Alcoholism, a mental hospital and oblivion: what happened to the actors of 'Spring on Zarechnaya Street'
'20.04.2021'
Source: StarHit
63 years have already passed since the release of the painting “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”, but it is still loved by viewers of different ages. Thanks to the film, leading actors became famous throughout the country, but not everyone managed to take advantage of the chance.
In the mid-1950's, cinema became a powerful weapon in the hands of Soviet propaganda, writes StarHit. New films sang ideas close to the spirit of the party, but this did not mean that there was no place for art in them. “Spring on Zarechnaya Street” is a great example of the fact that a picture about the values of the working class can be sincere and close even to those viewers who have never lived in the USSR.
The film is about a simple worker who falls in love with a teacher, and is now often shown on TV, and the song "When Spring Comes, I Don't Know" continues to excite the hearts of the audience. How did this movie masterpiece affect the fate of the leading actors?
Nikolai Rybnikov
Nikolai Nikolaevich had a very difficult childhood. The father of the future actor died in the war, and after him died his mother, who simply could not stand the grief. Rybnikov himself had to flee from the ruined Stalingrad.
After the end of World War II, he returned to school, and later entered the VGIK: already then the teachers predicted a great future for Rybnikov. Tamara Makarova, who was the mentor of a talented young man, claimed that he could play the role of any complexity.
After the premiere of the film "Spring on Zarechnaya Street", Nikolai Nikolayevich came a real success. He became the personification of a generation, and thousands of women dreamed of meeting a star. Rybnikov himself was in love with only one thing all his life - Alla Larionov. Their wedding took place in 1957, and the couple lived in marriage until the death of the people's artist.
However, this relationship did not work out right away: Larionova met with actor Ivan Pereverzev, but he left her pregnant. Learning about this, Rybnikov immediately offered his beloved hand and heart.
Many fans did not believe in the sincerity of Larionova’s feelings, and non-believers even claimed that she uses her husband. But Rybnikov never doubted his wife's feelings. He was madly jealous of Alla Dmitrievna and went crazy when she left home for a long time to shoot.
By the beginning of the 1980's, a crisis had ripened in Nikolai Nikolaevich's career. The artist, who was considered the sex symbol of the Soviet Union, suddenly turned out to be useless to anyone. In those difficult years, it was Larionova’s support that helped the actor cope with depression.
“The audience enthusiastically greeted Nikolai Nikolayevich on the stage, but in those years he was a little like the brave installer-high-rise. He turned gray, a little flabby, all the time walking in dark glasses. He was not always recognized on the street, ”said a close friend of the family Larisa Luzhina.
In 1990, the actor died unexpectedly. Rybnikov had a heart attack, and the doctors simply did not have time to save him. One of the last counts in his filmography was the role in the film "Forbidden Zone".
Larionova lived without a spouse for exactly ten years. Only recently it became clear that in recent years the spouses of Nikolai Nikolaevich have been burdened with poverty. Sometimes Alla Dmitrievna didn’t have enough money even for food, but she, like many Soviet artists, simply did not know how to ask for help.
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Nina Ivanova
We can say that Nina Georgievna brought a lucky chance to the profession. As a child, she played one of the main roles in the film "Once Upon a Time a Girl", which tells about the horrors of the blockade. Despite the success of the picture, Ivanova did not become an all-Union star. Soon, the actress said goodbye to dreams of cinema, went to work early and entered a medical institute.
In order to somehow improve the financial situation of the family, Nina Georgievna starred in the debut directorial projects of VGIK graduates. In one of these films, Marlen Khutsiev saw her. The director immediately realized that Ivanova was ideally suited for the role of a proud and independent teacher.
Thanks to “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”, the actress became very popular, but the lack of specialized education negatively affected her career. Ivanova was never able to reveal her full creative potential, so in 1966 she decided to finally leave the profession.
