Childhood and early years
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov was born on April 17, 1935 in a family of doctors from Saratov. The future People's Artist of the USSR spent his first years of life in a communal apartment, where he crowded with his parents, sister, grandmothers, uncle and aunt.
A happy, serene childhood ended at the age of 6 with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. In July 1941, my father went to the front. A year later, Oleg Pavlovich's mother becomes seriously ill and cannot stand up for a long time.
Oleg Tabakov in childhood
Oleg's mother Maria Andreevna in 1943 takes her son and his sister Mira to Elton. In a small town in the north of the Caspian Sea, a mother volunteers for the army and starts working in a hospital as a general practitioner. At the same time, Oleg went to first grade. After 2 years, the family returns to Saratov. Tabakov continued his studies at the Saratov school number 18.
Postwar years
After the end of World War II, the parents of the future actor broke up. To escape from family problems, Oleg joins the Young Guard theater group. Many years later, he admitted that classes in the theater played a major role in choosing a profession. And he called his head of theatrical skills Natalya Iosifovna Sukhostav "godmother" for 160 actors.
Oleg Tabakov decided to get higher education in Moscow, the choice fell on the Moscow Art Theater School. Purposefulness and determination, these qualities made Oleg the best student of the school. As a 3rd year student, he played in his first film "The Tight Knot".
Work in the theater
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, the promising actor began to take his first steps at the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater. Tabakov did not stay in it, in 1957 he became one of the six founders of the Sovremennik Theater. In the role of student Misha in the play "Forever Alive" he made his debut on the stage of the theater.
Tabakov becomes one of the most sought-after artists of the USSR, a huge load negatively affected his health, in 1964 he suffers a heart attack.
From 1970, for 6 years, Tabakov directed Sovremennik. Under him, Galina Borisovna Volchek becomes the chief director of the theater. In 1983, the world famous artist returns to the Moscow Art Theater. And in 1986, after the creation of 3 new theaters in the capital, he headed his own theater, which was popularly nicknamed "Snuffbox".
In March 1987, Oleg Tabakov staged the first performance - "Armchair" based on the novel by Yuri Polyakov. During the time that Oleg Pavlovich was in charge of the theater, a whole galaxy of young and gifted actors was replaced, the repertoire was updated, and the best screenwriters of that time were involved in the work.
Tabakov was known not only at home, but also abroad. His work is praised in Spain, Italy, France, Finland, Denmark, Austria and even the USA, where he staged more than a dozen performances.
In 2000, Tabakov began to revive the former glory of the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov. From the first days of work, the new leader headed for a complete renewal of the repertoire; for this, the best domestic directors were involved.
Cinema
Oleg took his first steps in the cinema as a student. On account of the favorite of the Soviet public 120 films. His first characters were schoolchildren and junior students. Not in every film he was given the main role, but they were all performed at the highest level. The set brought Tabakov together with the great actors of his time: Anatoly Papanov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Leonid Bronev, Andrei Mironov and others.
The audience most of all remembered Oleg for the role of Nikolai Rostov in the Oscar-winning film War and Peace. In the film “A Few Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov ”Oleg Pavlovich brilliantly played Ilya Ilyich. The role of King Louis in "D'Artagnan" was also liked by the Soviet audience. The last for the legend of Russian cinema was the film "Kitchen in Paris" (2014).
Oleg Tabakov as Louis XIV
Personal life
Oleg Pavlovich was married twice. The first wife was Lyudmila Krylova. With Lyudmila Ivanovna, the People's Artist of the USSR legalized his relationship in 1959. After 35 years of marriage, Tabakov left the family for a young actress Marina Zudina (30 years difference). Children from their first marriage supported their mother and, in protest, did not communicate with their father for a long time.
The romance between Oleg Tabakov and Marina Zudina began in 1985, and only ten years later the couple formalized their relationship. Years later, in his autobiographical book, he explained why he left his first wife - “Luboff Came”.
The young wife gave Oleg Pavlovich a son, Pavel (1996) and a daughter, Maria (2006). The actor has three grandchildren: Nikita, Anya and Polina.
