Nadezhda Rumyantseva: biography and filmography of the actress

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A little star, a radiant kind child with cunning sparks in his eyes.

This was Nadezhda Rumyantseva. A little travesty of Soviet cinema, she burst into the episodic scene like a whirlwind and made the film famous. A child actress could charge an audience of millions with the extraordinary gaiety of being, while remaining, unlike other screen stars, a girl from your backyard, close, understandable and loved. Films with the participation of Nadezhda Rumyantseva have always become an event, they were talked about, reviewing many times.

Little star

Rumyantseva was born in 1930 in the Smolensk region in the family of a housewife and conductor of the Moscow-Vladivostok train. The father was almost never at home, and the little girl was constantly with her mother, a lover of cinema, songs and dances. It is not surprising that at school all her classmates called her "artist", because she constantly represented something, made laugh and charged everyone around with reckless fun. In such a peculiar way, the girl won the love and respect of her peers, because she was very small in stature. Sometimes even a hooligan, but she studied atexcellent and graduated from high school with a gold medal. Who she will be when she grows up, Rumyantseva knew absolutely exactly, but doubted her abilities. Well, who will take to the "Pike" without any special external data? The growth of Nadezhda Rumyantseva did not exceed 150 centimeters, so she immediately applied to the Children's Theater Studio, where she was enrolled with great pleasure. There were very few travesty actresses on the Soviet theater stage, and they were snapped up by directors.

Travesti

Nadezhda Rumyantseva from the first year she played in the performances of kids and animals. When she was invited to shoot a children's film, where she played a 10-year-old girl, her little "colleagues" at work involved her in their games and sometimes even pulled her pigtails. Her mentor was Ivan Pyryev himself, who once told her that such a talent needed a special script. And he was in the life of an actress. Such a scenario had to wait for a long 5 years, but it appeared. From the very beginning, her first adult film role was conceived as a serious moralizing film about the triumph of communism.

First role

Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose biography began with roles on the stage of the Youth Theater, was noticed by director Yuri Chulyukin. He was able to understand the versatility of this perky girl and made a boring script a masterpiece of Soviet cinema.

"The Invincibles" opened the hearts of viewers all over the country of many millions for Nadezhda Rumyantseva. Since then, films with her participation have been eagerly awaited, andindividual phrases of her heroines became winged.

Tosya

The image of Tosya Kislitsyna from the cult film "Girls" Rumyantseva thought out herself. She appeared on the set and the director gasped: here she is, the very heroine that he imagined. So a new star appeared - Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose films teach love and kindness.

This work became popular on the second day after the premiere. Everyone sang the song "Old Maple", it became a hit. But Nadezhda, who played a young perky 18-year-old factory girl, was already 31 years old. As it turned out later, the film was also shown abroad, and they wanted to invite the "Soviet Juliet Mazina" to Hollywood. Rumyantseva, of course, this good news was not even reported.

I must say, "Girls" were given to the actors with great difficulty, since Rybnikov disliked his partner from the very beginning. He wanted to see the beautiful wife Alla Larionova in her place and was angry with everyone all the time. Only towards the end of filming, the partners were able to find a common language.

Lyudmila Good evening

Nadezhda Rumyantseva had a very subtle sense of humor and could make anyone laugh. Many of her phrases were then put into the mouths of movie characters. So, there was a very funny incident on the set of the movie "Queen of the Gas Station". This greatly hindered the work process, Rumyantseva was nervous and could not concentrate. Anotherthe driver pissed her off so much that she briefly answered him that she would not refuel his car, because he was unshaven and his car was dirty. This is how another catchphrase appeared, which was immediately included in the film and forever remembered by the audience.

Love for life

The personal life of Nadezhda Rumyantseva in those years somehow did not work out. She had one early student marriage that ended very quickly. The actress completely immersed herself in creativity, ceasing to think about family happiness.

