to the film crew of the film "Murder in the Street", where he was approved for one of the main roles, and was given an almost wordless role. So the debut of Valentin Gaft in the cinema took place. In the same year, he appeared in a cameo role in the romantic drama The Poet.

Parents reacted in a peculiar way to the artistic activity of their son. When he studied at the Moscow Art Theater School, his father told him: "Valya, well, what kind of artist are you? Look at - he has both a suit and a bow tie, and what are you? That's what an artist should be like". Mother, seeing him in the play "The Marriage of Figaro", said: "Valya, how thin are you!".

Theatre

After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1957, Gaft could not get a job for a long time, he was not taken to any theater. The famous reader Dmitry Zhuravlev helped. With his light hand Gaft ended up in the Mossovet Theater. However, a year later he left the theater during the tour - he did not like the roles that were offered to play.

For some time, Gaft worked in the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Then there was new transition- to A.A. Goncharov, who then headed a small theater on Spartakovskaya Street.

In 1964, after working at the Goncharov Theater, Gaft came to Anatoly Vasilievich Efros at the Lenin Komsomol Theater. This is a special page, because it has become perhaps the most important in his artistic biography. The best performances of the Efros Theater have forever remained theatrical classics. Gaft worked for Efros for a relatively short time and did not play so many roles. But it was this experience that formed the foundation of his skill.

He came to Sovremennik by invitation in 1969. Many of his roles in this theater are associated with the name of the chief director of the theater. Almost all of Gaft's life was connected with this theater; he always considered it his home.

Among his best roles: Glumov ("Balalaikin and K"), Lopatin ("From Lopatin's notes"), Gorelov ("Hurry to do good"), George ("Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), Rakhlin ("A home cat of medium fluffiness").

Difficult road to the cinema

To the cinema long years Gaft played only episodes or inexpressive roles. And although by the end of the 60s he increasingly appeared on the silver screen, there were practically no bright, memorable roles.

Valentin Gaft himself explained it this way: “The cinema didn’t spoil me. Not only was my type not the same. Non-Russian, strange appearance. In those days, the hero had to be different. This is natural. rare exception. Most often it was like this - they did screen tests, it seemed that they were about to take on the role, but then someone came and they didn’t shoot me in the picture ".

Only in the 70s did the first notable roles begin to appear, such as Stewart in the political drama "Night at the 14th Parallel" (1971), Lopatin in the television production of the play "From Lopatin's Notes" (1975), Brasset in the comedy "Hello, I your aunt!"

Even then, Gaft's creative manner manifested itself, distinguished by intellectualism, subtle psychological study of the image, freedom and sharpness of the plastic drawing, and subtle humor. In each character, he revealed the depth of feelings and inner experiences, this even applied to small or ironic film roles: Kramin ("For the rest of my life", 1975), Znamensky ("The Tale of an Unknown Actor", 1976), fellow traveler ("Almost a funny story" , 1977), Georges ("Circus", 1979).

However, real popularity came to Gaft only after collaborating with. The roles played by Gaft in the films of this outstanding film director became the best in the actor's biography.

In 1979, he played the chairman of the garage-building cooperative Sidorkin in the comedy Garage. The character is rather grotesque, farcical and ironic, thanks to Gaft's artistic flair, he was played in such a way that he made it possible to translate the entire film into the realistic direction the director needed.

In 1980, Gaft starred in the tragicomedy "Say a word about the poor hussar ...". Father-commander, selfless brave man, noble colonel, who conquered many cities and women, run wild from barracks life, but with a heightened sense of honor, lonely, without family and home, a warrior who bows neither to bullets nor to superiors, dashing cavalryman, hussar , devoted to the homeland - this is how the hero of Gaft Pokrovsky appeared to the audience.

Odinokov turned out to be completely different - the hero of Gaft from the painting "Forgotten Melody for the Flute" (1987). The actor surprisingly juicy created the image of a bureaucrat and campaigner from the Ministry of Free Time. With a great sense of humor, he performed the song of a bureaucrat laid off from work.

"There are much fewer Armenians in the land,
Than the films where played ".

"You won't succeed
After all, you, beauty, are not.
Do your best in bed
Doing it on stage is a sin!
And among the most intimate pleasures
better b .... th all.
Stop walking through the torments
Play with art you parting".

"Why are you yelling like that
Like a robbed Jew?
Do not disturb D "Artagnan,
He is a nobleman, not a plebeian".

A little later, Valentin Gaft said that he no longer writes epigrams - this hobby has ended. However, he continued to write poetry. He has published several collections of lyric poems.

Personal life

Gaft was married four times. The first wife of Valentin Iosifovich was a fashion model Elena Izorgina. Valentin and Elena lived together for eight years. The reason for the divorce was Gaft's irrepressible jealousy and her craving for the fair sex. The couple had a daughter. The girl had to grow up without a father, however, she never considered Gaft to be her father.

Unsuccessful was the marriage with the ballerina Inna Eliseeva. They had a daughter, Olga. In the early 80s, Gaft and Eliseeva divorced.

For the third time, Valentin Gaft married a talented dancer named Alla. Them family life lasted very little. In the 90s, Alla left her husband and moved to the USA.

In 1996, Valentin Gaft married an actress

Valentin Iosifovich Gaft. Born September 2, 1935 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).

Valentin Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 in Moscow, into a Jewish family of immigrants from the Poltava province (Priluki).