Oleg Tabakov today
Last year, a significant event took place in the life of Oleg Pavlovich - the opening of a new stage of "Snuffbox". The Mayor of Moscow visited the opening and told how the construction stages went. The play "Sailor's Silence" - became the premiere in the new building.
This year "Snuffbox" celebrated its 30th anniversary with a festival called "Benefit performance of the thirties", which brought together all those who actively participated in the life of the theater.
Due to the busy schedule, Oleg Pavlovich's health was faltering. On November 27, 2017, the actor was hospitalized and immediately operated on. To date, his condition is assessed as stable serious. He cannot breathe on his own, the doctors were forced to connect him to a ventilator.
Actor Oleg Tabakov, his wives and children, are of interest to the media and fans. The celebrity's personal life has always been curious to the public, but was he open to interviews about his family?
Oleg Tabakov: first marriage
In the first marriage, Oleg Pavlovich's family members were:
- wife Lyudmila Ivanovna Krylova;
- son Anton;
- daughter of Alexander.
The first wife of Oleg Pavlovich was the theater and film actress Lyudmila Ivanovna Krylova. She was quite popular in her younger years. Lyudmila Ivanovna played in such cult films of the Soviet era as "Volunteers", "Peers", "Battle on the Road", "The Living and the Dead" and many others.
Lyudmila Krylova, Marina Zudina and Oleg Tabakov
After graduating from school, a dream of working in the theater appeared, and Lyudmila entered the drama circle of the local house of culture Pravda. Once in a DC, she saw a poster for a performance by the Sovremennik studio. The trip to the theater became fateful - at first sight she fell in love with the young actor Tabakov, the dream of meeting one day became a guiding star.
Then there was a study at Sliver, there were first roles in the Maly Theater and cinema, but the dream stubbornly attracted me to Sovremennik. The girl attended all the performances with the participation of Tabakov.
Once they called from Mosfilm with a request to send photos, because. one finicky actor just can't choose a partner. This capricious actor turned out to be Tabakov, he liked the photo of Lyudmila. He could not resist the strength of the girl's feelings and also became interested in the young actress. After 4 days, Lyudmila moved into Oleg's rented room. And at the graduation performance, the rounded tummy had to be covered with props. The stormy romance lasted for many years.
After college, Lyudmila became an actress of Sovremennik. The marriage was registered between rehearsals, when little Anton Tabakov was 2 months old.
At the wedding party at the WTO restaurant, friends from the theater brought a petite and pretty bride in a cardboard box from the props, in a lace dress and veil. The marriage with Tabakov lasted 34 years, son Anton and daughter Alexander were born in it. For the spouse, work has always been in the first place, so the worries about the children fell mainly on the shoulders of the wife.
Lyudmila Ivanovna does not like to talk about her personal life, does not give interviews. Once a correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda managed to persuade her to meet. In an interview with a KP correspondent, Lyudmila Ivanovna only said that she does not like betrayal and breaks up with traitors immediately, that no one is immune from divorces, but I would like the process to be more humane, because. It is very difficult for children in this situation.
Over the years, everything is forgiven, but not forgotten. Lyudmila Ivanovna is grateful to fate for the life she has lived. Now she is 79 years old, she still goes on stage in Sovremennik, devotes her free time to children and grandchildren, chatting with friends, going out into the countryside.
The actor's son - Anton
Anton was born in 1960. These were difficult times for a young family, the baby's first bed was arranged in a suitcase. To survive on the acting salary and pay for the nanny, the parents had to work hard. They gave 20 performances a month.
With other theatrical children (Denis Evstigneev,) Anton spent most of his childhood in the old Sovremennik building on Mayakovskaya Square, studied at a prestigious school with the grandchildren of Khrushchev and Stalin. The theatrical environment in which the younger Tabakov grew up predetermined his acting career.
Anton received his first film role at the age of 6, in the film The Fourth Pope. It was followed by a series of images, including the role of Timur in the film "Timur and his team."
Son Anton, daughter Sasha and Lyudmila Ivanovna
Mom supported her son in his desire to become an actor, and his father did not see outstanding abilities and advised him to choose another profession. When Anton graduated from school, his father was gaining his first year, but categorically refused to take his son to him. Galina Volchek prepared him for admission to GITIS. Resentment at his father for inattention, excessive categoricalness and injustice did not let go for a long time.
