Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova - People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, familiar to film enthusiasts and theater-goers from her numerous works. It doesn't matter what role she plays - secondary, main - her heroine will shine on stage or in the frame.
Paramonovna from the film "Once upon a time there was one woman", Vasilisa Timofeevna from "A Mockingbird's Smile", Rimma Ivanovna from "Zemsky Doctor" - for these and other roles film lovers know the actress Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova. Her biography, career, personal life are full of bright events, and not always joyful ones. Who is she and where is she from? How did you come to the profession?
Biography of actress Lyudmila Polyakova
Lyudmila Petrovna is a native Muscovite. The future actress was born 2 years before the beginning of the Second World War, at the end of January 1939. Little Luda, when she was evacuated with her mother in Murom, performed in front of the wounded in the hospital, for which she received sweets as a fee. Despite her very young age, she remembers that period of her life well. A time of hardship, hunger, fear for every next day, which even children felt.
After defeating the Nazis, Lyudmila and her mother returned to Moscow, the girl graduated from an incomplete high school. She did not dream of becoming an actress and did not plan, she decided to enter an oceanographic specialized educational institution, but was late for the entrance exams. She had to return to the capital, work as a kindergarten teacher, then as a stenographer.
Lyudmila saw the announcement of the recruitment of students to the theater studio by chance, went to the competition without hope, but passed it. The selection took place at the Shchepkinskoye School. Lyudmila did not hope that she would be accepted, but her texture, high growth, of which she was always shy, became pluses for the girl in the competition.
Before linking her life with one theater, Maly, Lyudmila Polyakova managed to work at the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, at the Stanislavsky Theater, on Taganka, at the School of Dramatic Art, but she could not find herself anywhere. Only the Maly Theater managed to "keep" her, made her recognizable and beloved by the audience. For theatrical success came recognition in the cinema.
Theatrical roles of actress Lyudmila Polyakova
Maly Theater Lyudmila Petrovna considers her second home. As soon as she joined his troupe, she immediately got the main role in the play "Uncle's Dream". She was given a minimum of time to learn the huge text of the role, but she justified the director's trust. Thanks to her perseverance and hard work, talent, texture in a short time, the actress became the leader in the troupe of the Maly Theater. Now in her theatrical piggy bank there are works in plays such as
- "Living corpse" by Tolstoy,
- "Minor" according to Fonvizin,
- "The last victim" according to Ostrovsky,
- "The Inspector General" and "Marriage" by Gogol,
- "Children of the Sun" according to Gorky and others.
Directors and critics note that Lyudmila Petrovna's play on the stage of the theater is notable for its depth, she very subtly conveys the character and feelings of her heroines. It is impossible not to fall in love with the actress, and this is confirmed by a whole army of her fans.
Filmography of Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova
Polyakova started acting in films back in 1967. Her first role is a pregnant peasant woman in the film "The Beginning of an Unknown Age". Now her filmography includes more than 110 works in films of various genres. Filmmakers trust her with the most difficult roles, wise women, and she copes with them perfectly. Lyudmila Petrovna herself assures that this is not only thanks to her talent, but also thanks to the difficult school of life that she went through.
We can safely say that Polyakova stood at the origins of the development of the TV series industry in Russia. In the 90s, she starred in the first series, which was taken up by Russian filmmakers, called "Little things in life." The role was secondary, but her heroine Lydia sometimes attracted more attention than the main characters in the picture.
Despite the fact that Lyudmila Petrovna recently turned 80, she continues to actively act in films and enter the theater stage. Polyakova not only plays in feature films and TV series, but also acts in documentaries. In the tape "She fell in love with him for his torment …" Polyakova tells about the fate of the legendary Vladimir Gostyukhin.
Personal life of Lyudmila Polyakova
This part of the actress's biography is no less vivid than creative. In her life there were two official marriages and many vivid novels, about which journalists love to write even now.
The first husband of the actress was her classmate at the Schepkinsky school, Vasily Bochkarev. The marriage lasted 8 long years, broke up due to the lack of children, but the former spouses managed to maintain friendly, warm relations. And now they are friendly, together they go on the stage of the theater, sometimes they "intersect" on the sets of the cinema.
The second husband of the already famous actress was a certain pilot. Even now, Lyudmila Petrovna does not name her name, but recalls with warmth how he courted her. But the marriage with him lasted only a year. After the divorce, Polyakova was left alone with her little son Vanya in her arms.
Lyudmila did not marry again, but there were rumors about her numerous romances with partners on the set and theatrical stage, directors. Polyakova herself says that after a divorce from her second husband, her only and most beloved man was her son Ivan. Polyakova's son devoted himself to music, has already managed to give Lyudmila Petrovna a charming granddaughter, lives in Barcelona. Mom, wanting to be as close to her son and his family, also bought property in Spain.
