The President presented a huge bouquet of flowers to the birthday girl Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Alla Pugacheva also didn’t miss her close friend’s birthday.
The celebration in honor of the birthday girl was held within the walls of her native Sovremennik Theater, which Volchek has directed since 1972. Galina Borisovna was handed a telegram signed by the first person of the state.
“Belief in the high purpose of art, a responsible attitude towards your calling, love for your native theater and spectators - were fully embodied in your inspired creativity, in serving Russian culture, people, and country, and have earned you indisputable authority and great respect,” the message quotes Russian President Kremlin press service.
Kristina Orbakaite, who has recently been playing main role in Galina Volchek’s play “Two on a Swing”. And Alla Borisovna Pugacheva prepared a heartfelt speech for her dear friend. Legendary women communicate closely throughout for long years and often appear together on various events. Looking at the photo, many did not fail to note that at 85, Galina Volchek looks no worse than Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, who is preparing for her 70th birthday.
The director moves mainly on wheelchair, but this does not in the least prevent her from leading the theater productively.
Galina Volchek stood at the origins of the formation of the Sovremennik Theater. Together with a group of young artists led by Oleg Efremov, she created a troupe that brought fresh air into the musty world of theater. Galina Borisovna staged her first play when she was only 29 years old. It was she who was entrusted by the theater staff with leadership when Oleg Efremov was offered to head the Moscow Art Theater.
Galina Volchek's first husband was the famous artist Evgeny Evstigneev. In this marriage, their common son Denis was born. The family union lasted only nine years. Evstigneev had a romantic interest on the side, and Volchek herself packed his suitcase. Soon Galina Borisovna married Doctor of Technical Sciences Mark Abelev. He was smart and subtle person, but was terribly jealous of his star wife. Nine years later, this marriage also broke up.
Now Volchek relies on the help and support of his son in everything. Denis Evstigneev made successful career in cinema, as a director, cameraman and producer.
At the memorial service for Nina Doroshina, artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater Galina Volchek was brought in a wheelchair. Black glasses and a mourning scarf added mournfulness to the actress and director, who was already far from flourishing. She seemed exhausted and sick.
Galina Borisovna will celebrate her 85th birthday this year. She is older than all the leading artists of Sovremennik - Liya Akhedzhakova, Valentin Gaft, Marina Neelova. And she outlived everyone with whom she began to build Sovremennik - Nina Doroshina, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Efremov. But over the years it becomes more and more difficult for her to lead, stage performances, stay in line...
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Galina Volchek has serious health problems. Many, seeing her for the first time in a wheelchair, even whispered that the famous director was paralyzed. In fact, she has serious problems with the spine - intervertebral hernia. Volchek is a lady with curves, so the weight of her body presses on the intervertebral discs, creating unbearable pain and preventing you from moving without support. Moreover, since 2014, the disease, as they say in the theater, has been progressing.
Volchek was observed by Dr. Ilya Pekarsky, one of the most famous vertebrologists and spinal surgeons in Israel and the world, who once treated Evgeni Plushenko. But Galina Borisovna refused the operation. After all, everyone who is familiar with this problem knows that spinal surgery is one of the most dangerous. An MRI is performed, and only if it turns out that the hernia is compressing the spinal cord or its roots, is a surgical intervention, but it does not guarantee 100% success. But Volchek’s bad heart prevents him from undergoing surgery. It is worth noting that the constant stress and nerves in the life of the artistic director and director also led to lung problems and to hypertension.
Name: Galina Volchek
Surname: Borisovna
Place of Birth: Moscow
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (characteristic)
Eastern horoscope: Rooster
Activity: theater and film actress, director
Galina Borisovna is the daughter of the famous, beloved director, Boris Izrailevich Volchek. Boris Izrailevich is also a fairly experienced cameraman, professor, and teacher. He became a laureate of the State Prize 4 times for the films: “Pyshka”, “Thirteen”, “Lenin in October”, “Dream”, “Murder on Dante Street”. Galina Borisovna's mother Vera Isaakovna Maimina is a screenwriter.
Young Galina spent her childhood years reading books. She read a lot, learned to speak with intonation. In fact, she was a “gray” mouse. Galina had two permanent braids on her head. She only brought diplomas from school. Her parents were proud of her. Especially mom. She boasted to everyone about how smart her daughter was. For this reason, a conflict was brewing with my mother. She didn't quite realize, or simply didn't want to realize, that a person's personality and essence are formed much earlier.
That is why Galina Borisovna soon changed her last name and became Volchok. However, many, many years later I realized that this was all nonsense and idiocy. She returned to her previous surname again.
