In the movies, she often got the roles of mothers and grandmothers. This is Kirill's mother in "Lullaby for a Brother", and Sergey's mother in "An Attempt of Faith", and Krema's mother in "Lone Wolf", and the mother of a cadet in "Armavir". But still, the roles of grandmothers brought her great fame: Vano’s grandmother in The Secret Sign, Olga Belova’s grandmother in The Brigade, Nadezhda’s grandmother in Freaks and, of course, the role of Victoria Prutkovskaya’s grandmother in My Fair Nanny, after which the actress gained tens of thousands of admirers among viewers of different ages.
So, Alexandra Nazarova, the so-called serial grandmother. Now this name is heard by almost all fans of soap operas. Many find features similar to her heroines in themselves. And this does not surprise anyone at all, because all her heroines are so familiar, almost familiar to every viewer, as if it were a housemate or, for example, a dear aunt.
My beautiful grandma
Alexandra Nazarova, an actress of Soviet and post-Soviet cinema, never fought for the main roles in projects. She gained her second fame already at a fairly respectable age, when she was over sixty, because it was the woman Nadia of Vika's nanny who added zest to every series of "The Beautiful Nanny" with her presence, it was the words of her role that went into quotes, as was the case with the best Gaidai and Ryazanov films - a treasure trove of Soviet cinema.
Childhood
On July 17, 1940, in Leningrad, a daughter was born in the acting family of Ivan Nazarov and Alexandra Matveeva, who was named Sashenka in her mother's honor. So Alexander Nazarov began to write her book of life, because it will take some two or three decades, and this girl will become famous.
Parents served together in the Leningrad New Theater (somewhat later it was called the Lensoviet Theater). Together they starred in films. Shortly before the start of the Great Patriotic War, dad, Ivan Nazarov, went on tour to Vladivostok in the theater troupe. When black clouds of shots and explosions began to thicken over the girl's hometown - Leningrad - mother, grabbing the baby in an armful, rushed away from there. They were incredibly lucky, because they managed to leave before the first days of the terrible blockade, which took a huge number of men, women and children into indefinite captivity of death … The family had to move from city to city many times. Being already in Nizhny Tagil, the Nazarovs heard the good news about the victory over the fascistinvaders. Little Sashenka remembered this happy day for a long time.
"Nora", tour, institute, theater
About the children of circus performers, they usually say “born in sawdust”. And little Alexandra Nazarova was born in the folds of the theater backstage. It was there that her childhood passed. It was there that she made her debut on the theater stage. She was barely six years old when she was already playing her very first role. It was a performance called "Nora". During the summer holidays, the girl joined her mom and dad on tour, covering the entire territory of the former Soviet Union. It often happened that in the next class on September 1, little Sashenka with a huge bouquet of flowers walked to a new school.
Her parents' whole life was dedicated to the stage. They knew how difficult (but at the same time honorable and interesting) such bread. Therefore, Ivan Nazarov and Alexandra Matveeva, as one friendly team, opposed the fact that Alexandra Nazarova, whose biography became interesting to many admirers of soap operas, also became an actress, repeating their life path. The girl did not agree with their quite reasonable arguments and fears.
I'll decide everything myself
And so, when once again her parents went on tour, Alexandra entered the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theater Institute, which she graduated quite successfully in 1961. After that, she became part of the troupe of the Central Children's Theater. Four years later, when Efros decided to go to the theater. Lenin Komsomol, a lot of actors and actressesalso began to play on other theatrical stages.
By this time Alexandra Nazarova had somewhat grown out of children's roles. She dreamed of playing some serious role. To make her dream come true, she walked with a confident step to the theater. Yermolova. Half a century has passed, and the actress continues to tremblingly and tenderly remain faithful to this theater.
It was on this happy stage for her that she played a variety of roles - children, doctors, Austrians. Her work, imbued with amazing talent, was noticed not only by critics, but also by many famous people. For playing the role of Carol in the play "Time and the Conway Family", she was honored with admiration and gratitude from Viktor Astafiev. It was this performance that was recorded on tape and broadcast on television an infinite number of times.
Cinema, cinema, cinema…
The actress hit the big screen immediately after graduation. In her debut film, in which her partners were Andrei Mironov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Evgeny Zharikov, the heroine of Nazarova appears in the very first frames. Later, Alexandra Ivanovna was lucky enough to share the set with Vitaly Solomin. And for playing the role of Sophia Perovskaya, she was awarded praise from Konstantin Simonov himself. By the way, this is the most expensive role for the actress. The personal life of Alexandra Nazarova became brighter after the birth of her only and dearly beloved son Dmitry. She even left the profession for several years, taking care of his upbringing. True, theatrical stagenever left.
In the late seventies, she returned to Soviet cinema again. Almost immediately, she was offered the role of a passenger on an emergency flight, who, before the plane lands, is looking for her son (by a strange coincidence, also Dima). This is a movie loved by several generations of viewers - "Crew".
Serial Life
It's time for innovations in the domestic cinema. They began to shoot TV series, which until recently were the prerogative of Western cinema. One of the first actresses who with enthusiasm, interest and joy decided to work in serial films was Alexandra Nazarova. Her filmography by this time consisted of about sixty paintings, but she was not at all opposed to increasing this list. She played in Little Things in Life and The Thief, The Brigade and The Return of Mukhtar, The Cadets and The Black Goddess. There were many other interesting series as well. And yet, the greatest fame knocked on her when the first episodes of the humorous series “My Fair Nanny” began to appear on television screens. It was in it that she played the role of the extravagant and direct woman Nadia - Nadezhda Mikhailovna, the beloved grandmother of Victoria Prutkovskaya - Alexander Nazarov. The actress gained incredible popularity; children and adults were looking forward to the release of the new series; they began to recognize her on the streets, said words of gratitude and asked for autographs.
Now her heroines are more and more often ordinary grandmothers. But at the same time, they are completely different: sick and tired, kind, smart and intelligent, eccentric, a little funny and constantly forgetting everything. And still, every heroine is loved by viewers.
Another of the somewhat unusual and memorable roles of Alexandra Ivanovna is the role of the mother of the main character Vera (the film "Princess on the Beans"). This overly active elderly woman is in constant readiness to forget about her family, and her daughter, and her granddaughter, just to attend another rally or meeting of her favorite party.
The voice acting of foreign series, films and cartoons is also interesting for this actress. Her voice now gives new life to movie kids and cartoon characters (she voiced Casper's little ghost, the duckling in Disney's DuckTales, and more).
Today there are three performances in Alexandra Nazarova's theatrical repertoire.
My son
She left her first husband Alexandra Nazarova (her son died 5 years ago) for the sake of a new bright feeling, bright passion. The second marriage also ended in divorce, when the husband emigrated from the country of the Soviets, leaving Alexandra Ivanovna with their common child, the only son of the actress Dima.
The cause of the death of the son of Alexandra Nazarova, no matter how strange and terrible it may seem, is tritely simple. The mother did not have the strength to protect her beloved child from the influence of bad company. Dmitry contacted not very good people and was killed. He was only forty-one years old.
New life with little Sasha
After his death, Alexandra Nazarova, whose family now consists of only two people, devoted her whole life to her granddaughter Sashenka, named after her. Alexandra Ivanovna had to make incredible efforts to pick up the girl from the orphanage, where her own mother handed her over. For the past few years, the actress has been getting used to the role of a not-so-young mother, because that's what her little granddaughter calls her. But now they are together, and this is the most important thing for her.
At 75, Alexandra Nazarova, whose films are still loved by many viewers, is sure that everything with her, like the heroine of the film of the eighties, is just beginning.