Anton became an actor in Sovremennik. After 10 years, his father took him to the Snuffbox. However, Anton himself understands more and more that he is the “wrong” actor, he does not have a characteristic courage. After working for many years in the theater and starring in 34 films, he leaves the profession.
Participation in festivals, artistic receptions, accompanied by banquets, prompted the decision to open the first art club "Pilot". One after another, new restaurants began to appear. Today Anton Tabakov is a major businessman, owner of a chain of restaurants.
Anton painfully survived the divorce of his parents and for more than ten years the son avoided meeting with his father. Over time, he managed to understand the elder Tabakov and forgive him, because he himself was married for the fourth time.
When Anton was building a restaurant business, he could not devote enough time to his family, and marriages collapsed one after another. Now he prefers to spend time with his wife Angelica and daughters. Anton bought an apartment in France, not far from the Italian border, where he likes to relax with his family.
Daughter of Alexander
Sasha Tabakova, unlike her brother, studied well at school, was especially successful in mathematics. The girl planned to enter a technical university, but the theatrical environment played a role, and Sasha chose the Moscow Art Theater School. To his daughter, Oleg Pavlovich was more loyal, she was allowed to combine her studies with work in her father's theater. Everyone around prophesied the girl a successful acting career.
Sasha was active and cheerful, burning with her future profession. She was in her last year when her father left the family because of an affair with Marina Zudina. The world turned upside down for her, the girl withdrew, lost interest in learning. There was a period when she did not want to live.
Sasha nevertheless graduated from the studio school and starred in the cult film "Little Vera", in the role of a friend of the main character. In total, there are 4 films in Alexandra's filmography.
Frame from the film "Little Faith"
Sasha married a German student and went to Germany. Tabakov's daughter never returned to the acting profession. In Germany, the couple had a daughter, Polina. The marriage with the German actor Jan Liefers ended in divorce, and Alexandra and her daughter returned to Russia. In 2006, she hosted the TV show Let's Go and Meshanin, and also worked at the Silver Rain radio station. There were no more official marriages, but there was a civil marriage with actor Andrei Ilyin.
Alexandra could not forgive her father for a long time and still communicates with him very rarely. On the eightieth anniversary of Tabakov in 2015. she did not come. Oleg Pavlovich has repeatedly admitted that this situation is very painful for him, but he will not be the first to reconcile. Until now, Alexandra cannot choose another profession for herself, and is in a difficult financial situation.
The second marriage of Oleg Tabakov: the children of Zudina
Currently, Oleg Pavlovich's family members are:
- wife Marina Zudina;
- daughter Mary.
Marina Zudina was a student of Tabakov at GITIS. Oleg Pavlovich noticed the serious attitude of the future actress to work on the role, the desire to try herself in different genres.
Tabakov was struck by the peculiar beauty of the girl, he believed that roles in expensive chic costumes would suit her.
Marina began her film career in her student years, starred in the film "Valentin and Valentina". Zudina has an extensive filmography and a huge list of theatrical roles, she is one of the leading actresses of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov.
For a long 10 years, the romance of Marina Zudina and Oleg Tabakov was secret. The feelings were so serious that the affair led to a divorce from Lyudmila Krylova and a new marriage. Marina was not the initiator of the divorce, she even got rid of her first pregnancy so as not to harm the family of the chosen one. But, according to Oleg Pavlovich, since 1986, when their romantic relationship began, his heart belonged only to Marina. According to the young woman, marriage did not change their relationship, but it got rid of gossip.
Shortly after the marriage, a son, Pavel, was born. As a child, he was a little shy of his parents, because dad was more like a grandfather. Often he wanted to change his last name, because of her he was constantly compared with his father. The path to the stage was inevitable.
At the age of 15, Pavel received his first role at the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. However, he hesitated for a long time in choosing a profession. But, like the older Tabakovs, the scales leaned towards the theater school.
Pavel graduated from the Tabakov Moscow Theater College. Admission and study were carried out on a general basis, there were no concessions from the father. From the age of 19, Pavel has been acting in films, he played in the films "Star", "Orleans", "Duelist", historical series "Sophia Paleolog", "Catherine".
