Actress Babanova: biography, personal life

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

She was a unique and extraordinarily talented performer in the theatrical world of the last century. Having played over thirty dramatic images in the "Meyerhold" temple of Melpomene, the actress Babanova fell in love with an unimaginably huge number of spectators. She had a voice that was a harmonious combination of fabulous "softness" and gentle lyricism. Actress Babanova performed on the radio for a long time, her fairy tales and performances were adored by millions of citizens of the Soviet Union. Her talent for acting was so multifaceted that she managed to create a number of multifaceted roles on the theater stage. What was the creative path of the Soviet actress? Let's take a closer look at this issue.

Biography

Babanova Maria Ivanova was born in the capital on October 29, 1900. Her childhood years were spent in Zamoskvorechye. The family of the future actress adhered to patriarchal principles. According to some sources, Babanova's father came from a family of gypsy barons, while others refer to the fact that he was a representative of the working intelligentsia.

One way or another, but the actress Babanova withreluctantly recalled her childhood, believing that she did not have it in principle, since there were a huge number of prohibitions.

Study

Soon the girl enters the Commercial School (in the future Plekhanov), where she demonstrates her unique voice: she reads prose and poetry at concerts with special inspiration.

The period of Babanova's youth, by the will of fate, coincided with the time when the theatrical world was experiencing rapid development: various variations of stage directions were created, which helped novice actors "find themselves" in the profession. Ultimately, her creative search predetermined her future fate.

After college, she becomes a student at the Commercial Institute, and then transferred to the 2nd Moscow State University.

In 1919, the future actress Babanova was selected for the Studio Theater KhPSRO (Artistic and Educational Union of Workers' Organizations), headed by M. Bebutov and F. Komissarzhevsky. It was on the stage of this temple of Melpomene that Maria Ivanovna made her debut as an actress. She was approved for the role of Fanchetta in the production of Le nozze di Figaro. In this university, as the actress recalls, she was taught, rather, not the main, but secondary things: fencing, rhythm, acrobatics - all this was a new and incomprehensible test for her.

Soon the KhPSRO studio was reorganized: it became an integral part of the RSFSR 1st Theater created by Meyerhold.

Babanova Maria Ivanovna studiesnow at the Higher Director's Workshops organized by Vsevolod Emilievich.

The beginning of a theatrical career

In 1922, the aspiring actress gets into the troupe of the Actor's Theater under the direction of Meyerhold (later GITIS). On the stage of this temple of Melpomene, the premiere of the production of Vsevolod Emilievich "The Magnificent Cuckold" was held, in which Babanova took part. The next day after this event, an unknown hypocrite woke up famous. Critics noted that another bright talent has appeared in the theater world.

A year after the triumphant performance, Maria Ivanovna Babanova, an actress already well known to Soviet audiences, will try on the image of Polina in Ostrovsky's play "Profitable Place" on the stage of the Revolution Theater. Again, the eminent Meyerhold took up the production of the work. And here the theater critics noted the high level of skill of the playgirl.

Departure from the theater led by Meyerhold

Shortly after the brilliant performances, Maria Babanova takes the place of the leading prima of the theater, which was headed by Vsevolod Emilevich. But Meyerhold preferred that his wife, Zinaida Reich, "sat" on him. However, in the confrontation between the talents of the two actresses, Babanova won.

In 1927, Maria Ivanovna was forced to leave the Meyerhold Theater and move to the Revolution Theater, which she would serve for the rest of her life. And yet she will always be grateful to her teacher, who opened the way for her into the art of acting. ATAt the Theater of the Revolution, she will play many brilliant roles: "The Poem of the Ax" (Anka), "The Dowry" (Larisa), "The Sons of Three Rivers" (Marie), "Romeo and Juliet" (Juliet).

Experts have repeatedly talked about how filigree and talented Babanova manages to play on the theater stage.

"Difficult" actress

However, in her career there were not only ups and downs. It also happened that, despite her high skill of the game, the viewer did not remember the images in which Babanova reincarnated. Over the years, Maria Ivanovna became more and more selective in her work, and her numerous refusals from, as it seemed to her, “uninteresting” roles caused resentment among the directors. Some of them even began to be called a "difficult" actress.

In 1979, she made her last appearance on the theater stage, taking part in the play "It's Over" (Edward Albee), staged by Oleg Yefremov at the Moscow Art Theater.

Family life

Undoubtedly, Maria Babanova is an actress whose personal life has developed far from a trivial scenario. She got married several times. Even in her early youth, the actress, secretly from her father and mother, became the wife of a classmate. At that time they were happy: they went to visit, had fun having heartfelt conversations, heated debates due to various political beliefs. Over time, the marriage began to crack. He left for distant Kazakhstan, and more than Babanova Maria Ivanovna, whose husbands “did not look for the soul in her”, never saw her husband again.

The second choice of the actress was a dance partner - DavidLipman, with whom she did not live long. The third husband of Babanova was the famous writer F. Knorre - she broke up with him after the Great Patriotic War.

Maria Ivanovna died on March 20, 1983, she was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital.