In each of her vocal concerts, Lyudmila Gurchenko certainly performed the famous song from the movie “ Simple story”, where there are the words “how can you live in the world without love?” And the enchanting personal life of the actress, who seemed to personify this feeling, gave an unequivocal answer to that poetic question: absolutely impossible. Until the end of her days passionate nature was open to love.
Vasily Ordynsky
Lyusya Gurchenko met Vasily Ordynsky at VGIK, where she entered immediately after graduating high school in Kharkov. At the time of their acquaintance, she was 18 years old, he was 30. Also a Vgikov student, he just studied at the directing department and had already graduated from the institute. A front-line soldier, he went through the entire war as the commander of a mortar company. The communication between a young student and a young director quickly turned into a dizzying romance, which in 1953 brought the lovers to the registry office. This information prevails in different sources. But there is another reason why this marriage remained civil.
Vasily Ordynsky. Still from the film “Shield and Sword” (1968)
Be that as it may, during her second year of study, Gurchenko received an invitation from her boyfriend to play main role in the film "A Man Is Born". However, according to rumors, one of the “well-wishers” informed the members of the artistic council about their love affair. The masters considered it immoral to patronize their mistress, did not condone this and appointed another artist to the role - Olga Bgan. And yet, the director managed to “draw” his beloved into the picture - he approved her candidacy for voicing that very role...
Vasily also moved Kharkov resident Lyusya from a hostel near Moscow to his apartment. However, the lovers’ life together did not work out; the marital union did not last long more than a year. Subsequently, both kept silent about the reasons for the divorce. Only once did the actress mention that she “could not forgive the betrayal.” But other data indicate that Ordynsky was the initiator of the separation.
Boris Andronikashvili
As soon as she parted with Vasily, Lucy was overcome by a new feeling. VGIK student Boris Andronikashvili, a student of the screenwriting department, also became the chosen one. A charming 22-year-old Georgian, an intellectual and a handsome man, a musician, the son of the writer Boris Pilnyak and Princess Kira Georgievna Andronikashvili, an actress and director. On his mother's side, he was the successor of the famous Shengelaya cinematic dynasty (his aunt was actress Nato Vachnadze, mother of directors Georgiy and Eldar).
Boris Andronikashvili. Still from the film “Otarova’s Widow” (1957)
Boris accidentally ran into Lyudmila in the institute cafeteria. When she saw such a macho man, she dropped the tray. He picked it up. The romance began instantly, quickly began to gain momentum and ended with a wedding. Many VGIK girls were jealous of Gurchenko. And not only because of her dizzying romance with the handsome Borey - the dream of each of them. By this time, Lyudmila Gurchenko’s fame was at its zenith - she had already played her “star” role in Eldar Ryazanov’s film “Carnival Night”, and felt happy in all respects. By her own admission, she literally idolized her husband and praised the Lord for uniting them in a couple.
A year after the official marriage, the couple had a daughter, Maria. However, three years later, namely in 1960, Boris and Lyudmila broke up. According to the stories of acquaintances, a significant role in the breakdown of relations, in addition to the difference and explosiveness of characters, was played by the difference in creative positions: firstly, the husband categorically did not like to see his wife in the role of a comedian, and secondly, her resounding success infringed on his male pride .
And yet, this could hardly be a decisive factor: characters get used to it, roles change, success fades... A much more significant reason lay in the lifestyle that Boris began to lead. In her memoirs, the actress admitted: “He talentedly knew how to live nearby, being only on his shore. And with incredible willpower I had to learn to live alone and alone..." The fact is that my husband family matters he preferred a free, sociable, drunken and loving life. “Kind” girlfriends did not fail to tell the young wife, immersed in worries about the child, about both her husband’s pastime and his many affairs.
