19 February 1931 year
Born in Moscow Alla Larionova — one of the leading Soviet film stars of the 1950s. She played costume roles and Lyubava in Sadko.
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His father was the director of a regional food trade company, and his mother was a caretaker at a kindergarten and a theater enthusiast.
They named their daughter after the leading actress of the Moscow Art Theatre. Alla Tarasova: Many considered them so similar that in the future they mistook her for their real mother.
After high school, she entered VGIK. At 21, while still a student, she made her film debut, playing her first starring role as Lyubava in the film "Sadko." Assistant directors Alexandra Ptushko They searched for a long time for a young actress of extraordinary Slavic beauty. A future director noticed Larionova. Georgy Natanson:
When Alla Larionova appeared before Ptushko at Mosfilm, he was lit up and exclaimed:
"Go, girl, into the next room, close the door, read the script, get ready for filming!" And turning to me, he added, "We have Lyubava!"
After graduating from VGIK, she performed for almost half a century on the stage of the Film Actor's Studio Theatre (now the Workshop "12"). Nikita Mikhalkov).
She continued acting in films. At 22, she played the lead role in the film "Anna on the Neck." Isidore Annensky — Chekhov's young wife of an old official. This character brought Larionova nationwide popularity, and the film itself became a box office hit and won the Golden Olive Branch at the Venice Film Festival.
The film forever captured the iconic female image of the Soviet 1950s: the healthy, lush natural beauty of antique figures combined with a stunning gray-eyed innocence, charming severity, and the ability, essential for a Russian woman, to wait for her betrothed from far away.
(film scholar Lilia Shitenburg)
Larionova was called a performer of "costume roles" due to her unique type, which perfectly suited the classical repertoire and historical eras.
In the 1950s, she became one of the leading stars of Soviet cinema. Postcards with her portrait were considered a rare commodity and sold out instantly.
Many admired her beauty. It was said that even the USSR Minister of Culture Georgy Alexandrov During his visit to Lenfilm, upon seeing Larionova, he "froze in his tracks." The actress was also rumored to be having an affair with him. After Alexandrov's dismissal, an unofficial ban on filming Larionova was allegedly imposed. She was only able to return to the screen after she wrote a letter to the new Minister of Culture. To Nikolai Mikhailov.
In total, she played more than 30 roles in films. Among her most famous films are Twelfth Night (Olivia), Hostile Whirlwinds (Komsomol member Vera Ivolgina), Three Sisters (Natasha), Wild Honey (Varvara Knyazhich), and Come to Me, Mukhtar! (Maria Kolesova).
At 34 she was recognized as an Honored Artist, at 59 – as a People’s Artist.
In the early 1990s, she stopped acting after a car accident: the actor George Yumatov ("Officers," "Cruelty," "Admiral Ushakov") was driving Larionova home and, while drunk, braked awkwardly, hitting her head and cutting her lip. The scar was too visible for filming.
She was married to an actor Nikolai Rybnikov ("Girls," "Spring on Zarechnaya Street," "Height"). The couple was one of the most beautiful and famous in Soviet cinema. They were married for 33 years. They starred together in the films "Team from Our Street," "The Road of Truth," and "The Witch."
Larionova outlived her husband by ten years. Until his death, she continued to perform on the stage and tour.
I'm a happy woman. I acted in films, and Kolya Rybnikov loved me very much.
She died in 2000, at 69, like Rybnikov, from a heart attack in her sleep.
