Galina Volchek in a wheelchair at Nina Doroshina’s funeral shocked with her painful appearance. Galina Volchek became numb from the meanness of Chulpan Khamatova What happened to Galina Volchek’s health

This is a film about a man who holds tightly in his hands for half a century famous theater“Contemporary”, but at the same time remains vulnerable and in some ways even naive. This is a film about incredible attraction, thanks to which today Sovremennik has such a bright and stellar troupe, consisting of actors popular and in demand in cinema, but absolutely devoted to the theater. Which always comes first for them.

One day, actress Chulpan Khamatova came to a rehearsal with her two-month-old daughter. So that no one would wake up her daughter, she left her in the stroller in Volchek’s office, placed a baby monitor nearby and went to rehearse. Very soon Volchek entered the office.

Chulpan Khamatova: “We’re rehearsing and suddenly we hear this: “Well, did your mother leave you?” Then she starts talking to her like an adult. “Don’t be offended by her,” she says.”

Amazing intuition for talent. Volchek accidentally saw Khamatova in the popular television program “Vzglyad”. And she said: “She should play in our theater!” Exactly the same way she once called Kristina Orbakaite and said: "I see you in leading role in the play "Two on a Swing". Come, let's try! "

Actress Olga Drozdova generally considers Galina Volchek her second mother: “I spent only 17 years with my mother, and 30 with Galina Borisovna”. And this is again a story about Volchek’s intuition. " Give me back those little eyes!”“, Volchek said when Olga came, along with other graduates of theater universities, to show at Sovremennik. And she will leave the “little-eyed” one in Sovremennik. And he will take care of her and put her, as they say, on her feet.

Liya Akhedzhakova played roles in children's theater, and Volchek took her in, believed her and gave her “adult” roles. Konstantin Raikin immediately after theater university was invited to Sovremennik. Mikhail Efremov and Anton Tabakov call her mother. Because she and Sovremennik are their childhood.

Musician Garik Sukachev became the director of “Anarchy” on the stage of “Sovremennik” - a performance with “explosive” content. Elena Yakovleva left the theater twice and returned twice. And Volchek took her again twice.

And, of course, son Denis, who does not hide the fact that he was always jealous of his mother for the theater. But, growing up, I realized that Sovremennik was more than theater.

« I do not have,- says Volchek, - n and every free minute, the theater takes everything.” Still! There is no one anymore who created Sovremennik, but she exists. And she is a theater. Mark Abelev, her second husband, said in an interview for our film that Volchek is "a special state of madness."

On the day of Galina Volchek’s anniversary, December 19, after overhaul, which lasted several years, the Sovremennik building opens on Chistye Prudy. Repair, reconstruction - test. And even more so for a person who does not know life without theater. The happy completion of this stage is also the happy beginning of another. In the life of the theater, and therefore in the life of Galina Volchek.

On December 19, People's Artist of the USSR, actress, director, and teacher Galina Volchek celebrated her 85th birthday. IN theatrical circles she is called the Iron Lady - she is strict and demanding in her work, but no one doubts her professionalism. She achieved considerable heights in her business, however, for this she had to sacrifice personal happiness...

Galina Volchek was born in 1933 in Moscow in the family of the famous director and cameraman Boris Volchek and screenwriter Vera Maimina, so her path was predetermined from childhood. Just a year after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, she, together with other actors - Evgeny Evstigneev, Oleg Efremov, Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov and Liliya Tolmacheva - organized the "Studio young actors»,

Galina Volchek's acting career did not last long - in the late 1950s. she went out to theater stage as an actress, but since 1962 she took up directing, and since then she has devoted all her strength only to her. IN last time She played in the play “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf” in 1984, and this ended her acting career in the theater. But Galina Volchek periodically appears in films. Her film debut took place in 1957, and since then she has often received offers from directors. True, as a rule, these were cameo roles. But she turned every episode into a masterpiece. Just look at her She-Wolf in the fairy tale film “About Little Red Riding Hood” and her friend Buzykina in “Autumn Marathon”! True, she herself believed that she was offered very monotonous roles of “all sorts of half-monsters”, to realize her creative potential in such conditions it is simply impossible, so she decided to leave cinema.

As a film director, Galina Volchek began with film adaptations of her theatrical productions, and then made films based on original scripts- "Echelon", " Steep route", etc. However, the theater always remained in the first place for her, to which she devoted her entire life. In 1972, she became the chief director of the Sovremennik Theater, and in the late 1980s, its artistic director. She was also called the first theater director to break through " cultural blockade"between the USSR and the USA - in the 1970s, at the height of cold war, she staged several performances based on Russian classics in American theaters, including on Broadway, taught at New York University. Sovremennik became the first non-Broadway theater to win the prestigious Drama Desk Award.