Of course, a childhood spent reading books yielded results in choosing a profession. Dad wanted Galina to study at the Literary Institute. But only Volchek herself knew that she only wanted to be a student at the Moscow Art Theater. Galina Borisovna finally fulfilled her dream by graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School.
After graduation, she, together with Oleg Efremov, who proposed this idea, Igor Kvasha, Liliya Tolmacheva, Evgeny Evstigneev, founded their own theater, which was given the name “Sovremennik”. Volchek becomes the main director of this theater, and subsequently the artistic director.
“Two on a Swing” is Volchek’s first work as a director. This performance was doomed to success. For 30 years the play has been included in the theater program because it is very popular great success from the viewer.
Next come the director’s works: “At the Bottom”, “ The Cherry Orchard", "Three Sisters", "Steep Route", Pygmalion", " An ordinary story", it would later be called one of the best performances by director Volchek. For him she was awarded the USSR State Prize. The work “Three Comrades” turned out to be a real breakthrough on the Russian stage.
There were excellent works: “The Princess and the Woodcutter”, “An Island of One’s Own”, “Weather for Tomorrow”, “The Scaffold”, “Stars in the Morning Sky”, “Death and the Maiden” and not only these, but also many other performances staged by the great Galina Borisovna Volchek.
The young director Galina Borisovna was the first to combine American culture and the culture of the Soviet Union. She is directing the play Echelon in Houston. The premiere took place at the Alley Theater.
When the Goodwill Games were held in Seattle, Volchek showed 2 performances: “Steep Route”, “Three Sisters”.
Volchek tours the world with his performances. The director spends a lot of time in America with his troupe. They show their work on Broadway. These theater tours turned out to be the most prestigious awards in the field of drama theater, the Drama desk award. It is worth noting that this prize has never been awarded to an American theater.
Galina Borisovna is especially popular abroad. She is called to stage plays in theaters in Germany, Finland, the USA, Hungary, and Poland.
Volchek also taught for many years abroad.
Galina Borisovna is also offered to act in films. All her roles are minor. She plays roles in the films: “Don Quixote”, “Sinful Angel”, “A Bridge is Being Built”, “The First Courier”, “Own”, “King Lear”, “My Destiny”, “Unicum” and many other films.
In the life of Volchek Galina Borisovna there were 2 official husband. First husband Evgeny Evstigneev. She gave birth to the actor's son Denis, who followed the path of his famous mother, choosing the profession of film director. Volchek speaks of his son with special love:
“My son is a special topic for me,” notes Galina Borisovna. – Our relationship turned out so that he is my main adviser, the strictest spectator and judge. I can’t release the play until Denis watches it.”
Volchek’s second husband was a professor at the Construction Institute, Doctor of Technical Sciences Mark Yurievich Abelev.
“My whole life I led myself to the point where family became impossible for me. This is the normal state of a person who has sold himself into slavery in the theater. The theater has ground me in its meat grinder to such an extent that combining it with something else would be unnatural.”
Galina Borisovna lives and works in Moscow.
Galina Borisovna has several orders: “For Services to the Fatherland”, “Friendship of Peoples”, “Red Banner of Labor”.
Volchek is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the USSR, RSFSR. She received the USSR State Prize for the play “Ordinary History.” She has the “Own Track” award, 2 Olympia awards, and “Theater Star”. Volchek is an academician Russian Academy cinematic arts "Nika".
Galina Borisovna has staged over 30 performances.
An actress and director in one person, she has acted many times as a member of the KVN jury and chairman of the Kinotavr-2005 jury.
Galina Volchek is a Soviet and Russian theater director, actress and teacher, who in 1989 received the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In the theatrical environment, for example, she is called the “Iron Lady” - she is idolized and feared, respected and worshiped. Galina has done a lot in her life to raise culture to 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 the cult Sovremennik Theater.
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 marked by one of the most prestigious US national awards in the field of dramatic 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” by Volchek negative roles 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 feature films, 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. Is it true, for a long time she simply filmed her best theatrical productions “An 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”.
Galina Volchek on the set of the series "Mysterious Passion" 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 of the novel of the same name. The series tells about real creative people of the last century, who, for the sake of artistic storytelling, wear fictitious, but easily decipherable names.
Personal life
Officially, Galina Volchek was married twice. The first husband of the actress - 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 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 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, last time Galina Volchek was diagnosed with suspected pneumonia on March 21, 2016. After Galina Borisovna’s health condition stabilized, the director returned home.
Today Galina Volchek uses a wheelchair, but details about the director’s health are not 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.
