Prior to her marriage – Levchenko.

Her father – Vasily A. Levchenko, graduated from the Department of Philology of Moscow University and arrived in Poltava work as a teacher.

Mother – Ekaterina SLEPTSOVA was a graduate of Alexander – the Mariinsky Institute for young ladies.

Vera was two years old when his family moved to Moscow. In 1903, when she was ten years old, she was learning in a private school Perepelkin. Soon, Vera, in spite of huge competition, entered the ballet school, but was quite full, and my mother called her "Poltava dumpling. But after a year, her parents took her out of school.

At a ball on the occasion of graduating from high school, Vera met with the student – as a lawyer Vladimir Cold. Several months later they got married in friendly disapproval of both families. Two years later the family our daughter was born Eugene (born 1912). A year later the family adopt a girl Nonna. The family lived very modestly, but, fortunately, there is a new popular and inexpensive entertainment – motion picture. Faith they are very interested and she wanted to try to force it.

In 1914 in film.

The first (casual) role – adaptation of "Anna Karenina" directed by Vladimir Gardin.

In 1915 he starred in Eugene Bauer in the movie "Song of Triumphant Love", where she played Helen. This role brought the actress widely known.

Last year she starred in Khanzhonkov in 13 films. She had to support his family, because husband was at the front.

In August 1915, Vera went to the front – in the hospital, nurse a wounded husband. Vladimir went on the mend and they returned to Moscow. A few days later, Vera immediately went to the shooting in Sochi, and in mid-October, her husband, even after recovering from injury, asked back to the front.

For four years cinematographic life Vera Cold starred in 35 films from directors: E. Bauer, P. Chardynin, V. Viskovskogo, C. Sabinsky. She was called the queen of the screen. She became a trendsetter.

In 1917, the screen went out one of her best films – "By the fireplace. This film had exceptional success with the public (under the Soviet regime it was destroyed, like hundreds of other popular pre-revolutionary films).

In 1917 Vera appeared in 11 films.

She offered many times to leave Russia. She was popular abroad. Her movies were in Europe, America, Turkey and even in Japan. She was offered a contract for 10 years in Germany, she was called in France. But it all offers refused. She said that her place in Russia.

At the end of the summer of 1918, the actress arrived in Odessa on dosemki movie "Princess Tarakanov" together with the eldest daughter, Zhenya. But the crew of the – for the intervention had to stay in Odessa for six months. February 8, 1919, Vera became ill with "immortal" – a special form of influenza, which was complicated by pneumonia. She was ill for nine days. February 17, 1919 it was gone.

Vladimir Cold lived without his wife just two months. He is not sick, but just quietly faded – of a broken heart. " Soon died and his mother Vera, and orphaned daughters of actress relatives taken abroad, where they disappear.

Embalmed body of the actress that as soon as possible, as soon as the Allied troops will leave Odessa, transported to Moscow. The coffin with the body of an actress locked in a chapel on the first Christian cemetery in Odessa … and remembered it only in 1931, when the cemetery was decided to transform the Park of Culture. Remains of an actress, as reported by her relatives, were sent to Moscow … but along the way lost.

During his career, actress starred, according to various testimonies, or forty, or eighty films. Because of her roles have reached us only five.

After high school, two years worked as a librarian, and then enrolled in the acting department VGIK. But after two years there, returned to Leningrad, where he continued his studies at the Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (now St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy).

Upon completion in 1981 LGITMiK a season worked at the theater named after Vladimir Komissarzhevskaya.

She debuted in film role Luba in the film "Looking for my destiny" (1974). The image of the singer Salome Krushelnitska her "Butterfly" (1982, dir. Fialko OA) was acting nomination Safonova theme: a strong woman in a situation to choose between personal happiness and emancipated existence. However, a truly national recognition brought the role of Elena, Olga in "Winter Cherry" (1985, dir. Maslennikov). This film earned wide popularity and recognition of colleagues in the art.

In 1985 he was named best actress in 1986 received the award for best actress at film festivals in Madrid and in Alma-Ata.

For the role of Anna in the Soviet-Italian film "Dark Eyes" (in 1987, dir. Mikhalkov) was awarded the "David di Donatello (Italy, 1988).

