Oleg Efremov: biography, personal life

He played a great many wonderful roles on the stage of the theater and in the field of motion picture arts. Most viewers of different ages not only know his characters, but also quote their statements. This absurd honest investigator Podberezovikov from the "Beware of the car", and radiating simply an unprecedented charisma chauffeur Sasha from all the familiar melodrama about plyushchikh poplars, and stoically-principled Doctor Aibolit ... Surely, everyone already guessed who will be the hero of this article. Of course, this is Oleg Efremov, whose biography contains many interesting facts.

Childhood of the genius

One of the most famous Soviet actors, directors was born on October 1, 1927 in a huge communal apartment on the Arbat. The best friends of the little Olezhka's childhood were Sergei Shilovsky (adopted son of Mikhail Bulgakov, writer) and Sasha Kaluzhsky (the son of Vasily Kaluzhsky, the actor). As a child, the future actor Oleg Efremov, whose biography always aroused genuine interest among fans of his talent, often visited Nashchekinsky Lane, in the house of the Bulgakovs. Still not suspecting how lucky he was to communicate with such a great man, he tried to absorb all the creative atmosphere that reigns there. At the age when he came to visit, the boy has not yet read a Bulgakov's work. But years later, having had time to enjoy the magnificent syllable and intricate legend, Efremov staged several works of the writer on the stage.

All the years of school education Oleg Efremov spent in Vorkuta. Biography For that period he was enriched by the fact of acquaintance with real camp life, because his father worked in the Gulag as an accountant.

Well hello, the Moscow Art Theater!

After the war, young Efremov decided to take exams at the Moscow Art Theater School. A lot of young people had a desire to study at the faculty of actors, so the contest was quite serious. But the eighteen-year-old boy, who did not glitter with bright beauty, instantly won the admission committee and from the first time went through the competition. He was fantastically lucky to learn the course, where he was taught by Vasily Toporkov, an outstanding Soviet director and actor, and Mikhail Kedrov, a brilliant Soviet theater director.

So, in the victorious spring of 1945, young Efremov became a student. In the first year, having been subjugated to the depths of the soul by the teachings of the great Stanislavsky, several children brought an oath of allegiance to their ideological mastermind, having secured it for reliability with their own blood. Among these classmates was the hero of our narrative.

New chief director

This was from the very beginning of his creative path, Oleg Efremov. Biography, the personal life of this talented person from the very first appearance on the screen and the first steps on the stage caused genuine interest of the public.

He led a student diary, in which an unusual for that time and even sassy record about dreams appeared: he wrote that in the Moscow Art Theater he would be the chief director. One phrase could understand this man - he came to art to be there as a leader, and not otherwise. But after graduation, the guy did not get into the Moscow Art Theater even an extras. For him it was a death like! But Efremov did not drop his hands and went to serve in the Central Children's Theater.

On the stage

It is in these walls Efremov Oleg, biography Which in Soviet times often appeared in various publications, received the main role. It was the production of "Her friends" (author Viktor Rozov), in which the character of Efremov was Volodya Chernyshev. With the premiere performance, he sunk in the hearts of many spectators. Oleg Nikolaevich so truthfully and sincerely played that none of those present in the hall noticed him in the actor. Everyone saw before him an ordinary schoolboy.

After a while this theater gained immense popularity. On his stage Efremov gave life to over twenty characters. Actor Oleg Efremov, whose biography began to represent a huge interest for the spectators attending performances with his participation all the time, was able to transform himself as a lightning fast as Ivanushka the fool from "The Humpbacked Horse" and the Pretender from Boris Godunov. How he managed it - nobody understood. But the result was, as they say, obvious.

The first troupe

Efremov has not yet celebrated his 30th birthday (it was 1955), when he independently produced a musical comedy called "The Invisible Dimka", written by Vadim Korostylev and Mikhail Lvovsky. His debut as a director was no less successful than the debut as an artist.

At that time, it was already unfashionable and even boring to turn to the Stanislavsky method in theatrical circles. But Oleg Nikolaevich, still remembering that student's oath and being faithful to her until the end of his life, found out like-minded people from among the pupils of the Moscow Art Theater School. After all, after completing his studies and after receiving a diploma, he remained there as a teacher, and the students treated him very warmly and with great respect. It was they who became members of the first troupe that subsequently thundered throughout the country "Contemporary".

The name of the theater was justified 100%: on its stage the most pressing problems were raised. The plays that were staged on his stage were the works of contemporary authors: Vasily Aksenov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Alexander Galich. In these walls predominantly live communication with the auditorium. The theater did not even have a curtain.

