Evgeny Yakovlevich Urbansky is a famous film and theater actor. In 1962 he received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Although Yevgeny's creative career was short, it was bright and unforgettable. Despite his early tragic death, the actor was able to leave a memory of himself that will live for centuries.
Actor Yevgeny Urbansky: biography, family
Evgeny Yakovlevich was born on February 27, 1932 in Moscow. His mother's name was Polina Filippovna, and his father's name was Yakov Samoylovich. He was an active party worker. As a result, he was sent as the second secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU to Uzbekistan (in the mid-thirties). But for a long time he did not work in this post. In the thirty-seventh year, Yakov Samoilovich was arrested as an enemy of the people and exiled near Vorkuta.
His family was sent to Alma-Ata. In the forty-sixth year, Yakov Samoylovich was transferred to work at a mine in Inta. The family moved in with him. Yevgeny's father was finally released only after Stalin's death. But livedYakov Samoylovich did not last long, dying of cancer.
Hobbies of Evgeny Urbansky
Evgeny Urbansky was very fond of acrobatics. And he achieved excellent results in this sport. But acrobatics never became his main focus in life. Eugene recited poetry beautifully. He especially succeeded in the works of Mayakovsky. And he often read them at various events.
Childhood
Yevgeny's childhood cannot be called cloudless. After his family was deported to Alma-Ata, he went to a local school, where he studied until the ninth grade. Then the family moved to the father. Living conditions there were harsh. Evgeny's family huddled in a cold dugout, where there was always not enough heating and light. But the harsh north tempered the character of the young Urbansky. And it helped him a lot in later life.
Education
Yevgeny Urbansky graduated from the high school of Inta for ten years. Studying was easy for him, and he was good. After graduating from school in 1950, Evgeny entered the Moscow Road High School. Then, through translation, he continued to study at the Mining Institute. In it, he was actively engaged in amateur art. And it was at the Mining Institute that Evgeny first seriously thought about his career.
Find yourself
Urbansky Evgeny Yakovlevich, whose biography was quite bright and interesting in his short life, decided to devote himself to acting. Moreover, since his youth, his dream was the theater stage. To begin with, he chose the studio school of the Moscow Art Theater. After the very firstlistening to the pedagogical commission was simply fascinated by the young talent. And Eugene was advised to enroll in an acting course. As a result, in 1952 he successfully passed the exams and entered. For the first couple of courses, Eugene did not stand out in any way. But starting from the third, he became more noticeable, creatively bright.
First successes
Yevgeny Urbansky achieved his main roles on his own thanks to his work and talent. Unlike many other actors who used patronage to advance in their careers or ended up at the top of fame by accident. Yevgeny walked towards her purposefully.
In 1956, he learned about the beginning of filming of the film "Communist". Evgeny Urbansky (the biography of a stellar career began with this picture) immediately offered his candidacy for the role of the main character. Director Yuli Raizmanov liked the photo tests, although many of his opinions were not shared. But still, Evgeny got his first major role and brilliantly played Vasily Gubanov.
True, shooting was not easy for Urbansky. He was stiff, somewhat clumsy, clumsy. He was very shy in love scenes and was shy. This infuriated Sofya Pavlova, who played the beloved girl of the protagonist of the picture. After the completion of the work, Urbansky Evgeny Yakovlevich believed that half would have to be re-shot. Many other members of the crew were of the same opinion, asking the director to even replace Urbansky with another actor.
But Yuli Raizmanov did not want to start all over again and decided to take a chance. Andturned out to be right. The film The Communist was released in 1957. And a year later he won the main prizes at film festivals held in Kyiv and Venice. According to a poll of readers of the "Soviet Screen", the picture was among the top three best Soviet films of that time.
Star Rise
After the release of "Communist", Urbansky was already recognized on the streets, took autographs. Many directors vied with each other to offer him leading roles in new films. But Urbansky Evgeny Yakovlevich, remembering his first shooting, refused, believing that it was necessary to first hone his acting skills. As a result, he worked only in the theater for two years, playing in twenty-five performances every month.
After some time, Urbansky nevertheless decided to act in films again. This time in the film "The Ballad of a Soldier". His role was episodic, but remarkable. Eugene played a disabled person whom the protagonist met at the station. The picture was a great success, and again Urbansky began to make offers to act in films.