Father - Joseph Ruvimovich Gaft (1907-1969), participant in the Great Patriotic War, worked as a lawyer in Legal advice on Leningradsky Prospekt.

Mother - Gita Davydovna Gaft (1908-1993), was a housewife.

Even at school, Valentin began to participate in amateur performances, played in school plays. I decided to enter the theater school secretly and applied immediately to the Shchukin school and the Moscow Art Theater School. By chance, two days before the exams, Gaft met the famous actor Sergei Stolyarov on the street and asked to "listen" to him. Stolyarov, although surprised, did not refuse and even helped with advice.

In the Shchukin School, Valentin Gaft passed the first round, but did not pass the second. However, he entered the Moscow Art Theater School on the first attempt, passing the exam with excellent marks.

In 1957 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, workshop of V. O. Toporkov. He made his debut on the stage of the Mossovet Theatre, having received recommendations from D.N. Sartre "The Virtuous Whore"; "King Lear" by William Shakespeare; Son - "Cornelia" based on the play by M. Chorcholini; Bunny - "Favorable Groom" based on the play by the Tur brothers.

In 1958 he played on the stage of the Theater of Satire: Scientist - "Shadow" based on the play of the same name by E. Schwartz.

Then he served in the Moscow drama theater, played in performances: "The fruitless efforts of love"; "Third Head" based on the play by Marcel Aimé; Tom - "Barba" based on the play by Y. Masevich; Goga - "Argonauts" based on the play by Y. Edlis; “A man is alive” by V. E. Maksimov; "Visit of a Lady" by F. Dürrenmatt.

In 1965-1966 - actor of the Theater. Lenin Komsomol: Evdokimov (input) - “104 pages about love” based on the play by E. Radzinsky; Marquis d'Orsigny - "Molière" based on the play by M. Bulgakov.

After some time, he moved to the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, among his works: Salty Vasily Vasilyevich, staff captain - "Three Sisters" based on the play by A.P. Chekhov; Kolobashkin - "The Seducer Kolobashkin" based on the play by E. Radzinsky.

Since 1969 - actor of the Sovremennik Theater.

Works by Valentin Gaft at the Sovremennik Theater:

1970 - Aduev Sr. (introduction to the role of M. Kozakov) - “An Ordinary Story”, staged by V. Rozov based on the novel by I. A. Goncharov, director Galina Volchek;
1970 - Steklov-Nakhamkes (introduction to the role of M. Kozakov) - "Bolsheviks", based on the play by M. Shatrov, directors Oleg Efremov, Galina Volchek;
1971 - Martin - "Own Island", based on the play by R. Kaugver, director Galina Volchek;
1971 - Gusev - "Valentin and Valentina", based on the play by M. Roshchin, director Valery Fokin;
1973 - Glumov - "Balalaikin and Co.", a play by S. V. Mikhalkov based on the novel by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "Modern Idyll", director Georgy Tovstonogov;
1973 - Zhgenti - "Weather for tomorrow", based on the play by M. Shatrov, directors Galina Volchek, I. Reichelgauz, Valery Fokin;
1974 - Lopatin - "From Lopatin's Notes", based on the play by K. Simonov, director I. Reichelgauz (there is a TV version of the play);
1976 - Firs - " The Cherry Orchard”, based on the play of the same name by A.P. Chekhov, director Galina Volchek;
1977 - Kukharenko - " Feedback”, based on the play by A. Gelman, directors Galina Volchek, M. Ali-Hussein;
1978 - Henry IV - "Henry IV", based on the play by L. Pirandello, director Lilia Tolmacheva;
1980 - Gorelov - "Hurry to do good", based on the play by M. Roshchin, director Galina Volchek;
1981 - Louis XIV- "The Cabal of the Saints", based on the play by M. Bulgakov, directed by Igor Kvasha;
1982 - Vershinin - "Three Sisters", based on the play by A.P. Chekhov, director Galina Volchek;
1983 - Governor - "The Government Inspector", based on the play by N. V. Gogol, director Valery Fokin;
1984 - George - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Based on the play by E. Albee, director Valery Fokin (there is a TV version of the 1992 play);
1986 - "Amateurs" - author's evening of theater artists;
1988 - Boston - "The Block", based on the novel by Ch. Aitmatov, director Galina Volchek;
1989 - Rakhlin - "A domestic cat of medium fluffiness", based on the play by V. Voinovich and G. Gorin, director Igor Kvasha;
1992 - Leyser - "Difficult people", based on the play by J. Bar-Yosef, director Galina Volchek;
1992 - Miranda - "Death and the Maiden", based on the play by A. Dorfman, director Galina Volchek;
1994 - Higgins - "Pygmalion", based on the play by B. Shaw, director Galina Volchek;
1998 - Kukin - "Accompanist", based on the play by A. Galin, director Alexander Galin;
2000 - Valentin - "Go away, go away", based on the play by N. Kolyada, director Nikolai Kolyada;
2001 - Glumov - "Balalaikin and Co.", a play by S. V. Mikhalkov based on the novel by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "Modern Idyll" (2nd edition), directors V. Gaft, Igor Kvasha, Alexander Nazarov;
2007 - He - "Hare love story", based on the play by N. Kolyada, director Galina Volchek;
2009 - Stalin - "Gaft's Dream, retold by Viktyuk", based on the play by V. Gaft, director Roman Viktyuk;
2013 - Weller Martin - "The Gin Game", based on the play by Donald L. Coburn, director Galina Volchek.

