Marina Franzewna Kovalyova

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Marina Kovalyova (1940)

Marina Franzewna Kowaljowa ( Russian Марина Францевна Ковалёва ; born January 1, 1923 , † May 30, 2007 in Moscow ) was a Soviet actress .

origin

Marina Kowaljowa was the daughter of the singer and folk artist of the RSFSR Olga Wassiljewna Kowaljowa (1881–1962) and the architect Franz F. Ivanchuk.

The mother came from the village of Lyubowka, but left her parents' house at the age of 16 to attend a music school. She earned her living as a street singer . After graduating from the Conservatory , Olga Wassiljewna got a job as an opera actress , but because of her origins she always remained an outsider. After Mitrofan Jefimowitsch Pjatnizki became aware of her and signed her for his singing group, she came to Moscow. Here she became popular through choir and solo appearances , especially for her interpretations of Russian folk songs . Marina Franzewna published a biography about her mother in 1980 .

Franz Ivanchuk was expelled from the CPSU in 1936 on charges of being an ally of Bukharin . He then moved to the Kazakh SSR and stayed there for the rest of his life.

Life and accomplishments

Kowaljowas's film career began in 1938 with the children's film Семиклассники ( Semi Klass Niki ) after an assistant to the director Yakov Protazanov had noticed in her school on it. Two years later, Kovalyova played in Timur and his troop (1941), based on Arkady Gaidar's novel, the older sister of Schena portrayed by Ekaterina Derewschtschikowa . However, her role was dubbed by Valentina Serova . In the same year Kowaljowa was the leading actress in Alexander Rous The Wonder Horse . Since the filming took place in Yalta , she moved there with her mother and also finished school there. The planned relocation of her residence to the coastal town failed due to the outbreak of the German-Soviet war . The Sojusdetfilmstudio , and thus Koraljowa, was temporarily in Stalinabad settled where they in the war film series Боевой киносборник "Лесные братья" ( Bojewoi kinosbornik "Lesnye Bratja" , 1942) and in Клятва Тимура ( Kljatwa Timura , 1942), the sequel to Timur and his squad , was seen. At the same time she worked as an assistant director . In 1943 Koraljowa returned briefly to Moscow and then went to the front to maintain the troops. Here she played in Simonov's play Парень из нашего города ( Paren is naschego goroda ) and also witnessed the beginning of the Battle of Prokhorovka . Because of this, she had to return to Moscow again and entered the drama school of the State Academic Theater there in 1944 . Nina Nikolajewna Litowzewa and Pawel Vladimirovich Massalsky were among her teachers. From 1948 she appeared in the theater's youth ensemble , but left it for family reasons in 1955. During this time, she also made three other film roles, including in The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951), in which she was the wife of the main character portrayed by Boris Andreev gave. Were already film partners in The Fall of Berlin (1950).

After living with her husband in Tigoschtschi in Velikije Luki Oblast for two years, Kovalyova moved back to Moscow for a short time, then went to the Griboyedov Theater in Tbilisi and ultimately to the Zelinograd Regional Theater . After her husband's promotion and transfer, she returned to Moscow alone. The rector of her former drama school, Wenjamin Sacharowitsch Radomyslenski first helped her to a position in the stage decoration department , then Kowaljowa acted as assistant to the actress and acting teacher Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (1898-1973). In 1967 she was seen in the stage recording Трагик ( tragedy ) for the last time in the film. Two years later, Kovalyova began an engagement at the Drama Theater of Gorky Oblast in Arzamas-16 , which was to last until 1973. She then got another job at the Academic State Theater , this time as deputy secretary of the party committee for organizational issues. Despite the problematic collaboration with the artistic director Oleg Efremow , whom Kovalyova had known since her training, she held this position until she retired.