Galina Volchek had to sacrifice a lot for her beloved work. Including personal happiness. Officially, she was married twice. Her first husband was famous actor Evgeny Evstigneev - she lived with him for 9 years and gave birth to a son, Denis, who also became a director. Due to her husband's infidelity, this marriage broke up. The second marriage with scientist Mark Abelev also lasted about 9 years. Later, Galina Volchek admitted that her mother-in-law was absolutely right, reproaching her for the fact that nothing exists for her except the theater: “Alas, my absolute immersion in the theater greatly interfered with our lives. Mark was jealous and worried. And the publicity of my profession added to the discomfort - it’s very difficult for a self-sufficient man to constantly feel like he’s on the sidelines... In general, I didn’t give Markusha what he needed in family life, the theater took all of me, without a trace».

Galina Volchek prefers not to remember another relationship that lasted for 10 years and did not end in marriage. After that, she decided to devote herself entirely to work, concluding that it was simply impossible to combine active theatrical activities and family concerns. Moreover, she was always fanatical about work - on the 17th day after the birth of her son, she already returned to the theater. Later Galina Volchek admitted: “As a result of this experience I finally realized: family life in its usual understanding is excluded for me. My theater was bulldozed over it... My whole life I led myself to the point that family became impossible for me. This is the natural state of a person who has sold himself into slavery in the theater».

Galina Volchek's first directorial work was the production of William Gibson's play “Two on a Swing.” Subsequently, she did not leave the Sovremennik stage for more than 30 years and became iconic for the director. She explained: “In order to talk from the stage about human relations, you need to be able to analyze them, even dissect them. And the best subject for research is yourself. I once formulated my personal life like this: I had two marriages, several novels and one delusion, and everything lasted a long time. But besides love, my whole life, and now no less than in my youth, is also a kind of swing».

Unfortunately, all the outstanding actors with whom Volchek began working at Sovremennik are no longer alive - Oleg Efremov, Nina Doroshina, Evgeny Evstigneev, Oleg Tabakov. Galina Volchek is older than all the leading veteran actors of the theater - Valentin Gaft, Marina Neelova, Liya Akhedzhakova. Over the years, it became increasingly difficult for her to manage the theater and stay in line.

Galina Volchek – Soviet and Russian theater director, actress and teacher, who in 1989 received the title People's Artist of the USSR. In the theatrical environment, for example, it is called “ The Iron Lady" - they idolize and fear, respect and adore. Galina has done a lot in her life to raise culture to a high level, for which she became a holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.

Galina Volchek was born in the early 30s in Moscow, into a family that was directly related to the stage and cinema. Galina’s mother, Vera Maimina, is a Soviet film screenwriter, and her father, Boris Volchek, is a famous director and cameraman who shot Soviet film hits “Pyshka”, “Thirteen”, “Lenin in October” and others.

As a child, Galya loved reading, so she rarely free time The girls passed without their favorite book in their hands. Seeing his daughter’s interest, the father pushed Galina to enter the only Literary Institute in the Union named after. But it is unlikely that a child who has absorbed the life of an actor and director from the cradle would have chosen a different path. Galina entered the Moscow Art Theater School, where she studied until 1955.

Theater

The theatrical biography of Galina Volchek is full of significant events from the very beginning. A year after graduation, Galina Volchek, together with Liliya Tolmacheva, founded the new “Studio of Young Actors”, which will soon turn into cult theater"Contemporary".

And if in the late 50s Volchek appeared on stage as an actress, then in 1962 Galina Borisovna began her directorial career, which would go down in the history of Soviet and Russian art. Looking ahead, we note that in 10 years Galina will become the main director of the theater, and in the late 80s she will head the theater as artistic director.

In 1984, Galina Volchek plays Martha in the production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and this role becomes Volchik's last appearance in the theater as an actress. From this moment on, the artist focuses on her directorial career.

Volchek’s first directorial experience brings tremendous success. This was a production of William Gibson's play “Two on a Seesaw,” which has not left the Sovremennik stage for more than 30 seasons. Two more significant works director - " An ordinary story"based on the novel and the play "Three Comrades" based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. The first of them brought Galina Volchek the USSR State Prize, and the second in 1999 “raised the ears” of Moscow and created a real sensation.