In 2001, Gaft made his directorial debut on the stage of Sovremennik. Together with I. Kvasha and A. Nazarov, he resumed the play "Balalaykin and Co", based on the novel by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, where again, like a quarter of a century ago, he acted as Glumov.

He made his film debut in 1956 in the film Murder on Dante Street (as one of the episodic killers).

Success came to Valentin Gaft through collaboration with the director. The actor was called one of Ryazanov's favorite artists. In 1979, the comedy "Garage" was released, in which Gaft played the chairman of the garage-building cooperative Sidorkin, and the phrases of his hero went to the people.

Valentin Gaft in the film "Garage"

In 1980, the Ryazan vaudeville “Say a Word About the Poor Hussar” was released, where Valentin Iosifovich played Colonel Pokrovsky.

Valentin Gaft in the film "Say a Word About the Poor Hussar"

In 1987, the wonderful melodrama-comedy "Forgotten Melody for the Flute" appeared, where Gaft brilliantly portrayed the official Odinkov. In the early 1990s, viewers saw Valentin Iosifovich as the president of homeless intellectuals in the film-parable "Promised Heaven". In the late 1990s, the actor played a general in Ryazanov's tragicomedy The Old Horses.

Valentin Gaft in the film "Promised Heaven"

Other notable works include Brasset's rolelake in Titov's comedy "Hello, I'm your aunt!", Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev in the comedy "Magicians", in New Year's fairy tale“Orphan of Kazan” by Vladimir Mashkov, in the film “Anchor, more anchor!” by Pyotr Todorovsky, where he played Colonel Vinogradov.

Valentin Gaft in the film "Anchor, more anchor!"

Valentin Gaft is a master of the epigram.

Gaft's auto epigram:

Gaft blew a lot of people
And in epigrams he ate it alive.
He filled his hand in this matter,
And we'll take the rest.

Epigrams about Valentin Gaft:

Gaft has no mind a single gram,
He's all gone to the epigrams. ( Mikhail Roshchin)

Gaft is not a device and not a figure,
Not a town in the remote taiga.
Gaft is an abbreviation for:
In short, something that is on Ge ... ( Mikhail Roshchin)

On Gaft? epigram?
Well, I do not!
After all, you can’t hide from him anywhere.
And Gaft, even though he is an actor, not a poet,
It will seal so much that you won’t wash off ... ( Alexander Ivanov)

Socio-political position of Valentin Gaft

In January 2010, Valentin Gaft joined a group of well-known Russian cultural figures, among whom were also Elena Kamburova, Sergey Yursky, Inna Churikova and Andrei Makarevich, who turned to the authorities with a proposal to introduce the post of Commissioner for Animal Rights.

In 2015, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine included Gaft in the so-called "white list" of artists who "support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country." The actor associated this fact with the publication on the network on his behalf of poems criticizing Russian authorities, the authorship of which he denied. Later, in an interview, Valentin Gaft called himself a "Putinist." He said that he trusts Russian television and the state, considers the transfer of Crimea to Ukraine unfair and blames the war in Donbass on Kyiv. After that, the artist was included in the list of persons posing a threat. national security Ukraine.

“It’s just insulting and disgusting, because this is not the way to fight. Ukraine needs to be smarter, not to ban paintings, no matter who makes them. They found something there that they are ashamed of, some truth about themselves, ”Gaft said in response.

Valentin Gaft in the program "Temporarily available"

Height of Valentin Gaft: 187 centimeters.

Personal life of Valentin Gaft:

Was married three times.

The first wife is a fashion model and artist Elena Izorgina. The marriage quickly broke up - Izorgina fell in love with film critic Dal Orlov.

The second wife is the ballerina Inna Eliseeva. According to the artist, married to him, Inna was a housewife, her parents belonged to the party elite. Gaft divorced Eliseeva in the early 1980s. They had him only daughter Olga - she committed suicide in 2002, which was a huge shock for the actor.

The third wife is an actress. We met on the set of the Ryazan comedy "Garage", but the relationship began much later. Married since 1996. Valentin Gaft from the age of 10 raised the son of an actress from a previous marriage, Mikhail. Under the influence of his wife, he was baptized into Orthodoxy.

Valentin Gaft and Olga Ostroumova

The actor has illegitimate son Vadim. He first saw him on a talk show on Channel One in October 2014. He was born by the Moscow artist Elena Nikitina. They met when he was not yet a superstar at one of the theater evenings. They liked each other and started dating. But when Elena became pregnant, Gaft left and disappeared from her life. And three years later they met by chance on the street. Elena said that she gave birth to a son, whom she named Vadim. Valentin Iosifovich asked for a photo of the boy, hid it in the inner pocket of his jacket ... And a year later, Elena with her little son and mother flew to Brazil, where her sister settled, who married a foreigner.

Vadim, who followed in the footsteps of Gaft and works as an actor in the Brazilian theater. Then Vadim said that Gaft has a grandson Valentin, who was born with him on the same day.

