Mickey Rourke and Russian beauties
Rourke was one of the most desirable men in Hollywood. Now it’s hardly possible to recognize the hero of the movies Wild Orchid and 9 1/2 Weeks.
61-year-old American actor, like many other men in the world, likes Russian girls.
Rourke likes girls much younger than himself, and, curiously, of Russian origin. He had short-term affairs with many Slavic girls, but here are his most famous Slavic girlfriends.
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Anton Yelchin is an American actor of Russian origin. You know, Yelchin became the brightest young actor in 2005 according to the Hollywood Life magazine. Also Anton was one of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People in 2009.
According to legend, Anthony Hopkins, Anton’s partner in the television series Huff, presented him with a book on acting by Stanislavsky with the caption “Reading it is no longer necessary for you!”
The boy was born on March 11, 1989 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia) into the family of figure skaters. His grandfather Arkady Yelchin was a football player and a coach.
On September 12, 1989, when the boy was six months old, the family emigrated to the United States. His uncle, illustrator Yevgeny Yelchin, lived there for several years. Later his father began to work as a figure skating coach (he was the first coach of Sasha Cohen), and his mother became a choreographer of ice shows.
In his early childhood Anton decided to become an actor and at the age of 10 he began acting. The boy made his debut in the role of Robbie Edelstein in the medical drama ER. You know, the boy dreamed of playing Harry Potter. But only native Englishman could play the role.
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Helen Mirren is a famous British and Hollywood actress. By the way, she is the only actress ever to play the roles of three Queens of England, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Charlotte. You know, she has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.
Moreover, Helen was appointed a Dame of the British Empire in 2003. And in January 2013 the actress was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Besides, her wax figure is at Madame Tussauds London.
Elena Mironova (her birth name) was born on July 26, 1945 in a suburb of London. Her father Vasily Mironov was Russian and her mother Kitty was English. In the 1950s the father changed his family name to Mirren. Elena was the second of three children.
Parents wanted the girl to become a teacher. But Helen was fond of theater. She studied at the theatre school and at the age of 18 Helen joined the National Youth Theater.
At first the young actress played only small roles in the theater. But soon the girl played the role of Cleopatra on the stage of the Old Vic. Awesome girl was noticed by agents and invited to the Royal Shakespeare Theater. There she played main roles in the plays The Avengers Tragedy, Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet and Two Veronets.
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Semyon Farada was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. By the way, he was Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991) and People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). The actor had starred in more than 130 films. You know, he was called one of the best comedians of the Soviet Union.
The boy was born on December 31, 1933 in Nikolskoye village of Moscow Oblast, into the family of an Army officer and a pharmacist. His real surname was Ferdman.
At school the boy eagerly attended the theater club and showed an excellent artistry. But, it was believed that the son of a military man must necessarily follow in his father’s footsteps. However, Semyon was not accepted to the Armored Forces Academy. Moreover, he was not even allowed to take the exams. So the boy entered the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
There he participated in all theatrical productions and showed no interest in the technical sciences. The army saved him from exclusion. He served in the Baltic Fleet for four years. In the army he played at the garrison theatre in Baltiysk. You know, Semyon was the only Baltic Fleet sailor allowed to wear long hair, because he played the role of a long-haired anarchist.
In 1962 Farada graduated from the Bauman University and worked as a mechanical engineer until 1969.
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Ekaterina Starshova is a young Russian actress, best known for the role of Polina Vasnetsova (Button) in the television series Daddy’s Daughters (2007-2013, Papiny dochki).
Cute girl was born on October 28, 2001 in Moscow, into a family of figure skaters Elena Mikhailovskaya and Igor Starshov.
At the age of 6, Ekaterina became an actress of the family television series Daddy’s Daughters. She played the role of the youngest daughter Polina Vasnetsova. After the release of this sitcom, little Katya suddenly became the most successful Russian child star. In the series she has a favorite toy – teddy bear Bublik. The little actress fell in love with the toy and the film crew decided to give Katya a copy of the teddy bear. Miroslava Karpovich, Anastasia Sivaeva, Liza Arzamasova and Daria Melnikova played the roles of her sisters. Actress Nonna Grishaeva played the role of their mother.
The girl had been playing in the TV series for six years. In between the seasons of the sitcom, Katya played in the melodrama Mermaid with Maria Shalaeva and Evgeny Tsyganov in the title roles.
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Maria Kalinina was born on September 14, 1971 in Moscow, USSR (now Russia).
She is an International Celebrity, the winner of the first Beauty Pageant in Russia.
You know, Maria uses the technique of Kundalini Yoga to help being successful in personal life, career and in life fulfillment in general. Her classes are filled with humor and deep understanding of the human psyche. By the way, she travels extensively teaching Kundalini yoga in the U.S. and overseas.

In 1988 Maria won the first in the Soviet Union beauty contest – Moscow Beauty. It was a sensation. Those days the beauty contest in the USSR was compared with Gagarin’s flight. The same day Maria became world famous.
After the victory she got a job at the modeling agency Burdamoden and worked in European countries.
In 1990 she moved to the USA, where she graduated from an acting school. In America Maria was invited to the Pride Reception at the White House, where she met President Bush.
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On August 4, 1978, at the age of 87, Lilya Brik committed suicide by taking a lethal dose of sleeping pills. She made a difficult decision because she was confined to bed and could not have a normal life.
And the life of the great muse and temptress was truly remarkable until the end. In her appearance there was nothing that could be called beautiful. But she could be fatal and drove men crazy.
By the way, she was one of the most famous and influential women in Russian and Soviet culture. She was admired by men and helped many talented people to become famous. Pablo Neruda called her “muse of Russian avant-garde”.
When great poet Vladimir Mayakovsky met Lilya in 1915, he fell in love at first sight. Later Vladimir constantly confessed his love to her, claiming that he had written everything only thanks to her.

Lilya Kagan was born on November 11, 1891 into a wealthy Jewish family in Moscow. Her father worked as a lawyer, and in his free time he read books and visited literary and art circles. And her mother, who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, brought up children.
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