In addition to being busy in filming and performances, he tries himself in fashion shows. Giorgio Armani was amazed by his model appearance and took his 2016 collection to the show. Pavel is not yet married, but several of his novels are known.
He sees his future wife as a good mother and housewife, combining housekeeping and career. He is on friendly terms with his brother Anton, he loves his younger sister Masha very much.
Masha was born in 2006, when Oleg Pavlovich turned 71 years old. Marina complained that it was not possible to make a gift for her husband's seventieth birthday. This is a cheerful, sociable girl who pleases mom and dad, the elder Tabakov loves her endlessly.
According to Marina, she was born so glorious that she became her father's favorite. The girl, of course, dreams of being an artist, but now her main task is to study well at school.
Masha attends the British School in Moscow, where all subjects are taught by native speakers. Parents say that this is for the general development, in the future she will choose her own path.
Oleg Tabakov, his wives and children are an artistically gifted dynasty. It is highly likely that Masha Tabakova will continue it.
Tabakov's grandchildren
The biography of Oleg Tabakov is made up not only by his wives and children - the grandchildren of Oleg Pavlovich also add happy days to his life. To date, there are five of them:
- Polina Lifers, daughter of Alexandra and German actor Jan Lifers. At the age of 11, she starred in the German comedy I'm the Boss with her father. She graduated from the production department of the Moscow Art Theater School, works as a theater artist, collaborates with the Oleg Tabakov Theater, the educational theater of the Moscow Art Theater School, successfully takes part in art exhibitions.
- Nikita Tabakov, son of Anton and actress Ekaterina Semyonova, works with his father in the restaurant business.
- Anna Tabakova, daughter of Anton and TV presenter Anastasia Chukhrai. Anna is also the granddaughter of the famous director Pavel Chukhrai and the great-granddaughter of Grigory Chukhrai. The girl is studying at the prestigious British girls' school St. Marys and is preparing to enter one of the London universities, she connects her future with PR activities. Anna is very popular on the social network Instagram.
- Antonina and Maria, the younger daughters of Anton and his fourth wife Angelica. They mostly live with mom and dad in France.
Public interest in the dynasty of Oleg Tabakov, his wives and children does not fade away, its representatives delight with new acting and directorial work, they appear at social events, on TV screens, the younger generation is active in social networks.
I would like to hope that the younger generation of the Tabakovs will strengthen the good reputation of this wonderful family.
People's Artist of Russia and Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Oleg Tabakov, of course, is known and sympathetic to most of the population of our country. It is difficult to name the type of activity according to the profile of his profession, in which he did not take part. These are more than a hundred roles in films and the same number in performances, directing and teaching, and in addition - social activities and a position in the Council for Culture under the President of the Russian Federation, and much more. All the concerns of the actor are shared with him by his life partner - the wife of Oleg Tabakov - actress Marina Zudina.
Their unexpected union at one time became the subject of general discussion, indignation and excitement: the famous actor left the family for a young beautiful girlfriend, an actress from his troupe, with whom he, it turns out, had a long romance. Someone's joke-formula "Oleg Tabakov - Marina Zudina = 30 years old" most painfully responded to the actor's relatives. Tabakov's ex-wife, actress Lyudmila Krylova, still holds a grudge against him, and his own daughter even forbade him to see his granddaughter.
Now that the gossip about this story has subsided, and the marriage, which many not only predicted, but also wished for disappointment and separation, looks completely different. Marina Zudina was no longer considered a clever, prudent person who, taking away someone else's husband, thought about love for Tabakov in the very last place. The venerable director and his young wife have been together for more than 20 years, have had a son and daughter over the years, very rarely part for a long time and still do not consider their marriage a mistake.
They saw each other when Marina, having failed in the exams at both the Shchukin and Shchepkinsky schools, came to the first year of Oleg Tabakov at GITIS. After graduation, the promising actress was accepted into his theater troupe and there they realized that they could not do without each other.
They had to hide their love from others for 10 years before they formalized a legal relationship. In 1995, a son, Pavel, was born in the new Tabakov family, and in 2006, little Maria.