Filmography of Valentin Gaft:

1956 - Murder on Dante Street - Rouge
1958 - Oleko Dundich - Serbian soldier
1960 - Russian souvenir - Claude Gerard, French composer
1960 - Normandie-Niemen - Millais
1961 - Submarine— Jim Temple
1965 - We, the Russian people - Boer
1966 - Two years over the abyss - an officer in a restaurant
1967 - First courier - gendarmerie officer
1968 - Intervention - Long, French soldier
1968 - New - Konstantin Fedorovich, national team coach
1968 - Caliph-stork - Kashnur, magician
1969 - Wait for me, Anna is a clown
1969 - Family happiness (film almanac, short story "Avenger") - clerk in a weapons store
1970 - Amazing Boy - Dr. Capa
1970 - Road to Ryubetsal - Apanasenko
1970 - About love - Nikolai Nikolaevich, husband of Vera
1971 - Night on the 14th parallel - Dmitry Stepanov
1971 - Let's take off! - Azancheev
1971 - The Man from the Other Side - Andrey Izvolsky
1971 - Conspiracy - Casey
1973 - Seventeen Moments of Spring - Gevernitz, employee of Dulles
1973 - Cement - Dmitry Ivagin
1974 - Tanya - German Nikolayevich Balashov
1974 - Lot - Innokenty Zhiltsov
1974 - Ivan da Marya - treasurer
1974 - Moscow, my love - choreographer
1974 - Miracle with pigtails - interlocutor
1975 - Olga Sergeevna - Troyankin
1975 - Hello, I'm your aunt! - Brasset, butler
1975 - For the rest of his life - Kramin, paralyzed second lieutenant
1975 - From the notes of Lopatin - Lopatin
1976 - Crazy Gold - Horace Logan
1976 - Day train - Igor
1976 - The Tale of an Unknown Actor - Roman Semyonovich Znamensky, director
1977 - Girl, do you want to act in films? - Pavel, director
1977 - Almost a funny story - fellow traveler on the train, supply
1977 - Fight in a snowstorm - recidivist robber Stranger
1978 - Centaurs - Andres, conspirator
1978 - Kings and Cabbage - Frank Goodwin, "Kid"
1978 - Players - Stepan Ivanovich Comforting
1979 - Garage - Valentin Mikhailovich Sidorin, chairman of the board of the garage cooperative, veterinarian
1979 - Men and women - George
1979 - Today and tomorrow - Rassolov
1979 - Morning round - Alik
1979 - Circus - Georges
1980 - Say a word about the poor hussar - Colonel Ivan Antonovich Pokrovsky, commander of the cavalry regiment
1980 - Black chicken, or Underground inhabitants - Deforge, French teacher / King
1980 - Three years - Yartsev
1982 - If the enemy does not surrender ... - Stemmermann, German general
1982 - The Adventures of Count Nevzorov - text from the author behind the scenes
1982 - Saturday and Sunday (c / m) - psychologist
1982 - Customs - Vladimir Nikolaevich Nikitin, head of the inspection group
1982 - Wizards - Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev, Deputy Director of the NUINU Institute
1983 - Vertical racing - Lyokha Dedushkin, recidivist thief named "Baton"
1984 - Eight days of hope - Igor Artemyevich Belokon, director of the mine
1985 - Contract of the Century - Smith, CIA agent
1985 - About a cat ... - Cannibal
1986 - Year of the calf - Valerian Sergeevich
1986 - My dearly beloved detective - Lester, inspector
1986 - Along the main street with an orchestra - Konstantin Mikhailovich Vinogradov, musical arranger
1986 - Fuete - Poet
1987 - Forgotten melody for flute - Odinokov
1987 - The Journey of Monsieur Perrichon - Major Mathieu
1987 - Visit to the Minotaur - Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov, employee of the Serpentarium
1987 - Time to fly - Victor
1987 - The life of Klim Samgin - Valery Nikolaevich Trifonov, drunkard officer
1988 - Thieves in law - "authority" Arthur
1988 - Aelita, don't pester men - Vasily Ivanovich Skameykin
1988 - Expensive pleasure - William Ter-Ivanov
1989 - Belshazzar's Feasts, or Night with Stalin - Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria
1989 - The Lady's Visit - Alfred Ill, a bankrupt shopkeeper
1990 - Suicide - entertainer
1990 - Football player - Norov
1991 - Promised Heaven - Dmitry Loginov, leader of the poor homeless, nicknamed "President"
1991 - Lost in Siberia - Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria
1991 - Night fun - Mikhail Fedorovich Ezepov, Anna's lover, Silin's boss
1991 - Terrorist - Victor
1992 - Anchor, more anchor! - Fedor Vasilyevich Vinogradov, Colonel
1993 - I want to go to America - Epstein
1994 - Master and Margarita - Woland
1994 - I'm free, I'm nobody's - Chesnokov
1996 - Arturo Ui's career. A new version- Actor
1997 - Kazan Orphan - Pavel Ottovich Brumel, magician
1999 - Sky in Diamonds - Deputy Minister
2000 - Old nags - Dubovitsky, general
2000 - House for the rich - Roman Petrovich
2000 - Tender Age - Saledon Sr.
2001 - Clock without hands
2002 - On the other side of the wolves - Igor Alekseevich Goloshchekov, doctor
2003 - Angel Days - Viktor Zuev
2003 - Everyone will ascend Calvary - Uncle Sasha
2004 - Snowy love, or Dream in winter night- Oleg Konstantinovich, vice-grandfather
2004 - Everything starts with love
2005 - Nine unknowns - Viktor Sevidov, billionaire
2005 - Swan Paradise - Grishin
2005 - Master and Margarita - high priest of Kaif; man in jacket
2006 - Carnival Night 2, or 50 years later - Boris Glebovich Perlovsky, political strategist
2007 - 12th - 4th juror
2007 - Leningrad - theater director
2009 - Autumn Flowers - Alfred
2009 - Attraction - Alexander Nikolaevich
2009 - Book of Masters - magic mirror
2010 - Burnt by the Sun 2: Anticipation - Jew, prisoner Pimen
2010 - Family house - Vasily Petrovich Shvets, neighbor of the Sokolovs
2011 - Marines - Lazar Semyonovich Goldman, gynecologist
2011 - The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik - Mendel Gersh
2013 - Studio 17 - Andrey Ivanovich Dorokhov Soviet director
2013 - Yolki 3 - Nikolai Petrovich, a lonely pensioner
2013 - The path of the leader. Fire river. Iron Mountain - Arkady Iosifovich Preobrazhensky
2014 - The story of an old woman - Gavriil Moiseevich Fishman
2014 - Breaking the vicious circle - Arkady Iosifovich Preobrazhensky, Professor of Karaganda University
2015 - Milky Way