Galina Volchek was the first Soviet director to break the cultural blockade between Soviet Union and the United States. She staged several performances of Russian classics in American theaters, including the famous Broadway, where a Russian troupe played for the first time since 1924. And these were not just performances “for show”. Volchek’s tours were awarded one of the most prestigious US national awards in the field drama theater- the Drama Desk Award, which for the first time in the long history of this award was awarded to a non-American theater.

The famous director shared her experience with the new generation, and taught mainly not in Russia, but abroad. For example, Galina Volchek recently conducted a course of lectures and practical classes at New York University.

Galina Volchek’s last production to date was William Gibson’s play “Two on a Swing” in 2015. This is the same work with which Volchek’s directorial career began. Fans see a mystical and cyclical meaning in this and note with sadness that the first work may be chosen by the director for production specifically in order to become the last.

Movies

Galina Volchek made her screen debut in 1957 in the film adaptation of the Spanish classic novel"Don Quixote", playing the role of the strong maid Maritornes. Then there were roles in the films “The Sinful Angel”, “A Bridge Is Being Built”, “King Lear” and others.

Sometimes the actress appeared only in episodes, but she also made them bright and unforgettable. For example, in the tragicomedy “Beware of the Car,” she simply played a tape recorder buyer in a store, but managed to attract the attention of the audience in ten seconds.

In the fairy tales “About Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Little Mermaid”, Volchek has negative roles of the wolf mother and the sea witch, but in them the actress perfectly realized her own talent. The films “Autumn Marathon”, “Unicum” and “Tevye the Milkman” were also successful.

In 1996, the actress stopped acting in artistic paintings, but began to appear annually in documentary projects.

In the new millennium, Galina Volchek starred in a number of films dedicated to the actress’s colleagues: “The Life of Desdemona. ", "Unknown", ". Furious actor", "Three Loves", ". From hatred to love", ". A man with a past" and others.

The actress also starred in multi-part documentary projects “To Be Remembered”, “Idols” and “Film About a Film”, where she also talked about her colleagues, and not about herself. So far only books have been written about Galina Borisovna herself: “Galina Volchek. In the absurd and tragic mirror" by Gleb Skorokhodov, "Galina Volchek. As a rule, outside the rules" and "Galina Volchek. By itself” by Marina Raikina.

Galina Volchek tried herself in cinema and as a director. True, for a long time she simply filmed her best theatrical performances“Ordinary story”, “Hurry to do good”, “ The Cherry Orchard" and many others. But she also had experience filming original scripts, for example, the heavy psychological dramas “Echelon” and “Steep Route”.

In 2015, Galina Volchek suddenly returned to television screens as an actress in a feature series. The actress played herself in the drama “Mysterious Passion”, a film adaptation novel of the same name. The series talks about real creative people of the last century, which, for the sake of artistic storytelling, bear fictitious but easily decipherable names.

Personal life

Officially, Galina Volchek was married twice. The actress's first husband is the famous actor Evgeny Evstigneev, with whom she lived for 9 years and gave birth to a son. The son of Volchek and Evstigneev also could not leave the world of cinema and became a director. The child did not save the acting marriage; Volchek and Evstigneev separated.

Volchek claims that she was the initiator of the divorce from Evgeniy Alexandrovich. Despite subsequent relationships, the actress did not have any more children; her son from Evstigneev remained only child Galina Volchek.

Galina's second husband is the Soviet scientist Mark Abelev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, who taught at the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering. Their union also did not last long, and the couple divorced.

Galina Volchek’s third marriage was civil and lasted almost 10 years, but the director prefers not to remember this period. In her own words, she “had two husbands, several affairs and one misunderstanding.” After this relationship, she did not try to start a family anymore, considering that it was impossible to give herself completely theatrical activities and at the same time be a happy family man.

Galina Volchek’s main hobby, as the director likes to say, is “making stars.” Of course, you can’t argue that thanks to Galina Borisovna, the world learned about a huge number of artists. But if we talk about hobbies, it is worth noting that Volchek is a good fashion designer and has created a number of memorable outfits.

In 1995, Galina Volchek agreed to nominate her own candidacy for the elections to State Duma and entered the federal list of the electoral association “All-Russian socio-political movement “Our Home is Russia”.

For four years, the director sat in the State Duma and worked as a member of the Culture Committee, but in 1999, by her own decision, she left the walls of parliament.

Galina Volchek now

Recently, the 83-year-old star’s health has begun to fail. The director often ends up in hospitals, the last time Galina Volchek was on March 21, 2016 with suspected pneumonia. After Galina Borisovna’s health condition stabilized, the director returned home.

