Actress Antonina Shuranova is easily recognizable by her special chest voice with mocking intonations. She is very sophisticated and appealing to intellectual audiences.
BIOGRAPHY
Shuranova Antonina Nikolaevna was born on April 30, 1939 in the city of Sevastopol in the family of a military man.
Little Tony's father died during the Great Patriotic War.
After lifting the blockade from Leningrad, Shuranova with her mother and two younger sisters moved to the Northern Capital.
During her school years, the girl was engaged in water sports, painting, choral singing, and also looked after animals at the zoo. A special place in the life of young Antonina was taken by her participation in performances on the stage of the Hermitage Theater, where her acting skills began to manifest.
After graduating from a seven-year school, Antonina Nikolaevna was forced to enter the green building technical school and work as a gardener in the squares and parks of the Vyborg district. This was due to the need to help her mother make a living, but her dreams of an acting career did not leave her.
Three years later, Shuranova successfully entered the “Leningrad Theater Institute named after A. N. Ostrovsky for the course of Tatiana Grigorievna Soinikova.
After graduating from the institute in 1963, the young actress was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Theater for Young Spectators named after A. A. Bryantsev ", in which she played until 1988 under the direction of the chief director Z. Ya. Karagodsky. According to Shuranova herself, Zinovy Yakovlevich "… made a real actress out of yesterday's student …"
While working in the Youth Theater, Antonina Nikolaevna met her future husband A. Yu. Khochinsky.
In 1988-1990 Shuranova worked at the Lenfilm film studio, and in 1990-1993 at the Interatelier theater studio.
From March 1995 until her death, Antonina Nikolaevna was an actress of the Theater of Satire on Vasilievsky.
On February 5, 2003, Antonina Nikolaevna Shuranova passed away. She died after a serious long illness at the age of 66 and was buried in St. Petersburg at the Serafimovskoye cemetery.
CREATION
The creative activity of Antonina Shuranova began while studying at the institute. Her main film debuts were the roles of Princess Bolkonskaya in the film by S. F. Bondarchuk's "War and Peace" (1967) and Nadezhda von Meck in the film by IV Talankin "Tchaikovsky" (1969).
In the future, the actress played roles in more than 30 films, including "Step from the Roof" (1970), "Dangerous Turn" (1972), "Matters of the Heart" (1973), "Strange Adults" (1974), "Unfinished Play for mechanical piano "(1977)," Winter cherry "(1995) and others.
Participation in 1998-2000 in the filming of the series "Streets of Broken Lanterns" and "Gangster Petersburg" was the end of the acting career of Antonina Nikolaevna.
On the set, Shuranova had to play with wonderful actors such as I. M. Smoktunovsky, L. K. Durov, A. S. Demyanenko, V. P. Basov, A. D. Papanov, K. Yu. Lavrov, A. A. Kalyagin and others.
For her acting work and the love of the audience, Antonina Nikolaevna was awarded the titles "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" (1974) and "People's Artist of the RSFSR" (1980).
Antonina Nikolaevna Shuranova embodied on the screen intelligent and strict heroines, outwardly emotionless, but with a strong inner core. She did not try to please, but the fans recognized her without even looking at the stage - by just her voice.