Sounding of cartoons by Valentin Gaft:

1973 - Like a cat with a dog
1977 - Feast of Disobedience
1978 - Postman's Tale
1981 - Dog in boots - Noble
1982 - Birth of Hercules
1987 - Magic Bells - King
1987 - Egret
2008 - New adventures of Grandma Yozhka - Raven
2012 - From the screw - Experienced - Il-2 attack aircraft

Literary creativity of Valentin Gaft:

Verse and epigram (1989)
Valentin Gaft (1996, together with artist N. Safronov)
I gradually learn (1997)
Life is a theater (1998, co-authored with Leonid Filatov)
Garden of Forgotten Memories (1999)
Poems, memories, epigrams (2000)
Shadows on the Water (2001)
Poems. Epigrams (2003)
Red Lanterns (2008)

A song was written to the lyrical verses "Me and You" (music by Brandon Stone), performed by Sati Kazanova

AT next year family relations two folk artists Valentin Gaft and his wife Olga Ostroumova will turn 20 years old. People close to this couple call their marriage ideal, noting the exceptional role that Olga plays in the family. Given that this is a family of two actors, their whole life consists of roles: theatrical, cinematic, concert. But the main role of Olga Mikhailovna, by her own admission, is the role of wife and mother. In her interviews, the wonderful actress said more than once that she would never sacrifice her family for the sake of work.

Rarely, which of the prominent actresses manages to be in order both in the profession and at home. Numerous examples testify to this. Fortunately, Olga Ostroumova manages to be a consistently sought-after actress and the keeper of their home with Gaft. Who taught her to live like this, where are her roots?

The childhood of Olga Ostroumova

Olga Mikhailovna is one of many provincial girls who came to Moscow to "study to be an artist." It would seem that in childhood nothing foreshadowed that the daughter of a school physics teacher and a housewife in a few years would become one of the most recognizable actresses of the Soviet, and then Russian, theater and cinema.

Olechka was born in the city of Buguruslan, Orenburg Region, in large family, where, besides her, there were 2 more older sisters and a brother. Mom didn't work household and raised children. Raised correctly: in love and affection, in observance family traditions and respect for people. Dad taught physics at local school was the breadwinner of a large family.
The children also learned a lot from their grandfather, a local priest: a kind, cheerful person, talented in many respects, and from their grandmother, a strict and economic one. According to the memoirs of the actress, a kind and calm atmosphere reigned in the house. Here everyone loved each other, and everyone cared about everyone.
A happy childhood could not but affect Olin's character. Having already become quite an adult, she repeatedly said that in difficult moments of her life, good childhood memories kept her afloat.

The life of Olga Ostroumova before she became Gaft's wife

In 1966, after graduating from school in Kuibyshev, where the Ostroumov family had moved, Olya decided to try her luck in Moscow. Having gone to the capital on her own, she applied to GITIS and entered the acting department. And the independent adulthood. Everything happened early for Olya: the first film role, the first love, the first family. Her husband was fellow student Borya Annaberdyev, but their marriage was short-lived: the young wife fell in love with another.

This other turned out to be the director of the Youth Theater Mikhail Levitin, with whom Olga was brought together by her first theatrical experiments. The second love lasted a long time; The couple lived together for almost 24 years. Children were born - a daughter and a son, to whom the parents gave their names. Now Olga Mikhailovna Levitina is an actress, like her mother, and Mikhail Mikhailovich Levitin is a student of the Higher Directing Courses. It was a very good, intelligent and friendly family. Was. It so happened that the couple broke up. The reason for the divorce, Olga Ostroumova called the "unbridled love of freedom" of her husband.

The history of the acquaintance of Gaft and Ostroumova

For 3 years, the actress had a hard time breaking up, for three years she did not pay attention to other men. She was engaged in work, home and raising her son and daughter. Once upon a time, joint performance in one of the cafes, she met with widely famous actor, a favorite of the public, tall and broad-shouldered Valentin Gaft. They first met on the set of the Ryazan film Garage. There was no mention of any love. Everyone played their role - and dispersed to their theaters.

But Valentine liked the modest beauty. He did not forget her later, when he successfully and unsuccessfully arranged his personal life. By the time they met for the second time, both were free people. And Valentine decided to court Olga. No one forced events, love captured hearts gradually. Valentine for a long time did not dare to tell his beloved woman that she was beloved. He even took a break from their meetings for as much as 4 months. And then one day he called Olga and said that he could not live without her.

