The biography of Catherine Vasilyeva is full of brightevents. This woman - an actress, held in the theater, as well as in the cinema. She is known and loved in Russia and throughout the entire post-Soviet space. Its authority is undeniable. Catherine has weight not only in the theatrical sphere, but also in the social life of the country.
Origin
Екатерина Васильева родилась в 1945 году, 15 August, in a family of creative people. Poet Sergei Vasiliev is her father. In Soviet times, he was one of the ten most read poets and songwriters. Sergei himself comes from a rich merchant family. The actress's mom, Makarenko Olympiada Vitalievna, is the niece of the famous Soviet writer and teacher Anton Semenovich Makarenko. Catherine's mother's father, Vitaly Sergeevich, was a whiteguard officer, participated in the civil war, then emigrated to France. He never returned to Russia. Anton Semyonovich had no children of his own, and he took the Olympics to himself, educated and supported her until the end of his days. Ekaterina has a brother, Anton is a writer, publicist, director and ecologist.
Childhood
Родители Екатерины Васильевой встретились и стали live together in 1945, at the very end of the Great Patriotic War. When the future actress went to school, her mom and dad entered into an official marriage. When the girl was 12 years old, her parents split up. Katya had a hard time, during the day she helped her mother, moonlighting at the post office. In the evening Vasilieva attended a theater studio at the House of Scientists, where she played many roles. The future actress studied unimportantly, she got her diploma after graduating from the school of working young people.
Theatrical activity
At 17, Ekaterina Vasilyeva became a studentacting faculty in VGIK. She graduated from drama school in 1967 and immediately entered the service in the Yermolova Theater. She was involved in the productions of "Month in the Village", "Glass Menagerie" and others. In the period from 1970 to 1973, the girl worked in the troupe of the Sovremennik Theater, where she played in performances of “Like Brother to Brother” and “Valentine and Valentine”.
Since 1973, actress Vasilyeva Catherine becameone of the main actresses in the Moscow Art Theater. For 20 years she has shone on the stage of this theater, demonstrating her many-sided talent. Any roles were subject to this girl. Catherine played in the productions of Oleg Efremov and other directors - Lev Dodin, Kama Ginkas, Anatol Efros, Krzysztof Zanussi. She participated in the performances of "The Game of Women", "Lord Golovlevy", "The Collapse", "The Car", "Uncle's Dream", "The Seagull", "We, the undersigned", "Ivanov", "Echelon" and many others.
Filmography
Ekaterina Vasilyeva, films with the participation of whichBeloved by Russian viewers, debuted in a small role in the movie “Tomorrow's Street” by Fyodor Filippov. Then she played the main characters in the tapes "Adam and Heba" and "Soldier and Queen." Popularity came to a woman after she appeared on movie screens in the image of Sofia Tulchinskaya, the atamansh in the film “Bumbarash”.
Despite the fact that the actress Vasilyeva Catherinefar from always playing the main roles in the movie, her heroines were remembered for a long time by the viewer. The women she portrayed were dazzling and colorful, striking in their beauty. Vasilyeva was not afraid to take on negative roles. They were convincing and truthful in her. All tapes, in which filming took part Catherine, it is difficult to list.
In the 70s and 80s, the flowering of this actress wasswift and bright. Everyone remembers her roles in the films "Straw Hat", "Wizards", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "An Ordinary Miracle", "Non-transferrable Key", "Preference on Fridays", "You Are Taimyr", "Ladies Visit", "Do not hurt the head of a woodpecker", "Crew", "This funny planet", "Wife left", "My dearly beloved detective," "Tumble over the head", etc.
Appeal to faith
In the early 90s, the actress became less and lessappear on movie screens. This fact is due to the fact that Catherine turned to God and gradually moved away from worldly life. In 1993, Vasilyeva completes acting and leaves the theater. But in 1996, the actress returned to the shooting and appeared in the TV series "Queen Margot" and "Countess de Monsoreau". According to Catherine, she began to more carefully relate to the choice of roles and is removed only in those pictures, the content of which does not contradict Christian values. Vasilyeva is still a very successful and sought-after actress. However, he claims that he considers himself first of all the mother of the priest, and only then the “female performer”, a woman who has devoted her entire life to acting.