All these years, Tabakov and Zudina worked together at the Moscow theater-studio under Oleg Tabakov, where they developed excellent professional and business relations. In addition, Marina successfully played on the stage of the Theater. Chekhov, starred in more than 30 films. Her talent and skill were highly appreciated: the actress was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2006 and has a lot of awards. The creative life of spouses is always active and, therefore, quite prosperous.
Their family life, according to Marina, can be anything, but the main thing in it is mutual respect, an unflagging interest in each other's personality and a desire to be together, which save their marriage. Zudina tries to pay as much attention to her family as possible, despite the difficulties of her hectic profession. She managed to improve relations with the children of Oleg Tabakov from her first marriage and now they often communicate. Her son Pavel became an actor and at the age of 21 managed to star in almost a dozen films, quite successful. Tabakov and Zudina rarely appear at secular parties and similar events, preferring to devote all their time to their favorite work and family.
Children of Oleg Tabakov
The popularly beloved actor has four children, while the age difference between Tabakov's older offspring and his younger heirs is quite significant. The fact is that his eldest son Anton and daughter Alexandra were born in the sixties, when he was married to actress Lyudmila Krylova, and the younger ones, Pavel and Maria Oleg Pavlovich, were born by his second wife.
The eldest son of Oleg Tabakov, Anton, at the beginning of his life, decided to follow in the footsteps of his parents and become an actor, but later changed his field of activity and retrained as a restaurateur.
If after some time Oleg Pavlovich was able to improve relations with Anton after leaving the family, then this was not possible with Alexandra. Moreover, the maestro openly declares that he is not going to take the first step towards rapprochement with Sasha.
Marina Zudina, the second wife of Tabakov, gave birth to her son Pavel in 1995, and now he is building a career in cinema. Pavel Tabakov plays on the theater stage, acts in commercials and films. Their youngest daughter Masha was born in 2006 and is still in school.
The eldest son of Oleg Pavlovich Anton often visits his father and his new family, is friends with his wife and children, he himself already has three children - Nikita, Anna and Polina, who are older than Pavel and Maria.
Death of Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich passed away in March last year, he died at the age of eighty-two in the First Moscow City Clinical Hospital. The final diagnosis announced by the doctors was a heart attack for many reasons.
The press wrote that the actor ended up in the hospital due to blood poisoning, which resulted in the rejection of dental implants delivered in an elite private clinic in Yekaterinburg. Later they also wrote that during the examination Tabakov was diagnosed with pneumonia. Since the immunity of the People's Artist was weakened, there was no cough, no temperature, and pneumonia was discovered almost by accident.
The doctors put Oleg Pavlovich into an artificial coma to allow the internal organs to function normally, and installed a special breathing tube in the trachea. As a result of the measures taken, it seemed that the actor began to recover, but this condition did not last long, and Tabakov again became worse.
All the time he was in the hospital, his wife was next to Oleg Pavlovich, and no one else was allowed to see him, so as not to tire the patient.
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov. Born on August 17, 1935 in Saratov. Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, theater and film director, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR (1967) and the Russian Federation (1997). Full Cavalier of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
Oleg Tabakov: biography
Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich was born in Saratov in a family of doctors. The future actor spent the first years of his life in a communal apartment. Childhood memories of Oleg Tabakov are very bright. He was surrounded by many loving people: mother, father, two grandmothers, uncle and aunt, stepbrother and sister.
However, this happy, serene life ended in June 1941. In the first days of the war, my father volunteered for the front. At the end of 1942, Oleg Tabakov's mother fell ill with typhoid fever and, even after recovery, could not get on her feet for a long time.
In the spring of 1943, Maria Andreevna, taking her children with her, went to the town of Elton, located in the north of the Caspian Sea. Here, having joined the army, she worked in the hospital as a general practitioner for two years. In Elton, Oleg went to school. But then the family returned to Saratov, where Tabakov continued his studies at a male secondary school.
As an eighth-grader, Oleg Tabakov got into the well-known for the whole Saratov children's theater "Young Guard" under the direction of Natalya Iosifovna Sukhostav, whom he calls his godmother in the acting profession. Classes in the children's theater played a decisive role in choosing a future profession.
Oleg Tabakov decided to enter the theater institute in the capital. He applied to the Moscow Art Theater School. Nemirovich-Danchenko and GITIS. He was accepted immediately into both institutes, but Tabakov preferred the Moscow Art Theater, which he considered "the pinnacle of theater pedagogy."