Marriage of Olga Ostroumova and Valentin Gaft

Soon Olga and Valentin got married. They did not register their marriage at the registry office, where each of them had already visited more than once. It so happened that Valentin fell seriously ill, was in the hospital, and the invited registry office employee registered the couple right at the hospital bed. No witnesses, no March Mendelssohn.
It was not easy for a new husband to enter the family: at first, Olga's children did not understand what their mother found in this person. They always actively communicated with their father, loved him, and Valentin Iosifovich could not replace his father with them. And he didn't even try. Soon the guys realized that the new mother's husband don't encroach on their space with dad, and just make friends. They are still friends. Now they have their own children, and a big happy family Olga Ostroumova and Valentin Gaft often gather in an apartment on the Arbat as part of three generations, with children and grandchildren.

Valentin Iosifovich, began to win the heart of his wife by demonstrating his inflated biceps, he loves to surprise her to this day: he often brings home all sorts of delicacies and goodies that Olga Mikhailovna loves. And he also writes poetry (not epigrams!), with a dedication to "beloved Olenka." Valentin Iosifovich believes that his wife very much, for the better, changed his character: he became softer, kinder, more disciplined.

In their family life leading role the wife performs, Valentine plays here “in episodes”. Olga Mikhailovna consciously took responsibility for the household, freeing up time for her talented husband for his personal creativity. So it was in the family of her parents and in the house of her grandparents. Husband Olga Ostroumova calls big baby, says that she herself spoiled him, and now she is reaping the benefits. Very much in the tradition of Russian families, isn't it?

Valentin Gaft's wife: beautiful appearance, beautiful soul

Despite the fact that Olga Mikhailovna became a grandmother and crossed the age limit when they play the roles of young ladies, she still remains a real beauty, which she was in early years(Remember Zhenya Komelkova from the film “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” – you can’t take your eyes off!) Over the years, the beauty of your favorite actress has acquired mature features. But no one dares to call her old woman: the same open and clear eyes, a charming smile that suits her so well, taut figure, chic well-groomed hair. She dresses in a modern and tasteful way.
Olga Mikhailovna's style has always been distinguished by charm, a special mysterious femininity. She always looks impeccable - restrained, elegant and emphasized neatly. Often she appears in snow-white blouses with ruffles and frills, which only emphasize her charm. Olga Mikhailovna Virgo according to the horoscope. You may not believe in horoscopes, but Olga Ostroumova has many similarities with her astrological description.

Before the war, the Gaft family lived in Moscow, in a five-story building on Matrosskaya Tishina Street. The Gafts lived more than modestly, in a communal apartment, like everyone else. They had one room and everyone was happy. Valentin's parents had nothing to do with the theater. Father, Joseph Romanovich (1907-1969), was a lawyer by profession. He was surprisingly modest, but a strong and proud man. From his mother, Gita Davydovna (1908-1993), Valentin learned organization, she instilled in him a love of order.

The very first impression of the theater came to him in the fourth grade while watching Sergei Mikhalkov's play "Special Task" in the children's theater. He believed everything that happened on stage. But by his own admission, there was no desire to become an actor then. It appeared a little later, and he began to participate in school amateur performances, where Valentin had to play exclusively female roles, because only boys studied at the school then.

Moscow Art Theater

But even playing in school performances, Valentin was embarrassed to admit to someone that he wants to become an artist. Therefore, he decided to act in secret from everyone. Valentin decided to try his luck at once both at the Shchukin School and at the Moscow Art Theater School. Two days before the exams, Gaft accidentally met the idol of all moviegoers, Sergei Stolyarov, on the street and asked to "listen" to him. Stolyarov was surprised, but did not refuse. The lessons of the famous actor were not in vain. True, he passed only the first round at the school. But Valentin entered the Moscow Art Theater on the first attempt, passing the exam with excellent marks. When they accepted him, he was shocked, he could not believe what was happening.

Like all students of the Moscow Art Theater, Valentin Gaft dreamed of immediately getting into the cinema. Once (this was in 1956) he was invited to join the film crew of the film "Murder on Dante Street", where Mikhail Kozakov was approved for one of the main roles, and they gave an almost wordless role. So the debut of Valentin Gaft in the cinema took place. In the same year, he appeared in a cameo role in the romantic drama The Poet.

Parents reacted in a peculiar way to the artistic activity of their son. When he studied at the Moscow Art Theater School, his father told him: "Valya, what kind of artist are you? Look at Misha Kozakov - he has a suit and a bow tie, and what are you? That's what an artist should be." Mother, seeing him in the play "The Marriage of Figaro", said: "Valya, how thin you are!"

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Theatre

After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1957, Gaft could not get a job for a long time, he was not taken to any theater. The famous reader, Dmitry Zhuravlev, helped. With his light hand, Gaft ended up in the Moscow City Council Theater. However, a year later he left the theater during the tour - he did not like the roles that were offered to play.

After some time, Erast Garin offered him a job at the Satire Theater. The debut failed, he was kicked out, but a few years later, on the same stage, Valentin Gaft played one of his best roles - Count Almaviva in Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro, who was subsequently played by Alexander Shirvindt for many years.

For some time, Gaft worked in the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Then a new transition - to A.A. Goncharov, who then headed a small theater on Spartakovskaya Street.

