Alexander Solovyov: photo, biography, filmography

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Klenov from "Broken Circle" and Grishka Otrepyev from "Boris Godunov", Handsome from "Green Van" and Edward Morr from the film "On the Pomegranate Islands", Vladimir Petrovich from "Child by November" and Andrey from "Club women." All these heroes have one thing in common: they were embodied (and simply magnificent - it is impossible not to notice) the Soviet actor Alexander Solovyov. It seemed that he was an accidental guest in this huge life. Perhaps, in the wide corridors of this life, he was looking for the door he needed with special diligence, but by some accident or incomprehensible set of circumstances, he pressed the handle on the wrong one. He became curious: what is there, in that silence and fog? So he crossed the threshold and stepped a few steps. And when I looked back, there was no turning back. So he walked through this life, absolutely sincerely surprised at the cynicism, cruelty and anger that were present in it. So he left this life: misunderstood and forgotten by his contemporaries…

Healing mother's love

Northern settlement near Norilsk. August 19, 1952. In familyrepressed, a little boy was born. He was very, very tiny, weighed only one and a half kilograms, because Alexander Solovyov was born seven months old. Living conditions in these parts were quite harsh, and the baby had very little chance of surviving. But a loving mother tried to do everything in her power, she made every effort to leave her beloved son. The woman nursed him very reverently, wore him in a warm down scarf. When the neighbors noticed a small bundle in her arms when she went outside with her son, they were sure that the bundle contained a kitten or a puppy.

As a child, Sasha cherished his dream of becoming an adult like Oleg Popov. He wanted to amuse all people, so that not a single tear would drip from the eyes of his relatives and those who were completely unknown to him. It was a very bright and kind child. He managed to maintain his qualities for his entire, albeit short, life.

After the death of the leader of all nations - Joseph Stalin - the Solovyov family moved to Norilsk. It was in this city that the future actor lived in childhood.

Young man, not burdened with complexes

No one from the family circle doubted that Alexander Solovyov would become an artist. He was always very mobile, happy to communicate with friends and neighbors. Shurik each time actively, with pleasure amused all the people around. In high school, he enters the drama club, because for many years he has simply dreamed of acting. And then came 1969. The school has been completed. Sashaleaves for Moscow.

With incomprehensible ease, Alexander Solovyov, whose photo filled the pages of Soviet magazines, entered GITIS. He greatly surprised the admissions committee by appearing at the exams in front of teachers in shoes worn on bare feet. When asked why he did this, Sasha directly replied that the socks dried because he washed them.

Yes, he had no shyness and some diplomacy at all. This often presented Alexander with unpleasant surprises, because he could absolutely sincerely say that the play was being staged by a completely mediocre director, without worrying that he would be fired tomorrow. He gave himself the right to be independent of everyone and everything, and in his profession, in the acting environment, this is a rarity. Alexander Solovyov was an exceptionally talented person, but he was in no hurry to build a career.

And talent manifested itself literally in everything, not only in the ability to play enchantingly on stage and in front of cameras, but also in the ability to love touchingly, surrendering to this feeling completely; and in the boundless breadth of his soul, which contained a lot - the pain and problems of loved ones, his friends, buddies and casual acquaintances.

Student time

Sasha was lucky to study on Andrey Goncharov's course. Together with him, the future stars of Soviet cinema - Igor Kostolevsky and Alexander Fatyushin - were on the course. All three became friends very quickly, besides, Goncharov distinguished them from the entire course, because their potential was an undoubted advantage of the guys.

A little later, when a graduation performance was staged based on the works of Vasily Shukshin, Alexander so talentedly and inimitably played several characters completely different in character and life positions in it, which he received sincere praise from the author himself.

Among the many people around him, he was quite a prominent personality: friendly, cheerful, very loving life, open to everyone. Sasha always aroused warm sympathy among classmates, being the real ringleader among them.

First love

While still a student at GITIS, Sasha met his first wife. In the third year, a huge feeling came to him in the face of freshman Luda Radchenko. Since he gave himself up to all his emotions without a trace, then love happened to be all-consuming. Soon, the entire educational institution was aware of what was happening with the future actor. The feeling was so strong and stormy that the girl could not resist. After some time they got married. First, they "prepared" for the appearance of an heir, reading aloud to each other a book about family relationships presented by Igor Kostolevsky. In 1972, they had a son, who was named after the pope - Alexander. By the way, over time, Alexander Alexandrovich Solovyov became, like his father, an actor, and also a stuntman.

