Lyudmila Makarova is a talented actress who once admitted that her romance with the cinema did not take place. Indeed, the world knows this amazing woman primarily in her theatrical roles. However, many of her works in the cinema deserve attention. Lyudmila died in May 2014, but her memory continues to live in the hearts of fans. What are the creative achievements of the star, what is known about her life behind the scenes?
Lyudmila Makarova: childhood
The future actress was born in St. Petersburg, which was then called Petrograd. A joyful event took place in October 1921. As a child, a talented girl dreamed about the future of a great ballerina. Unfortunately, this dream could not be realized, since the child had a foot disease.
Wanting to distract her beloved daughter, her mother gave her to the drama club, which functioned at the Teacher’s House. Lyudmila Makarova enthusiastically discovered the world of theater, the teachers of the circle noted her artistic talent. It is not surprising that after graduation, the girl decided to become an actress.
First successes
The future star became a student of the studio, working at the Bolshoi Drama Theater, in 1938. At the beginning of training, teachers, subdued by the talent of the girl, invited her to become a member of the theater troupe. At first it was listed in the auxiliary structure, in 1941 it was finally approved basically.
It is interesting that the first role that Lyudmila Makarova played on the "adult" stage, implied her transformation into a boy. The debut for the novice actress was the play "Kubanets" staged by Boris Babochkin. The plot of the production was borrowed from the popular play of those days by Viktor Rothko.
First love
Yefim Kopelyan became the first man to whom such a wonderful actress as Lyudmila Makarova was destined to fall in love. Young people met at the BDT Theater, where both performed. The first meeting helped them to understand that they were literally born for each other. Nevertheless, over the next two years, Lyuda and Yefim simply met.
One of Makarova’s favorite memories has always been how originally Kopelyan suggested she marry him. Once an actor simply told his lover to take a passport and drive up to the registry office located on Fontanka. The wedding took place in May 1941. In 1948, Luda and Yefim had a long-awaited child, the parents chose the name of their son before his birth - Cyril. Interestingly, he also achieved success in the acting profession.
Years of war
Lyudmila Makarova is an actress whose life can hardly be called cloudless. Even at the beginning of World War II, her beloved husband went to the front as a volunteer. The BDT theater troupe was moved to Kirov, however, Luda did not join her team, as she did not want to leave the city in which she was born.
Lyudmila, not imagining life without a stage, temporarily settled in the Theater of the Baltic Front, whose performances raised the morale of the inhabitants of Leningrad. In this theater, the actress played until the end of hostilities, then the BDT again entered her life. Husband Yefim returned from the front, life began to improve.
It is interesting that it was during the difficult post-war years that the peak of popularity of the talented actress came. It was not easy to get to the performances in which Makarova played, because of the huge number of people who wanted to see her. Lyudmila easily changed the images embodied on the stage. A caring mother, a frivolous lover, a war heroine - there were no such roles that she could not cope with.
Filming a movie
What film gave nationwide recognition to such a wonderful actress as Lyudmila Makarova. The biography of the diva says that fame fell upon her after the release of the television play "Hanuma", in which the woman was assigned one of the central roles. Lyudmila looked inimitable in the form of a sharp-witted matchmaker who is trying to arrange the happiness of lovers. Few people know that before filming a television play, the actress was practically not made up.
A theater actress - this is how Ludmila Makarova positioned herself throughout her life. Films in which she occasionally played small roles were hardly remembered by the star. Nevertheless, the prima donna always noted the picture "Stepan Kolchugin", in which she really liked to play. She simply rejected most of the directors' proposals. But fans got the opportunity to see the star in such films as “The Secret of the Snow Queen”, “The Street is Full of Surprise”, “Fathers and Sons”, “Two Captains”.
