Natalia Gundareva is a legendary theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR. She lived a bright, eventful life. In recent years, Natalya Georgievna has devoted herself to charity, helping seriously ill actors.
Childhood, adolescence
Natalia Georgievna was born on August 28, 1948. The Gundarevs family lived in Moscow. Parents worked as engineers, often visited the theater. Natasha herself dreamed of being an actress at the age of 5, when she first visited the theater.
The girl studied in a drama club at the Palace of Pioneers. As an eighth-grader, she first appeared on the big stage, the play was presented by the Theater of Young Muscovites.
After school, Natalya, at the insistence of her mother, decided to study as an engineer, but an old friend advised her to try her luck at auditions at the school. Shchukin. Gundareva successfully passed the exams, studied at the Katina-Yartseva course. She was very responsible for her studies, she did a lot.
Creative career
In 1971, after graduation, Natalia was invited to several theaters at once, but she worked all her life in only one - at the Mayakovsky Theater. The first fame was brought by the play "Bankrupt" (1974), the actress began to be discussed. They brought success and roles in subsequent performances.
Natalya Georgievna first appeared in cinema in 1966 (in the movie "Khmyr"). Then there were works in the films "Hello and Goodbye", "Autumn", "Autumn Marathon". After the movie "Sweet Woman" Gundareva began to be referred to as the best actress of the year.
"Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" (1979) brought Natalia a special success. Later, the performance was staged for 13 years in a row. So Gundareva won recognition, becoming in demand. In 1983, Natalya worked in the films "Lonely Hostels Are Provided" and others.
In the 90s, Gundareva developed problems with the body: she often developed hypertensive crises. It became more difficult for the actress to work. In the 90s, she starred in the films "Petersburg secrets", "Vivat, midshipmen!". Natalya Georgievna played high-ranking ladies. In 2001 Gundareva had her last film shoot ("Salome"). The last work in the theater was the play "Love Potion".
In 2001, Natalya Gerogievna had a stroke, she miraculously survived. The rehabilitation course was long, Gundareva had to learn to move again. She worked hard to get rid of the consequences of a stroke. At that time, the actress was engaged in charity work, she helped to treat the actors. Natalia Georgievna died in 2015 from the 2nd stroke.
Personal life
Gundareva got married 3 times. First husband - Leonid Kheifets, director. They met in 1973. Leonid was 14 years older than Natalia. The couple separated after 6 years.
In 1979, Natalya Georgievna married Viktor Koreshkov, an actor. The marriage was short-lived: Victor was carried away by the famous singer, the actress started an affair with Sergei Nasibov (actor). The relationship with him did not last long.
In 1986, Mikhail Filippov became the husband of Natalya Georgievna, with whom she lived until the end of her days. Gundareva did not have children, she answered any questions about them that the theater completely replaces her children.
