The amazing fate of Svetlana Ivanovna Savyolova haunts millions of fans of her talent. After all, the meteoric rise of a cheerful and good-natured actress with a sunny face, to match her name, has nothing to do with her professional career and personal life. There are few films in her professional portfolio, but all of them are still popular and do not leave the screens. So what happened to the promising actress at the dawn of her creative activity ?!
Unfortunately, after losing her livelihood due to the creative decline in activity, Svetlana Savyolova was forced to resort to an exchange of living space. Thus, her apartment in the center of the capital was replaced with a wretched dwelling on the outskirts of the metropolis with a surcharge. In the "nineties" she completely ceased to participate in the theatrical and cinematic life of the country and only occasionally came to the theater for a meager salary.
And on January 30, 1999, she died. Her body was found in her own apartment only three days after the tragedy. It is still unknown why the heart of the once shining star stopped. The actress is buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye cemetery in Moscow.
Biography and career of Svetlana Ivanovna Savelova
On January 7, 1942, in Simferopol, the future famous actress was born in a family far from the world of culture and art. Since childhood, Sveta has shown artistic abilities, but she did not intend to embody them in life at all, since she considered such a dream unrealizable. After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Savyolova was going to enter a medical university, but fate decreed otherwise.
While preparing for admission to the medical institute in Sevastopol, Svetlana also worked as a saleswoman. A chance meeting of the director Yakov Segel, who was preparing for the filming of the film "Farewell, pigeons!" and knocked off his feet in search of an actress for the main role, and Svetlana's "sun-faced" at the counter of the store where she served customers, became fateful. The offer to reincarnate in Tanya Bulanova (the character of the film) followed immediately, as, in fact, the response of the happy owner of the starring role. And then there was recognition by the entire domestic and world cinematographic community and immense popularity.
In the wake of fame and success, Svetlana changes her decision to become a doctor and submits documents to the legendary "Pike", where, together with Alexander Kalyagin and Valentin Smirnitsky, begins to gnaw the granite of thematic science. In 1965, Savyolova graduated from high school and was sent to serve in the theater. Vakhtangov. And a year later she moved to Lenkom. With the arrival of Mark Zakharov in the theater in 1973, a new creative impulse occurred in Savyolova's theatrical career. She fully revealed herself on the stage and began to receive new serious roles, among which her character Tatiana in Three Girls in Blue (1988) deserves separate words of gratitude.
The cinematic career of the aspiring actress was also developing more than well. After all, her recognition as a movie star took place overwhelmingly quickly, and subsequent roles were played very successfully. The filmography was quickly filled with the films "The Last Rogue" (Katya), "Day of the Sun and Rain" (Light), "Green Light" (Ira), "Seven Old Men" (Elena Velichko).
However, the rapid ascent to Olympus of cinematic fame was unexpectedly interrupted by the deafening failure of the film project "Across Russia", where she starred with Alexei Loktev, with whom she made her debut in the film "Goodbye, Doves!" Since that time, the star of Svetlana Savyolova has irrevocably rolled down, eloquently confirming the rule of success and recognition, which can be very fragile and coming.
Personal life of the actress
Similarly, with the creative achievements, which were not destined to be fully realized, the actress's personal life also passed. The only attempt to create a family idyll while still a student was unsuccessful. Apparently, youth and zeal gave way to local disorderly conditions and lack of experience in such an important undertaking.
After the broken up marriage, Svetlana Savyolova no longer dared to get married, despite the fact that there were quite a few romantic relationships in her personal life. Among the admirers of the actress, one can note such her colleagues in the creative workshop as Alexander Zbruev, Nikolai Karachentsov and Sergey Milovanov. After a while, the disillusioned woman became addicted to alcohol, having also cognized creative oblivion. The result was complete despair and loneliness, which led to a fatal outcome.