Gurchenko did not clarify the details and sort things out; she also avoided scenes of jealousy, which, given her talent, she could have performed brilliantly. Instead, accepting what happened as a fact, she decided to rid herself of this reality, after which she filed for divorce, which was extremely difficult. As a result of this marriage, Lyudmila Markovna formulated for herself a fundamental taboo: on sacrificial love, which brings only suffering, and on the repeated birth of children, which force her to plunge into the abyss of household chores. And, having erased her ex-husband from her life forever, she also categorically deprived her daughter Masha of the opportunity to communicate with her own father.
After the divorce, Boris began to live civil marriage with Nonna Mordyukova, and two years later Lyudmila got married again.
Alexander Fadeev
Meeting with actor Alexander Fadeev Jr. (son of the famous Moscow Art Theater artist Angelina Stepanova and Foster-son famous writer Alexandra Fadeev - author of The Young Guard), took place in the fashionable WTO restaurant, where Soviet time creative bohemia gathered. A joker, womanizer and reveler, Sasha instantly charmed the young lonely actress and was fascinated by her himself. The short-lived romance very soon ended in marriage.
The newlyweds moved into a cooperative apartment “on Mayakovsk”, bought for them by Lyusina’s mother-in-law. And yet the decision to live together in marriage was clearly reckless and thoughtless. Disappointment was not long in coming. After existing for two years, the union disintegrated.
Tying yourself marriage ties, Alexander did not want to change anything in his life. He remained a failed artist and a regular at restaurants, visits to which ended in unbridled sprees, fortunately his father’s money allowed him to live in grand style, without denying himself anything.
Unfortunately, this wonderful idleness could achieve little for the family. Plus, the young man was uncontrollably jealous of his wife. They say that once, heavily drunk, tormented by the pangs of jealousy, he even shot at her with a hunting rifle. Fortunately, he missed... Describing this marriage of hers, Lyudmila Markovna said that that marriage did not give anything to either spouse, calling it an “unfortunate mistake” and a “blank” in her life.
Anatoly Vedenkin
Lyudmila Gurchenko’s close relationship with artist Anatoly Vedenkin did not last long. They met in 1972 on the set of the musical film " Summer dreams" Immersion in the screen images of spouses led to the emergence of sensual intimacy in real life. The entire film crew watched the development of the romance between people completely different from each other...
Anatoly Vedenkin and Lyudmila Gurchenko. Still from the film “Summer Dreams” (1972)
Boris Diodorov
Some sources claim that another official husband Lyudmila Markovna was Boris Diodorov - People's Artist of Russia, professor, chief artist of the publishing house "Children's Literature", who illustrated more than three hundred books, including magnificent illustrations for fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. In fact, there was no registered marriage. And there was a short romance - ardent and stormy. During which Boris Arkadyevich called his beloved “wife,” which was the reason for the confusion.
Boris's feeling for Lyudmila was so strong that he broke up with his legal wife - famous artist Natalya Kormushina, with whom he was married for 16 years. It was in their house that Gurchenko and Diodorov met. As Tamara Valentinovna said in one interview, the capital’s creative intelligentsia often gathered in their apartment on Vernadsky Avenue, and... “One day Vysotsky brought Lucy to us. We knew there was a relationship between them. It’s not like an affair - they just slept together. Everyone at Mosfilm knew that Gurchenko was very loving.”
Boris Diodorov. Photo: Victor Velikzhanin/TASS Photo Chronicle
The meeting between the artist and the actress, initiated by Vladimir Vysotsky, led to Boris leaving the family and moving to Lyudmila’s apartment. According to relatives, Diodorov - a “quiet, calm, cheerful and driven” person - succumbed to the passionate temperament of the actress, who at that time was not in demand in the profession and, according to eyewitnesses, drank heavily. It was also said that Gurchenko “pressed terribly” on her lover, and if he had not managed to escape from her influence a year later, his life would have gone downhill. At the same time, Boris Arkadyevich developed an ideal relationship with Masha, the daughter of Lyudmila Markovna.
He himself recalled his marriage this way: “Lucine’s character manifested itself unbearably, she became irritated at the slightest provocation and without. And I tried to support her in everything, I took everything upon myself everyday problems and actually turned into her servant... This marriage could not end in anything other than a divorce.”
