M. A. Ladynina is an actress whose biography is full of conflicting facts. The first one is the place of birth. All documents include the village of Nazarovo, which is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. But in reality, the future People's Artist of the USSR was born in the village of Skotinino, Smolensk province. Marina Alekseevna did not like this dissonant name, so later she changed this information in the documents, presenting the above-mentioned village of Nazarovo, where her family moved later, as the place of birth.
Childhood
Date of birth: 1908-24-06 Marina Alekseevna's parents were simple peasants. She was the eldest child in the family, so from childhood she was assigned many responsibilities, including laundry, cleaning, and cooking. And in the summer months, the girl was hired by a local farmer, where she worked as a milkmaid.
Even as a child, she began to show creativity. Having learned to read early enough, little Marina was accepted into the school amateur theater as a prompter. She was so captivated by everything thathappened on stage that sometimes she prompted the text too loudly. That is why even then many people around began to call Ladynina an artist.
First roles
After some time, Marina began to be trusted with roles in performances. The first serious work (the image of Natasha in the play "Mermaid") went to her in the seventh grade: the girl was involved in the evening dedicated to the birthday of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. The matured Marina Ladynina, an actress whose biography proves that the daughter of ordinary peasants can become a great actress, often began to play in the local drama theater in Achinsk. And let her career begin with the fact that she replaced sick actors. But it was the first step that opened the door to a bright creative life. One of the actresses of the provincial theater Baratov largely influenced the fate of Ladynina. It was she who convinced Marina that she had acting talent.
When Marina received a certificate, she began to teach at a school in the village of Nazarovo. At the same time, she continued to play on the stage of the Achinsk Theater.
Circumstances developed in such a way that soon Ladynina had to move to the Smolensk province, her father's homeland. There she continues to engage in teaching activities, but she does not forget about her most cherished dream (to become an actress).
Moving to Moscow
1929 was marked for Ladynina by the conquest of the capital. Having received a referral from the volost committee of the Komsomol, she went to enter GITIS. The exams were successfully passed and heraccepted, and in the statement they put a note "especially gifted." Marina studied excellently. Soon she became a member of the troupe of the famous Moscow Art Theater. “You can’t enter the city”, “Outpost at the Black Ford” are films in which, having played small roles, Marina Ladynina, an actress, made her debut. The biography of this great woman is associated with the name of another famous figure in Soviet cinema - Ivan Pyryev.
Marriage
Their acquaintance happened in 1934 while working on the film "Enemy's Paths", where Marina Alekseevna played the role of a village girl. It was after this film that every resident of the Soviet Union knew who the actress Marina Ladynina was. Her biography, her personal life, perhaps, would have turned out differently if it were not for the meeting with Pyryev.
They got married in 1936. Before that, work in the theater was the main occupation for the girl, but her husband insisted that Ladynina leave the Moscow Art Theater. Around this time, Ivan Pyryev began filming the film "The Rich Bride", in which he took his wife for the main role. And did not regret it. She played great. For this picture, they were both awarded the Order of Lenin.
Was there happiness?
The standard of a Russian woman of that time is the actress Ladynina. Biography, personal life (see personal photos in the article) of Marina Alekseevna prove how strong, proud, smart and talented she was.
The overwhelming success of the film for Ladynina was overshadowed by problems in her personal life. Pyryev,very fond of his son from his first marriage, returned to his ex-wife. Marina Alekseevna was a very proud and strong woman. She never forgave her husband for this departure: after that he tried to return to her many times, but she did not accept him. However, after a while they got back together. Son Andrei was born. But again parting: Marina Alekseevna and her son left for Odessa. Time passed, resentment dulled, and Pyryev and Ladynina began to live together again. As their contemporaries said, Ladynina tried to save her family mainly for the sake of her son. Love for her husband, overshadowed by his many infidelities, is long gone.
In tandem with I. Pyryev, they again became famous in the film "Tractor Drivers". He is a director, she is an actress. They became all-Union stars.
War years
The filming of The Pig and the Shepherd began in February 1941. The director was Pyryev again, with Ladynina in the title role. The actress, whose biography proves how powerful the power of art can be, has become a symbol of tenderness, peace and harmony in this difficult wartime. When most of the filming participants applied to the draft board, they were instructed to finish filming first. The comedy "The Pig and the Shepherd", having appeared on the screen in November 1941, became a kind of "village popular print". The audience, who received it with great enthusiasm, after watching it, believed that the war would end, and the peaceful, carefree time in which the film takes place would come again.
During the war years, Marina starred in several more films that were of great importanceto raise the morale of all Soviet citizens. These are the comedy "Antosha Rybkin" by Konstantin Yudin, the heroic drama "Secretary of the District Committee" and the lyrical melodrama "At six o'clock in the evening after the war" by Ivan Pyryev.
At the peak of fame
Almost immediately after the end of the war, Pyryev began work on creating another masterpiece of cinema. It was a musical comedy "The Legend of the Siberian Land". The actress Ladynina, whose biography, whose personal life by that time was the subject of curiosity for every representative of the capital's bohemia, again played the main role in her husband's picture. Touching and lyrical Natasha Malinina, performed by Marina Alekseevna, became a symbol of the fragile femininity of those times. Then success again, now in the comedy "Kuban Cossacks". The scale of Ladynina's popularity at that time was enormous. It is worth noting at least one of the facts. For some time, two portraits the size of an entire house hung on Gorky Street. They were opposite each other, on different sides of the street. One depicted Stalin, and the other depicted Ladynin. Since 1950, she has been a People's Artist of the USSR.
Her life was controversial. Huge people's love and recognition. Smiles in front of the cameras, but in real life, constant parting with her husband, omissions, misunderstanding, understatement …
Test of loy alty
The biography of actress Marina Ladynina says that her life took another sharp turn in 1953. She just took part in the filming of Pyryev’s painting “Test of Fidelity”. There she isappeared in the image of a woman from whom her husband left. Almost at the same time in real life, she gets the same role. Ivan Pyryev meets the debutant of Soviet cinema, Lyudmila Marchenko. She became the last love of the venerable director. He leaves the family.
Oblivion
In 1962, Ladynina and Pyryev broke up forever. He continued to seek Marchenko's attention, although the girl refused him more than once. Frustrated that he did not find reciprocity, the director sought solace in the arms of other women. In 1964, an official divorce followed. For some reason, many considered it not Ivan, who many times demonstrated indifference to his wife, but Marina, who had been trying to maintain relations with her husband for many years, at least for the sake of her son, to blame for the breakup of the family. It was rumored that Pyryev took her desire to divorce with aggression. He threatened that no one would take it off after that: he would not allow it. But she didn't back down. The husband, according to rumors, carried out his threat. Ladynina was no longer invited to the cinema, the theater was not offered new roles.
At first, she toured the country with concerts, but Pyriev also put many obstacles in this. As a result, the concerts also came to naught. After that, complete long-term oblivion set in.
In 1968, Ivan Pyryev died. Marina Alekseevna came to the funeral to say goodbye to her ex-husband. After his death, she lived another 35 years, during which she was hardly remembered. Only in the year of the 90th anniversary, the name of Marina Ladynina appeared in the newspapers again. She was awarded "Nick" in the nomination "For Honor and Dignity". And then they forgot again.
When Ladynina died (March 10, 2003), the tabloids again started talking about her as a famous Kuban Cossack woman and a great actress who embodied many other roles on the screen.
The biography of the actress Ladynina, so popular in her youth and completely forgotten in old age, only proves how fragile fame can be. But the audience will never forget the talent of this artist…