The embodiment of a daring dream

Despite the fact that Oleg Yefremov was already a director of the theater, he still remained his actor. Yes, he was the first violin in these walls, he determined the style and direction of his creation, and the rest of the actors were his reflection (in a good way). But the 1970s came, and the dream of Oleg Nikolayevich, once marked on the pages of his diary, ceased to be just a dream of a young student: he was invited to the Moscow Art Theater as an art director. So, by chance, the threshold of the famous Melpomene church Oleg Efremov crossed. His biography says that the artist's life has finally become the same as he once conceived.

Of course, in reality everything turned out to be completely different than previously thought. The theater was in a state of collapse, and in modern terms, Oleg Yefremov became a crisis manager. He decided that the work would go "perfectly well", if the whole troupe of "Contemporary" would work with him at the Moscow Art Theater. But only Yevgeny Evstigneev answered. Some time passed, the new head of the theater restored him, restored him to his former glory. Efremov persuaded him to go there Tatyana Doronin, Alexander Kalyagin and Innokentiy Smoktunovsky.

Gradually, the troupe of the great Moscow Art Theater grew to such an extent that it did not get any roles. For some time this situation continued until the master decided to divide the theater. Now Yefremov became head of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov.

A huge tragedy for Oleg Nikolaevich was the news of the death of his beloved actor - Innokentiy Smoktunovsky, Keshi, as he often called him. After such a loss Efremov put in the walls of his brainchild only one play - "Three Sisters." He left the Moscow Art Theater six years after Smoktunovsky, leaving behind him. The theater these days was in Taiwan on tour. The spectators who respect the talent of the great master brought so many colors as a sign of respect for Efremov-man, Efremov-actor and Efremov-director, that the passage to the Moscow Art Theater building was blocked by this fragrant hill in the Kamergersky pereulok.

Cinematographic genius roads

Debut in the movie at Efremov took place in 1955. His character was komsorg Alexei Uzorov in the melodrama "The First Echelon." The director of this film was Mikhail Kalatozov himself , who in a couple of years took down the film masterpiece "The Cranes Are Flying", awarded later in Cannes with the Golden Palm Tree. After the first role of the picture with the participation of Oleg Nikolaevich, the audience was pleased almost every year.

All his characters are completely different. Yet Efremov played in such a way that the audience was sure that all the qualities of his character are inherent in the actor himself. Particularly fond of all the taxi driver Sasha from the "Three Poplars on Plyushchikha" and Maxim Podberezovikov from "Beware of the car." Sasha turned out very trembling, caring, empathizing. A Podberezovikov - honest, strong, fair, real Soviet militiaman. That's such wonderful qualities Oleg Efremov was able to translate into his characters. His biography includes an interesting fact: at first Eldar Ryazanov wanted to offer him the role of Yuri Detochkin, but according to the script, Detochkin is a very soft, quiet person, and Oleg Nikolaevich himself during the tests could not help but show his strong-willed character. Therefore, Ryazanov departed from the original plan: Detochkin played Innokenty Smoktunovsky, and Efremov got the image of the investigator Podberezovikov.

And still it is impossible not to remember the first of the mentioned films. Old-timers said that Pakhmutov could not be persuaded to write a soundtrack for the "poplar" film. But when she saw the footage with the scene in the car where the heroine Doronina was singing, and the hero of Oleg Nikolayevich was listening to her ... His gaze, looking as if from the depths of his soul, so shocked and gave inspiration to Alexander Nikolaevna that the music flowing from her fingers On the keys of the piano, turned out very piercing. And this episode itself became one of the strongest and most touching in the whole film.

First love and first beauty

All familiar, close and not very, it was known that one of the most talented actors and directors of the twentieth century was too amorous man. Yes, he was not handsome in the generally accepted concept of male beauty, and yet before his charm, no woman could not resist.

Such was the actor and director Oleg Efremov. Biography, personal life, children - all this is so gathered together in the fate of man that even thoughts do not arise somehow to share it. And yet the women in his fate stood a little apart. They were his inspiration, pacification, hope for the future. On each of them the actor Oleg Efremov laid certain hopes. Biography, personal life This talented person has many novels, and there are even more broken women's hearts.

His first great love came to his heart back in school. The girl's name was Tanya Rostovtseva. She was younger than him for two years. Oleg tried to draw Tanya's attention with all his might, for example, threw baby nipples into the window, into which he had previously poured water. Roman, and not having time to really start, ended in an instant, when one of these nipples got into his aunt's oboe. And Tanechka Rostovtseva, when she was growing up, married a very nice person - Yuri Nikulin.

Being a student at the Moscow Art Theater School, Oleg Nikolayevich immediately fell in love with a very beautiful girl - Irina Skobtseva, but here he was also met by a failure: she preferred him to another, with whom she connected her destiny.