Joseph Kobzon
In fact, the separation occurred on Lyudmila’s initiative - she fell in love with the already successful Mosconcert artist Joseph Kobzon. An unexpected meeting in the corridor of the All-Union Theater Society (VTO) gave rise to a future intimate relationship, and then a marital union that lasted less than three years - from 1967 to 1970. Both spouses subsequently considered this marriage a colossal mistake. Nevertheless, the new stepfather was friendly with Masha and personally escorted the girl to first grade...
Joseph Kobzon. Photo: from personal archive
The life of the spouses was frantic - noisy, with discord and loud scandals. People from their close circle recalled that sometimes it came to assault. Moreover, mutual. According to the stories, Lyudmila Markovna once, in a surge of emotions, threw an iron at Joseph Davydovich, hitting him in the head.
Many years later, the singer said that they did not plan to register their marriage, but took this step because they were denied room together in a hotel room while on tour. Recalling that relationship, Kobzon once admitted: “We were very passionate about each other, and I liked having such a beautiful, popular actress. He brought her gifts and flowers from everywhere. We were amazing lovers, and our sex happened wherever we happened to see each other ... "
Lyudmila Markovna remembered something else: “There was nothing good in this marriage,” she admitted. “You go out to the car given by your spouse, and you see a prostitute from the street there... It’s just dirty.” In her autobiographical book, the actress wrote: “He needed a director of his repertoire and appearance nearby. Great opportunities do not replace taste and style.”
Konstantin Kuperweis
If Joseph Kobzon was two years younger than his first wife, then the age difference between Lyudmila Markovna and her next, common-law husband, pianist Konstantin Kuperweiss, was more significant and amounted to 14 years. Which did not become an obstacle for their 18-year-old life together(from 1973 to 1991), not so that the actress’s 14-year-old daughter began to call Konstantin Tobyashevich “dad,” although he was only ten years older than her.
The meeting of the future spouses took place at a concert held as part of the Moscow Film Festival. Then the actress invited the pianist to dub her film, and he invited her to his birthday. Then there were romantic walks around Moscow, then a joint trip to Sevastopol. Gurchenko admitted that she felt absolutely happy, felt that she had finally waited - she had met the man of her dreams, with whom she could start life from scratch.
She adored her chosen one and ruled over him. And he, a talented musician, sacrificed everything for his wife, and first of all his own career. First of all, Konstantin became Gurchenko’s permanent accompanist, and from that time on, they prepared all the actress’s programs, including the well-known cycles “Favorite Songs” and “Songs of War,” together. But not only. Kuperweis was also Lyudmila Markovna’s director, administrator and secretary. In the questionnaires, in the “specialty” column, he wrote: “Gurchenko’s husband.”
Cherishing his wife, tirelessly caring for her, indulging her whims and caprices, helping to increase his fame, he himself always remained in the shadows. Subsequently he regretted it. He once admitted that his nerves began to fail because he was exhausted and psychologically exhausted by his wife’s endless nagging. I also recalled the following episode: once, angry at his wife who had unfairly offended him, he threw the phone at the wall in a rage. After which, from the lips of Lyudmila Markovna, who at that moment maintained an emphatically reinforced-concrete calm, came the remark: “Revolted?! Slave revolt."
Konstantin Kuperweis. Photo: facebook.com
That “rebellion” happened impulsively, but it preceded a conscious rebellion - Konstantin Kuperweis himself left his beloved. The admission that he had another woman became a sudden and cruel blow for Lyudmila Markovna. She didn't expect this. She described this situation in her memoirs approximately like this: “I always left marriages. And that’s why I especially take my hat off to Kostya. What a fine artist! So great to play!” She didn't suspect anything.