A pool of second love

In 1973 Alexander graduated from GITIS. Andrei Goncharov invites him to work at the Theater. Mayakovsky. Unfortunately, the novice actor had to play in the crowd, because just during this period inthe theater troupe was overwhelmed with celebrities: Alexander Lazarev, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Evgeny Leonov, Tatyana Doronina. With such a cluster of stars, it was quite difficult for Alexander to break onto the stage. He only lasted a year. And during all this time I thought about what to do next. A year later, he left the theater.

In 1974, the actor already serves in the Central Children's Theater and does not regret his choice at all. And this was understandable, because the main role of a pretty mischievous person, similar to himself, was given to him, Alexander Solovyov, whose filmography in the future included several dozen diverse and interesting roles. The partner in the play was the then-famous actress Lyudmila Gnilova. According to the director's idea, they played lovers, but … Alexander did not know how to stop halfway. He was not stopped by the fact that Lyuda, who was older than him, had a family and a child, and he himself was not divorced. Sasha spoke to her husband, telling the dumbfounded man that he loved his wife and longed to marry her. This situation lasted for three whole years (and for the last couple of years he almost moved to the entrance where Lyuda lived, where he spent the night on the windowsill between floors), until all parties to this strange and painful relationship got together and decided that it was better for Alexander to give in, because that they were afraid that a tragedy might happen.

In 1977, they created a new family, in which their common son Mikhail was born (later he also became an actor, like a father, and a director), and after a while evengot married. They lived in a fifteen-meter room, where there was always a bucket of flowers. Ordinary domestic troubles did not interfere with their happiness.

Drunken Angel

But, unfortunately, there were also black stripes. Alexander Solovyov was very cocky and quick-tempered. The biography of this most talented actor contains such sad facts. His acquaintances often said that when he was sober, he looked like an angel, but when he drank, he became like a demon. The farther, the more and more often he was in a state of intoxication. At the request of the management, he quit the theater, and films were rarely filmed during this period, because no one wanted to endure the difficult character of the actor, when it was possible to pick up dumb and compliant.

Now only the wife brought money to the family, and Alexander felt a sense of humiliation from such a situation. Drinking became more and more frequent. His character changed not for the better: he could become the instigator of a fight or start a small romance, disappearing from home for weeks. However, he always begged Luda for forgiveness. It was then that his determination to recover from alcoholism strengthened and she arranged for her beloved husband in the best clinics.

From this, the breakup of their family began. Once there was a meeting between Alexander Solovyov and Irina Pechernikova. Previously, they were only acquaintances, but this time the last romance in the life of the actor began. Their acquaintance took place many years ago, back in 1969. Pechernikova was already a famous actress, and Solovyov's career was just beginning. And in Feodosia, in 1991, Alexander's third great love happened.

Finalmoving to Irina took place in August 1997, when the son common with Lyudmila became an adult. The second marriage of Alexander lasted 22 years, and the romance of their relationship has long since evaporated. In recent years, they were rather the closest people to each other. Gnilova tried to understand and forgive her husband, and let him go to another love pool.

Sasha and Ira's friends were fully convinced that this relationship would not last long, because their common illness - alcoholism - at some point would destroy everything: both their love and their life. But, no matter how strange it may seem, in spite of all the forecasts, the lovers began to build their cozy little world. Alexander gradually repaired their dwelling himself. He even built a house in the village, because the "young" decided to spend as much time in the fresh air as possible. There was very little time left before the tragedy.

Decoupling took place on the eve of the year 2000. At the end of December (on the night of the 26th), 1999, Alexander Solovyov was found on the street with a head injury. A passer-by reported to the police station about a blood-stained, decently dressed man lying on a flower bed. Solovyov was registered as "unknown" and sent to the Sklifosovsky Institute, where, without leaving a coma, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 1, 2000. And only after the end of the New Year holidays, when two weeks had already passed, the duty officer from the police station, remembering the open case, realized how he knew the face of this man.

Alexander Solovyov was identified only on January 21, three weeks afterof death. And all these days, Irina unsuccessfully tried to find him: with friends, acquaintances, in hospitals. Unfortunately, he was found only in the morgue…

So Alexander Solovyov repeated the story of the death of his father, who also liked to drink and died under very strange circumstances, having lain after his death for a month in his apartment. Neighbors sounded the alarm when they smelled the appropriate smell…

The actor was cremated on January 25th. Irina opposed the burial of the urn with the ashes at the Novodevichy cemetery, firmly deciding to keep it at her and Sasha's home.

So the Soviet and Russian actor Alexander Solovyov lived his short life. The wives of this cheerful and imposing man brought love, care, tenderness into his heart. He gave them his all, without a trace. But only for a while…