Natalya Kustinskaya is a famous Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She was one of the first beauties not only in the USSR, but all over the world, having played in such imperishable films as Three Plus Two, Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, Eternal Call and others.
Biography
The future star of Soviet cinema Natalya Kustinskaya was born in Moscow in 1938. Her parents, Natalia and Nikolai Kustinsky, were famous pop artists. Since childhood, Natalya Nikolaevna was surrounded by the care and attention of not only creatively gifted parents, but also their many friends on the stage. It is not surprising that the girl showed musical and acting abilities. She studied at the famous "Gnesinka", and then received higher education at VGIK.
Since 1961, Natalya Kustinskaya began acting in films. She appeared in the drama "Walking Through the Torments" and its sequel with the subtitle "Gloomy Morning." This was followed by the melodrama "Royal Regatta". But the first deafening success overtook the actress in 1963, when she played in the comedy "Three plus two". Kustinskaya was dubbed nothing less than "Soviet Brigitte Bardot", and she became snapped up among directors.
The actress played in the film "Zhenya, Zhenya and Katyusha" and in several other projects. Another famous career image came only years later: Kustinskaya performed a small, but truly "popular" role of Yakin's mistress in the comedy "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession". In the future, the actress starred in the multi-part film "Eternal Call". Unfortunately, Kustinskaya did not have more famous movie roles due to growing health problems.
Personal life
Natalia Kustinskaya was married six times. The first husband was the director Yuri Chulyukin, but he committed treason in 1966, and after a while the couple divorced. After that, Kustinskaya became interested in the party worker Oleg Volkov. They had a son, Dmitry, but the marriage with the actress was not easy: literally all prominent men in the country tried to take care of her. One of them, pilot-cosmonaut Boris Yegorov, ended up destroying the marriage, becoming the third husband of Kustinskaya.
With Egorov, the actress lived for more than 20 years, but broke up, having convicted him of treason. She went to the scientist and teacher Gennady Khromushin, but another husband died in 2002: At the same time, Natalia's son Dmitry suddenly passed away. The actress of cinema and theater did not remain alone for long and found happiness with Vladimir Maslennikov, but he lived only until 2009 and died.
The poet Alexei Filippov became Kustinskaya's last love. The actress had been suffering from osteoarthritis for a long time and had difficulty walking on her own. She also suffered several spinal injuries. In 2012, Natalya fell seriously ill with pneumonia, which led to a stroke. On December 13 of the same year, she died and was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery.