In 1964, after working at the Goncharov Theater, Gaft came to Anatoly Vasilyevich Efros at the Lenin Komsomol Theater. This is a special page, because it has become perhaps the most important in his artistic biography. The best performances of the Efros Theater have forever remained theatrical classics. Gaft worked for Efros for a relatively short time and did not play so many roles. But it was this experience that formed the foundation of his skill.

He came to Sovremennik at the invitation of Oleg Efremov in 1969. Many of his roles in this theater are associated with the name of the chief director of the theater Galina Volchek. Gaft's whole life is now connected with this theater, and he considers it his home.

Among his best roles: Glumov ("Balalaykin and K"), Lopatin ("From Lopatin's Notes"), Gorelov ("Hurry to do good"), George ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), Rakhlin ("Home Cat Medium Fluffy ").

Difficult road to the cinema

In the cinema for many years, Gaft played only episodes or inexpressive roles. And although by the end of the 60s he increasingly appeared on the silver screen, there were practically no bright, memorable roles.

Valentin Gaft himself explains it this way: “The cinema did not spoil me. Not only was my type not the same. Non-Russian, strange appearance. In those days, the hero had to be different. This is natural. was not suitable for any role, with rare exceptions. Most often it was like this - they did screen tests, and it seemed that they were about to take on the role, but then someone came, and they didn’t shoot me in the picture. "

Only in the 70s did the first notable roles begin to appear, such as Stewart in the political drama "Night at the 14th Parallel" (1971), Lopatin in the television production of the play "From Lopakhin's Notes" (1975), Brasset in the comedy "Hello, I your aunt!"

Even then, Gaft's creative manner manifested itself, distinguished by intellectualism, subtle psychological study of the image, freedom and sharpness of the plastic drawing, and subtle humor. In each character, he revealed the depth of feelings and inner experiences, this even applied to small or ironic film roles: Kramin ("For the rest of my life" - 1975), Znamensky ("The Tale of an Unknown Actor" - 1976), fellow traveler ("Almost a funny story" - 1977), Georges ("Circus Boy" - 1979).

Cooperation with Ryazanov

However, real popularity came to Gaft only after collaborating with Eldar Ryazanov. The roles played by Gaft in the films of this outstanding film director became the best in the actor's biography.

In 1980, Gaft starred in Eldar Ryazanov's tragicomedy "Say a word about the poor hussar ...". Father-commander, selfless brave man, noble colonel, who conquered many cities and women, run wild from barracks life, but with a heightened sense of honor, lonely, without a family and home, a warrior who bows neither to bullets nor superiors, dashing cavalryman, hussar , devoted to the homeland - this is how the hero of Gaft Pokrovsky appeared to the audience.

Odinokov turned out to be completely different - the hero of Gaft from Eldar Ryazanov's painting "Forgotten Melody for Flute" (1987). The actor surprisingly juicy created the image of a bureaucrat and campaigner from the Ministry of Free Time. With a great sense of humor, he performed the song of a bureaucrat laid off from work.

Finally, in Ryazyanov's tragicomedy "Promised Heaven" (1991), Gaft managed to create an integral pure character of the leader of the homeless, nicknamed "President", for whom it is clear what is mean in life and what is noble. His hero is truly intelligent and educated person, tender to friends and intolerant of bureaucrats.

Popularity

Many interesting roles were played in the 80s by other directors. So in the detective film by Alexander Muratov "Vertical Racing" (1982), he appeared as a recidivist thief Alexei Dedushkin, nicknamed Baton. The psychological duel of the investigator (A. Myagkov) and the charming thief keeps you in suspense throughout the film.

Not less than interesting role got Gaft in another detective series "Visit to the Minotaur" (1987). Another psychological duel, this time between an investigator played by Sergei Shakurov and Ikonnikov, who is suspected of stealing. Gaft's character, a former musician who never became the first violinist, did not reconcile himself to the second role, switched to breeding snakes.

Notable roles were also played by Gaft in the musical comedy "Magicians" (1982), the tragicomedy "On the Main Street with an Orchestra" (1986), the action movie "Thieves in Law" (1988), "Visit of the Lady" (1989), "Night Fun" (1991), "Anchor, more Anchor!" (1992).

In 1994, Valentin Gaft played Woland in the film The Master and Margarita, which was never released.

An actor of a wide creative range, Valentin Gaft is distinguished by freedom and naturalness of stage and screen behavior, inner nervousness. With a recognizable voice and expressively sharp facial features, he is fluent in a variety of genres in the profession. As stated in the theatrical encyclopedia, "Gaft is characterized by a sharp and accurate embodiment of the image of a modern intellectual, a combination of analyticity and temperament, the depth of revelation dramatic conflict gravitation towards big issues and characters".

Epigram Master

In parallel with the acting takeoff, another fame came to Gaft. He became famous as the author of sharp, sometimes poisonous epigrams. At the suggestion of Oleg Efremov, Gaft suddenly, quite unexpectedly, both for himself and for others, began to compose epigrams. It was irony over himself, over others. He did not want to offend, rebuke or quarrel anyone. I just wanted to tell my own truth in this way.

Among them were ironic ones, such as Dzhigarkhanyan:

There are much fewer Armenians in the land,

Than films where Dzhigarkhanyan played.

or Oleg Efremov:

Oleg! Not a century - half a century lived!

You look at the face!

And there were also very sharp ones, such as, for example, Irina Alferova:

You won't be successful

After all, you, beauty, are not Piekha.

