Actress Natalia Vilkina - the tragedy of unclaimedness

Among the actors and actresses of the Soviet era there were phenomena that were accompanied by a persistent view as something unearthly - from another time, from another world. This phenomenon was Natalia Vilkina. Any appearance of her on the stage or screen gave birth to a sensation of a significant and large-scale personality, irresistible femininity and at the same time - incredible defenselessness before the blows - or human evil will, or bad fate.

Children of the winners

In this generation of those born right after the Victory there are a lot of those who, at the time of entering into life, will not have an inborn fear, whose parents have come from a terrible war as winners and, realizing their strength, managed to give the children a part of this awareness. Natalia Vilkina was born on May 28, 1945.

Still there was a fashion for free, creative professions. Natalia's parents were doctors and hoped that the daughter would continue their dynasty, but she chose the profession of an actor for herself , perhaps not understanding what kind of unfree, dependent on others life would be in theater and cinema.

On the second try

When after school Natalia Vilkina came to enter the Theater School. Schukina, she decided not to get involved in cosmetics and focus on the creative side of the exam. She did not go to the second round and heard that her training in acting is impressive, but here are the external data ... She was told - it is necessary to get prettier.

Having worked as a draftsman for a year (which amazed her acquaintances - she did not notice the inclination to such work - perseverance, thoroughness, meticulousness), she again came to the Schuka entrance examination. This time came "fully armed," upsetting the mother with the amount of makeup that she applied to influence the admission committee. Later, she learned how the discussion of her candidacy was going on. And this time there was no firm conviction: "Preparation is not very, the girl is weak, but what incredible external data!" Vilkina was credited.

Family course

On the course of the famous teacher Leonid Moiseevich Shikhmatov, which was released in 1967, many children of celebrities and future famous actors studied. They were Nikita Mikhalkov, Anastasia Vertinskaya, Nikolai Burlyaev, Nonna Terentyeva, and others. During her studies Natalia Vilkina marries actor Igor Ohlupin and soon gives birth to a daughter.

She did not have an outstanding beauty in the usual sense, although she could hit any man with an appearance on the stage. From her proceeded, besides purely feminine charm, intellectual attractiveness. Such women became very popular during the thaw, when it was decided who is more important - physics or lyrics. Wilkin harmoniously united in the eyes of many of these two principles.

Own director

The actor, who has something for his soul, is always looking for "his" director, who will help him to speak out. Finding such a master for an actor is a great success. Actress Natalia Vilkina met such a director. When, after graduation, she came to the Moscow Central Theater of the Soviet Army, Leonid Kheifets worked there.

Soon the whole theatrical Moscow began to talk about Vilkin's works in his performances as an extraordinary, outstanding event. For the performance "Uncle Vanya" was not to get, and Vilkin in the role of Sony was called the defining beginning of the whole performance, setting the sound, rhythm, mood for all the characters. This actor's work was considered outstanding.

Your opinion

Later it became clear that the actress has her own convictions and determination to defend them. Heifets attempt to stage the play "Two Comrades" based on the play by Vladimir Voinovich, who was already beginning to acquire the scandalous glory of a dissident, was suppressed by vigilant ideological workers in the background, and Heifets said that he was leaving the theater.

Together with him filed another two people - Sergei Shakurov and Natalia Vilkina. For a young actress, this could mean the death of a career at its very start. The obstinacy of "art historians" with a military bearing was forgiven seldom.

Own road

Fortunately, Heifets was left in the profession and allowed to work in the Maly Theater. Vilkina enters the service at the Mayakovsky Theater and again excites theatricals with their roles. The presence of such an actress in the productions of AN Ostrovsky or Dostoevsky inevitably gave them topicality, made it necessary to look for analogies from the classics in the modern world.

Heifets also considered Vilkin his actress, so he attracted her to work in the Maly Theater. The first and one of the most notable was the role of Inken in the play based on Hauptmann's play Before the Sunset. Wilkin's partner was the legendary Mikhail Tsarev, who also considered her one of the most talented in her generation.

Then followed the work in the performances of "The Lord of the Golovlevs" - Anninka, "The Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genoa" by Schiller - Leonora, "The Zykovs" by Gorky - Sophia, etc. And everyone was expected by the spectator with impatience and success.

Cinemas

A movie actress with such a name is known far less than the star of the Moscow intellectual theater scene of the 70s and early 80s Natalia Vilkina. Films with her participation - mostly theatrical performances transferred to the big or television screen. Although her roles in "School Waltz" (1977), "Partners" (1983) and other bands are harmonious and show her high professionalism.

The role of the mother of the main character in Valery Todorovsky's film "Love" (1991) was the last actress in her life. As if anticipating an early departure, she hurried the young director with the shooting, but some of the scenes planned for Todorovsky remained unplugged.

Care

By that time, she had long remained without roles in the Maly Theater. Heifets left and from there, preparing new performances at the Mayakovsky Theater. Therefore, Vilkina had to look for the projects herself and to punch through their production. It was after talking with the theater management about her solo performance that she suddenly lost consciousness and fell down, and after a few hours she was gone. This was on April 7, 1991.

As always, there are several answers to the question of why Natalia Vilkina left so early. The cause of death is a stroke. What caused the hemorrhage - weak vessels or a severed thrombus - is not so important. Some, depending on the degree of mental and mental development, call other "main" (in fact, false) reasons - smoking 5 packs a day, alcoholism and family troubles.

It's just that such personalities go away when it becomes clear to them that it is difficult to realize what is given to them by nature on this Earth, and this unrealized is bursting out, tearing the aorta apart.