Sergey Senin
Soon after the breakup, Gurchenko met with Sergei Senin. 26 years younger than his chosen one, he is a producer and businessman, and remained the actress’s husband until her last day. Sergey Mikhailovich, a resident of Odessa, graduated from the Civil Engineering Institute, worked as a laboratory assistant, after which he got a job at the Odessa Film Studio. In 1993, he produced the film “Sex Tale”, on the set of which he met Lyudmila Markovna. The actress was 58 years old at the time. Senin is 32 years old, and he was an exemplary family man, the father of a young daughter.
Relations with Gurchenko developed rapidly, as if in a whirlwind, as witnessed by all members of the film crew. The producer's wife, who learned about her husband's infidelity, filed for divorce, which gave him the opportunity, avoiding legal red tape, to formalize the dissolution of the marriage and immediately enter into a new one - with Gurchenko. Their union lasted 18 years. True, Sergei Mikhailovich’s relationship with Maria, the daughter of Lyudmila Markovna, never clicked.
Lyudmila Gurchenko and Sergei Senin. Photo: East News
The producer devoted all these years to serving his “star” wife. He produced films where she played herself (“Motley Twilight” and “Reboot”), and “filled up” with new projects, for example, thanks to him, the actress’s lifelong dream came true - she played in the musical film, the short film “I Love”.
According to friends, their marriage was based on love, mutual understanding and respect. Her husband, both in character and appearance, reminded the actress of her father, a self-taught accordion player whom she adored, idolized, and who was her ideal. Sergei, perceiving his wife as a little girl, called her “daughter,” and she called her husband “dad.”
Lyudmila Markovna died at home, her husband was nearby. Later, from his story it will become known that “Lucy only managed to scream, after which she fell dead.”
Aslan Akhmadov
When the legendary Lyudmila Gurchenko was escorted to last way, Aslan Akhmadov was present at the actress’s coffin next to her husband, also accepting condolences. Stylist and photographer, designer and director, with whom Lyudmila Markovna maintained a mysterious relationship in last period life, aroused intense media interest.
Aslan AKhmadov and Lyudmila Gurchenko. Photo: East News
The young man was constantly next to Lyudmila Markovna, walked with her arm in arm along Khreshchatyk in Kyiv and along the central streets of the capital, starred in her last movie"Motley Twilight". As a guest of the “Let Them Talk” program, Gurchenko unexpectedly asked Malakhov a question: “Why, Andrey, didn’t you ask me if I was in love?” The presenter immediately addressed this question to her and received a comprehensive answer: “Yes, imagine, I’m in love! In Aslan. Do you know how he hugs me? Tight tight!"
Aslan is from Azerbaijan and was born in 1973. By education, he is a theater director, a graduate of the Baku Institute of Culture. He has implemented many different creative projects. Having moved to Moscow, he took up photography and began collaborating with popular glossy magazines, thanks to which he gained fame among celebrities. And they agreed to Akhmadov’s personal photo shoots, often frankly shocking and erotic. Having met Lyudmila Markovna, Aslan became her personal stylist and photographer. Organized successful photo exhibitions dedicated to the actress.
Was Akhmadov last love legendary artist, as many believe, or not, remains a mystery. Her confession: “I am in love with Aslan and what he does,” was interpreted in different ways. But the fact that the photographer became a close friend of Lyudmila Markovna and, by the way, her legal husband is an irrefutable fact.
Sergei Senin and Lyudmila Gruchenko lived together for 20 years. Despite the large age difference (the artist was 25 years older than her husband), all decisions in the house were made by Sergei. About how the relationship between Gurchenko and her last husband developed - in our material
Sergei Senin and Lyudmila Gruchenko lived together for 20 years. Despite the large age difference (the artist was 25 years older than her husband), all decisions in the house were made by Sergei. Read about how the relationship between Gurchenko and her last husband developed in our material.