The head of the course, where Oleg Tabakov studied, was Vasily Toporkov, one of the largest theater teachers of his time, People's Artist of the USSR, head of the Acting Department of the Studio School. Simultaneously with Tabakov, future stage masters Valentin Gaft, Galina Volchek, Leonid Bronevoy, Evgeny Evstigneev, Oleg Basilashvili, Tatiana Doronina, Mikhail Kazakov and others studied at the Moscow Art Theater School.
Theatre
After the Studio School, the young actor was assigned to the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater. But fate brought Tabakov to the new theater created by Oleg Efremov, which was later called Sovremennik.
After Efremov left for the Moscow Art Theater, Sovremennik was headed by Oleg Tabakov for almost seven years. In December 1986, an order was issued to create three new theaters in Moscow. Among them was the Studio Theater under the direction of Oleg Tabakov. So his cherished dream of his own theater came true, which was soon dubbed "Snuffbox".
The beginning of the Snuffbox's journey was not cloudless. Some critics did not take seriously the emergence of a new studio. But in the auditorium of the theater on Chaplygin Street there was always a full house. The first work of the Studio Theater under the direction of Oleg Tabakov was the play "Armchair" staged by Tabakov based on the novel by Yuri Polyakov on March 1, 1987.
During the reign of the Tabakov Theater, a radical renewal of the repertoire and cast takes place here. A number of young and talented actors are accepted into the troupe: Marina Neyolova, Konstantin Raikin, Yuri Bogatyrev and others. The repertoire has also been updated. Oleg Tabakov attracted famous directors and writers to the theater for new works, bringing fresh ideas and a new impetus for creative development.
The theatrical biography of Oleg Tabakov is very rich and varied. Tabakov worked a lot abroad as a teacher and director. The Russian master has staged more than four dozen performances of Soviet, Russian and foreign classics in theaters in the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Denmark, the USA and Austria. And on the basis of Harvard University, the actor opened the Stanislavsky Summer School, which he himself headed. From 1986 to 2000 he was the rector of the Moscow Art Theater School, head of the joint postgraduate program of the Studio School and Carnegie Mellon University (USA).
Since 2000, Oleg Tabakov has been the head of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.
In addition to cinema and work in the theater, Oleg Tabakov also appeared on television. It was Tabakov who became one of the first actors who participated in television performances that were broadcast live. He has two solo performances on his account - "The Little Humpbacked Horse" and "Vasily Terkin".
The most famous productions on television with the participation of Tabakov were Aesop, Shagreen Skin, Pechniki. Also, the actor and director had a hand in creating a television version of the play "Contemporary" called "Twelfth Night".
Movies
Already in the third year of the Moscow Art Theater, the theatrical biography of Oleg Tabakov begins to intertwine with cinema. The debut was the role of Sasha Komelev in the film "Sasha Enters Life" by Mikhail Schweitzer. She helped the actor get acquainted with the "kitchen" of cinema.
The first heroes of Tabakov were called "pink boys". A schoolboy named Oleg Savin, played by Tabakov in the film "A Noisy Day" based on the play "In Search of Joy" by Viktor Rozov, is the embodiment of the best features in the people of Khrushchev's time. Directness of judgment, purity of thoughts, the ability to defend one's position - all this applies to Oleg Savin, and to Viktor Bulygin from the film "People on the Bridge", and to Sasha Yegorov from "Probationary Period", and to Seryozha from "Clear Sky". This also includes Nikolai Rostov from War and Peace, and Kolya Babushkin from the film Young and Green. These pictures are, of course, the best roles of the actor at the beginning of the film path.
The screen roles of Oleg Tabakov began to appear at a time when a reassessment of the value system was taking place in society. The heroes of Tabakov in their youth were united by civic pathos and directness of judgment. This can be seen, for example, in "A Noisy Day" or "Probation".
Tabakov has participated in more than 120 films. He did not play the main role in all of them, but all of his roles are noticeable and charismatic. On the set, fate brought Tabakov together with a large number of recognized and even great actors. Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Leonid Bronevoy starred in the legendary series about Stirlitz "Seventeen Moments of Spring" with Tabakov. In "12 chairs" Andrei Mironov and Anatoly Papanov became partners of the "blue thief" Tabakov.
