Angelina Vovk’s legendary co-host for “Song of the Year” filmed even while seriously ill, so as not to let his colleagues down
Angelina Vovk’s legendary co-host for “Song of the Year” filmed even while seriously ill, so as not to let his colleagues down
The news that he had died came as a bolt from the blue. famous TV presenter and actor Evgeny MENSHOV. How a real man, he did not like to talk about his sores and weaknesses. No one could have imagined that the host of the “Song of the Year” festival, always stylish, fit and very young-looking for his 68 years, had long been struggling with terrible diagnosis. The damn cancer turned out to be stronger.
Co-host Menshova - Angelina Vovk shared that her last meeting with her colleague on “Song of the Year” (they ran the program from 1988 to 2006) discouraged her:
This happened about a year ago. Zhenya already had a dull look. His illness broke him. Current spouse Olga isolated all her friends from him from past life. In 2008, they didn’t invite me to their wedding - probably because I was friends with my previous wife Larisa. Zhenya was diagnosed when she was still alive.
With an actress Larisa Borushko“, the second wife and mother of my only son, over 18 years of marriage we have experienced many adversities,” sighed the television reporter. - I left my first wife for her Natalia Seliverstova, my classmate at the Moscow Art Theater School. The student marriage lasted for the same 18 years, and only in 1988 did she appear in my life new love- Lara, with whom he played at the Gogol Theater.
When I left Natasha, I left everything, and Larisa and I huddled in a tiny room in a communal apartment with no furniture. Therefore, we slept on newspapers, spreading them on the creaking parquet floor. Moreover, at that time the whole country already knew me! Only then did our friends give us a separate apartment.
According to Menshov, at a certain point his wife’s career also took off. On the one hand, she was glad that she began to act in films often, but on the other hand, she started the disease, which just a couple of years later became the cause of her death.
“It seemed to Larisa that when there is a lot of work, there is no need to be distracted by doctors,” Menshov said. “She was a very convincing, talented, organic actress with purebred beauty. And suddenly a terrible diagnosis: cervical cancer. The doctors threw up their hands. At the first stage, such an illness can be cured almost one hundred percent, but with her everything was much worse. But we fought to the last. I sent tests to Israel, but they replied: “We would treat her the same way as in Russia.” But until the last moment I hoped for a miracle. Even when Larisa could no longer do without drugs.My wife, who died a week after her 43rd birthday, constantly prayed and asked: “Why me? After all, I’m still so young, I haven’t done anything bad to anyone.” But she reassured herself that God takes the best. I remember that shortly before her death she went to the dacha. I arrive next and see my dear one with a stony face and faded, distant eyes. She was holding a cigarette in her hands and, when I asked how she was doing, she quietly whispered: “Zhenya, that’s it.” She passed away on May 1st. Since then, this day has ceased to be a holiday for me. At the Mitinsky cemetery, where she was buried, I erected a monument to Lara from white marble with her profile. My son and I go there regularly.
Don't be sad
Another blow of fate for the TV presenter was that after the death of his mother, Sasha practically stopped talking.
Sasha was finishing school then, taking exams,” Evgeniy Aleksandrovich shook his head. - Entered Moscow State University. As I later found out, some teachers behaved tactlessly. Hearing that Sasha stutters a little (after a clown scared him at the age of four by unexpectedly piercing a balloon), they mockingly asked: “How did you even get here?!” Everything fell on him... The guy closed himself off, quite by accident I discovered that he had not been going to classes for months. Then, fortunately, everything turned out well. Studied at the Medical and Dental University. I bought him an apartment, where my son moved in with his girlfriend.
In 2006, when Larisa passed away, Menshov, together with Angelina Vovk, left “Song of the Year”.
- A year before, the artistic director and actual hostess of the program became Alla Pugacheva“, the TV presenter explained. - Lina and I felt some kind of conspiracy against us: I don’t want to explain in detail what and how, but Alla Borisovna was given the command to pay us a meager amount of money. Perhaps the TV channel decided to change the presenters to young ones. And Vovk and I got up and left, without waiting for clear explanations or a decent send-off. Then we were invited to the 40th anniversary of “Song...”, but we refused to participate. Although we had a good idea, in my opinion. At the beginning of the program, the call signs sound and we go out for about five minutes. We announce a couple of numbers and pass the baton to the young ones. I wanted to sing: “Don’t be sad, don’t be sad about the meeting, I’ll return to the city of our love...” But no one appreciated this creativity. I wasn’t offended, I have a philosophical attitude towards everything, realizing that, in spite of everything, Lina and I did our job and left a good memory of ourselves in this program.No doubles
Menshova was pulled out of a terrible state due to all the adversities last wife - Olga Groznaya(Evgeniy married her a year and a half after Larisa left). It was Olya who forced her husband not to give up, not to waste away and not to reflect, but to do something. And after a break of almost thirty years he returned to cinema - he shone in the popular TV series Alexey Pimanov"Alexander Garden". Moreover, he starred closely in all three seasons. True, due to problems with my kidneys, I didn’t always feel comfortable on the court.