She was married to French actor C. Labartona, Safonova lived in Paris and filmed in French films ("Akkomponiatorsha", "Mademoiselle O.", "Woman in the Wind", "East Wind"). There is still actively working in Russia: Olga played in "Winter Cherries-2" (1990) and "Winter Cherries-3" (1995), drunkard and gradually become mentally unbalanced wife of the "new Russian" in the film "Music for December" (1995 , dir. Dykhovichny IV). The post-Soviet cinema has not hesitated to use strong-willed and at the same time feminine image of the actress. In the movie «President and his woman" (1996, dir. E. Paradise), its heroine Faith again faced a choice between marital happiness and this time his political career. In the Princess on a Bean "(1997, dir. V. Novak) her Nina also was faced with a dilemma: to remain proud, but poor or sacrifice the principles and become the wife of nouveau riche. For the role of Vera Yelena Safonova awarded "Nick" and "Kinoshock", and for the role of Nina – Award Sochi Film Festival and the Festival of Film Actors "Constellation".

France continued his professional career. Cygrala in the same play, which was busy with her husband – in a play by Jean-Marie Bessey "So what are waiting for, and what happens", dedicated to gay culture (the role of Sophie). Russian actress brilliantly coped with their role and has earned accolades in the press. After that, Safonov received several proposals from the French filmmakers.

Upon his return to Russia Safonov lives in Moscow and does not feel creative Feeling not. On the theatrical stage, she was awarded "The Seagull-99" for the role of Pauline in the comedy "Pay forward!" (After Hope Ptushkina) set theater "Amphion". In part entreprise B. Dubrovyts'kyi LA'TEATR Safonov beautifully played such roles as Chris Gorman (Comedy "Rumors" by Neil Simon play) and the Marquis de Merten (Dangerous Liaisons, "based on the play by Leonid Filatov and courtly romance Shaderlo de Laclos). Nor did not mention the role of Martha in the play "hen party" (the play by L. Cunningham «Beautiful Bodies»), created by production company, "Independent Theater Project. In the field of cinematography Yelena Safonova already postfrantsuzsky period played a dozen roles, among which I would like to mention its wonderful Lisa in the film "Ladies Property" (1999, Dir. Meskhiev AD). There are currently engaged in the productions of "Glass dust" and "Rumors" directed by Vadim Dubrovyts'kyi (http://www.lateatr.ru/Poster.htm).

Shortly after her birth the family moved to Cherepovets.

In the 15 years she was admitted to the Yaroslavl Theatre School, during the study in which married classmate Alexander Samokhin. By graduation in 1982, they divided the work in TYuZ Rostov-on-Don. November 1, 1983 young couple had a daughter, Alexandra, who as parents became an actress. In 2004, her daughter graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre Arts and has starred in movies, played in antrepriznyh plays along with her mother.

In 1987, Anna Samokhina receives leading female role, Mercedes, in the movie George Yungvald-Khilkevich "Prisoner of If Castle", filmed on the novel by Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo. This film debut for actress was very successful, and in 1988 director Yuri Kara Anne Samokhin invited to play in his painting "thieves in law". This film is based on the stories of Fazil Iskander, which played a lot of great actors, was enthusiastically received by the public – which can not be said of the critics.

But success is success, and new roles were not long in coming. Among the interesting works can be distinguished actress role in the costume tape Jan Frida "Don Cesar de Bazan", where the partners were Samokhina Mikhail Boyarsky and Yuri Bogatyrev, and in the historical drama "Imperial hunting", taken by Vitaly Melnikov, in which she played Princess Tarakanov.

In the early 1990's on account of Anna Samokhina – dozens of roles in films of different genres – in comedies, mysteries, action films, historical tapes.

Since 1989 – the actress played in the Lenin Komsomol Theater in St. Petersburg. She worked in the entreprise: in the Theatre "Russian Enterprise, named after Andrei Mironov, St. Petersburg antrepriznom Comedy Theatre.

In addition, Samokhin, as artistic director of the studio "range," presented at the 1996 festival in Monaco telefilm "The storm over Russia, delivered under the" Prince of Silver.

Anna lived in St. Petersburg, and, although not forgotten about the movie, was engaged in business – along with her second husband, they opened soon became famous restaurant "Graf Suvorov" and "The Lieutenant Rzhevskij."

