To the general public today, Elena Timofeevna Denisova is better known as an actress of one role. It was the character of the charming and extravagant Virginia from the sensational film "Look for a Woman" that became for the talented actress both the peak of fame and the cause of oblivion. After all, departmental officials saw in this reincarnation only a violation of traditions concerning the image of a Soviet woman.
On the example of the creative fate of the actress Elena Denisova, one can illustratively judge the Soviet era that has sunk into oblivion, which has fully affected the cinematic community. After all, she brilliantly played not the most important role in the title film "Look for a Woman", where her talent for reincarnation was able to outshine even the main characters. And instead of recognition and creation of favorable conditions for career growth, the talented artist received as a "reward" from the ruling partocracy only censure and excommunication from professional activities.
Biography and career of Elena Timofeevna Denisova
On April 14, 1960, the future actress was born in Sverdlovsk. Due to the “nomadic” profession of his father, who was a civil engineer, the family often changed their place of residence. Most of all, Elena liked the period when she lived in Alma-Ata, with which she still has very pleasant memories.
Already in her teens, Elena's family moved to Moscow, where the girl studied well at school and showed the greatest interest in chemistry and biology. Therefore, the parents saw the future of their daughter precisely at the biology faculty of Moscow State University. However, Elena's creative inclinations led her to GITIS. Moreover, admission to a theater university took place quite by accident, when the future film star came to the admissions office for the company with a friend. Here she created a real sensation, having talentedly read a poem by Vladimir Soloukhin.
Elena Timofeevna made her film debut in 1979, when she played a cameo role in the cult Soviet film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed." And already in 1982 the whole country was able to appreciate the brilliant performance of the beginning actress in the film "Look for a Woman". It is surprising that this role miraculously went to Denisova due to the serious illness of the actress previously approved for her. And only the director's desire not to slow down the filming process became the reason for such a development of events.
It is noteworthy that the extravagant makeup, stylish wardrobe and even biting and atypical phrases for their time, which later became aphorisms, Elena Denisova worked independently. And then there was the admiration of the audience and excommunication from the profession at the same time. Subsequently, the actress will star in the films Forgive Me, Alyosha, Dance Floor and Five Minutes of Fear, but this was already a real decline in her acting career.
Four years after the release of the film "Look for a Woman" Denisova leaves her profession and begins to engage in charity work. Today she actively participates in the 12 Steps program, recites her own poems on the radio, organizes dinners for the poor.
Personal life of the actress
The family life of Elena Timofeevna Denisova has two marriages. The first spouse, even in her student years, was Igor Denisov, with whom she studied at GITIS. In this family union, the son of Timothy was born. However, the child could not become the guarantee that forms a strong family.
Elena Denisova still lives with her second husband, playwright Edward Radzinsky, who is 24 years older than her. It is known that her husband supports her in all charitable undertakings and sponsors many thematic projects.
