Elizaveta Uvarova is a famous film and theater actress. People's and Honored Artist of the RSFSR was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. She taught at the Theater Institute of Leningrad, was a theater director. She starred in 30 films and played in more than 40 performances.
Even the birth of the famous actress is legendary. According to one of them, the future famous performer was born in a Siberian remote village in 1900. Ten-year-old Liza Herzberg was transported to St. Petersburg by her father. The illiterate child was so shocked by the greatness of the huge city that the baby was sick for a long time from the impressions. However, there is no documentary evidence for this legend.
Time to choose a path
The biography of Elizabeth Alexandrovna began in St. Petersburg on November 10 (23). The famous artist was born in 1902. There is no information about the childhood years. There is information that during the Civil War, Liza Uvarova was a sister of mercy, took part in hostilities. After demobilization, the future performer chose the education of a philologist and a physician.
After the beginning of the training, it was decided to visit the studio theater at the Vaudeville People's House. The circle was led by Alexander Kugel. He was a well-known journalist and theater critic. At the same time, Uvarova began classes in the studio of Vladimir Karpov. Theatrical debut took place in 1922. After graduating from the studio, Uvarova was offered the role of Lisa in the production of The Eternal Husband.
She played an aspiring lyceum in the Petrograd Theater at the People's House. The plot revolves around two men. They are one of them constantly starts romance novels, he is unmarried, prefers an idle life. The second cannot do anything without the instructions of the spouse. He lives with his wife in a provincial town.
In 1922, at the invitation of the famous director Bryantsev, Uvarova came to the Leningrad Youth Theater. As part of his troupe, the actress played for two decades. She quickly became a favorite of the audience. In this collective, the unique talent of the performer was fully revealed.
Working by vocation
She was left with diverse and sharp-character images. Uvarova's fame was brought about by the role of drag queen. She was Cinderella, Chanterelle and even the Evil Witch. Especially for the actress, the playwright Schwartz in the play "Underwood" created the role of the Barbarian.
Since 1945, Elizaveta Alexandrovna began working at the Leningrad Comedy Theater. In the most popular collective of the city, she became a member of Akimov's troupe, becoming one of its leading actresses. Among the created images one can mention Margit in the production “We are not angels either”, Amanda from “The apple cart”. More than forty roles were played on the stage.
Film career began in 1938. Elizaveta Aleksandrovna took part in the filming of the film "Man with a Gun" at Yutkevich's. The picture shows revolutionary events. When the protagonist was searching for boiling water in Smolny, he accidentally met with Lenin. Uvarova got the role of a co-worker.
The following year, the actress played Duska's mother in the movie "Member of the Government". In the fifties, the artist successfully performed small roles. She was most often offered images of nurses, cleaners, neighbors.
Film career
Notable work went to the actress in 1964. She got the main role of Sofia Kazimirovna in the film "Through the Cemetery" with the director Turov. The film tells about the preparation of the action against the invaders by the partisans. They make explosives when enemy soldiers suddenly appear.
She took part in four films of the artist at once in 1966. In the film "Don't Forget … Lugovaya Station" she brilliantly embodied the image of Olga Vladimirovna, the wife of an old musician. And in the project "I come from childhood" I was a teacher of the German language, teaching the boys who were waiting for the end of the war and the return of their fathers home.
In the film "Boy and Girl" she got a small role as a hospital attendant, in "The Devil with a Briefcase" she was Pavlovna. All Uvarova's heroines are united by their external insecurity, but tangible willpower and independence.
Among the images created by Elizaveta Alexandrovna, there are also works in children's films. Especially often in such projects, the actress starred in recent years. In 1969, in Gay Magic, she was Kikimora. According to the plot, the main character Katya manages to find a herb that can cast a spell on Vasilisa the Beautiful. Together with the library cleaner Akulina Ivanovna, the girl embarks on a fabulous journey.
Summarizing
In the 1974 film Ivan da Marya, the artist was reincarnated as a nanny Fedotievna. The film tells the story of the meeting of Tsar Evstigney the Thirteenth with the soldier Ivan. The final cycle of the performer's film works was the film "Mustache Nanny" by Grammatikov. The tape was released in 1977.
It shows the story of a guy who gets into trouble all the time. As a last chance, the hero gets a referral to a kindergarten, where the young man has to work as a nanny. It is in this garden that the heroine of Uvarova Arina Rodionovna works.
Since the thirties, the famous actress began to teach at the Theater Institute. She received the title of Associate Professor. The performer also took place as a director. She put on plays in the theater.
The performer spoke several foreign languages, French was learned by Uvarova on her own. The actress improved her personal life several times.
Her first husband was Yevgeny Gakkel. After parting with him, Uvarova became the wife of the famous actor Boris Chirkov. There was not a single child in the family.
Elizaveta Uvarova passed away in 1977. She died on August 24.