Wherein 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 of the 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”
Childhood
Galina Borisovna is the daughter of the famous, beloved director, Boris Izrailevich Volchek. Boris Izrailevich is also a very experienced cameraman, professor, and teacher. He was a laureate of the State Prize four times for the films: “Pyshka”, “Thirteen”, “Lenin in October”, “Dream”, “Murder on Dante Street”. Galina Borisovna's mother Vera Isaakovna Maimina is a screenwriter.Young Galina spent her childhood reading books. She read a lot, learned to speak with intonation. In fact, she was a “gray” mouse. Galina had eternal two braids on her head. From school she brought only certificates. Her parents were proud of her. Especially mom. She bragged to everyone about how great her daughter was. In view of this, a conflict was brewing with my mother. She didn’t quite understand, or simply didn’t want to understand, that a person’s personality and essence are formed much earlier.
That is why Galina Borisovna soon changed her last name and became Volchok. But after many, many years I realized that this was all nonsense and idiocy. She regained her previous surname.
Of course, a childhood spent reading books yielded results in choosing a profession. Father wanted Galina to study at the Literary Institute. But only Volchek herself knew that she wanted to study only at the Moscow Art Theater. Galina Borisovna finally made her dream come true by graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School.
Theater
After graduation, she, together with Oleg Efremov, who proposed this idea, Igor Kvasha, Liliya Tolmacheva, Evgeny Evstigneev, organized their own theater, which they called “Sovremennik”. Volchek becomes the main director of his theater, and subsequently the artistic director.Galina Volchek. "Alone with everyone"
“Two on a Swing” is Volchek’s first work, which she directs. This performance was doomed to success. For thirty years, the play has been included in the theater program because it is a huge success among the audience.
This is followed by directorial works: “At the Lower Depths”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “Three Sisters”, “Steep Route”, Pygmalion”, “An Ordinary Story”, it will later be called one of the best performances by director Volchek. For him she received the USSR State Prize. The work “Three Comrades” became a real breakthrough on the Russian stage.
Were great work: “The Princess and the Woodcutter”, “An Island of One’s Own”, “Weather for Tomorrow”, “The Scaffold”, “Stars in the Morning Sky”, “Death and the Maiden” and not only these, but also many other performances staged by the legendary Galina Borisovna Volchek .
The young director Galina Borisovna was the first to combine the cultures of the USA and the USSR. She is directing the play Echelon in Houston. The premiere took place at the Alley Theater.
Galina Volchek on video
When the Goodwill Games were held in Seattle, Volchek showed two performances: “Steep Route” and “Three Sisters.”
Volchek tours the world with his works. The director spends a lot of time in New York with his troupe. They show their performances on Broadway. These theater tours became the most prestigious awards in the field of drama theater, the Drama desk award. Moreover, this prize has never been awarded to an American theater.
Galina Borisovna is especially popular abroad. She is invited to stage plays in theaters in Germany, Finland, the USA, Hungary, and Poland.
Volchek also taught for many years abroad.
Movie
Galina Borisovna is also offered film roles. All her roles are minor. She starred in the films: “Don Quixote”, “Sinful Angel”, “A Bridge is Being Built”, “The First Courier”, “Own”, “King Lear”, “My Destiny”, “Unicum” and many other films.Personal life of Galina Volchek
In the life of Volchek Galina Borisovna there were two official spouses. First husband Evgeny Evstigneev. She gave birth to the actor's son Denis, who followed the path of his famous mother, becoming a film director. Volchek speaks with special love about his son: “A son is a special topic for me,” says Galina Borisovna. – Our relationship has developed so that he is my main adviser, the strictest spectator and judge. I can’t release the play until Denis watches it.”Volchek’s second husband was Professor of the Construction Institute, Doctor of Technical Sciences Mark Yuryevich Abelev.
After there was civil marriage, in which she lived for ten years. Galina Borisovna made a conclusion for herself: “My whole life I brought myself to the point that a family became impossible for me. This is the natural state of a person who sold himself into slavery to the theater. The theater ground me in its meat grinder so much that it was impossible to connect it with something It would still be unnatural." Galina Borisovna lives and works in Moscow.
Awards
Galina Borisovna has several orders: “For Services to the Fatherland”, “Friendship of Peoples”, “Red Banner of Labor”.Volchek Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the USSR, RSFSR. She was awarded the USSR State Prize for the play “Ordinary History”. He has the “Own Track” award, two “Olympia” awards, and “Theater Star”. Volchek is an academician of the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts "Nika".
Galina Borisovna has staged more than thirty performances.
An actress and director in one person, she was a member of the KVN jury more than once, and the chairman of the Kinotavr-2005 jury.
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