“Once it was so pressing that he rushed to the hospital,” Menshov confessed. “I had an operation, and already on the third day, when I just started to get up, I received a call from the film group: “Evgeniy, we urgently need to film a scene.” And although I felt very bad and could barely move, I could not let people down. The scene of the action was a steep staircase in an old Moscow house. Lesha Pimanov comes up to me and explains: “You are rapidly rising up. There is your son, who was captured by bandits. You need to save him!” - “What kind of swiftness is there? - I begged. “Three days ago I was cut up by a surgeon under anesthesia.” “Okay,” the director immediately came to meet me, “you slowly approach the entrance, look back: is anyone watching? Quietly, like a cat, you climb the stairs so that the bandits don’t hear the steps from below.” While filming, I had the opportunity to jump into the Moscow River. I took a sip of water, picked up some kind of bacteria and became terribly poisoned. But I couldn’t trust the understudy with my work.
Evgeny Menshov with his third wife Olga Grozny
People's Artist of Russia Evgeniy Mensho passed away more than three years ago. The permanent presenter of “Song of the Year” from 1988 to 2006 struggled with cancer for several months. Evgeniy Alexandrovich died in a hospice on May 19, 2015.
Actress Ekaterina Madalinskaya told the Sobesednik portal how the TV presenter spent last days own life. From her youth, the artist’s mother was friends with Menshov’s second wife, Larisa Borushko.
Ekaterina remembered that her mother became the godmother of Sasha, the only son of Evgeniy Alexandrovich. “I often visited the Menshovs, one might say, I grew up with them. When Larisa died, both my mother and I were close to this family, supporting them... But after her death, we stopped communicating with Evgeniy Alexandrovich. He, already a cancer patient, married for the third time to TV presenter Olga Grozny. She loved her husband very much, but she alienated her son and friends from him - that’s true,” the actress admitted.
He hosted the “Song of the Year” program for 18 years. All these years, his permanent co-host Angelina Vovk was nearby on stage and on business trips. Latest program this duo performed in 2006. In the same year she died from incurable disease Evgeniy's wife is Larisa, who was close friends with Angelina. A couple of years later, Menshov married the ex-host of the “Vremechko” program, Olga Grozny. And from that time on, the friendship between Menshov and Vovk ceased. Angelina Mikhailovna, having learned from us about Evgeniy’s death, was very upset.
- Angelina Mikhailovna, when we met last time with Evgeniy Alexandrovich?
About a year ago. Zhenya didn’t seem like himself to me. He was always confident, charming, cheerful, full of plans. And then suddenly I saw in front of me a broken man. It was extinguished. Most likely due to a serious illness that crippled him (he suffered from kidney disease for many years - Ed.). Last year, in the fall, he was discharged from the Botkin hospital in serious condition and was taken out in a wheelchair. I did not call Zhenya and was not interested in his condition; I received all the information from friends.
- Why didn’t we communicate?
His wife Olga isolated all his friends from his past life from him. Perhaps she gave him more interesting life, full of communication with other people, but the roots and connections of past years also cannot be cut off. Evgeniy and Olga didn’t even invite me to the wedding - apparently because I was friends with my previous wife Larisa. That's why I didn't call again. I knew that contact would not work.
- Menshov was ill for a long time, nevertheless remaining an energetic person...
He was diagnosed when he was still alive previous spouse Larisa. At that time he was treated by my friend, a good doctor. He told me: “Now Evgeniy’s condition is stable, but in three years the disease will return.” I took Igor’s prediction calmly, thinking: doctors make mistakes too. Moreover, after the operation, Evgeniy flew with me on a business trip and felt great. But, unfortunately, the doctor was not mistaken and the disease returned years later.
- Evgeniy Alexandrovich has a son. What does he do?