Urbansky's unsuccessful role
Actors have not only ups and downs. Evgeny Urbansky was no exception, whose biography contains one role that was not very successful for him. After The Communist, he starred in the film Unsent Letter. In it, he played the role of a conductor. But she was unsuccessful. Urbansky was so upset by this that for more than a year he refused to do any filming at all. And he agreed to return to the cinema only in 1960
Urbansky's return to cinema
Director G. Chukhrai was an authority for Yevgeny. And Urbansky agreed to the main role offered to him in the new film "Clear Sky". This work turned out to be difficult for him in terms of dramaturgy. Since the hero of the picture had to experience many different emotions: success, disbelief in people, expulsion from the party, gradual gaining faith in himself, etc.
The film received huge support from the audience, who spoke of it with enthusiasm. Again, according to a poll conducted in the Soviet Screen magazine, the film was recognized as the best in 1961. The film was liked not only by the audience, but also by critics. The film won many prizes at various festivals held in San Francisco, Moscow and Mexico City.
Evgeny Urbansky: filmography, list of paintings
Eugene starred in many films. His works received excellent reviews from viewers and critics, and were awarded many prizes. And Urbansky was considered one of the best actors of his time. Films in which Eugene played:
- Communist, 1957;
- The Ballad of a Soldier and The Unsent Letter, 1959;
- Probation, 1960;
- Boy and Dove and Clear Sky, 1961;
- Big Ore and A Span of Earth, 1964;
- The Tsar and the General, 1965
Career in theater
One of the familiar actors advised Urbansky to enter the Theater. Stanislavsky. It happened just during the filming of "Communist". Since Eugene's old dream was a big stage, he immediately followed the advice of a friend. And myfirst role in the theater. He played Stanislavsky on the same day when the premiere of his first film was released.
In eight years of work on the stage, the actor Evgeny Urbansky played fourteen different roles. And by the mid-sixties, he became one of the leading actors of the theater. Stanislavsky. Despite his apparent success, Evgeny himself was never completely satisfied with his game. And he believed that all his roles in the theater were not completely successful.
Private life
Was Yevgeny Urbansky happy at home? His personal life was stormy. But only in the last marriage did he find his true happiness. He had three in all. Eugene's first wife was named Olga. In marriage, a daughter was born, who was named Alena. A divorce followed.
After some time, Evgeny Urbansky, whose personal life has always interested his fans, married again - this time to actress Tatyana Lavrova. They played together in the same theater. Tatyana was very beautiful, but had a strong and tough character. But since Eugene was an extraordinary person, their relationship ended in a break. It was impossible for them to get along together.
Yevgeny Urbansky met his third wife, Dzidra Ritenberg, at a film festival in 1960. She was a native of Latvia, from the city of Liepaja. Dzidra was thirty years old at that time. They met Eugene by chance, at one of the secular parties. Three weeks later, Dzidra was admitted to the hospital for a check-up before a heart operation. Eugene visited her almost every day. And as soon asthe beloved was discharged, he immediately proposed to her and took her to the registry office, fearing that she would leave and he would lose her forever.
According to friends, Urbansky had an explosive temper, was noisy, very sociable. But at home with his wife, he was completely transformed, he was very attentive and gentle to his wife. Colleagues said that Yevgeny Urbansky dreamed of a son. His children are two girls Alena and Eugene, God did not send an heir. The second daughter was never able to see her father. The girl was born a few months after his death. Eugene was named after her father.
Death of Urbansky
Yevgeny Urbansky died on November 5, 1965 at the age of thirty-three. The tragedy occurred during the filming of the film "Director". During the stunt, the car in which Evgeny was was supposed to “jump” according to the scenario. The first take was filmed, but the director offered to make an additional, second one. During it, the car turned over.
If Eugene had leaned forward during the accident, he would have survived. But Urbansky, on the contrary, leaned back in his seat. As a result of the accident, he broke his spine. Yevgeny was urgently taken to the hospital, but they could not be saved. He died forty-five minutes after the accident. His last words were: “How painful…” The daughters of Yevgeny Urbansky were left without a father. The actor was buried at Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery.