Second husband of Anna Samokhina Dmitry – the cafe owner in St. Petersburg. He helped the actress organize your own catering business. Anna Samokhina married a third time – for one of his old pals Eugene (the officer, a retired customs officer), but this marriage proved unsuccessful.

February 4, 2010 signed a decree on conferring the title of Anna Samokhina Honored Artist of Russia.

Anna Samokhina died at two am on Feb. 8, 2010 in hospice № 3 St. Petersburg. The actress was buried Feb. 10, 2010 at the Smolensk Orthodox cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Theatre work

Roles in Theater:

The cause of celebration

Eight women and …

Fallen woman engineer Mambretti

Petersburg's syndrome

Florentine Tragedy

Josephine and Napoleon

In 1963 he graduated from the Drama School, MS Schepkin and he joined the Maly Theatre.

Prior to 1968 – an actor Academic Maly Theatre, and then – Actor Gorky Film Studio.

From the stage a little Mischa met in high school, where he was preparing whole programs together with the future film director Andrei Smirnov. Enamored with the scene, Kononov decided to link her life and entered the Drama School, MS Shchepkina.

His first role played by the actor, while still a student, in 1961 he made his debut in the film Ivan Puryeva "Our Mutual Friend", where Kononov got the role of Vitus. He has played characters in a long time defined the actor's Role – "a guy from the people," a charming and guileless.

It did not form a Kononov with the theater. After graduating Shchepkin in 1963, Mikhail Kononov, came to the Little Theatre. At first it seemed to fit in a theatrical environment. Later, however, chiefs of the Maly Theatre of the young actor has changed – there were rumors though Maitre did not like that Kononov a career in film. Five years later, the actor left the stage forever.

In 1997, Mikhail Ivanovich had to sell an apartment in downtown Moscow to buy a house in the Istra district to the village Butyrskaya (at Borodino). Eight years was renovated buildings late nineteenth century. So lived Kononov all this time, we can say at the construction site and on money from the sale were grown on his garden vegetables. A year before the death of Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov returned to Moscow and settled on the outskirts of a small kopeck piece.

Since the late 80's actor increasingly rare appearances on the screen. From proposals often refused, with a new generation of cinema not fundamentally friends, and rarely appeared in public.

His rejection of the shootings in the last years of his life the actor explains their reluctance tradeoff for detail and make a reputation for bad taste. After returning to Moscow, worked as Chief Marketing Officer. He wrote the script, and in his own words, "I was searching for himself."

The actor did not like any of their work, which brought him popular audience – "Chief of Chukotka," "Big Break" or "Guest from the Future." "If we talk about recognition in professional circles – said the actor – the more success brought me a small part of Thomas in the film Andrei Rublev.

One of his last works – role in the film Gleb Panfilov's The First Circle "(2006). There, he was shot when he was already very ill. "Misha said there so that every word pierced her heart, but, unfortunately, none of the critics did not notice and did not acknowledge it," – says Inna Churikova, Kononov was a partner in such legendary films, like "Home" and "B No Path Through Fire. "

Before his death he wrote a book that he will not be published. Despite the serious condition in the last days of his life publicly favorite actor trying not to lose his presence of mind.

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).

People's Artist of Russia (1999).

Mikhail Kononov, died July 16, 2007 at 10:10 am in the coronary care department of the Moscow Clinical Hospital № 20. In the Union of Cinematographers of Russia made it clear that the actor died of a heart attack.

How to write Russian newspapers, a great actor, forgotten friends and colleagues, died in complete poverty. 67-year-old actor was in hospital for two weeks before his death because of problems with the lungs. However, in the hospital his condition only deteriorated: Mikhail Ivanovich was simply no money to buy necessary medicines.

The evening of 15 July, he fell into a coma, was transferred to the coronary care department, but to save the life of an artist failed. "My friends and I collected a small sum to buy Mikhail Ivanovich drugs – says a neighbor Kononov the ward. But it was too late, we were unable to save him."

Buried actor on Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

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The life and work of an artist to make a documentary:

– "Last call Nestor Petrovich (RTR RTR, 2007).

– Mikhail Kononov. The whole world is against me "(Channel One, 2010).