Before meeting each other, Sergei Senin and Lyudmila Gurchenko lived their entire lives. He managed to get married, raise a daughter, get divorced, live in Odessa, Israel, and return. She was married five times. They met in Vilnius in 1990 at film set film "Sex Tale" based on Nabokov. Margarita Terekhova, who was supposed to play the main role in the film, unexpectedly refused. She was replaced by Lyudmila Gurchenko, who at that time was divorcing her next husband and, in order to distract herself, agreed to any job. On the set, Senin turned white when he saw the actress, but a close acquaintance did not take place then. Later, when the picture was released, he called ex-wife Galina (at that time the divorce papers had not been completed, but in fact the spouses had not lived together for a long time) and asked him to organize Gurchenko’s tour to Israel (this would have brought her good dividends). Sergei at first refused - he was not so familiar with the artist to ask her for such a favor. But later he decided to help his ex-wife - and called Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko. And she, being depressed, looked for any opportunity to leave home. And she agreed to tour in Israel.
The relationship was purely business-like: he filled out all the documents, took the artist to the airport, and then met her. And so their relationship began: first - work, then - friendly, and, finally, love.
Lyudmila Markovna was embarrassed by Sergei’s age. At that time he was thirty-two, she was fifty-seven. But he reminded her so much of her father, whom she had extolled all her life, that she could not refuse Senin.
“Believe it or not, we didn’t get tired of each other. Of course, they argued, they could quarrel to the point of breaking plates, but in exactly three minutes everything was over,” Sergei Senin told the correspondent of “Caravan of Stories.”
Quarrels, of course, happened, but over trifles. Sergei was the first to reconcile, since the artist, he notes, did not know how to admit her mistakes. True, he explains, he does not consider this a disadvantage. Senin always notes that Lyudmila Markovna taught him a lot. “The main thing that Lucy taught me is to be attentive to people. Be more tolerant. Lucy herself was an extremely trusting person. But over the years I have cultivated a certain caution in myself. I think what I valued most in me was easygoingness,”
Senin and Gurchenko got married only after six years of living together. Sergei was a citizen of Ukraine and in this regard many difficulties arose.
Sergei Senin was with Lyudmila Markovna before last minute her life. He doesn’t remember well the first year after she left. He says friends helped. Despite everything he did for her and for her sake, Senin blames that he did not have time to give much. “Still, I was often very dry with Lyusya, tired of her suspicion towards people, sometimes out of stubbornness I argued, realizing that she was almost always right. And it infuriated me. I regret a lot. But death is such a thing, it happened, and you understand: “Oh, boy, you were late, you didn’t give enough love, attention, you didn’t stroke your broken leg once again...”, Senin said in the same interview with Caravan of Stories.
// Photo: frame from the film “Twenty Days Without War”
Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko was married six times and only one of her long-term relationships was not registered. With her fifth husband, musician Konstantin Kuperweiss, the actress lived in a civil marriage for 18 years. When they met, he was 18 and she was 38 years old.
Konstantin Kuperweis in the new Channel One documentary “Lyudmila Gurchenko. Carnival life" shared his memories.
It was during the period of her relationship with Cooperweiss that Gurchenko triumphantly returned to films, acted a lot and successfully... Konstantin did not become her last husband.
However ex-spouse The actress categorically rejected all rumors and gossip that he, like some of his predecessors, cheated on Lyudmila Markovna. The musician gave a completely different reason for the separation; according to the musician, he did not leave for another woman. In addition, after so many years of marriage, during which Cooperweiss literally served the actress faithfully (he was her confidant, conducted work negotiations, supported her on set, took care of the house, looked after her mother and daughter), Konstantin left everything acquired by Luce together. And after the divorce, he moved to his parents in Khrushchev.
“Apparently, we have exhausted communication with each other. We didn't share anything, everything that Lucy had was left. I went to my parents’ family, to the Khrushchevka. I'm not complaining at all. And I didn’t leave for another woman or anything like that. All this talk in the press is not true,” said Lyudmila Gurchenko’s fifth husband.
