Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin is an Altai nugget, a unique actor whose appearance on the stage was helped only by a miracle. A boy who had practically no childhood, who moved on crutches until the age of 15, became a People's Artist - isn't that a miracle?
The filmography of Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin includes absolutely diverse roles. In his "piggy bank" there is a fairy-tale prince, and a district police officer, and even a vampire. His personal life is full of events that are sometimes condemned, sometimes praised. He is diverse in everything, but not in character - purposeful, stubborn, never betraying his principles. With his passing away, Russian cinema and theater have lost a whole page, a line that no modern actor can fill.
Biography of Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin
When little Valera was born in June 1941, his parents were ordinary peasants, they worked in the fields, and the boy was often left alone at home at the age of two. To prevent the son from running away, the mother had to tie him up. And Valery Sergeevich remembered these terrible days for a child and carried them with him throughout his life.
At the age of 7, a terrible misfortune happened to him - he became a cripple. The leg injury was misdiagnosed, treatment was performed incorrectly, which provoked the development of bone tuberculosis. Doctors predicted the boy's disability for life, but fate decreed otherwise. In 1964, Valery first appeared on the theater stage, and in 1965 he starred in his first film.
Career of Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin
After graduating from the Bystro-Istok school of the Altai Territory, Valery limped to Moscow. The craving for acting led him to the faculty of operetta of the legendary GITIS, where he was accepted after the very first audition. After graduation, the young actor was immediately invited to the Taganka Theater, where the first overwhelming success awaited him, recognition of the audience and critics.
A year later, Valery Zolotukhin was already acting in films. From the first films he fell in love with Soviet audiences. It is simply impossible to list all the most famous films with Zolotukhin's participation, and here are just a few of them:
- "Bumbarash",
- "Little Tragedies"
- "Sorcerers"
- "Don't play the fool"
- "Master and Margarita",
- "Day Watch",
- Viy.
Valery Zolotukhin, in addition to theater and filming in films, was engaged in dubbing and dubbing, read the author's text off-screen, cartoon characters speak and sing in his voice. The list of his awards is immense, even after his death, he is revered by fans, and a museum has been opened in his native village.
Personal life of Valery Zolotukhin
Valery Sergeevich was married three times - to actress Nina Shatskaya, a violinist named Tamara, civil marriage to Taganka actress Irina Lindt. Each of the three wives gave birth to a son Zolotukhin. The eldest of the sons of Valery Sergeevich Denis became a priest. Rock drummer Sergei, born in his second marriage, committed suicide. Irina Lind gave birth to Zolotukhin's son Vanya in 2004.
In 2012, Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin was diagnosed with glioblastoma, and already in 2013, the actor, beloved by millions, died.