This delicate and at the same time, energetic girl friends and fans call Stan, while directors in the credits put her full name – Nastya Zadorozhnaya. In the 19 years she has achieved more than many in 30, while remaining open and cheerful person. Beyonce at 10 years was a soloist of the famous children's musical group of the country – the group "Fidget", where she received first lessons in singing, choreography and stage skills.

For the first time Beyonce has appeared on television in the role of Angelica Seliverstova in the youth television series "Simple Truth". The film became the longest-among similar projects, and the number of episodes (there have been removed 350) was included in the Russian Guinness Book of Records.

The first series of "simple truths" was broadcast channel "Russia" in September 1999 and since that time audience of school teleistorii growing day by day. "Play Angelique me was easy, – says Beyonce. – In spite of the fact that it's a bit is set, it is still nice girl, kind and open. In which case, it may even sacrifice themselves for the sake of friends. But as regards self-esteem – we different. Seliverstov considers himself beauty, and at the time I did not think about their appearance. I looked myself ugly duckling. "

In summer 2002, Beyonce, accumulated by this time considerable experience filming and easily enters the acting department RATI (GITIS). In parallel with the study, the actress was withdrawn in several television series: "Swan's Paradise" maitre Russian Film Frontier ("Frontier" "The Crew") for the ORT, "The Challenge" by Anatoly Artamonov for NTV, "Bachelor" on the channel Ren-TV . In the latter project was attended by such celebrities as Dmitry Pevtsov, Marat Basharov, Oleg Fomin and Eugene Stychkin.

Great debut of the "real" film Stas yet to be: Now the actress is removed in the continuation of the cult "black" comedy Maxim Pezhemsky "Mom, do not worry!". The first film shot in 1997, became a truly popular and gave birth to dozens of cruise phrases. Russian critics today is rightly called the picture a prototype of all modern crime films and serials.

Above the "Mom, do not worry – 2" works the same team: STV film company, producer Sergei Selyanov, director Maxim Pezhemsky, screenwriter Konstantin Murzenko. Remains practically unchanged and cast: Gosha Kutsenko, Andrei Panin, Eugene Sidikhin, Alexander Bashirov. Exit the pictures on the screens is scheduled in spring 2005. In addition to films and television series hours of Beyonce starred in several well-known music videos. The actress starred in a music video "Why step on my love" group "Semantic hallucinations", and be reincarnated as Juliet in the video "Talk To Me", group SMASH!

Numerous surveys have not become a hindrance of career STAS. On screen, music channels it appears as the first own video. Now an actress and singer is finishing recording their debut album, is engaged in formulation of a bright show programs involving dance group URBANS.

When asked about how she manages to keep pace with all the singer says: "My day often starts at 6 am and ends very late. But still, I'm not a robot and a workaholic, and it is quite normal, just a very enthusiastic person. It is not secret that the favorite and interesting work is not perceived as work, but on what is happening to me now, just breathtaking. "

Beyonce loves me and try on different images. A young, talented actress and singer, she can be the heroine of youthful dreams and the girl from next door. " She was good in both lyrical and adventurous role in the movie, romantic ballads and driving dance compositions. She manages all except for one – Beyonce can not be identical. Ah, so it will soon be the new roles, new images, new songs …

Filmography:

2000-2003 Series Simple Truth (RTR).Role: Angelica Seliverstov

2005 series are young and happy (STS, dir: V. Zelensky). Role: Stan

2004 series Bachelors (Ren-TV, directed by V. Vlasov), Role: Natasha

2005 Series Challenge (NTV, directed by A. Artamonov). Role: Svetochka

Swan's Paradise 2005 series (director A. Mitta) for ORT. Role: Light

2005 Mama Do not Cry – 2 (directed by M. Pezhemsky). Role: Maria

2005 Oh, frost, cold (director Shcherbakov). Role: The Snow Maiden

Still, unseeing eyes, stiff rearranging old rheumatic legs, just supported her granddaughter, and suddenly she left, the countess Hryumina-grandmother is from inertia directly to the audience. The audience applauded this exit, can not help laughing when this steaming ruin in time to pick up. A burst of laughter, followed by applause, and heard on the last replica of a decrepit old woman:

"Come, my dear – I do not right under the force …

One day I was gone, but to the grave … "

And a replica of the eleven and twenty-one lines the role of the Countess-grandmother ("Woe from Wit"), embodied Sadouskaya opens and Moscow since Griboyedov and psychology of aging and makes remembering the image of "Queen of Spades", is committed to the scaffold, despite the complete destruction of on balls.

