Today, the name of this actress is remembered less and less, and once Musa Viktorovna Krepkogorskaya, Honored Artist of Russia, shone on movie screens and enjoyed popular love.
early years
The muse was born in Moscow in 1924. The family in which she was born belonged to a noble family, but after the revolution, the parents lost their property. They lived extremely poorly, but they did not forget about their roots. Mother was a hereditary noblewoman, father accompanied Fyodor Chaliapin himself. The 1930s were tragic for the Krepkogorskys. The head of the family committed suicide to avoid the arrest of his wife and children.
After school, Muse entered two universities at once: the biology faculty of Moscow State University and the VGIK. The fact of studying at the theater institute was carefully hidden and revealed to the mother only six months later. At that moment, the girl made her final choice in favor of art. The famous Gerasimov and Makarova became her teachers. Having received her education, in 1948 the aspiring actress joined the troupe of the Theater-Studio of the film actor.
Film work
Muse made her film debut while still a student. Her first works were the war film It Was in Donbass (1945) and the romantic comedy The Train Goes East (1947). The first roles were small, but soon a new picture came out that made her famous. In Young Guard (1948), director Sergei Gerasimov brought together a stellar cast. Krepkogorskaya got the role of the traitor Lazarenko, although she dreamed of playing Lyuba Shevtsova. Colleagues believed that for this the artist "did not have enough kindness and charm." On the set of the film, Muse met Georgy Yumatov, who soon became her husband.
The filmography of Krepkogorskaya includes ninety-two works. Rare were the years when a new picture with her participation did not appear on the screens. In her youth, she played funny, mischievous girls. Over time, the roles became less significant, episodic. Yumatov helped his wife's career. In every picture where he was offered a role, he negotiated with the director about the participation of his wife.
The audience remembered many films with the participation of the actress: the adaptation of the work of Evgeny Schwartz "The Tale of Lost Time" (1964), the fairy tale "Fire, Water and Copper Pipes" (1967), a sparkling comedy based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko "It Can't Be" (1975), a film about the problems of high school students "The Joke" (1976) and the romantic tape "The Married Bachelor" (1982). The heroes of Krepkogorskaya and Yumatov in the film "Officers" (1971) were especially fond of fans. The films “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” (1979) and “Good weather on Deribasovskaya, or it rains again on Brighton Beach” (1992) with the participation of the actress have long become classics of Russian cinema. The actress continued to act even in old age, her last work was the image of Kuzina in the TV series "Transit for the Devil" (1999).
Personal life
In the biography of Krepkogorskaya there was one marriage. The novel, which began during the filming of Young Guard, brought Muse and Zhora Yumatov to the registry office. She was 23 years old, he was 21. The sociable blonde after the wedding turned out to be a different person. It turned out that she was completely incapable of housekeeping, and her light hair color was unnatural. Most of the housework was taken over by Muse's mother, who lived in the same apartment with the newlyweds.
Their marriage proved to be durable, but the couple had to overcome many trials. Unlike her husband, the actress was offered episodes, and she was waiting for her finest hour. Fearing to miss the main role, she had several abortions. One of them was unsuccessful, and she forever lost the ability to have children. When George found out about this, they parted, but after a few years they got back together.
In addition to the unwillingness to have heirs, it turned out that the Muse had an irrepressible passion for expensive things and antiques. She spent money, believing that the famous husband will earn more. Companies gathered in their house, noisy gatherings sometimes dragged on for several days, alcohol flowed like a river. So the spouses drowned out the failures in family life and betrayal of each other. Because of his addiction to alcohol, Yumatov lost the role of the Red Army soldier Sukhov in the legendary film "The White Sun of the Desert", although he was approved.
In 1990, both actors left the Film Actor Theater, to which they gave their whole lives. The family was on the verge of poverty, they had to sell the things they had acquired over the years. In 1997, Yumatov was accused of murdering a man; the support of his fans and the amnesty that came to him saved him from a long prison term. However, during his stay in the pre-trial detention center, his health was undermined, and the actor was gone. Musa Viktorovna survived him by only two years. She spent this time in poverty and loneliness. Only then did she understand how much her husband had done for her. Krepkogorskaya bequeathed all her property to the daughter of Viktor Merezhko. The director, who had great respect for the work of the once famous artist, supported her until her last days.