First wife. Her patience and disappointment. And other ladies ...

Being rejected by the first beauty, Efremov did not last long. He turned his gaze to his classmate Lilia Tolmachev. Soon came the offer of the hand and heart that the girl accepted. She sincerely fell in love with Ephraim. Unfortunately, the marriage was short-lived, lasted only six months. The actor has a new hobby - Margot Kupriyanov, an actress who plays the main role of Dimka in his debut performance. And if the betrayal of a young wife and could, if not forgive, then at least somehow try to understand, then the husband's passion for alcoholic drinks literally finished it. Lilia Tolmacheva endured, but for a long time her strength was not enough. Then she remembered that Oleg was not ready for family relations, almost every day he came home drunk. Perhaps they were too young, perhaps, Efremov had to stop and pull himself together. But it was too late. Then he repeatedly regretted it and remembered his first wife only with warm, kind words.

Whatever it was, but in a very short time after the divorce, Oleg Nikolaevich realized that he was very attracted to another colleague. It was a very nice woman, prima CDT Antonina Eliseeva. She was 10 years older and married. Her husband was that handsome prince who was looking for a girl who dropped a crystal shoe on the staircase of the palace. But Efremov could not cope with his feelings ...

Second wife and other oboe

Thanks to the light hand of Galina Volchek in 1955, he met his second (civil) wife, Irina Mazuruk. She was the granddaughter of the polar pilot of the Land of Soviets. This frail girl was younger than her idol for nine years, she was 19. But, despite her youth, she already had a divorce. In the registrar, the young did not go, but they still played the wedding. In this family, the daughter of Ephraim Nastenka was born. But even the birth of the first-born did not prevent his father from giving interested views to all theater actresses.

A lot has been achieved Oleg Efremov. Biography, wives This great master was an indicator of how different this person could be at different periods of his life. Perhaps this was due to his strong character, perhaps due to his genius. But the reality is this.

Another novel, which lasted more than one year, happened with Efremov and Nina Doroshina (do you remember Nadyukhu from the movie "Love and Doves"?). It was a long enough relationship, very offensive for Irina. She even decided to take courtship of some men who were very fond of and who had always been rejected. And yet, Oleg Nikolayevich left the family. For Mazuruk, it was a huge tragedy, she even tried to take her own life. Fortunately, she was saved. And it grew without an evening dad's fairy tale Anastasia Efremova, daughter of Oleg Efremov. Biography of the master, however, was replenished with new events and facts.

And the relationship with Doroshina reminded me of the roller coaster ride. They parted several times, but then converged again. Doroshina even managed to marry Oleg Dal. But Efremov spoiled the celebration, coming there and telling everyone that the bride still loves him. And took her straight from the wedding feast. Dal did not show anyone how painful and difficult it is for him. He just disappeared from all of them for a few days. And having appeared in public again, behaved, as if nothing had happened. Their marriage lasted only a couple of months.

Very much addicted was Oleg Efremov. Biography, personal life, children - all this was for the master a single whole, but sometimes this unity had to be disunited.

In the "track record" of Oleg Efremov were well-known actresses of the twentieth century - Anastasia Vertinskaya and Irina Miroshnichenko. These novels were also rather short, despite the fact that Vertinskaya hoped for more: she even made a nice renovation in Oleg Nikolayevich's apartment and brought in new furniture there. But she did not receive not only the heart of the director, but even the main role in his theater.

Third wife. The longest marriage

Oleg Efremov was able to decide on a serious relationship and even began to think about getting married after getting to know Alla Pokrovskaya. In 1962 their marriage took place. This alliance proved to be the most successful and longest in Efremov's life: it lasted for twelve years. But even with this wife, Oleg Nikolayevich could not deny himself a small weakness: he quite calmly had romantic relationships with other women. All the years of living together, Alla tried to reconcile herself with the betrayal of her husband. And yet her patience was not infinite. She decided to divorce.

Michael, the son of Oleg Yefremov, whose biography now enjoys the same popularity as his father's biography, was born in this marriage. He also became an actor. As a child, I already tried my hand at work, even working on one set with my famous father.

All children of Oleg Efremov devoted themselves to art. His biography and 16 years after his death interests viewers and those who still remember him on the stage of the theater. The son of Mikhail Nikita (grandson of the great master) also serves Melpomene. And daughter Anastasia is the editor-in-chief of the theatrical magazine "Strastnoy Boulevard, 10", besides, she is the organizer of theater festivals.

So lived his life, Oleg Efremov. Biography, his personal life resemble a kaleidoscope: as colored glass people, meetings, events change ... Always the same: the main love of his life has always been the theater; It was to him that he devoted all his time, strength, and possibilities.