In retirement, in addition to her mother's biography, Kovalyova also published newspaper articles on agriculture and the book 40 писем с войны ( 40 pisem s woiny , English: 40 letters from the war ), in which the later director, screenwriter and theater actor wrote Semyon Isajewitsch Tumanow wrote during the war, are reproduced. In addition, she dealt intensively with the life of Anton Chekhov .

Kovalyova died in Moscow at the age of 84 and was buried in the Nikolo Arkhangelsk cemetery .

Private

Kowaljowa was first married to the director, screenwriter and dramaturge Leonid Danilowitsch Agranowitsch (1915-2011), a later winner of the State Prize of the USSR , but the relationship was short-lived. She then married Ramas Mtschedlidze, the son of the multi-award-winning folk artist and actress Vera Alexandrovna Dawidowa (1906–1993) and the actor and bassist Dmitri Semenowitsch Mtschedlidze (1904–1983), the director of the Georgian Opera and Ballet House . Ramas Mtschelidze was a party official and was commissioned in the 1960s to set up the Krasny Mayak kolkhoz in Tigoschtschi, whereupon the couple moved there. He served as the secretary of the local party committee and was also the library manager.

Kovalyova's first child, her son Aljoscha, was born in 1944. Because of her education, Olga Kowaljowa mainly took care of him. Later he also studied at the Academic State Theater and worked for the Lenkom and Stanislavski theaters . He later moved to the United States with his wife, the actress Shanna Arkadyevna Vladimirskaya.

From their second marriage the daughter Olga and the son Teimura emerged. Both were also mostly raised by their grandparents. Olga later studied in Tbilisi and became a Russian teacher at a Georgian school. Teimuraz studied physics and mathematics and was professionally active in Japan, Sweden and Germany. Kovalyova also had three grandchildren through him.

In old age, she suffered a stroke , which left her right hand partially paralyzed.

Honors

For her role in The Fall of Berlin , Kovalyova received the Stalin Prize in 1950 , and in 1978 she was named Merited Cultural Worker of the RSFSR . Her life was also the subject of the 2010 documentary Настоящая советская девушка ( Nastoyashchaya sovetskaya dewushka ).

Filmography

  • 1938: Семиклассники ( Semiklassniki )
  • 1941: Timur and his squad (Timur i ego komanda)
  • 1941: The Wonder Horse (Konjik-Gorbunok)
  • 1942: Клятва Тимура (Kljatwa Timura)
  • 1942: Боевой киносборник "Лесные братья" - Лесные братья (Bojewoi kinosbornik "Lesnye bratja" - Lesnye bratja)
  • 1942: Боевой киносборник "Лесные братья" - Смерть бати (Bojewoi kinosbornik "Lesnye bratja" - Smert bati)
  • 1944: soy
  • 1950: The Fall of Berlin (Padenije Berlina)
  • 1951: The unforgettable year 1919 (Nesabywajemy 1919 god)
  • 1951: Прощай, Америка! (Proshchai, America!)
  • 1958: Poem from the Sea (Poema o more)
  • 1959: День последний, день первый (Den posledni, den perwy)
  • 1967: Трагик (tragedy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography of Marina Kowaljowas on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Article about Marina Kowaljowa in Московская правда-дайджест No. 3/2016 on proekt-wms.narod.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  3. ↑ The cast of Timur and his squad on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  4. ↑ cast of The Wunderpferdchen on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  5. ↑ a b c Kowaljowa's filmography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  6. ↑ Cast of The Unforgettable Year 1919 on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  7. ↑ The Fall of Berlin in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on June 18, 2020
  8. ↑ Interview with Vsevolod Schilowski at 19moskit11.livejournal.com (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  9. ↑ Alla Tarasova's biography on warheroes.ru (Russian), accessed June 18, 2020
  10. ↑ Leonid Agranowitsch's profile at persons-info.com (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  11. ↑ Vera Dawidova's biography at kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
  12. ↑ Dmitri Mtschelidses biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on June 18, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Kovalyova, Marina Franzewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ковалёва, Марина Францевна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1923
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2007
Place of death Moscow