Nikolai Parfenov is a Soviet and Russian actor, whose biography has had many episodic, but well-remembered roles. The most famous films with his participation were "Two Comrades Served", "To Me, Mukhtar!", "Afonya" and others.
Biography
Nikolai Parfenov was born in 1912 in the small village of Sergiev-Gorki, Vladimir Region. His family was large, but quite wealthy: the father of the future actor managed to get a job as a sailor on a large ship, making a decent fortune on this. Even the 1917 revolution did not interfere: after it, the enterprising head of the family headed the flax mill, but soon died suddenly.
The family left without a breadwinner suffered a new grief in the form of the onset of dispossession of the peasants. Mother and children were separated, resettled to distant relatives. Once in Moscow, Nikolai Ivanovich worked at a factory, but in the end he decided to enter a theater school, which he did. After graduation, the young actor began working at the Theater. Mossovet. For many years he worked on stage. Especially well the actor has always been given comedic roles.
In 1944, Nikolai Parfenov made his film debut, starring in the film "Native Fields". This was followed by several little-known pictures, and the first general recognition came to the actor after filming the film "Come to me, Mukhtar!" in 1964. In the future, almost no well-known comedy could do without Parfenov's participation. He can be seen in such films as "Beware of the car", "Afonya", "The very last day", "Sorcerers" and others.
The last film with the actor's participation was Leonid Gaidai's comedy "Good weather on Deribasovskaya …". After that, Nikolai Parfenov could no longer act in films due to his age. Despite the fact that Nikolai Ivanovich always tried to lead a healthy lifestyle, in old age he began to have serious problems with the body, and he died on January 7, 1999 due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Every actor was buried at the Khimki cemetery.
Personal life
Nikolai Parfenov was married twice. The first wife was the actress Olga Vasilyeva, whom the actor met in his student years. In marriage, a daughter, Irina, was born, but gradually the relationship of the spouses went wrong, and they parted. Nikolai Ivanovich met his new love very soon. She became an employee of the theater named Larisa.
Nikolai Parfenov lived with his second wife for more than 47 years, after which she died. The famous actor was next to his wife even when she could no longer move on her own due to her disability. After the death of his beloved wife, the actor had a hard time, but in public he always tried to maintain a good mood. He did not shy away from his popularity and loved to mingle with people on the streets. Often Nikolai Ivanovich could be seen playing chess he adored.