Today Galina Volchek moves to wheelchair, but details about the director’s health have not been disclosed. The press has not come to a consensus on this matter: some claim that Galina Borisovna is confined to a wheelchair and no longer walks, others adhere to the optimistic theory that the director is simply trying not to burden himself and give the body rest.

At the same time, a wheelchair does not prevent Galina Volchek from organizing creative evenings, meeting with friends and attending social events.

On April 28, 2017, Galina Volchek received the title of Hero of Labor Russian Federation with the wording “for special labor services to the state and people.” Also in 2017, Galina Borisovna celebrated a double theatrical anniversary: ​​60 years of working at Sovremennik, 45 of them as chief director.

Filmography

• 1970 - “King Lear”
• 1975 - “Waves of the Black Sea”
• 1977 - “About Little Red Riding Hood”
• 1979 - “Autumn Marathon”
• 1983 - “Unicum”
• 1983 - “Black Castle Olshansky”
• 1985 - “Tevye the Milkman”
• 1992 - “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
• 2008 - “Contemporary”
• 2010 - “Catherine III”
• 2015 – “Secret Passion”

People who have noticed drastic changes, like appearance actress and artistic director, and her lifestyle. the site tried to understand the situation and will give a reasoning answer to the question “Why in wheelchair».

Galina Volchek's health status

In fact, there is no need to panic; the woman feels quite self-sufficient. There are many health problems, but at her advanced age this is normal. Yesterday, December 19, the artist turned 85 years old. She managed to outlive the old-timers of Sovremennik, among whom we remember Oleg Efremov, Nina Doroshina, Oleg Tabakov... Moreover, Galina Borisovna is older than all those who started with her acting career many years ago: Valentin Gaft, Liya Akhedzhakova, Marina Neelova...

Therefore, all my life, all my creative career Galina Volchek dedicated it to the theater, which opened in 1956. She was one of the founding members cultural institution, and after the death of Oleg Efremov, she took his place, becoming the artistic director of Sovremennik.

62 years of faithful and dedicated service for the benefit of the theater and audience could not but affect the health of the People's Artist. IN Lately She uses a wheelchair, but Galina did not give any information about why she ended up in it.

However, the editors of JoinfoMedia became aware of the reasons why the artistic director spends most of his time in a vehicle. For the first time, Galina Borisovna was noticed in a stroller in 2017 in the Kremlin at an award ceremony. It was then that rumors like “paralyzed” began to arise, but everything turned out to be completely different.

Galina Volchek can move all her limbs without hindrance. The only reason she uses a wheelchair is because of back problems. She was diagnosed intervertebral hernia. Taking into account body weight and constant physical stress It is extremely difficult for the artist to walk without support due to pain. At the same time, the theater noted that since 2014 the pain has been increasing. For a long time she struggled with her condition, then decided to take care of herself and her health by using a wheelchair.

Typically, such situations require surgical intervention. However, given that spinal surgery is considered one of the most dangerous, the artistic director refused it, especially since no one will give a 100% guarantee anyway. She also refused because of a bad heart, and the intense and stressful work in the theater for so many years affected her nervous system, which also caused her to have lung problems and later led to hypertension.

However, despite the entire “track record” of illnesses, Galina Volchek, at 85 years old, continues to creative activity, she knows what the viewer needs and how to convey the idea to the actor, in which her experience as a chief director undoubtedly helped her. And even skirmishes with Chulpan Khamatova did not throw one of the best Russian artists of both the last and present century off track.

Deception of Chulpan Khamatova

The other day, Galina Volchek shared with the press a story that happened to her and Chulpan Khamatova. It turns out that Kristina Orbakaite plays one of the leading roles in the play “Two on a Swing” for a reason. She replaced the talented Chulpan Khamatova.

The performance, which was a success, almost closed due to one incident. Chulpan came to Galina Borisovna and told her that she needed a creative break for six months. She can't rehearse, perform, play, nothing. Volchek entered the situation and, of course, as one of the best artists her theater, she allowed me to take a break. But under the agreement that these six months the actress with Tatar roots will not take part in productions anywhere. Meanwhile, the star of “Moon Dad” disobeyed her director and at the same time took up other work in other theaters.

As a result, after reflection, Galina Volchek decides to take on the role of Chulpan, whom she has loved since the release of the film “Scarecrow,” in the play. And according to the statement artistic director, she made the right decision, since Pugacheva’s daughter is doing an excellent job in her new role.

It should be noted that Galina Borisovna does not hold a grudge against Chulpan; moreover, she continues to claim that Khamatova is a very talented artist, but, of course, they don’t act that way.

