The biography of Oleg Tabakov, a beloved actor, director and teacher, can take many pages. After all, it is hardly possible to find a person with a more eventful life. In addition to constant filming in the cinema, participating in theatrical performances, he voiced films and cartoons. Oleg Pavlovich managed to manage the theater, headed the Moscow Art Theater for many years, was the rector of the Moscow Art Theater School, taught at GITIS, taught young talents in Russia, England, the USA, Hungary and Finland, and lectured in many theatrical institutions of the world. At the same time, he managed to head the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov and open his own theater, named after him "Snuffbox".
There is not a single person in our country who would not know the biography of Oleg Tabakov, but there are very interesting moments in his personal life that interest many. Although our hero spent most of his time at work, the readers are always interested in Tabakov’s personal life.
In the article, we recall how a young world-famous theater figure and member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art turned out from a young Saratov guy. Pay attention to a short biography of Oleg Tabakov. The photos presented in the article will introduce the reader to his most famous roles, which have now become classics of cinema.
Childhood and youth
Oleg Pavlovich was born in the city of Saratov on August 17, 1935. A large and loving family lived in a cramped communal apartment: two grandmothers, an uncle, an aunt, a father with a mother and two children, Oleg’s brother and sister who were step-by-step. As Tabakov himself recalled, this is the sunniest and most serene time of his life. The family did not live in luxury, from childhood Oleg knew that every penny in the house should be earned by honest labor.
Tabakov's father - Pavel Kondratievich and mother - Maria Andreevna worked as doctors. From childhood, the boy loved the theater, often visited the Youth Theater, sometimes he watched the same performance several times, memorized whole passages from the text of the characters. A serene life ended with 1941. The war forced his father to go to the front, where he, as an experienced doctor, took over the leadership of the military-military train. Mother worked at one of the railway stations in the hospital as a therapist.
But the worst event in the biography of Oleg Tabakov happened later. His beloved father brought a new family from the front, and his parents separated. This was a strong blow for the boy, he was very worried. Then he gradually got used to a new life, his mother returned with him to Saratov, where Oleg Tabakov studied at the boys' school and attended his first theater group "Young Guard". It was the theatrical activities that saved the guy from the bad company into which he was drawn into by the street chantrap. Oleg Pavlovich spoke very warmly about the studio teacher Natalia Iosifovna Sukhostav, calling her her godmother.
Life in Saratov remained in the heart of the actor for many years. He often came with performances to his small homeland and even organized the festival "Saratov Suffering". Grateful residents during his lifetime erected a monument in the city.
The beginning of theatrical activity
The creative biography of actor Oleg Tabakov began after leaving school, when the young man took a chance in 1953 and applied for admission to two of the country's most prestigious theater universities in the country - to the Moscow Art Theater School. Nemirovich-Danchenko and in GITIS. Having passed all the exams brilliantly in one and the other, he chose the Moscow Art Theater for study. Since childhood, he was firmly convinced of the unsurpassed talent of the teachers of this university.
The training took place on the course of Vasily Toporkov. This is a wonderful teacher who considered Tabakov his best student. While still a 3rd year student, young Tabakov played his first role in the movie "Tight Knot." His character - Sasha Komelev - was a very ideological Soviet youth who opposed the chairman of the collective farm.
After graduation, Tabakov, as a result of distribution, gets to work at the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater, but fate was favorable to him, and soon he was transferred to the studio of young actors, which later became the famous Sovremennik Theater, which was then led by Oleg Tabakov’s comrade Efremov.
Theatrical biography of Oleg Tabakov (whose photo is in the article) has a huge number of performances at the Moscow Art Theater, Sovremennik, organized independently by the studio called Tabakerka. In addition, Tabakov played on the stages of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Finland, Germany, Denmark, the USA and Austria. They knew and loved the actor far beyond the borders of our country.
The first family of Tabakov
Oleg met his first wife in his youth. Persistent rumors have it that Lyudmila Krylova first saw Tabakov during a performance in Sovremennik. The young and handsome guy had an undeniable charm, so it is not surprising that the girl fell in love with a handsome boy. For the sake of an idol, Lyudmila went to study at the famous Sliver, and after graduation she worked at the Maly Theater and did not forget to spend the evening at Sovremennik, waiting for her favorite to enter the stage.
The young, successful and handsome guy was very popular at that time among the female half of society, which did not stop the girl’s passion. After the first meeting, young people began to meet, and after 4 days they began to live together. Lyudmila became pregnant, but the couple married only when her son was 2 months old. Happy parents had two children - son Anton and the youngest daughter of Alexander. In the biography of Oleg Tabakov, personal life has always occupied a second role. Work always stood in the first place, which could not but affect family relationships. Let's take a closer look at how Tabakov's wife and children spent their time.
Lyudmila Krylova
From the biography of Oleg Tabakov’s wife, it is known that, unlike her husband, she is a native Muscovite, born on October 2, 1938. She grew up in a poor family, but from childhood she loved fiction, went to the library, since her books were few in her home. After a friend entered the Shchepkinsky school, she decided that she would also go there to study. I enrolled in a circle at the Pravda Culture House and the next year I became a student of such a coveted Sliver.