// Photo: frame from the film “Lyudmila Gurchenko. Carnival life"
The character of People's Artist Gurchenko, according to many who communicated closely with her, was not easy. Lyudmila Markovna was extremely consistent and principled; she did not forgive two things - unprofessionalism and betrayal. Infidelity was the first and main reason, according to which Gurchenko parted with the men she loved and loved her. Because of infidelity, she left her first husband, director Vasily Ordynsky, divorced her second, the father of her only daughter, screenwriter Boris Andronikashvili, kicked out her third, actor Alexander Fadeev, who one day came home in the morning.
Gurchenko lived with the fourth, Joseph Kobzon, for three years. Life with him was fun and interesting, but it was not happy for the actress. Then Gurchenko was not filmed; she was having a hard time with creative stagnation. Lyudmila Markovna hoped that famous artist Kobzon will help her career. But the husband, despite his popularity, could not so easily call Mosfilm and demand: “Give Lucy the main role!” Kobzon was occupied with his own career. And the brighter the singer’s star shone, the more of a failure Gurchenko felt. The result is divorce. Gurchenko cut off their common past in one fell swoop. And after the separation, Kobzon and Gurchenko did not communicate for 40 years, until her departure.
The same thing happened with the fifth husband. Konstantin Kuperweis admitted in the documentary that he himself was afraid of meeting with Gurchenko after the breakup.
// Photo: frame from the film “Lyudmila Gurchenko. Carnival life"
“I avoided even those rare concerts where we could meet by chance. I didn’t want to see Lyusya, I was afraid... I don’t even know what. These meetings could bring back some memories, including good ones,” said Konstantin Kuperweis.
// Photo: frame from the film “Lyudmila Gurchenko. Carnival life"
Friends, acquaintances and creators documentary film We are convinced that the relationship with Kuperweis was very happy for Gurchenko. Unlike others, he gave her what she wanted most - fatherly care. Even though he was younger, she called him daddy. Although Cooperweiss never truly became a father in this marriage, Gurchenko did not want any more children.
“It wasn’t even an ultimatum, it was a condition. She said: "I've been married many times before and I don't need an extra stamp." And I also immediately decided on the issue of having children together: “I don’t want any more children.” Well... I accepted it,” said Gurchenko’s fifth husband.
// Photo: frame from the film “Lyudmila Gurchenko. Carnival life"
Komsomolskaya Pravda met with last spouse Lyudmila Markovna Sergei Senin to talk about what this inimitable woman was like in everyday life.
“I was taken aback. Numb. Gave flowers"
“I couldn’t even imagine that we would be together,” admits Sergei Senin. - 1990... “I lived in dusty Odessa back then”... (Senin is an Odessa resident - Ed.), I dropped out of graduate school at the Construction Institute and plunged headlong into cinema. I opened a film company with a friend. And away we go! Experience - zero. Ambition is darkness! First works with the legendary Ephraim Sewela and Juliusz Machulski. These are truly the dashing 90s! Director from Moscow Elena Nikolaeva invites us to produce a film based on Nabokov’s story “The Fairy Tale”, in which she invites Lucy to play one of the main roles. Oh! It immediately flashes through my head - 1980, the magazine “Our Contemporary”. Circular hall of the construction institute. I don’t listen to the lecture - I read “My adult childhood" I don't read - I swallow. Author - Lyudmila Gurchenko. Wow! I took a magazine issued for one day - there was a queue waiting! - with a great air of skepticism, and when I closed the last page, I discovered that I was sitting alone in a huge audience. No, not alone. With her. With the one that I will see with my own eyes for the first time 10 years later in Vilnius, in the pavilion of the Lithuanian Film Studio. We're filming "The Fairy Tale" there. Scene of Lucy and Sergei Zhigunov. I saw a woman of fantastic beauty. I was taken aback. Numb. Gave flowers. After filming, I was escorted to the hotel.
"Natural Romance"
- Were you still married then?
My wife emigrated with our daughter to Israel a year and a half earlier. For me, the issue of emigration was not an issue - impossible. I am one of those who loves my homeland.
