Soviet cinema of the 70-80s of the last century gave the viewer a lot of very beautiful actresses. These are Alexandra Yakovleva and Olga Ostroumova, Irina Alferova and Natalya Andreichenko. And of course, Elena Proklova, whose films have taken a worthy place in the history of Russian cinema.
Childhood is a dream
Lenochka Proklova was born on September 2, 1953 in Moscow into a large loving family. Parents - teachers, passionate about their work, were rarely at home. The girl spent most of her time with her maternal grandfather. He had a great influence on Lena. It was the grandfather who brought the little girl to rhythmic gymnastics, where she achieved very good results. When he was gone, Elena experienced a bitter sense of irreparable loss. By the way, maternal relatives had noble roots, and among the ancestors on the father's side were actors. It turned out that with the light hand of the second grandfather, actor of the Moscow Art Theater Viktor Timofeevich Proklov, Elena chose a thorny acting path.
Elena Igorevna Proklova herself recalls with nostalgia the large communal apartment where her happy Moscowchildhood. The Proklovs' neighbors were very interesting people from the world of creative intelligentsia, for example, the inimitable Zinovy Gerdt. Elena said that they lived as one big family.
Career of a little actress
The first and immediately stellar role went to Elena, as often happens, by accident. Viktor Proklov at that time worked with director Alexander Mitta, who could not find a girl for the role of the main character Tanya in the film "They Call, Open the Door." By the time they met the eleven-year-old Proklova, the film crew had already watched thousands of girls. According to some sources, the grandfather himself brought his granddaughter to the director. According to another version, Viktor Timofeevich, on the contrary, did not want the girl to have an acting fate, she got to watch it by accident, as she often spent time with her grandfather at work. In any case, Lena was approved for the main role, which she coped with brilliantly. Lena Proklova was named the best actress of 1965, and the film "They Call, Open the Door" won the Venice Film Festival.
Besides her obvious acting talent, Lena was very pretty since childhood. She was perfect for the role of Gerda in Gennady Kazansky's adaptation of The Snow Queen. Gerda turned out to be romantic, angelically beautiful, but brave and selfless. After this role, real fame came to Lena Proklova. Having started acting at the age of eleven, Elena did not stop further.
Star of the Soviet movie screen
Elena Proklova entered the Moscow Art Theater School at the age of fifteen, having graduated from the last two classes of the school as an external student.
After graduating from school in 1973, he became an actress at the Moscow Art Theater, where she served for almost twenty years. The theatrical life of the actress was successful: she was involved in almost all popular productions: "The Cherry Orchard", "Valentin and Valentine", "The Blue Bird" and many, many others.
Cinema also loved the beautiful actress. Even the small role of the stewardess Larisa in the legendary "Mimino" by George Danelia went down in history. Elena Proklova is one of the most sought-after and filmed actresses of Soviet cinema in the 70s and 80s. And one of the most beautiful. Elena recalled that already in her childhood she received bags of letters with declarations of love. Such recognition from fans accompanies her all her life.
Most Famous Movies
The filmography of Elena Proklova is very extensive. But there are works that definitely need to be reviewed again and again.
The film by I. Kheifits "The Only One". A piercing story about a vulnerable, tender, loving, very young girl who loses her beloved husband due to an accidental betrayal. Despite the negative connotation, the heroine of the film evokes sympathy, empathy, sympathy and a desire to help. Some episodes of the picture are impossible to watch without tears. The cast in this film is amazing: Proklova, Vysotsky, Zolotukhin. Elena Igorevna herself calls this role the best, and I want to agree with her.
Painting by A. Surikova "Be my husband". A romantic comedy in which Proklova plays a single mother who came with her son to the sea. To rent a room, sheinvites a casual acquaintance performed by Andrei Mironov to call himself her husband. The film is very touching, funny and sad, it looks easy and with pleasure.
D. Asanova's film "Key without the right to transfer". In this work, Elena Proklova played a talented young teacher, for whom it is very important to earn the trust of her students.
Among the films of Elena Proklova, which the audience loved: “Dog in the Manger”, “Own Opinion”, “Sentimental Romance”, “Confusion of Feelings”, “Faith and Truth”, “Late Love”, “Like Ivanushka- a fool went for a miracle” and many others.
New role - TV presenter
In the early nineties of the last century, Proklova disappeared from movie screens and theater stages for almost ten years. The return of the actress took place already in the 2000s.
And Elena Igorevna returned not to the cinema, but to television. Although she starred in a number of films and played in several private performances, viewers more often began to see the popular actress as a participant in television projects and a TV show host. She took part in the "Big Races", "The Last Hero", hosted the programs "Malakhov +" and "Housing and Communal Services". Elena is also a frequent participant in various talk shows and advertising campaigns.
Marriages and children
For the first time, the beautiful Proklova got married at the age of 18 to documentary film director Vitaly Melik-Karamov. A year later, she gave birth to a daughter, Arina. But the status of wife and mother did not change the habitual lifestyle of the actress. Shooting and the stage took all her time. The daughter was raised by her grandparents. Husband of Proklova Melik-Karamov was very jealous of his wife for his film partners and in the end set a condition: cinema or family. Proklova chose cinema. Elena's second marriage was more conscious. Proklova's husband was the doctor Alexander Deryabin, who cured and put her daughter on her feet. Soon the family of the actress suffered a tragedy: a few days after birth, her twin sons died. The family broke up.
Elena's third husband was businessman Andrei Trishin, who helped her cope with depression and return to life. But even in this marriage, Proklova lost a newborn child. Then Elena decided that the reason for such tragic losses was in her lifestyle. She left the theater and cinema and finally devoted herself to her family. In 1994, Elena regained the happiness of motherhood: her beloved daughter Polina was born. For many years, Proklova, with her husband and daughter, lived happily in a country house, where landscape design became her hobby. All acquaintances considered this marriage ideal. But in 2015, unexpectedly for everyone, Elena announced a divorce from her husband. Perhaps this difficult decision was influenced by the return of Proklova to the public world of cinema and television. Although recently the media are increasingly talking about the fact that Proklova and her husband are together again.
Novels and fans
Like most stars, Elena Proklova has always been surrounded by rumors of romance with film partners. Of course, the beauty bathed in the attention of men from a young age. Not so long ago, in one popular television program, the actress publicly admitted to having affairs with famous married men and asked for forgiveness.at their wives. Very well-known and loud names were heard: Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yankovsky, Andrey Mironov. Many did not understand the act of the actress. Elena herself explained that she is currently struggling with a severe form of asthma, so she thought about life, made a will and decided to ask for forgiveness from everyone she had ever offended.
Happy acting star
Proklova's creative biography and personal life can be called very happy. In her career, her luck has never changed, which is rare in a volatile acting profession. Elena was lucky for directors and partners. Next to her name were always the names of the most talented and famous actors. In his personal life, despite the tragedies and losses, there was love, and passion, and maternal tenderness. We can say that the beautiful Elena Proklova was born under a lucky star.
