Svetlana Tormakhova is not one of those actresses who are ready to retire and bask in the glory of past years. A woman with great experience and achievements 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 theater audience for her work on stage. Performances with her participation plucked applause and enthusiastic reviews of colleagues many times. For 10 years she worked as a member 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 of the actress's face and her name will fall in love for her work in the frame. In cinema, Svetlana achieved no less success in comparison with the theater stage.
Tormakhova Svetlana, an actress with magnificent dramatic experience and education, managed to leave her mark on the big screen. Her track record fits a list of dozens of tapes. Not all films with her participation were included in the classics of cinema, but some will remain forever in the memory of a grateful audience. 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 former popularity, but continues to work in modern cinema.
Now she is trusted on the screen not too large roles of elderly ladies, but even so the legendary actress manages to significantly strengthen each tape with her participation.
Tormakhova at work
In the movies of recent years, Svetlana Tormakhova, already quite elderly, amazed the 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 paintings of any level, with any budget, and not to retire. Her colleagues from the number of shooting partners recognize the authority of Tormakhova and are surprised when she has to play heroines insignificant in the plot.
Such devotion to acting is even more surprising when you take into account Svetlana’s magnificent career in the past and her education. At one time, a native of the Ukrainian lands honed her acting skills at 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 role of complexity. Her professionalism in the frame was the key to the success of more than one tape.
Legend Biography
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 school teacher. With such parents, it was not difficult for her to imagine herself in a public profession, Sveta decides to get an acting education after school. Tormakhov was first admitted to the Shchepkin Theater School, and then to 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.
In the frame, Svetlana makes her debut only at age 30, but by then she had already gained important experience in playing on the stage. 10 years of her life a woman dedicated to the theater to them. Vakhtangov. The last appearance on the screen in one of her films took place in 2016. Now the actress is already 70 years old.