We met Lyusya a year after the premiere of “Fairy Tale”, in 1992. I called - friends asked about her touring in Israel with a concert and our film. At the end of the conversation I got excited: “Let’s do something else together.” And I heard a laconic and simple answer: “Come, let’s talk.” We met. We discussed a program that later appeared on television called “Love.” Good name - Lucy suggested it. I love. I love everything - dad, people, viewers-readers, life, dogs, profession, what happened, what will happen... But... I called door bell- she opened - always looking beautiful, luxurious, it took my breath away... And it seemed to me that there, behind open door, there will be a thousand nannies, assistants, girlfriends and friends. Close people, in the end... No. I met a strong, powerful, not devastated, as Lyusya came up with in “Station for Two” - beautiful! - but a very lonely person.
“How did this all happen? What evenings? For three years I dreamed of you...” We walked with the dachshund Tuzik, talked, laughed, were sad, remembered (Lucy - always dad), had a delicious dinner at the House of Cinema restaurant. We supported each other. We really loved driving around Moscow at night in Lyusina’s Lada Nine. I went to Odessa for five days on business. It seemed like an eternity had passed. Came back... I think that's when everything happened. Lucy starred in one of her best, in my and not only my opinion, films - “Listen, Fellini”. Mosfilm. I know that she is in one of the dressing rooms. Found. He opened the doors. For this reason, her hug when we met... She clung to me like a child. Like a woman. Trusting... I fell in love.
“Gymnastics is terrible for her”
- You a big difference at the age of 25 years...
We talked about it. Sometimes. But only with humor. I always felt older.
- How was your life structured?
Everyday life... Well, where can I get away from it... The principle was defined by Lyusya: the one on whom the well-being of the family depends today (financially, first of all), is outside of everyday life... When work brought dividends from my entrepreneurial business, Lyusya was a real housewife , wife and, as they call it there, the keeper of the family hearth. In the culinary arts she had a small range. But what she cooked was always exquisite. In oatmeal - a piece of dark chocolate, plum, banana, kiwi. The main thing is proportions. It turned out very tasty! Her signature salad is grated apple, carrots, raisins, banana, dried apricots, walnuts, sour cream. I loved to fry potatoes. I loved eclairs. I was always amazed: I just look at a bun and already feel like I’m getting better, but she could eat a dozen cakes and nothing. This is from God, her dad was at the same weight all his life, and so was Lucy. No training. Gymnastics or exercises are terrible for her! Favorite mise-en-scène is lying down. That’s how I composed and fantasized. Role, music, movements, text. First in my head, then I took hold of the pen.
Survived the death of her grandson
- Were you with your wife when her grandson died? (Maria Borisovna’s son Mark Korolev died on December 18, 1998 from a drug overdose. - Ed.)
Lucy was in the hospital after a major operation. Sinusitis is a consequence of the profession. In general, fractures and sinusitis are occupational diseases of actors... It was December, I dropped by home. I heard a message on the answering machine: a young voice said that an accident had happened, Marik had died. Despite the doctors' protests, Lyusya went with me to Cemetery Vagankovsky, where Mark was buried. He often came to us. She loved him very much.
- Many people argue: were Lyudmila Gurchenko and Alla Pugacheva friends or rivals?
She had with Alla great relationship, there were simply no close intersection points. Only some individual works. The “Diva” video, in which Lucy starred, for example. Lucy and Alla are two cosmic figures who each lived on their own territory: Alla on the stage, Lucy in the cinema. Another question is that Lucy felt free on the stage, this was her second calling. But they were not friends, because this implies a closer relationship.
BY THE WAY
Left over 200 outfits
In the time of Lyudmila Gurchenko there was no expression “style icon”. But that’s exactly what she was for viewers during the Soviet years.
Lucy added something of herself to all the dresses she bought, and the result was sparkle,” recalls Sergei Senin. - I could embroider it with beads, decorate it with feathers, insert lace. More than 200 hand-made Lyusya stage costumes, accessories, and objects now exist. All this will be on Trekhprudny - the world of Lyusin is preserved there, you will feel it.
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