His The only son Sasha, from his marriage to Larisa, is a wonderful guy. Zhenya wanted him to be a translator from Chinese, but something didn’t work out for Sasha with this profession. Received medical education and works as a dental technician. The guy is wonderful: kind, generous.
- Will you go to Evgeniy Alexandrovich’s funeral?
Today I'm leaving Moscow. I'll be back the day after tomorrow and hope that I'll have time to say goodbye to him.
- How do you remember Menshov?
Evgeny was a cheerful, witty man. Very beautiful, but not ladies' man, never trailed behind skirts. I liked him, I could be friends with him. I remember how patient he was: many would be jealous! I used to “kick him in the face” while recording programs: I did something wrong, that’s not right... He was never nervous, he agreed. I can only regret that we didn’t communicate last years and that he left so early. He did not lose heart, did not give up, he wanted to show that he could... May the kingdom of heaven come to him. I will pray for him and remember him kind words. And may God grant his wife Olga health and strength to endure the difficult moment of losing a loved one. I believe she loved him and he loved her.
DOSSIER "KP"
Evgeny Menshov was born on February 19, 1947. He served as an actor at the Moscow Drama Theater named after N.V. Gogol. Long years together with Angelina Vovk hosted the program “Song of the Year” - from 1988 to 2006. He left the television program voluntarily.
Starred in 24 films. One of recent roles in the cinema - in the series "The Hunt for Beria" (2008). He headed the film company "Isarius Film".
Was married three times. The first wife is actress Natalya Seliverstova. The second is actress Larisa Borushko, who gave birth to his only child - son Alexander. last love and Menshov's wife - TV presenter Olga Groznaya.
Russian and Soviet actor theater and cinema, TV presenter. Honored Artist of Russia (1993) andNational Artist of the Russian Federation (2005), holder of the Order of Honor.
Evgeny Menshov. Biography
Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Menshov born in Gorky (on this moment - Nizhny Novgorod ) February 19, 1947. Long before you choose acting career, Evgeniy was a promising football player. As a goalkeeper he played for the Volga team in the city of Gorky. IN hometown Evgeniy Aleksandrovich graduated from drama school, then went to Moscow, where he entered and successfully graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School. After university, starting in 1971, he served at the Moscow Drama Theater. Gogol.
Evgeny Menshov said in an interview: “After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, I was taken to the Gogol Theater. I received 75 rubles. This is without deductions. But I didn't think about money. The most important thing was whether I was on the role distribution lists or not. Now is the time of the golden calf - everything is for sale.”
To a wide range of viewers Evgeniy Menshov Known primarily for his work on domestic television. For many years, together with Angelina Vovk, he was the permanent presenter of the music program “ Song of the year». Evgeny Menshov hosted the “Song of the Year” program for 18 years. The duo of Menshova and Vovk performed their last program in 2006.
In addition, on account Evgeniy Alexandrovich roles in 24 films, including “Combats”, “Chief Designer”, “” and many others. On the set of the film " Peter the Great"(1986), where Menshov played Apraksin, his partners were Maximilian Schell, Laurence Olivier and Omar Sharif.
Evgeny Menshov was the artistic director of the Isarius Film film company, which is headed by Alidzhan Ibragimov, and which was created on the basis of the Mentor Cinema film company.
Evgeniy Menshov died on the evening of May 19, 2015 in one of the capital’s clinics. As I told you Angelina Vovk, his fellow presenter on “Song of the Year,” Evgeniy Aleksandrovich spent the last ten years of his life battling a serious illness: he had prostate cancer. So, in the fall of 2014 he was urgently hospitalized in one of the capital's clinics. These words were confirmed by the actor’s wife. Olga Groznaya.
Evgeny Menshov. Personal life
Until the moment Evgeniy Menshov did not appear on March 23, 2012 on the talk show “Let them talk” on Channel One, little was known about his personal life. But on the air of Andrei Malakhov’s program Evgeniy Alexandrovich talked about his wives and children.
The first wife of Evgeniy Menshov was the star of the television film “Eternal Call” actress Natalia Seliverstova. The actor studied with her at the Moscow Art Theater School and lived in happy marriage 18 years. The second wife was an actress Larisa Borushko(Amalia Kazimirovna Bezhetskaya in the film “Azazel”, Cleopatra in the series “Doomed to Become a Star”). Evgeny Menshov also lived with her for 18 years. Larisa Borushko died on May 1, 2006. She was only 43 years old; the cause of death was uterine cancer. In his marriage to Larisa, Evgeniy Alexandrovich had his only son, Alexander. He received a medical education and works as a dental technician.
