The call of nature and cultural traditions encourage children to imitate their parents. Svetlana Konovalova chose the acting profession on the advice of her father.
Starting conditions
Svetlana Sergeevna Konovalova was born on December 8, 1925 in a family of creative intelligentsia. Parents at that time lived in the famous city of Maykop. My father worked as the artistic director of the local theater. The mother was engaged in housekeeping and helped her husband in administrative matters. When it was time to go to school, Svetlana knew how to read and count.
The future theater and film actress studied well. She took part in public life. In high school, she began to attend a theater studio. In the classroom, she learned more about how professional actors live. In difficult situations, she asked her father to explain to her the essence of what was happening on stage and in life. When the war began, the Konovalov family was evacuated to distant Kazakhstan. After leaving school, Svetlana entered the Aktobe drama theater. In the victorious 1945, she went to Moscow to get a specialized education.
Creative way
Konovalova entered the acting department of the legendary VGIK without much difficulty. The student years flew by as one day, and in 1950 the graduate actress came to work at the Theater-Studio of the Film Actor, which operated on the basis of Mosfilm. In this context, it is important to note that not many films were shot at that time. The actors simply lacked roles. In the biography of Svetlana Sergeevna, it is noted that for several years she was engaged in scoring and dubbing pictures from day to day.
The debut on the set took place in 1956. Konovalova played one of the leading roles in the film "The Heart Beats Again". After the film was released, the actress began to be invited to shoot more often. A career in cinema has evolved without ups and downs. After a while, Svetlana was offered a certain type of roles that corresponded to her character and demeanor. Most convincingly, she succeeded in the images of ordinary women, workers, mothers.
Essays on personal life
Evaluating the work of Svetlana Konovalova, critics noted restraint, simplicity, sincerity of feelings. In fact, she did not play, but lived the role without pathos and feigned emotions. Viewers of the older generation remembered the actress for the films "Shore Leave", "A Word for Protection", "Gypsy".
The personal life of Svetlana Sergeevna was uneven. The first and only love in her life, Igor Nikolaev, she met as a student. But, as they say, it is young and green and the couple "scattered". And only fifteen years later they met again. We met those burdened with family responsibilities. In 1964, they decided to live together. The husband and wife did not part until the end of their days. Svetlana Konovalova died in May 2005.
