Alexander Sergeevich Lenkov, actor: biography, personal life, filmography

Actor Lenkov Alexander Sergeevich (1943-2014) was remembered by the generation of the current 40-year-olds due to the role of Pope Deniska Korableva in the adaptation of the stories of V. Dragoon director Igor Dobrolyubov. For his long film career, he starred in fifty paintings and created several memorable images on the stage.

A family

Lenkov Alexander Sergeevich was born on February 17, 1943 in the town of Rasskazovo, Tambov region, where his mother, Olga Dmitrievna, came to her parents before giving birth. Despite the war time, a month later, the family returned to Moscow.

The family of the future theater and film actor had nothing to do with art. Olga Dmitrievna taught higher mathematics, and her father, Sergei Sergeyevich Len'kov, worked as a missile engineer and remained a "secret" employee for life.

Biography: childhood

The debut of young Sasha Lenkov took place at the age of 7, when he, being a fragile boy, more reminiscent of a girl, played the Snow Maiden in a school play. The first experience was successful and caused a storm of enthusiasm among young spectators.

The school where Lenkov studied was located near the Mossovet Theater. When there was a need for a young artist who was supposed to say a couple of remarks, they addressed exactly there. So at the age of ten Sasha was lucky to play on the stage of this famous metropolitan tetra in the plays "The Third Year Student" and "Theft". In addition, he quickly became his own, ran around the scenes, went to the dressing rooms to V. Maretskaya, L. Orlova, F. Ranevskaya and R. Plyatt.

Appear on stage young Alexander really liked, and he even arranged a puppet theater in his yard, where he staged plays with friends.

Zavadsky's Studio

In the senior classes of the school, Lenkov (the actor) was carried away by shooting, even dreamed of becoming a cameraman. To this end, he bought a camera for his work in the theater. He became his constant companion, and Alexander enthusiastically captured the life in the walls of the school and family.

Shortly before the final exams, the young man became aware that in the already native for him Mossovet Theater is going to Zavadsky's studio. Alexander decided not to miss such a chance and, as was to be expected, was accepted by Yuri Alexandrovich. On the course Lenkova met with the future famous artists of Soviet cinema Yuri Kuzmenkov, Elena Kozelkova and Margarita Terekhova.

Study

In the second year Alexander Sergeevich Lenkov (the filmography is presented below) married Elena's classmate, who was in love with the fifth grade. Despite everyday problems, studying was easy for him. Moreover, to the 4th course of his plastic was noticed by the ballet teacher from the Bolshoi Theater E. Farman. He suggested that Lenkova try himself in theatrical art, but Alexander refused. In addition, he was invited to work in the circus, but he remained true to his acting vocation.

In 1964, after graduating from the studio Zavadsky, Linkov became a member of the company troupe. The Moscow Soviet and played on its stage in a variety of performances.

Debut in the cinema

The first work in the movie Lenkova was the picture "Give a plaintive book." It was filmed by Gaydai, and in her the young actor got the episodic role of Pavlik, the leader of the youth ensemble. It was quite invisible, but not for directors who began to gladly invite Lenkov to their paintings.

«Keys to the sky»

In the year of graduation, Linkov played in three scenes at once. One of them was the film "Keys from the Sky", directed by Viktor Ivanov. The young actor in it for the first time in his career got the main role. The film talked about a talented but careless radio amateur who is serving in the air defense missile division. By mistake, the young soldier imagined that his conscience, Kirillov, wanted to settle his personal accounts with him. He falls into various comical situations, until at the end everything is explained, and the hero becomes an expert specialist.

Work in the field of sounding foreign films, cartoons and TV shows

Lenkov (actor) worked a lot in animation and on radio. For example, his voice is spoken by many Disney characters.

In the popular TV show "Put out the light!", Which was published on NTV, the actor voiced a character named Stepan Kapusta. Teleproject instantly won the hearts of millions of fans. The program also had opponents, which is not surprising, as the heroes Hryun Morzhov and Stepan Kapusta polemicized on extremely acute and topical issues. In any case, Lenkov's work on television was recognized as successful, and in 2001, the programs in which he took part, "Put out the light" and "KOAPP" awarded the "TEFI" award.

The last film

In 2013, Lenkov starred in the short film "Felix and his Love," in which his partner was Svetlana Nemoliaeva. The actors portrayed an elderly couple who could keep warm feelings for each other, despite all the hardships and everyday troubles. Director of the picture Eugene Korchagin dedicated the film to the outgoing generation of "family happiness record holders".

As Svetlana Nemoliaeva later recalled, Lenkov (the actor) did not say anything about his illness, but during the filming there were moments when others knew that it was hard for him.

Only at the end of work on the film, when Alexander Sergeyevich suddenly disappeared and he could not find him for a long time to call for scoring, the partners found out that the actor was in the hospital. Nevertheless, the picture was a success and took part in several famous festivals.

Selected filmography

• "Unexpected history", "Spring troubles", "Keys from the sky" (1964).
• "The Royal Regatta" (1966).
• "The Father" (1971).
• "The street without end" (1972).
• "Vasily Terkin" (1973, film-performance).
• "Eralash" (1974-2013, different roles).
• "The Soldier and the Mother" (1976).
• "Secretly to the whole world" (1976).
• "Ugly Elsa" (1981).
• "Winter Cherry" (1985).
• "Senit Zones" (1990).
• "Dreams of an Idiot" (1993).
• "The Siberian barber" (1998), etc.

A family

Lenkov's wife - Elena, with whom he lived for 50 years, was younger than the actor for 3 years. She had no relation to art and graduated from the Aviation Institute. In 1969, they had a daughter, Katya, who at an early age became acquainted with acting life from within. She was often on set, and once, in 1990, she even starred with her father in the film "Senit Zones" by E. Halperin.

Despite this, the actress Catherine did not, but chose for herself a profession related to art - the artist-designer.

She has been married for many years and she already has a rather grown-up son, Philip, who does not show much interest in the acting profession.

Lenkov Alexander Sergeevich: the cause of death

In the autumn of 2013, the survey showed that the beloved actor has stomach cancer of the fourth stage. He did not snyk and decided to fight to the last. After 2 weeks he was given a successful operation, after which his faithful Lena did not leave him for a single moment.

Soon one more surgical intervention was required. As a result, the actor left only 1/4 of the stomach, and then there was swelling of the internal organs. Three days later, Alexander Sergeyevich passed away.

A civil requiem for the actor was held on April 23, at the Theater. Mossovet, and buried him in the 8th section of the Troyekurovsky cemetery.

Now you know which films Lenkov (actor) starred in. Although for more than two years he has not been with us, tens of thousands of people remember and love his roles and are happy to revise the paintings with his participation.