After graduation, she played a lot in plays and acted in films, also worked on television and radio. She ceased to act fruitfully only in 1989. The woman endured all the hardships of family life with the loving Tabakov, knowing about his adventures. But the family stayed for two children.
Anton Tabakov
We continue our acquaintance with the children of Oleg Tabakov. The biography and personal life of the eldest son of the actor, Anton Tabakov, is known to many. A welcome child was born July 11, 1960. Due to the eternal employment of parents, the boy was brought up by a nanny and grandmother. The lack of attention on the part of the father caused internal resentment and misunderstanding. Anton, of course, appreciated the talent of Oleg Pavlovich, but, in his opinion, his father did not remove the mask of the actor in the home environment.
Although the boy had already acted in films since the age of six, his father did not want him to follow in his footsteps and enter the theater university. He did not see the talent of his son. However, the guy all spitefully enters and successfully finishes GITIS. For ten years, Anton Tabakov worked at Sovremennik, playing wonderful many interesting roles. Finally, the father recognized the talents of his son and invited him to his "Snuffbox".
Everyone knows that if a person is talented, then he is talented in everything. Anton Tabakov is known in our country not only as an actor, but also as a very successful businessman. In addition to a network of popular restaurants throughout Moscow, he was interested in the cosmetology business.
The personal life of a young man is also eventful. He was married four times and has 4 children. The eldest Nikita works with her dad, daughter Anna went to study in England, and the youngest girls from their last (so far) wife - Tonya and Masha - are still schoolgirls. The mother of the girls, Angelica, is a housewife, devotes much time to her family and Anton, so he is finally happy. See the photo of the couple above.
Biography of Oleg Tabakov's daughter
The younger sister of Anton - Alexander - was born 6 years later than her brother, in 1966. The girl, like all family members, had an innate acting talent, so no one was surprised that after graduation she hastened to enter the Moscow Art Theater School. Teachers noted the undoubted acting gift of the girl and predicted a great future for her. However, after filming in several films, Alexandra went on television, where she was the host of the "Let's Go!" Then she worked at a radio station, was a co-host of "Mishaniny" on "Silver Rain".
The eldest daughter of Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (whose biography many do not know), personal life was not very successful. The marriage with Jan Lifers, a well-known actor in Germany, did not work out soon after formalizing the relationship. Although the daughter of Pauline was born in the marriage, the couple divorced, and Alexandra returned to her homeland. Further attempts to find a life partner ended just as unsuccessfully. The woman’s only joy is her beloved daughter.
The ratio of older children to father
The reader briefly reviewed the biography of Oleg Tabakov’s children from his first wife Lyudmila. After the family father announced his desire to leave his wife and children and go to a woman who is almost the same age as his youngest daughter, everyone was shocked. Anton was also very depressed, who did not want to work with his father and went into business, and Alexandra, who was still studying at the Moscow Art Theater at that time.
According to relatives of the family, the children did not want to see their father and strongly supported their mother. Alexandra's teacher recalls that the girl even thought about suicide. Anton was in a strained relationship with his father until the end of his life. Resentment and bitterness of the loss of a loved one was present in the heart, although the son continued to communicate with his father and his new passion. Let's see with whom Oleg Tabakov spent the last years of his life, whose biography and personal life we consider in the article.
Marina Zudina
Actress Marina Zudina, while meeting Tabakov, was his student at GITIS, at that time the girl was only 16 years old. The age difference was 30 years old, Oleg Pavlovich had a family and two children, but this did not stop the young energetic Muscovite. She was born in 1965 and was only 1 year older than Alexandra, Tabakov's youngest daughter from her first marriage.
For ten years the couple had secretly met, but then Oleg Pavlovich announced to his wife a breakdown and forever went to live with his young wife. Marina Zudina worked under the guidance of her famous husband, starred in many films, series and theater productions. Often she could be met on stage with Tabakov. The girl undoubtedly has great acting talent, so her work has been repeatedly awarded prizes and titles. In 2006, Marina Zudina was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia.
After marriage, the couple appeared son Paul. This "gift" turned out just on the 60th anniversary of Oleg Pavlovich. The boy went in the footsteps of his parents and became an actor, now he is actively acting in films. This does not surprise anyone, probably, the ability to transform on stage is passed down from generation to generation.
After 11 years, when the master was 71 years old, he became a father for the fourth time. Marina Zudina gave birth to a daughter, who was named Masha.
Attitude to work
All colleagues and close families knew that the main thing in the life of Oleg Pavlovich was his creative activity. He gave himself entirely to his favorite theater. He spared no strength either mental or physical. Once I had a heart attack right on the stage. Probably, it was thanks to this extraordinary sincerity of performing each of his roles that Oleg Pavlovich earned the love and reverence of all the audience.
Many understood that since Tabakov was involved in the film, he must be watched.
Oleg Pavlovich began work on the creation of his brainchild - “Snuffboxes” in the difficult 90s, when, it would seem, people ceased to be completely interested in theater as an art form. However, the full halls that Tabakov’s “basement” collected were giving hope to a revival in his soul. And so it happened, which could not but please the creator. Many aspiring actors sought to join the troupe in order to learn from the great master.