He drinks tea, chewing, sighing and in various combinations utters the words "where so that too, but not a bit" … and the audience is not only an image Anfusy ("Wolves and Sheep), creatively recreated Sadouskaya feels he and the terrible conditions of life of the landlord, who created the profession of special retainers, humiliated, lost his identity and writhing in the semi-animal state.

And how has unveiled a full unbridled desperation cry Poshlepkinoy ("Auditor"), which never could find the truth, and begging for help "arrived from St. Petersburg officials" immediately with a furious anger sweep over him. Talkative, sarcastic, and such genuine cook "manor" homes – Sadovskaya in "Fruits of Enlightenment" was able to feel the cruelty of masters and their cruelty. " A famous song Sadouskaya over the cradle of the "peasant's son" in "Voivod", full of fascinating anguish, boundless suffering and hopeless slavery, could not shake the convincing in the horrors of serfdom.

In each role, this brilliant actress, without residue perevoploschayas, was able to cause some of the most diverse views, associations and pictures. When she created large canvases, the viewer is not only admired her playing, not only laughed, cried and gasped, but also perceived in the simple, unsophisticated people, it embodies the complexity of the human psyche, the social environment and life time.

Sadovskaya – Barabosheva ("Truth is good"), imperious-handed person, accustomed to split hairs over the surrounding, dark and superstitious, urged with all the clarity of the corrupting influence of power of capital and customs of the "dark kingdom".

Sadovskaya-Nezabudkina ("Poor Bride"), helpless, grumpy, and this comic, one was able to switch the tone of the mood of the auditorium, just genuinely laugh and suddenly subsides, when the clerk of the oppressed life manifested a tender maternal anxiety. Sadovskaya-Domna Panteleyevna ("Talents and Admirers"), amused the audience with laughter, and it was impossible not to laugh: so subtle humor, sharp observation, high-art comic scattered in intonation, the sounds of voices, yet the public sympathized with the suffering of mothers, all Life on the Beat of earning and trembled for the fate of her daughter (not for nothing Ostrovsky said that Sadovskaya in all his plays is admirable, but the old woman Negin – ideal).

And the main force of the impact of this brilliant actress was in the skill of articulation. Sample stage it, with infinite shades, with a workshop specificity – so for example, language Sadouskaya in the matchmaker for the merchants "and" a matchmaker for the nobility "is different, not to mention a completely different sounding language wives (Kabanova, for example) and female civil servants (Gushchina – "Old Friends are Best") or meschanok (Migachev – "There was not a penny") – allows you to Olga Levinton sculpt vivid images, revealing the "typical circumstances, persuasive, and its vitality.

Sounding it Sadouskaya – that limit is reached culture elocution in the past the Russian theater.

OO Sadovskaya – the daughter of opera singer Lazarev, herself a pianist, toured with the age of sixteen, has created several popular songs, which became widespread.

Wife of MP Sadovsky, with whom she appeared in 1869 in the artistic circle, she gets a debut at the Maly Theatre, running in a circle, then in 1876 transferred to the theater Lentovskogo, where he plays until 1879This year, she was offered a new debut in the Maly Theatre, and she followed the presentations starring Barbara ("Storm"), Eugene ("On a busy place"), Gushchina ("Old Friends are Best") joined the troupe of the theater, where their forty years of creative work completed residential area acting.

In 1932 graduated from the directing department of the boom. He worked in film as a director since 1929.

He would put mostly comedies and adventure paintings: "Girl with the character" (1939), "Anton Rybkin (1942)," Twins, "" Heart of four "(both 1945)," The brave men "(1950)," Zastava in the Mountains "(1953)," Swedish Match "(1954, by AP Chekhov)," on the stage "(1956, on vaudeville D. Lenski Lion Gurych Sinichkin").

The latest movie Y. "The wrestler and the Clown" (1957) is devoted to famous clowns A. Durov and wrestler IM Piddubnogo (finished dir. BV Barnet).

USSR State Prize (1951). He was awarded three medals, and medals.

Lit.: Dolynin B., Konstantin Yudin, M., 1961.