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This article will talk about famous actress Soviet and Russian cinema, director and teacher - Galina Volchek. During her long life she was able to become “People’s Artist of the USSR.” She received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland for her efforts. She has achieved everything in her life herself and is an example to follow. He has a son who admired his mother from an early age and decided to follow in Galina’s footsteps. The life of this wonderful woman is quite busy, so let's move on to detailed analysis biographies.

Height, weight, age. How old is Galina Volchek

Although the actress is already quite an old woman, everyone who is interested in her wants to know everything before the smallest details, including height, weight, age. How old is Galina Volchek, the question arises, because our heroine looks pretty good from the photographs. On this moment The actress is 83 years old. Weight is 65 kilograms, and height is 163 centimeters. Galina was born under the star of Sagittarius in the year of the Rooster. Unfortunately, the woman is now ill and therefore her weight is rapidly decreasing. But fans and loved ones hope for Volchek’s recovery.

Biography and personal life of Galina Volchyok

Biography and personal life of Galina Volchek, the most interesting point in the life of an actress. She was born in winter, December 19, 1933 in the capital of Russia. In a family of film scriptwriters and directors. That's why future star, could not go to study in another profession.

She spent her entire childhood reading books. From an early age, Galina enjoyed sitting all day long and getting into the lives of book characters.

In 1955, she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, after which she went to work in the theater. She and her colleagues in the workshop, such as Oleg Efremov, Evgeny Evstigneev and others, create the “Studio of Young Actors”, after some time this project will turn into famous theater"Contemporary".

Filmography: films starring Galina Volchyok

In 1962, our heroine decides to try herself as a director and she does it quite well. She received her main success from the play “Two on a Swing,” which was performed on the theater stage more than 30 times. Other works, such as “Three Comrades” and “An Ordinary Story,” also brought considerable success to Galina. She also conquered the United States with her performances, for which she was awarded the Drama Desk Award.

In addition to the theater, the actress also acted in films and has a fairly extensive filmography to her credit. Here are a few of the films where she played direct roles: “Don Quixote” (1957), “Autumn Marathon”, “The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood” and others. She also managed to try herself as a film director, which turned out quite well.

In total, Volchyok was engaged twice in her life. Her first marriage was with her work partner Evgeny Evstigneev, to whom she gave birth to a son. The second marriage was with the scientist Mark Abeleyev, but they also had to separate.

Family and children of Galina Volchek

The family and children of Galina Volchyok are an accessible topic for everyone to read. If you don’t yet know what family our heroine was born into, we’ll tell you. The girl's father was a certain Boris Volchek, he was a famous director at that time, as well as a cameraman. Mother, Vera Maimina, was a film screenwriter. And as you might guess, Galina had no choice; she would have had to follow in her parents’ footsteps anyway. The most important thing is that even my grandfather was closely connected with cinema.

Children for Volchyok are the flowers of life. She loves her son Denis very much. He became like his mother famous person. Works as a film director and producer. Lives with his beloved Ekaterina.

Son of Galina Volchek - Denis

Galina Volchek’s son, Denis, like his mother, followed in the footsteps of his parents. The young man was born on October 29, 1961. From an early age I dreamed of becoming known as my mother. And in 1983, he graduated educational institution, operator by profession. Immediately after this, he takes part in the filming of the film. After a short period of time, he was awarded the USSR State Prize. Throughout his career, he has taken part in many projects, including starring in some films. Was engaged twice. Now he often visits his mother, due to her deteriorating health.

Galina Volchek's ex-husband - Evgeny Evstigneev

Ex-husband Galina Volchek - Evgeniy Evstigneev, is People's Artist THE USSR. He was born back in 1926 on an autumn day. The parents were not connected with the stage. Initially, little Zhenya did not dream of a theater; he had to work at a factory. But the only difference from his peers was that he knew how to play many musical instruments. In 1946, he went to study at drama school.

He met our heroine on stage, after which he proposed “his hand and his heart” to her. After the wedding, the actress gave birth to his son. But the marriage broke up 9 years later. Unfortunately, the man died in 1992.

Galina Volchek's ex-husband - Mark Abeleyev

Galina Volchek's ex-husband is Mark Abeleyev, a successful Soviet professor. Born February 26, 1935. Since his father was a famous scientist, the boy wanted to follow in his parents’ footsteps since childhood. During his life he worked on many monographs. Received, in 1966, the State Prize of the USSR. Now he works as director at the Center for Innovative Sciences.

The marriage between Galina and Mark did not last long; they soon separated. The couple never had children. And now Mark has no relationship with anyone.