Rimma Shorokhov - film star of the times of the USSR

In the hustle and bustle of modern life, the faces of Soviet artists, who starred in cult films for those times, are somehow quietly erased from the memory. They are replaced by images of Hollywood film stars and Russian actresses. And it is not surprising, because the actors of Soviet cinema never gave reason to talk about their personal lives, were not noticed in scandals. The reason for their discussion was only their professional activity, skill, ability to realize what they will be loved by millions of people later.

Such actresses include Rimma Shorokhova - a great actress, a beauty from the Russian heartland, who did not dream about the screen, but left a bright mark in the Soviet film industry.

The life path of an actress

Future actress Shorokhova Rimma Ivanovna was born far from the places where the movie was shot. Her homeland is the station of Kuzino of the Sverdlovsk region. She was born on 07/07/1926 in a working family. The future artist's dad was a depot engineer. Soon after the birth of his daughter, his father left the family, and my mother remarried. Rimma Shorokhova's stepfather was L.P. Bragin, who was quite well-off for those times, he worked as the manager of the communal economy of the aluminum plant.

In childhood and adolescence, Rimma Ivanovna did not even think about cinema. Its future, she associated with the plant, which worked his stepfather. The girl's life developed like that of many Soviet people: an eight-year school, which she graduated in 1942, then she continued her studies at the chemical-aluminum technical college in the city of Kamensk. After receiving the profession, Rimma Shorokhova works at the plant as a research technician. Perhaps we would never have known the name of the wonderful actress, if not for her decision to dramatically change her life and link her fate with the movie. Having worked at the plant for only one year, she leaves her native city and leaves for Moscow.

In 1947, Rimma Shorokhova became a student of VGIK, her mentors were the great Yutkevich and Romm. Brilliantly graduating from the institute in 1951, a young and talented girl receives an invitation to work in Mosfilm.

The beginning of a creative career

It can not be said that she burst into the cinema like a bright comet. The very first roles of the beginning film actress were episodic. But on the screen, Rimma Shorokhova attracted her gaze and did not let the viewer's attention for a single second. Anyone who saw her, inevitably fell under the influence of her charm and femininity.

The actress made her debut as a nurse in Sergei Gerasimov's film The Rural Doctor. All the beginning actors could only dream of working with a great master.

Rima Shorokhov. Movies That Love Millions

The next role is already the main one. The adventure film "The Case in the Taiga" was released in 1954. In it Rimma Shorokhova performed the role of Elena Sedykh, a game expert.

The film "Spring on Zarechnaya Street", in which the actress gets the role of Ali Aleshina, has become a truly cultic tape of the times of the Soviet Union. The film was released in 1956 and gathered more than 30 million viewers. This picture instantly became the beloved inhabitants of a large and multinational country, and the faces of artists became recognizable and beloved. Many people today are happy to revise this movie with pleasure and nostalgia.

Later there were the "House in which I live", which became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1957, "The Bridegroom from the Other World" and "Life Passed by."

Marriage with Vladimir Gulyaev

The first time she married, being a student, when no one had ever suspected that Rimma Shorokhova was an actress. Personal life and its juicy details in those days was not the subject of discussion, so little is known about the actress's first marriage. The husband of the actress was Vladimir Gulyaev, also a student of VGIK. They simultaneously received diplomas about the graduation from the institute. Combat pilot-attack aircraft, the last war, will later become a recognizable face of Soviet cinema, in his filmography more than 40 roles. He often played a supporting role, but at the same time we also like the audience.

For unknown reasons, young people did not manage to save the marriage for a long time, and in the mid-fifties divorced. But at the same time they maintained good relations. They often had to participate together in the shooting, and in the film "Spring at Zarechnaya Street" they played a couple in love.

Second marriage

In 1959, the shooting of the Soviet-Czechoslovak film "Interrupted Song" began. Rima Shorokhova was invited to the role of a nurse.

During the filming of the actress gets acquainted with the cameraman Holbukh. They began a romance, and soon Rimma Ivanovna marries for the second time.

After the wedding, the actress moves to Czechoslovakia to her homeland.

Uncertainty, but not oblivion

The latest information, reaching the admirers of the talent of the actress, dates back to 1968, this is the time when not the easiest and simple relations between the USSR and Czechoslovakia were formed.

It is known that the Soviet actress Rimma Shorokhova, beloved and revered in her homeland by millions of spectators, acted in two more films that were not widely known. And in the late seventies she worked as a restaurant administrator. Marlen Khutsiev, the director of the film "Spring on Zarechnaya Street," was trying to track down the actress, but his attempts were unsuccessful. To the great regret of the fans of the talent of Rimma Shorokhova, how her future destiny has developed, we are practically unknown.

Today it is impossible to say about what she would leave her creative legacy, how much she would reveal her potential and how many roles she played if she stayed at home. But, thanks to the fact that it was done, she will always be a real star of the cinema of the times of the USSR.