Make your success in bed -

Doing it on stage is a sin!

And among the most intimate pleasures

Irina is better b .... th of all.

Stop walking through the torments

Play with art you separation.

or Mikhail Boyarsky:

Why are you yelling like that

Like a robbed Jew?

Do not disturb D "Artagnan,

He is a nobleman, not a plebeian.

Now Valentin Gaft says that he no longer writes epigrams - this hobby has ended. However, he still writes poetry. He has published several collections of lyric poems.

Personal life

Gaft was married four times. The first wife of Valentin Iosifovich was a fashion model Elena Izorgina.

Unsuccessful was the marriage with the ballerina Inna Eliseeva. They had a daughter, Olga. But in the early 80s, Gaft and Eliseeva divorced.

Currently, Valentin Gaft is married to actress Olga Ostroumova. With Ostroumova, he found true happiness, although the relationship between the actors did not improve immediately. Olga Mikhailovna liked Valentin Iosifovich for a long time, even during the filming of the film "Garage". However, she was married, and he did not take care of her ...

Once Gaft saw her on TV. “I felt so bad,” the actor says. “I realized that I was tired of lying, tired of hearing lies from others, I was tired of the contradictions in which I got confused. And suddenly Olya appeared on the screen - I just dug into the image, could not take my eyes off from her wonderful face.

Olga Mikhailovna then just broke up with her husband, and she needed support. They met at some event, and from that moment Gaft began to look after her.

Despite the considerable age of both, Gaft and Ostroumova are childishly happy.

Tragic death of daughter

After the divorce of Valentin Gaf from Inna Eliseeva, his daughter Olga stayed with her mother, taking her last name. But throughout her life, Olga maintained a warm relationship with her father. After graduating from the Moscow Choreographic School, Olga danced in the troupe of the Kremlin Ballet, and not so long ago she entered Russian academy theatrical art.

But a tragedy suddenly occurred ... "My daughter's relationship with Inna did not work out since childhood," a concierge in former home Valentin Iosifovich. - And who could bear it? The character is creepy, although a written beauty. " Inna Sergeevna, who never had an angelic disposition, with age, increasingly began to take out her anger on Olga. The reason was dependent on the beauty and youth of her daughter. Humiliation alternated with beatings ... The poor girl could not stand it and in September 2002 In 1999, she committed suicide, blaming her mother in a suicide note.Inna Eliseeva did not outlive her daughter much.On January 31, 2003, she died of stomach cancer.

After the misfortune, Valentin Gaft withdrew into himself. For a whole year he refused any interviews ...

Filmography:

1956 Murder on Rue Dante

1958 Oleko Dundich

1960 Russian souvenir

1961 Submarine

1965 We, the Russian people

1967 First courier

1968 intervention

1968 Caliph-Stork

1968 New Girl

1969 Wait for me, Anna

1969 Avenger (K / a "Family Happiness")

1970 Road to Rübetzal

1970 About love

1970 Ordinary story

1970 Man from the other side

1971 Night on the 14th parallel

1971 Let take off!

1973 Just a few words in honor of M. de Molière

1973 Seventeen Moments of Spring - TV series

1973 Cement

1974 Dombey and Son

1974 Lot

1974 Pickwick Papers

1974 Ivan da Marya - lyrics, actor

1974 Moscow, my love

1974 Sergeev is looking for Sergeev

1974 Pigtail Miracle

1975 Hello, I'm your aunt!

1975 From the notes of Lopakhin

1975 For the rest of my life...

1975 Olga Sergeevna

1976 Crazy Gold

1976 Day train

1976 Tale of an unknown actor

1977 Girl, do you want to act in films?

1977 Almost funny story

1977 Fight in a snowstorm

1978 Players

1978 Centaurs

1978 Kings and Cabbage

1979 Men and women

1979 Today and tomorrow

1979 Morning round

1979 Circus

1980 The story of the Chevalier de Grieux and Manon Lescaut

1980 Say a word about the poor hussar

1980 Edwin Drood Mystery

1980 Three years

1980 Black chicken, or Underground inhabitants

1982 Vertical Racing

1982 If the enemy does not surrender...

1982 Adventures of Count Nevzorov - reads the text

1982 Hurry to do good

1982 Saturday and Sunday

1982 Customs

1982 Wizards

1983 Romeo and Juliet

1984 Eight days of hope

1985 Contract of the century

1985 About a cat...

1986 Year of the Calf

1986 My dearly beloved detective

1986 Along the main street with an orchestra

1986 Journey of Monsieur Perrichon

1987 Bolsheviks

1987 Visit to the minotaur

1987 Time to fly

1987 Life of Klim Samgin

1987 Forgotten melody for flute

1988 Aelita, don't pester men

1988 Thieves in law

1988 Expensive Pleasure

1989 Visit of a lady

1989 Feasts of Belshazzar, or a night with Stalin

1990 Suicide

1990 Football player

1991 Lost in Siberia

1991 Promised Heaven

1991 Nightlife

1991 Terrorist

1992 Anchor, more Anchor!

1992 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1993 I want to America

1994 Master and Margarita

1994 I'm free, I'm nobody

1996 Arturo Ui's career

1997 Orphan Kazan

1999 Sky in Diamonds

1999 The Secret of Nardo, or the dream of a white dog

2000 Home for the rich

2000 Tender age

2000 Old nags

2001 Clock without hands

2002 Beyond the Wolves

2006 Master and Margarita - series