Actress Valentina Titova: biography, personal life, children, movies

Actress Valentina Titova, whose biography is associated with the names of such famous figures of Soviet cinema as Vladimir Basov and Georgi Rerberg, was born on a winter day on February 6, 1942. Place of birth - Moscow region city of Kaliningrad (present Korolev). Two years later evacuation began, and the Titov family moved to Sverdlovsk (present-day Yekaterinburg).

In school years she actively participates in amateur performances. Performs in the theater of the young spectator and is engaged in various creative groups of the Palace of Culture. Over time, the youthful passion for theater led to the choice of a profession.

Youth

After graduation, the future actress Valentina Titova, whose biography includes a large number of works in theater and cinema, arrives to study at the theatrical school of Sverdlovsk. But fate has made a new round and purposeful Valentine, having studied two courses, takes documents from the school and goes to conquer the northern capital. She went not alone, but together with a friend, who also wanted to become an actress. It was in Leningrad that there were more opportunities to show oneself and achieve greater career heights. She enters the drama studio at the Bolshoi Theater named after Gorky, which she graduated with success in 1964. At this time the studio was headed by Georgy Tovstonogov, who always differed in severity towards students. Discipline in his group was ideal. Everyone knew that he forbids pupils to act in films, and very few people decided to go against the well-known teacher.

Escape to Moscow

But the actress Valentina Titova, whose biography shows her strong-willed character and purposefulness, still violated the ban. When she was invited to try for a role in the film "Pomegranate Bracelet", she secretly leaves for Moscow to the studio "Mosfilm".

Angry Tovstonogov, upon learning of this, took Valentina from the main role in one of the performances

And even if not all the roles were the main ones ...

All her roles were played with exceptional insight, she deeply penetrated the character of each of her heroines, each time conveying the fullness of emotions. Despite the fact that among Titova's works there are not too many main roles, Valentina Antipovna herself said on several occasions that she was proud of the fact that she managed to play a large number of roles in the second plan. In her opinion, the episodic roles allow the artist to demonstrate the full range of his acting abilities, to show himself from different sides.

She was invited to her paintings by such famous directors as Stanislav Rostotsky, Mikhail Schweitzer, Lev Kulidzhanov, George Danelia, Igor Talankin, Yuri Egorov. But most of the time she starred in Vladimir Basov, who was her first husband. Their acquaintance happened on the shooting of the film "Blizzard", where Titov Valentina Antipovna performed the role of Masha.

Filmography

The most famous roles are: "Snowstorm" (1965), "Days of Turbins" (1976), "The crime will not be solved" (1994) and many others. It is worth noting the participation in the painting "Love in Russian" by Yevgeny Matveyev, "It's easy to die in the drama of Alexander Khvan", in the episode "Other Life" by Helen Raisky and Martiros Fanosian's comedy "Unexpected Joy".

From 1970 to 1992, Titova Valentina Antipovna shone on the stage of the studio theater actor in Moscow. She also embodied many bright images on the stage.

Personal life: marriage with Vladimir Basov

The personal life of actress Valentina Titova is directly related to her work. The first love of young Valentina became actor Vyacheslav Shalevich. They met while in Sverdlovsk, when she came to her native town to stay with her mother. And Vyacheslav at the same time was in Sverdlovsk on tour with the theater named after Vakhtangov. Their relationship developed very quickly, despite the fact that Vyacheslav was married. Feelings to Shalevich were so strong that Valentina wanted to transfer to some Moscow theater in order to be closer to her beloved man. Perhaps personal relationships were one of the reasons that Titova so unexpectedly broke into Moscow to audition for the movie "Pomegranate Bracelet".

In the capital, her acquaintance with Vladimir Basov, who unexpectedly invites her to the main role of Masha in the film "Snowstorm". Basov was much older than Titov (18 years). Despite the fact that she had been with Shalevich for more than a year, and he had not divorced, Valentine did not stop loving him. However, she began to understand that he was not going to give up his wife. Therefore, Titova began to accept the courtship of a persistent director, who after the first meeting with a young actress said that she would marry her. And indeed, they became husband and wife. Official marriage was made after the birth of their first child, Alexander's son. And six years later Valentina Antipovna gave birth to her daughter Elizabeth.

The personal life of actress Valentina Titova during the marriage with Vladimir Basov was not simple. He rarely went home, constantly disappearing at work. On the care of children, he simply lacked the strength and time. All his thoughts were occupied with creative activity, and the family seemed to have become secondary. The house was often visited by guests: numerous friends and colleagues of Basov. Often stayed almost until the morning, and delivered to the already tired young mother, on whose shoulders was not only care for children, but the whole economy, a lot of trouble. She was for her genius husband and wife, and secretary, and psychologist, and housekeeper ...

The crisis in their relationship happened when the picture of Basov with Titova in the title role "Days of Turbins" came out. The film was badly received by party representatives, which for self-confident Basov became a serious psychological trauma. He started drinking again, although he had not touched alcohol since he got married. The work did not go well.

Valentina Titova and Georgi Rerberg

Perhaps, due to lack of attention from her husband and problems with alcohol, their marriage still broke up. The initiator of the parting was Valentina, who was tired of numerous quarrels. Having lived together for 14 years, Titova and Basov divorced. For Valentina Antipovny, it was a real shock that the court ordered the children to stay with their father.

The second time Titova marries the operator and screenwriter Georgiy Rerberg, who was the complete opposite of her first wife. George surrounded her with love and care. Thanks to him, the actress Valentina Titova, whose biography was not always filled with only positive moments, was able to survive one of the most difficult periods of her life. Then, in the first years of marriage, she had to travel constantly to Peter, where her daughter studied at a dance school, then to Sverdlovsk to help her parents. They lived together for 21 years, until his death. This time was the happiest in her life, as Valentina herself admitted. Rerberg Georgiy Ivanovich passed away in 1999. His widow still lives in the apartment of the Rerbergs. Despite her advanced age, she still looks beautiful and impresses everyone with her noble appearance.

Children of Valentina Titovoy

The son and daughter, like their famous parents, devoted their lives to creativity. Alexander, like his father, Vladimir Basov, took place as a director and screenwriter. And Elizabeth became a ballerina. The son lives in Moscow, but her daughter lives in Greece, where she became the wife of the composer and gave birth to her daughter Ariadne.

Grandmother often visits her granddaughter and visits Greece. Also, Valentina Titova has a grandson from her son Alexander.