This cute B alt broke into the Soviet cinema, carrying a trail of something light and joyful. Perhaps it was in his open and a little shy smile, perhaps in kind eyes, touchingly looking at those around him because of the glasses. Or maybe it's all about his talent, which he gave to the audience over the years.
So, let's get acquainted: Lembit Ulfsak - the very rebel Mr. Hey from the film about Mary Poppins, the charming and constantly confusing Professor Paganel from the wonderful Soviet series about Captain Grant, and also Gerald Wright from the film about blackbirds, based on the novel by Agatha Christie.
Hello baby
The general public knows almost nothing about the childhood years and the family of the Estonian actor and director. There is evidence that Lembit Ulfsak was born in the Estonian SSR - the Jarva region, the village of Koeru. This significant event took place on July 4, 1947.
For some time he was engaged in singing, was a member of the Amor Trio ensemble. ATAt the age of 23, he received a diploma from the acting department of the Tallinn State Conservatory. For eight years, the guy worked in the city theater in the capital of Estonia, and then decided to move to the Academic Drama Theater. True, cinema was in the first place for Ulfsak in those years. After all, he was one of the most sought-after B altic actors in the Soviet Union.
Choice of profession
In an interview recorded in April 1982, Lembit Ulfsak said that his acting biography began quite by accident. At school, he studied with Kalyu Komissarov, who later became an artist and director. And at that time he had already been playing in the folk theater for some time. And so, one fine day, Kalyu suggested that Lembit try to play the main role in the play "Oliver Twist". Everything that happened to Lembit then made an indelible impression on him. He sincerely fell in love with rehearsals, memorizing the text, trying on costumes, interesting scenery, long conversations with the director. After all, so far he has not encountered the internal "kitchen". I only watched performances from the audience, like most of the audience. Then the boy firmly decided to become an actor, not realizing that it was hard work. It seemed to him that everything was very simple: he learned the text, followed the director's instructions - and applause was guaranteed.
First steps in cinema
After graduating from the conservatory, Lembit Ulfsak, whose photo was on the pages of most Soviet magazines, begins to receive the first offers and invitations to shoot. His debut role was a character from a war film"The Tale of the Chekist". He played a young guy Volodya Muller. According to the scenario, his hero, unable to withstand the heavy atmosphere of the occupied city, and having been defeated in search of a path leading to the Soviet underground, rushes at the Nazis with weapons that he had to steal.
A little later, in 1971, Lembit Ulfsak, whose filmography begins to replenish with interesting and varied roles, got his first major role. He was invited to star in the drama film "Seven Days of Tuizu Taavi" directed by Velje Kyasper. It was the story of a young man's life. A few days ago, he lived very easily, without thinking about anything. But a certain period has come in his life: the moral maturation of the hero takes place.
Among other works of the actor, it is worth highlighting the film "Spring in the Forest". The story told in the film took place in the thirties in bourgeois Estonia, in a small village of lumberjacks. Here the love story of the poor man's daughter Minna and accordionist Axel Laame broke out. The character of Lembit, an accordionist, impressed him with some kind of extraordinary, unceasing faith in goodness and justice, the ability to look straight ahead and fight for his happiness.
First fans
Despite a successful start on the set, fame came to Ulfsak only after the release of the film about Til Ulenspiegel, based on the novel by Charles de Coster (directed by Vladimir Naumov and Alexander Alov).
Time passes and in hisnew roles appear in the creative biography: Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan, Eric Berling in Inspector Gull, Bruno in Victim of Science, Allan McGee in Dragon Hunt, Advisor in The Snow Queen, Vent in Plot twist”, William Garnet in “Death Under Sail” and many other memorabilia works. The range of his characters is wide. And, playing each of them, he tried to be bright, emotional and very artistic.
I play for the kids
Estonian actor Lembit Ulfsak is convinced that his work in children's films, which are so popular in the former Soviet Union, still not only occupies an important place in his creative biography, but also significantly added to his fame among young viewers. And this is very important for him, as the father of three children.
Underage citizens of the vast country of the Soviets adored him: the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, the sweet and somewhat absent-minded professor-geographer Paganel, the rebel Robertson, who did not want to put up with the rules of Miss Andrew and singing a song about three dozen cows.
Post-Soviet times
After the collapse of the USSR, Lembit Yukhanovich had very little work: he mostly starred with Estonian filmmakers. Changes came almost in the new millennium, when the "creaking" Russian cinema decided to collaborate with a talented Estonian actor. In 1999, he was offered the role of writer Steve McDonald in the series about detective Dubrovsky. Ulfsak later played an oil smuggler in the TV series Cobra.
Viewers often ask the question: in what year was Lembit Ulfsak born? After all, it seems that he has always been in the cinema. Yes, the actor is already 68 years old, but he is still full of strength and energy. One of his characters of the last decade is the head of the political police Arthur Neumann in the TV series Isaev. And in the Russian-Estonian drama "Red Mercury" Lembit Ulfsak shared the set with his son Johan. The elder Ulfsak played Tibla, and the younger played Reps.
Private life
Lembit Ulfsak was married twice. In the first marriage, the son Johan, a theater and film actor, was born. The actor still lives with his second wife Epp. Together they raised two daughters, Maria and Johanna. The eldest works as a journalist. The youngest is a student at an art institute.