In the same period, she faced a crisis in her personal life. The fact is that on the set of the film "Spring on Zarechnaya Street" Nina Georgievna met with cameraman Radomir Vasilevsky. They began a stormy romance, because of which the chosen one of the artist had to divorce her first wife. Soon the lovers got married and moved to Odessa, but their happiness did not last long. Ivanov was oppressed by the constant attention of the public and the glory of the separation women, so she insisted on a divorce.
In the 1970, Nina Georgievna began working at the Gorky film studio as the second director, but at the end of the 1980, she had to retire. Then came the difficult years of perestroika, which turned into oblivion and poverty for Ivanova. The once popular artist was forced to work as a nurse and endure “ducks” for patients of the capital's hospital. Also, the star shot several episodes for the journal "Jumble", but on this her relationship with the cinema was over.
Now Ivanova lives in the capital and categorically refuses to talk about her fate with reporters. So, she didn’t even let the representatives of the program “Stars converge” into the apartment.
Valentina Pugacheva
Valentina Ivanovna got the role of the third superfluous Zinochka, who is in love with the hero Nikolai Rybnikov. For the actress, this was the first significant appearance on the screen, so the fame that fell on her was unexpected. Pugacheva was sure that after such a furor she would be provided with work until the end of her life, but everything turned out differently.
At Mosfilm, the artist got mostly supporting roles or episodes. Valentina Ivanovna so sincerely loved her profession that she did not refuse even the most modest offers. On the set of the Night Guest tape, she met cameraman Valentin Pugachev, whom she immediately fell in love with. After several months of dating, filmmakers arranged a wedding, and in 1959, their daughter Ksenia was born.
Valentina Ivanovna was in demand in the profession until the beginning of the 1980's, but fans recognized her less and less on the streets. In addition, the artist began to periodically be disturbed by health problems. Therefore, in the 1998 year, she was forced to completely abandon her acting career. One of her last works was the role in the film "Space for Maneuver."
It was later revealed that the star suffered from asthma attacks and pulmonary failure. In the last years of her life, her daughter Ksenia and her grandchildren took care of her. The actress died on April 13 of the 2008 of the year and was buried in St. Petersburg. The role of Zinochka remained her main career achievement.
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Yuri Belov
In "Spring on Zarechnaya Street," Belov got the supporting role. But soon he became very popular and became famous throughout the country. The films "Carnival Night", "Girl without an Address" and "Burn, My Star", which came out one after another, helped Yuri Andreyevich enter the first league of Soviet actors.
Perhaps he would have been able to consolidate the success, but in the 1960, Belov unexpectedly ended up in a psychiatric clinic. According to the official version, the actor tried to commit suicide, so his relatives sent him to be treated. But Yuri Andreevich’s colleagues were sure that he ended up in the hospital because of a careless statement to the ruling party.
After leaving the psychiatric institution, the artist realized that he had no future in the profession. Belov did not trust the large and complex roles, so he agreed to any offers. Soon alcohol abuse began. His only son, Svyatoslav, claimed that the pope very often behaved inappropriately.
“He could hit, I often defended my mother. Sometimes it happened that I went to bed, and he came in and poured a bucket of cold water on me. Why did he do this? I don’t know, ”the heir to the star admitted on the air of the program“ Let them talk. ”
In the last years of his life, Yuri Belov worked as a taxi driver. He died on December 31 of the 1991: the actor was waiting for the New Year's show of "Carnival Night", but he did not have time to finally see himself on the screen.
The artist’s son largely repeated his sad fate: he was twice in prison, and now lives on the street. The wife of Svyatoslav drove him out of the house due to constant drinking, and now the man can not meet with his young son.
Vladimir Gulyaev
In the film, Vladimir got almost the only negative role - the driver of Jura, who spoils the relations of both the main characters and his on-screen lover Ali.
The artist himself did not know for a long time what to do in life. After the start of World War II, he went to war and became an attack pilot. Having made more than 60 sorties, Vladimir received several serious injuries and, as a result, could not continue his career in the army. After demobilization, Vladimir Leonidovich entered the theater university, and already in 1956 there was a breakthrough with the film “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”.