The actor's third wife was a TV presenter Olga Groznaya (programs " date», « Vremechko" and etc.). They signed on January 29, 2008. At the time of painting, Menshov was 60 years old, his chosen one was 42 years old. Before marriage couple She had known each other for more than ten years, but a romance broke out between them a year and a half before the painting. The groom's witness for the wedding was the famous journalist, producer and director Alexey Pimanov.
Olga said that her husband was ideal person, which “can be counted on one hand.” In the eight years that they lived together, according to Olga, she does not remember a single “incorrect, wrong act.”
Evgeny Menshov. Filmography
2008 Alexander Garden-3
2007 Servant of the Sovereigns
2007 Alexander Garden-2
2005 Alexander Garden
1995 Adventure (Ukraine/Russia)
1994 After the Fall (film-play)
1988 Red color of fern (USSR, Poland)
1987 Saber without scabbard
1987 I don’t need protection | I won’t demand zakhista
1986 Try to Stay Alive
1986 Peter the Great | Peter the Great (USA)
1985 Alarms of the first birds
1985 Housewarming (film-play)
1983 Combats
1983 High standard
1982 One Hundred and First
1982 The old Cossack way (film-play)
1982 State Border
1981 Third Dimension
1981 Warm place(film-play)
1981 Kidnapping of the Century
1980 Day for Reflection
1980 Chief designer
1980 Where are you, love?
1976 While the mountains stand...
1976 Until the cart overturned (film-play)
1976 Everyday Affairs (film almanac)
1976 Where are you, Lyubov Dunyashova? | Movie 3
1973 Guys from our yard (film-play)
1973 Clouds
1972 And the dawns here are quiet...
1971 The Musician's Sister
Evgeny Menshov died: biography and personal life of the TV presenter, cause of death, what he was hiding National artist Russia wants to know everything. Evgeny Menshov died: biography and personal life of the TV presenter, the cause of death, what the People's Artist of Russia was hiding - People's Artist of Russia Evgeny Menshov, whom the vast majority of fans remembered as the host of the "Song of the Year" program, died. The cause of death of the actor is long illness- cancer that was treatable for ten years, but in Lately The artist’s well-being deteriorated sharply and the doctors just shrugged.
Evgeny Menshov died: causes of death, personal life of the artist - Evgeny Menshov died: biography and personal life of the TV presenter, cause of death, what the People's Artist of Russia was hiding
Famous Soviet and Russian TV presenter and actor Evgeny Menshov died at the age of 69. Many fans remember him in tandem with Angelina Vovk, when they wonderfully hosted the “Song of the Year” program. The cause of death of the famous People's Artist of Russia was cancer, which first made itself felt ten years ago. And if at that time the disease progressed slowly, then in recent weeks it began to progress and the doctors were unable to save Menshov.
Evgeniy Alexandrovich preferred not to talk about his personal life. Nevertheless, the most attentive fans of his work followed the artist’s biography, learning unknown details. It is known that Evgeny Menshov was married three times during his life. From the first Serious relationships with Natalya Siliverstova, with whom he was married for 18 years, no children were born. After this relationship, the actor met Larisa Borushko, who became his second wife. He also lived with her for eighteen years, and their only son, Alexander, was born into the marriage. Unfortunately, his second wife died of an incurable disease, so at 43, Menshov was left alone. The actor’s third wife was the young TV presenter Olga Groznaya.
Evgeny Menshov was a popular TV presenter who managed to act in theater and cinema. Few people know that besides their brilliant creative career, Evgeniy Aleksandrovich was also fond of football and was even a promising goalkeeper in the Volga team from Nizhny Novgorod.
There is an episode in Menshov’s biography when he entered the Moscow Art Theater studio and was an ardent fan of Efremov. Evgeniy Aleksandrovich remembered everything that this famous artist said at one time and admired his work. After graduating from university, Menshov had to prove his worth as an actor for a long time.
Only after the release of the film “Melody for Two Voices” on silver screens did Evgeny Menshov receive national recognition, and women from all over the country began to send him letters with declarations of love. The actor even managed to work abroad for several years. In 1998, he completely accidentally ended up auditioning for the “Song of the Year” program, when Angelina Vovk have already been confirmed as one of the leading ones. For 18 years, Vovk and Menshov were the main presenters of the popular program, which attracted a multimillion-dollar audience on TV screens.
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