The boldness of the city takes - this is the famous saying. It can be said in another way: impudence is the second happiness. Galina Stakhanova did not want and could not fight for a place in the sun using the second method.
Starting conditions
It is not easy to achieve success in any field of activity without special education. To achieve this goal, you have to make titanic efforts and perseverance. Galina Konstantinovna Stakhanova became an actress in spite of external circumstances and peculiarities of her own character. In the language of modern psychology, she could not cope with her inferiority complex. However, natural talent made itself felt. Talent and a happy coincidence made it possible to overcome internal barriers and achieve success.
The biography of the actress is similar to the biographies of people of the pre-war generation. Galina was born on October 12, 1940 in an ordinary family. Parents lived in Moscow. When the war began, the Stakhanovs were evacuated to Alma-Ata. Father in difficult days disappeared somewhere, and never returned. After the war, life in the capital was not easy. The child grew up on meager food. Mother worked three jobs and only came home to spend the night. It's good that my grandmother was still alive. After the seventh grade, the future actress got a job as a telephone operator and continued her studies at a school for working youth.
In the acting field
Despite a difficult childhood, Galina dreamed of becoming an actress from an early age. She dreamed and had little faith in the reality of her fantasies. However, life was flowing in the right direction. During her school years, Stakhanova eagerly attended classes in the drama studio. When I started working, I spent my free time at the student theater of Moscow State University. At that time, the theater was directed by the later famous director Mark Zakharov. The master discerned in the shy girl the grain of genuine and distinctive talent. Galya played her first role on stage in the play “I want to be honest”.
The first time Stakhanova appeared on the set in the lyrical comedy "Girls". This happened in 1961. The next role had to wait for a long time. In 1979, Galina played a supporting role in the film Scenes from Family Life. And after this film, Stakhanova's acting career began to develop along an ascending trajectory. Four years later, the famous Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko entrusted her with the small but important role of his grandmother in the painting Kindergarten. At the next Venice Festival, Galina Konstantinovna's play was noted by the famous director from Italy Michelangelo Antonioni.
Personal life scenario
According to independent experts, Galina Stakhanova has played almost two hundred movie roles. Her screen images have earned the sincere love of the audience. The actress's personal life can be told in a few words. She has never been married. Yes, there were novels and hobbies. And more than once. When Galina turned 35, she gave birth to a daughter. Without a husband. For yourself.
At the moment, Galina Konstantinovna has a granddaughter. Great-grandchildren should appear soon. Life follows its own rules.