In the Oscar-winning film by Sergei Bondarchuk "War and Peace" (1968), Tabakov played Nikolai Rostov. In the painting “A Few Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov ”(1979) Oleg Pavlovich brilliantly brought to life the image of Ilya Ilyich. In the same year, Tabakov appeared in another legendary Soviet film, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears. In D'Artagnan, he very accurately presented the viewer with the stupid King Louis. Another bright character was embodied by the actor in "The Man from the Boulevard des Capuchins", where Tabakov literally merged with the image of the money-hungry saloon owner Harry McCue. His partners in the film were Andrei Mironov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Lev Durov, Leonid Yarmolnik.
With his participation, a large number of children's films and fairy tales were released. In "Mary Poppins, Goodbye" (1983), Tabakov reincarnated as Miss Andrew, in the film "After the Rain on Thursday" the actor played Kashchei the Immortal himself. After voicing the cat Matroskin in the cartoon "Prostokvashino", which has already become a cult for many generations, Tabakov simply could not help but voice the Hollywood cat Garfield in the cartoon of the same name.
Personal life
In the early 1990s, the personal life of Oleg Tabakov became a top tabloid topic for a long time. After 35 years of marriage with his first wife, actress Lyudmila Krylova, Tabakov left the family for actress Marina Zudina. The age difference between Tabakov and Zudina, who was suitable for an actor in her daughter, is 30 years. Tabakov's children, Anton and Alexandra, supported their mother and even left the profession in protest. Over time, only Anton Tabakov improved relations with his father.
Oleg Tabakov and Marina Zudina signed in 1995 after a 10-year romance. He comments on his departure from the Tabakov family: “no matter how trite it sounds, love has come.” All the facts from his personal life and career and, of course, Tabakov described his love story in his autobiographical book “My Real Life”.
The affair with Marina Zudina was not the first time in the life of an actor when he became interested in a young actress. There is talk of a passionate romance between 34-year-old Tabakov and 16-year-old Elena Proklova, who started on the set of the film "Burn, Burn, My Star." Proklova does not hide the fact that Tabakov was her first true love, and various gossip around their relationship and the minority of the actress only interfered with their further relationship.
In 1995, a young wife gave Oleg Pavlovich a son, Pavel, and in 2006, a daughter, Maria.
Pavel Tabakov managed to grow up and continue the work of the pope. He graduated from the school-studio of Oleg Tabakov (they say he entered there without any patronage) and plays in the performances of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. On his account, participation in such famous films as "Star", "Duelist", "Orleans".
The actor has three grandchildren: Nikita, Anya and Polina.
Oleg Tabakov now
In the fall of 2016, a long-awaited event took place. The opening of a new stage of the Oleg Tabakov Theater took place on Sukharevskaya Square. Housewarming "Snuffbox" was visited by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. He, in particular, told how scrupulous and corrosive the artistic director of the theater was, who did not allow the project to be simplified. But the theater turned out to be ultra-modern, with equipment thought out to the smallest detail.
The director achieved the ability to computerize all the equipment and scenery. In addition to the large stage, a hall for 400 seats and an additional, small hall were equipped. The premiere in the new building of the theater was the play "Sailor's Silence" based on the work of A. Galich.
In 2017, Tabakerka celebrates its 30th anniversary. On the first day of spring, on the new stage on Sukhorevskaya, a festival called "Benefit Performance of the Thirty Years" will be held, which will bring together all those who stood at the origins of the theater - Oleg Tabakov, Marina Zudina, Andrey Smolyakov, Sergey Belyaev and others. The festival will include performances of The Seagull, Actor, The Year I Wasn't Born, Waiting for the Barbarians.
In addition, the Kultura TV channel has planned to show TV versions of the best performances of The Snuffbox from different years - The Room of Laughter, At the Bottom, The Last, Passion for Bumbarash, Sublimation of Love, The Tale of the Seven Hanged Men . Creative evenings of theater artists, both experienced and beginners, are planned.
Oleg Tabakov was placed in intensive care with suspected pneumonia
Oleg Tabakov was urgently hospitalized at the First City Hospital in Moscow.