Modern roles
Photo of Catherine Vasilyeva can be found in anyrespectable magazine, sanctifying the life and work of the great Russian actors. She was involved in the filming of more than 120 films and TV shows. Among them are such as “Anna Karenina”, “Hindu”, “Anna German”, “Black Lightning”, “One day there will be love”, “Site”, “Banker”, “Joys and sorrows of a small town”, “Leading roles” , “Come to see me”, “This woman is in the window”, “Ka-ka-du”, “Year of the calf”, “Rescuer” and many others.
In the late 90s, the actress returned to the theater, whereoccasionally plays roles in plays telling about Christian morality, telling about the meaning of life and the nature of love of neighbor. She adorned with her participation the performances “Do not Renounce Loving,” “Woe from Wit,” “All My Sons.” The statement “I was happy” was created specifically for Yekaterina by director Vladimir Salyuk based on materials found in the diaries of Dostoevsky’s wife, Anna Grigorievna.
Other activities
Ekaterina Vasilyeva several years, since 2005was one of the jury members of the Golden Knight International Film Festival. She works a lot in church. In particular, in the Temple of Sophia the Wisdom of God, the actress was a treasurer for several years. In the same position, this remarkable woman is now working in the temple of the martyr Antipas, where her son Dmitri serves as abbot.
Awards
During her long creative life Ekaterinareceived national recognition and many awards. She received the Crystal Turandot award for the best role in the production of the Theater of the Russian Army Oristeya. Received a prize at the Constellation Film Festival for participating in the filming of the television series Queen Margot (1997). The actress was awarded prizes at the Festival of Cinema and Theater "Amur Autumn" for playing in the performances "Do not deny love" (2005) and "I was happy!" (2008).
Vasilyeva became the best actress of the year on the 3rdInternational Film Festival "Russian abroad" for his role in the film "Kromov" (2009). The great actress of the Russian theater and cinema was awarded the Order of Honor for his merits in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity in 2010. In 1987, Ekaterina Vasilyeva received the title "People's Artist of the RSFSR".
Personal life
Первым мужем Екатерины стал режиссер, продюсер и screenwriter Sergey Solovyov. Young people met as students of VGIK in the mid-60s. Their marriage lasted about five years. Vasilyeva has played in the films of her husband “Family Happiness” and “Yegor Bulychev and Others”. After the divorce, continued to work with Solovyov, appeared in his paintings "Anna Karenina" and "Rescuer".
The next big love in the life of the actress wasplaywright Mikhail Roshchin. The future spouses met in 1971 in the House of Writers and from the first minute of their acquaintance began to communicate like old friends. That same evening, Mikhail left the family and became the civil husband of Vasilyeva. The playwright recalls that they were tied to Catherine by insane, fiery feelings. Spouses had nowhere to live, they wandered in the corners. Then fame came, the couple began to earn enough, but all the fees went to stormy parties. As a result, after the birth of their son Dmitry in 1976, Roshchin and Vasilyeva parted ways.
For the third time, the actress linked her fate with the artist Andrei Larionov. They met on the set of the tape "Key without the right to transfer" in 1976, got married, but soon separated.
The son of Vasilyeva from the second marriage, Dmitry, after the end of VGIK, decided to become a priest. He learned at the seminary and now serves as rector in the temple of the martyr Antipas.
Another Ekaterina Vasilyeva
In Russian cinema there is an actress whoalso called Ekaterina Vasilyeva. Zhanna Prokhorenko’s daughter and director Yevgeny Vasilyev, this woman grew up in a creative environment, she herself played several small roles in various movies. Russian viewers well remember her heroines in the films “You Have Never Dreamed” and “Guest from the Future”. Catherine Vasilyeva’s daughter, Mariana Spivak, graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio, joined the Satirikon Theater troupe and actively appears in films and TV shows.
