Svetlana Tormakhova is not one of those actresses who are ready to retire and bask in their own glory of the past. A woman with vast experience and merit in cinema and theater continues to play roles in old age.
Legend of the Soviet theater and cinema
Svetlana Tormakhova is well known to the theatrical audience for her work on stage. Performances with her participation were torn off many times by standing ovations and rave reviews from colleagues. For 10 years she worked as part of the troupe of one of the most popular theaters in the capital. This could be the period of her greatest popularity in her career. But a wide audience will fall in love with the face of the actress and her name for her work in the frame. In the cinema, Svetlana has achieved no less success in comparison with the theater stage.
Tormakhova Svetlana, an actress with luxurious dramatic experience and education, managed to leave her mark on the big screen. Her track record fits a list of several dozen tapes. Not all films with her participation are included in the classics of cinema, but some will remain forever in the memory of a grateful viewer. Of course, her best work in the frame took place on the Soviet screen. It is worth noting that Svetlana Tormakhova did not languish on the laurels of her former popularity, but continues to work in modern cinema.
Now she is entrusted with not too big roles of elderly ladies on the screen, but even so, the legendary actress manages to significantly enhance each tape with her participation.
Tormakhov at work
In the cinema of recent years, the already quite elderly Svetlana Tormakhova impressed directors with her willingness to work with characters clearly below her professional level. An elderly woman does not disdain secondary roles and prefers to work in films of any level, with any budget, and not sit on a pension. Her colleagues from among the filming partners recognize the authority of Tormakhova and are surprised when she has to play heroines that are insignificant in the plot.
Such dedication to acting is even more surprising given Svetlana's lavish career in the past and her education. At one time, a native of Ukrainian lands honed her acting skills in two of the most prestigious theater schools in Moscow. Her main teacher was T. K. Kopteva.
In addition to devotion to her work, Tormakhova Svetlana Dmitrievna won the hearts of the audience with her excellent preparation. A woman could always be entrusted with any characteristic roles of complexity. Her professionalism in the frame has become the key to the success of more than one tape.
Biography of the legend
The future Soviet actress Svetlana Tormakhova was born in post-war Ukraine. In 1947, a girl appeared in the family of a military pilot and a school teacher. With such parents, it was not difficult for her to imagine herself in a public profession. After school, Sveta decides to get an acting education. Tormakhova is accepted first at the Shchepkin Theater School, and then at the Shchukin Theater School.
There, a gifted student hears flattering predictions about her future from teachers and becomes one of the best graduates. The girl's hopes will come true, and she will live one of the most successful careers in Soviet cinema.
Svetlana debuts on stage only at the age of 30, but by that time she had already accumulated important experience in playing on the theater stage. A woman devoted 10 years of her life to the theater. Vakhtangov. The last appearance on the screen in one of the films she took place in 2016. Now the actress is already 70 years old.
Role of Svetlana
Svetlana Tormakhova, whose biography at the age of 70 fits a weighty track record, appeared in several legendary Soviet films from the classics of Russian cinema. The actress, with her participation, even in an episodic role, could significantly enhance any film. As an example, it is enough to mention only one charming girl of the inspector of social services in the film "Men". There, Svetlana appears only once in a dialogue with the main character, who adopts three children, but becomes the favorite of viewers.
She made a successful debut at the age of 30 in the film of 4 episodes "Yurkin Dawns", from that moment Tormakhova regularly received invitations to shoot.
In recent years, already in another country, shenot so lucky with good films and directors, perhaps, of her work, it is worth mentioning only the role in the detective series "Turkish March". Now, even at an advanced age, Svetlana is still ready to accept an invitation to shoot, although she has not appeared on the screen for 2 years.
