Actor Andrei Tolubeev: biography and filmography

Andrei Tolubeev was born into a family of already well-known actors - Yuri Tolubeev and Tamara Aleshina - in 1945, March 30. His parents were both artists of the Leningrad Drama Theater. Pushkin.

Andrei's mother at the time of his birth was a rather popular film actress, especially after the film "Heavenly Slug", famous for his song "First of all planes", which is now quite often shown on TV. Father - in the future one of the famous Soviet theater figures - also at the time of his birth, the son starred in several iconic paintings, such as "Man with a Gun", "Return of Maxim", "Miners" and some others.

Obedient son

Parents are not by hearsay were familiar with the difficulties of the profession and the actor's dependence on the director or art director of the temple of arts. So, the great Yuri Tolubeev left the theater because of Igor Gorbachev, who was the main director of Alexandrinsky, left full of creative forces, then fell ill because of unclaimedness and died prematurely. He never forgave Igor Gorbachev, forbidding relatives to allow him to his coffin.

And even being at the peak of popularity, Yuri always remembered the reverse side of this profession. He, divorcing his wife, never left his only son Andrew without attention. It was he who insisted that Andrei Tolubeyev should not follow in the footsteps of his father and mother, and there were plenty of examples when children, even those gifted, could not get out of the shadow of glorified parents.

The perspective doctor

Perhaps the father's authority was too great or he himself did not believe in his theatrical gift, but after school in 1963 he became a student of the faculty for the training of aviation and space doctors of the VMA. Kirov. And this was not the only specialty that Andrei Tolubeyev received at the Naval Academy. Having worked as a doctor in one of the military units, he returned to the alma mater and graduated courses in psychophysiology.

A natural turn in destiny

In 1969, a qualified military doctor decides to become an artist. This is not quite an unexpected turn in fate. While studying at the academy, Andrey Tolubeev was inextricably linked with the student theater.

He managed roles, and childhood, held behind the scenes of Alexandrinsky, reminded of himself. After retiring from the army in 1973, A.Yu. Tolubeev entered LGITMiK exactly on the course of Igor Olegovich Gorbachev, who never spoke of him as a teacher without respect. But he did not go to the theater after graduating in 1975 from the institute.

Favorite Theater

His fate for 33 years, until the last days, Andrei Tolubeev (actor) associated with the BDT. Not at once, but gradually he turned into one of the leading actors of the troupe, and even in the cinema became more recognizable. And it was not easy to do it in the theater, where there were such bison on Olympus as Efim Kopelyan, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Olga Volkova, Grigory Gai, and later Alisa Freindlich came there too. To prove to these great masters that you are worthy of your name was not easy. And yet, Andrei Yurievich took God's place. He did not just come out of the shadow of his parents, he is the one who continued the dynasty with dignity.

Heavy 80's

In the theater, the actor played more than 50 roles, appeared in more than 70 films. Andrew Tolubeev, whose filmography began in 1960, from filming in the episode of the film "Ahead - a steep turn", then absolutely did not think about that someday the list of pictures in which he will take part, will pass for 70. When since 1974 (The picture "One can still make it"), the actor began to act systematically, he had difficulties, but mainly because of problems that the whole country had, and films were being shown, which did not represent anything and did not pretend to anything - They were quickly forgotten.

Nevertheless, the actor since 1981 was shot in several films for the year. There were such worthy ribbons as "Adam's Edge" with an excellent cast, "Criminal talent", "Tears dripped", "Kill the dragon", in which Andrey Tolubeyev was remembered by the spectator and stood out even against the stars.

From popularity to recognition

Then came the Leningrad projects, such as "National Security Agent", "Bandit Petersburg", "Cops". Not just a popular but beloved actor Andrey Tolubeev, whose films will take up more than one page in the transfer, in 2006 for the role of Valentin Grinev in the movie "Captain's Children" receives a gold statuette "Teffi" for the best male role. In the same year, the artist was awarded one more prestigious award - "Golden Soffit" he receives for the role of the second plan in the play "Maria Stewart".

Andrei Tolubeev, whose biography was not complete without mentioning his literary work, all in the same year 2006 was awarded the literary prize "Petropolis" for the book "Filling the Moon." His pen also includes several plays and the novel "Dropped from the Nest", written in memory of Vladislav Strzhelchik. The novel was published after the death of Andrei Yurievich. But also 2004 was no less generous for awards. This year, the actor, public figure and writer was awarded the Russian Federation Council Award "Public Recognition", the "Man of the Year" award, the title of Chevalier of the Order of Friendship.

She took care of herself as the apple of her eye

Andrei Yuryevich Tolubeev was an incredibly charming and witty person - there are people whose presence is always felt, and leaving can not be replaced by anything. He was appreciated in the theater, his mother, his wife, and daughters loved him. His mother adored him insanely, many of Andrey's friends and wives, in her opinion, were not worthy of him, and the women soon left their house. But the family with her coming to her liking Ekaterina Marusyak mother guarded with all her might. In this happy and lasting marriage, A.Yu. Tolubeev had two daughters.

A family of talented actors

Elizabeth, like her father, did not immediately become an actress - she graduated from the University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg, defended her thesis. In addition, she is the absolute world champion in taekwondo. All this inspires respect. And then, like her father, she entered a theatrical high school - SPbGATI, which she graduated in 2011. She starred in several films, plays in the plays of the Theater on Vasilievsky Island. Younger daughter Nadenka immediately followed in the footsteps of her parents and grandfather with her grandmother - she the same year as the older sister, graduated from the same St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts, but they studied in different workshops. The charming girl acts in film and is the actress of the Etude Theater. Their mother, Ekaterina Marusyak, a very beautiful woman, also successfully starred in TV shows. For example, in such as "Mom, I love the killer", "The last meeting", "Foundry" and others.

Disease and death

Of course, a friendly family very hard experienced the illness of the beloved father. Andrei Tolubeev (the cause of death - pancreatic cancer) believed that a serious illness is embedded in his DNA, because his father also died of cancer. The money needed for treatment in the Israeli clinic was collected by the theatrical community at once, but neither Alexander Abdulov nor Andrei Tolubeev was helped by Ichilov's specialists. He passed away very early. As Ivan Krasko said: "63 years - is this age!"

Andrei Tolubeev could still do a lot both as an actor, as a writer, and as a public figure. Since 1999, he served as chairman of the board of the Union of Russian Theater Workers. According to the same I. Krasko, if he undertook to help someone, he walked to the end. This wonderful man died on April 7, 2008. His grave is located next to the grave of his father and Vladislav Strzhelchik, at the Literary Bridge "Volkovsky cemetery of St. Petersburg.