Sergey Golovanov: biography, films, personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The hero of this article was a real star of the second plan and an episode in Soviet cinema. Appearing on the big screen in the 50s, he became known to millions of viewers for his roles in such films as "The Secret of the Two Oceans", "Star Boy" and "Guitar Girl". In the next 20 years, he could be seen in such masterpieces of Russian cinema as "Chairman", "Come to me, Mukhtar!", "They were known only by sight", "Major" Whirlwind "," Gloomy River "and" Seventeen Moments spring".

Biography

The birthplace of the actor Sergei Golovanov was the village of Novo-Kharitonovo near Moscow, where he was born on October 8, 1909. The childhood of our hero was not much different from the childhood of other rural boys, from an early age accustomed to independence and the need to help their parents in the upkeep of the household.

In Novo-Kharitonovo, as in any village, diligence was valued first of all, and only then the ability to danceor play the harmonica. Therefore, after graduating from school, Sergei, who until that time had not thought about an artistic career at all, entered the ceramic school. In 1928, a 19-year-old graduate of the school Golovanov got a job at one of the glass enterprises in the city of Moscow, having worked there until 1933. It was then, during the practical application of the knowledge gained in the ceramics school, that the theater appeared for the first time in the life of Sergei Golovanov. The cultural life of the capital was in full swing, and the young man, who began to attend various performances more and more often, soon literally fell ill with the theater.

Theatre

At first, Sergei, who did not have any special education, played in amateur amateur troupes in his spare time. By 1933, he fully realized his life purpose, left the factory and became an actor in the theater studio "Construction", for four years of work in which he gained experience and proved himself quite well. This allowed him to enroll in the troupe of the Morflot Theater in 1937, and a year later to get a job at the First Kolkhoz Theater in the capital, from which in 1941 Sergei Golovanov volunteered for the front. However, he never really had to fight, because already in 1942 he was sent to the front-line theater, in which he performed until 1949, after which he became an actor in the troupe of the Drama Theater of the Western Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

Golovanov returned to Moscow only in 1953. By this time, 44-year-old Sergei Petrovich, who managed to receive a high rankHonored Artist of the RSFSR, turned into a respectable actor with innate aristocracy and stature. Despite the fact that he himself always dreamed of working at the Moscow Art Theater, fate decreed otherwise, and in the end Golovanov became an actor in the Moscow Theater-Studio of a film actor, to which he devoted many years. He has roles in performances such as Missouri W altz, Vassa Zheleznova, The Living Corpse, Ivan Vasilievich, Wormwood and many others.

A few years after the start of work in this theater, cinema came into the life of Sergei Petrovich.

Cinema

The debut role of Sergei Golovanov in the cinema was the brilliantly played by him the image of the spy Gorelov in the film "The Secret of the Two Oceans", which was released on the screens of the country in 1955.

Work in this film has become a real springboard for his future film career. His talent was appreciated not only by millions of viewers, but also by many directors.

Over the next 30 years, this actor, who became one of the leading supporting performers, due to his expressive type, played many roles, most of which were negative.

In the 50s, Sergei Petrovich could also be seen in such famous films as "They were the first", "Star Boy", "Girl with a Guitar" and "The Man Changes Skin".

And the 1960s were marked by the release of suchmasterpieces of Soviet cinema with the participation of Golovanov, as "Chairman", "Come to me, Mukhtar!", "They were known only by sight", "Major" Whirlwind "and" Gloomy River ".

In the subsequent period, the most significant works of the actor were roles in the films "And in the Pacific Ocean …", "Seventeen Moments of Spring", "Emelyan Pugachev" and "Victory".

The total number of roles played in Sergei Golovanov's films exceeded four dozen.

Private life

Before meeting his wife, the famous actress Maria Vinogradova, Sergey Petrovich already had his first failed marriage.

They met in post-war Germany. This happened in the city of Potsdam, where they both played for a long time in the troupe of the Drama Theater of the Western Group of Soviet Forces. Returning to Moscow in 1953, the couple lived in a civil marriage for several more years, only in 1957 officially legalizing their relationship.

Maria Sergeevna Vinogradova was one of the most sought-after actresses in Soviet cinema and a brilliant master of the episode. She fell in love with the audience for the roles played in such films as "Star Boy", "I Walk Through Moscow", "The Magical Voice of Gelsomino", "Prohindiada, or Running on the Spot", "Queen Margot" and many others. Also, Maria Vinogradova voiced about three hundred cartoon characters, including Uncle Fyodor from the series aboutProstokvashino, Sharik from "Kitten named Woof" and Hedgehog from the cult cartoon "Hedgehog in the Fog". She also participated in the dubbing of many foreign and domestic films.

Maria Vinogradova became the last wife in the personal life of actor Sergei Golovanov.

Daughter

Olga Sergeevna Golovanova made her parents happy with her birth on February 26, 1963. She was a late, but very long-awaited child. At the time of her birth, Sergei Petrovich was already 54, and Maria Sergeyevna was 42. She had to stay in the hospital for almost the entire pregnancy.

As Olga herself later recalled, due to such a difference in age, she was often embarrassed to walk with her father as a child, since many mistook him for the girl's grandfather.

When the daughter of Sergei Golovanov and Maria Vinogradova grew up, she followed in their footsteps without hesitation, also linking her life with the acting profession. After studying at GITIS, at the age of 23 she made her film debut, playing in the film "Dear Edison!". The real fame brought her the role of the right girl in the well-known and loved by the audience movie "Lady with a Parrot" in 1988.

Like her mother, Olga Golovanova is engaged in dubbing foreign films. To date, the characters of more than 300 films speak in her voice, the most famous of which are The Butterfly Effect, Shrek, We are the Millers, Sherlock Holmes,"Monster Hunt" and "Sex and the City".

Afterword

Toward the mid-1990s, the actor Sergei Golovanov, whose photo can be seen in this article, experienced periods of prolonged severe depression, sometimes accompanied by alcohol consumption. This did not interfere with his work, since he never allowed himself to go on stage drunk and always remembered the texts of his roles. When his wife Maria Sergeevna and daughter Olya made comments to him about his depressing condition, he always answered with a smile:

Girls, I want to live the way I want, I have a little left…

It was only in 1989 that the cause of his breakdowns became clear - the doctors diagnosed the actor with a terrible diagnosis - cancer.

October 4, 1990 Sergei Petrovich passed away. And five years later Maria Sergeevna also died of a stroke.

Today the artistic path of her parents is continued by their daughter Olga. In 2002, her son Yegor was born. He turns 17 this year and dreams of becoming an actor.