In the 60s, she quite unexpectedly found the most beloved person, with whom she lived for the rest of her life. Vladimir Khshtoyan was far from cinematography, worked in a trade mission and after a couple of months asked her hand.

It was a harmonious relationship, for which Nadezhda Rumyantseva could get up at 7 in the morning to cook breakfast for her beloved and take him to work. Subsequently, she left the cinema for 10 years, as her husband was sent on a long-term business trip abroad, and her loving wife, without a moment's hesitation, followed him. The decision to leave finally matured after the premiere of the film "Die Hard", where the orders in the Red Army were ridiculed. The audience was outraged, because the directors encroached on the shrine of the Soviet state.

Long business trip

Everyone dissuaded her, assuring her that in the long 12 years she would be forgotten, and she would no longer be able to return to the screens. However, hope wasrelentless in her decision. In Egypt, she developed a stormy activity, immediately learned two languages - English and French. Possessing impeccable taste, she dressed very elegantly. She was loved by the entire staff of the embassy for her cheerful disposition and ability to discreetly help a person in need of a kind word. She would have made an excellent psychotherapist - she gave such wise life advice to her friends abroad.

Voice from our childhood

As friends predicted, upon returning to Moscow, the actress's phone was not interrupted by directors seeking to cast her in the lead roles. And Hope sank. However, as a person of action, she turned to television, where she began working in "Alarm Clock" and the program "My Family", voicing films and cartoons.

Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose filmography was replenished from year to year, was out of work as an actress, but she was able to realize herself again. Her favorite cartoon characters spoke in her voice, and we can no longer imagine the beloved tapes in a different voice acting.

More than anything, she wanted to give joy and hope, which is probably why she turned down offers to appear in some films that she considered too bleak. She refused to star in Ryazanov's "Promised Heaven" because the film did not give the viewer hope for a brighter future. She was very worried about the political events in the country, when her homeland suddenly became different. After all, despair and hopelessness settled in the hearts of the majority. She could not afford to play in "perestroika" films and tarnish her nameTosi, take away hope and faith in universal ideals. Films with Nadezhda Rumyantseva can only teach goodness, as the actress said.

Tragedy

A few years later, a tragedy happened that discouraged the couple from wanting to live in the capital. Robbers broke into them, and they miraculously managed to escape death. Nadezhda had a head injury and several ribs were broken. A year later, they moved to the suburbs in their own house, which became their island of love.

Nadezhda Rumyantseva took up the garden - it bloomed with all the colors of summer, the trees began to bring a rich harvest. There were always delicious compotes and jams on the table. She gave all her strength to her beloved garden, talked to the seedlings, and they, as if hearing words of love and affection, blossomed in lush color, pleasing the eye with unusual flowers. Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose biography in the cinema ended once and for all, completely dissolved in her cozy world: she went on long walks with her beloved dog Eugene, watched birds, fed them in cold winters.

Home in the countryside

The hospitable hostess loved country gatherings with friends. The veranda could accommodate a lot of people, and the house was always full of guests.

There were legends about the culinary abilities of the actress, and many dreamed of getting to the cherished dacha to enjoy homemade pickles and masterpieces of culinary art. The little persistent woman gave her guests love and infected with enthusiasm and cheerfulness, which did not disappear over the years. Behind was a successful career, many friends,loving faithful husband. The couple was able to carry mutual love, friendship and respect to the very end, and at the end of their years they bathed in happiness.

As many as 42 years were measured to them, until death parted them. Hope is very sick. Apparently, an old head injury affected. She was diagnosed with cancer - she was quietly withering in her country house. The husband did everything to put his "steadfast tin soldier" on his feet, but the doctors were powerless in front of a terrible diagnosis.

So, one April evening in 2008, the legend of Soviet cinema - the eternal child with mischievous eyes and disheveled pigtails, as she was remembered by millions of fans - passed away. Nadezhda Rumyantseva, whose filmography has not stained herself with a single tape that the actress would not believe in, remained the golden fund of Russian cinema.