To get the profession of an actor and act in films, it is enough to have a great desire and take concrete actions. However, only talented performers receive the recognition of the audience. Valentina Ushakova achieved her goal and became a favorite actress in the Soviet Union.
Starting conditions
In the current chronological period, the government of the country is trying to increase the birth rate in various ways. However, the times when large families were considered a normal phenomenon are still fresh in the memory. It was in such a family that the Soviet film actress Valentina Alekseevna Ushakova was born on March 9, 1925. Parents at that time lived in Moscow. My father worked in a textile factory. The mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising children. Valya turned out to be the fifth child in the house. Until the age of ten, the girl had to wear clothes and shoes that she got from her older brothers and sisters.
The girl grew up under the constant supervision of her older sister Antonina. From an early age, Valya tried to follow Tony's example in everything. Together they helped the mother with the housework. We cleaned the house, washed things and washed the floors. At school, the future actress studied well. On weekends, the sisters went to the movies. Valentina secretly dreamed of shining on the screen, as the famous Lyubov Orlova did. When the war began, the Ushakovs did not leave for evacuation. Together with her classmates, Valya went to the construction of defensive lines, dug potatoes in the collective farm field and was on duty at night on the roof.
The path to the profession
In 1943, when the enemy was thrown away from the capital, Ushakova entered the biological faculty of Moscow State University. In her free time, she attended the student theater studio. At one point, her friends invited her with them to be screened at the Institute of Cinematography. Of the five girls who came to the casting, only Valentina was chosen. In her student years, she worked as a model - she demonstrated fur in the capital's Fashion House. Having received a specialized education in 1949, the graduated actress entered the service of the Film Actor's Studio Theater.
In this theater, Ushakova served until her retirement. Almost every year she was invited to participate in cinematic projects. She played her first notable role in the film Mussorgsky. The bright appearance of the actress attracted directors making films about the distant past. Valentina organically felt herself in the image of a society lady or a governess. In 1954, she starred in the film "You Can't Forget It", where Vyacheslav Tikhonov acted as her partner. Valentina presented a memorable image in the film "Street of the Youngest Son".
Personal life scenario
Back in her student years, Valentina got into a car accident. She had to lie in a cast for almost a year. Doctors insisted on stopping her acting career and warned that it was not desirable for her to give birth. In 1958, the actress married the cameraman Alexander Kochetkov.
Husband and wife have lived their entire adult life under one roof. Valentina believed that there must be children in the house and neglected the advice of doctors. The couple raised and raised two sons. Valentina Ushakova passed away in October 2012.