The famous actor and director Oleg Tabakov was taken to the intensive care unit of the First City Hospital in the Russian capital. Doctors suggest that Tabakov has severe pneumonia. Other details have not yet been disclosed. Due to the illness of Oleg Tabakov, the performance “The Year I Was Not Born” at the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov, in which Tabakov was to play one of the main roles.
The media reported on the extremely serious condition of Oleg Tabakov
The state of health of the artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov has deteriorated sharply, REN TV reports.
According to the channel, the actor is on a ventilator in intensive care. Doctors assess Tabakov's condition as extremely serious. Next to the legendary actor are family members.
As the site "Today" reported earlier, the actor and director 82-year-old Oleg Tabakov was placed in the intensive care unit of the First City Hospital No. 1 im. Pirogov.
“Oleg Pavlovich was admitted to the First City Hospital in critical condition on Monday. He is in the sixth intensive care unit,"- Interfax was told in the press service of the medical institution. This department deals with, among other things, patients with pneumonia.
The eldest son Anton told RBC that after the examination, Oleg Tabakov was diagnosed with pneumonia.
“Oleg Pavlovich is better today, his condition has stabilized. But it’s too early to talk about transferring him from intensive care to a regular ward,”- they said on the sidelines of the medical institution.
Oleg Tabakov met his first wife on the set. Lyudmila Krylova said that she dreamed of meeting the artist while still a student at the Shchepkinsky School. She went to all his performances at the Sovremennik Theater.
Once she was invited to star in the film "Volunteers", the girl knew that Tabakov would play one of the roles. However, in the studio, Krylov was disappointed. The artist refused to act because he did not like the script.
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“Then the director Irina Ivanovna Poplavskaya calls: “Lyusenka, I have such a fastidious actor in the title role, he can’t find a partner for himself, he doesn’t like everyone, maybe I’ll show him your photo” ... The director soon calls happy: “Lyusenka, he looked at your photograph and said, “This one might be fine.” What happened to me! Everything inside was trembling! As I remember now - an empty dressing room, a woman in a white coat is standing with her back, a man is sitting in an armchair, I see his reflection in the mirror and I almost fall! It's like it hits me! I have never experienced such a feeling!” - recalled Krylova.
According to the artist, the affair with Tabakov developed rapidly. She did not hesitate to "reject" her young man, saying that she was married.
“From the moment I met Tabakov, some four days have passed! He rented a room in the center. I stayed with him to spend the night, that is, for me there were no longer any barriers. At the institute, of course, everyone learned. My teacher persuaded me: “Lyusenka, you will regret it, it’s too early, don’t, baby,” Krylova said.
Oleg Tabakov and Lyudmila Krylova. © Viktor Budan / TASS
In marriage, the couple had two children. Anton Tabakov is 57 years old, he tried himself as an artist, now he is engaged in the restaurant business. Daughter Alexandra is 51 years old. She is an actress.
“We started our family life hard. My father gave us a room on Pravda Street, we lived in a communal apartment, with a nanny behind the closet. They gave 20 performances a month ... Once she left two-year-old Antoshka with Tabakov and left for three days to shoot, and when she returned, Antoshka just sat on his lap with a bare booty and ate a cold cutlet. Tabakov gave me the child and said: “Never do this again!”, Tabakov’s first wife recalled.
Krylova and Tabakov lived together for 34 years. They divorced after the artist had an affair with actress Marina Zudina. She is 30 years younger than the famous actor.
“You see, I do not like betrayal. Betrayal is a very capacious word. It doesn't even mean cheating, no. Betrayal goes much deeper than that. I part immediately with traitors, whether they are girlfriends, husbands or someone else ... ”, Krylova admitted. Now the artist is 79 years old.
The children from their first marriage did not immediately forgive the betrayal of their father. Anton found the strength to communicate the strength to communicate with Tabakov, but Alexandra put an end to their relationship.
The relationship between Oleg Tabakov and Marina Zudina lasted about ten years at a time when he was still married to Krylova. A student of GITIS was in the troupe of the Moscow Studio Theater under the direction of Oleg Tabakov. Feelings flared up between teacher and student.