Bryleev Valentin Andreevich is a famous episodic actor of Soviet cinema. He almost did not get the main roles, but thanks to numerous film works, every viewer in the Soviet Union knew him by sight.
Biography
The future actor was born in the ancient Russian city, which is mentioned in the chronicles of the 16th century - in Tula, on the first day of May 1926 in the most ordinary working-class family. When the child was 11 years old, due to repression, the family moved to Lianozovo near Moscow.
Parents chose the engineering path for their offspring, and in 1943 Valentin entered the Moscow Construction College, after which he worked as a designer at a large plant. Then Bryleev understood the need for a large number of engineers, designers and workers for the country; they, who grew up within the framework of ideology, were driven by patriotism and love for their homeland.
Actor career
By 1950, a peaceful life in the country began to improve, and Valentine began to think about his future and what really attracted him. Cinema was his passion, and in the same year he makes an attempt to enter VGIK. To his own surprise, he easily passes all the entrance exams and quickly comes to the attention of directors who invite a young promising student actor for cameo roles.
After graduating from an educational institution, Bryleev Valentin Andreevich becomes an artist of the State Theater of Film Actors, where he quickly becomes one of the most sought-after professionals. Basically, the roles in which Valentin starred were small, but in the loudest, most popular films and with the best directors. Working side by side with the stars of that time, Bryleev quickly became famous.
His filmography includes 179 works with striking titles: "Ivan da Marya", "Hussar Ballad", "Carnival Night", "Earthly Love" and dozens of others, of various genres and styles. In his acting piggy bank there are war dramas, and wonderful fairy tales and funny comedies of those years.
He performed on the theater stage several times. In addition, Valentin worked a lot with dubbing films, and in the nineties he was one of the actors in the entertaining and educational TV game "The Wheel of History", showing himself to be a real master of theatrical transformation.
Personal life and death
Valentin married in his youth and loved his wife Galina Vladimirovna, who gave him a son, Alexander, until her death in 1989. Galina has worked in medicine all her life, and her son followed in her footsteps, becoming a dentist.
Bryleev died in 2004, the urn with his ashes rests next to the ashes of his wife, in the Donskoy Columbarium. But until now, this amazing and multifaceted actor is loved and remembered by all fans of Soviet cinema. In 2007, a documentary television series "Man in the Frame" was released, dedicated to the memory of Soviet cinema, where Valentin Bryleev became one of the main characters.