On the screen, he appeared with his first wife, Rimma Shorokhova, who reincarnated as Alya Voloshina. Even then, a crisis was brewing between the artists, and after only a few months they still decided to divorce. All Gulyaev was married three times.
In 1960's and 1970's, the actor successfully played in comedies and melodramas. He appeared in the films “The Diamond Arm”, “To Me, Mukhtar” and “The Lingering Exam”, but gradually the battle wounds made themselves felt. It became increasingly difficult for Vladimir Leonidovich to work in the frame, so one day he decided to leave the profession.
Gulyaev spent the last years of his life next to his wife, Lucia Efimova. The artist died on November 3 1997 of the year.
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Rimma Shorokhova
Rimma Ivanovna always dreamed of performing on stage, but first she had to graduate from a chemical-aluminum technical school and work for several years at one of the Ural factories. Risking everything, the artist went to Moscow in the mid-1940s and entered VGIK. It was there that she met the future spouse Vladimir Gulyaev.
Together they took the first steps in their careers, but after the divorce they chose completely different paths. The fact is that already in 1959, Shorokhova again married operator Jaromir Golpukh. When the spouse had to return to their homeland in Czechoslovakia, Rimma Ivanovna went after him.
In another country, her acting career did not develop so rapidly. That is why the artist first left to work on the radio, and then completely became the restaurant administrator. Now Shorokhova lives in the Czech Republic and does not communicate with journalists.
Gennady Yukhtin
Few people know that Yukhtin's real name is Genius. The future artist was named so by parents sincerely loyal to the ideas of communism. When the war began, both the father and mother of Gennady Gavrilovich went to the front. After their death in 1942, Yukhtin was brought up in orphanages. One of the teachers instilled a talented boy interest in the theater. He began to take part in amateur performances, and, after graduating from school, the first time he entered VGIK.
In "Spring on Zarechnaya Street," Gennady Gavrilovich played the role of the kind and decent engineer Krushenkov. Of course, shooting for Marlen Khutsiev was a breakthrough for the aspiring artist, but it was this tape that largely determined the further development of Yukhtin's career. The fact is that the actor appeared on the screen mainly in the roles of the second plan, reincarnated as workers, drivers, military personnel, and in his heart he sincerely dreamed of large and dramatic roles.
Gennady Gavrilovich married quite late. He himself admitted that he just for a very long time chose the ideal life partner. Spouse Lydia had nothing to do with the world of cinema, and this, according to Yukhtin, helped them maintain their relationship. The couple never had children.
Now Yukhtin continues to play in films and series. So, he appeared in Molodezhka, Kamenskaya and the project Secrets of Palace Coups. On the 2020 year, the release of the film "Chorus" with the artist in one of the main roles is scheduled. 87-year-old actor rarely gives interviews, but if he talks about the creative path, he invariably thanks his wife for his support.
Marina Gavrilko
From childhood Marina Vsevolodovna knew who she wanted to become. The fact is that Mom Gavrilko was an actress, so she was so delighted with the work in the theater. After the parents divorced, the future star moved to her grandmother in the Crimea, where she lived until 11 years. When my mother got married again, my stepfather decided to send Marina Vsevolodovna to a shelter in Leningrad.
It was in the cultural capital that Gavrilko made her first steps in the profession. Already in 1939, she appeared on large screens, but after the start of World War II, the star decided to devote herself to work in front-line theaters. Together with other artists, she raised the morale of soldiers who faced long and heavy battles.
The peak of Marina Vsevolodovna’s career came at 1950. Then she played in “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”, “Soldier Ivan Brovkin” and other cult paintings of that era. In this case, the actress has always been content with supporting roles. In parallel, she voiced foreign films.
The actress was never married and did not give birth to children. All the time she devoted creativity. Gavrilko worked in the cinema until the beginning of the 1990's - then health became increasingly worried. She played one of the last roles in the film “What is happening to you?”. The favorite of the audience died in the 1994 year at the age of 80 years.
