Marina Zudina is a Russian and Soviet theater and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia (1995) and People’s Artist of Russia (2006).
Pretty girl was born on September 3, 1965 in Moscow, into the family of a music teacher and a journalist. At the age of 9 the girl began singing and even dreamed of becoming an opera singer. A year later, she was fascinated by ballet and tried to enter the Ballet School.
Then she began to think about the career of an actress. And Marina wanted only Tabakov to be her teacher.
So the girl entered the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). While still a student Zudina played in several films. One of her first film roles, which made her famous, was in the film Valentin and Valentina directed by Georgy Natanson. On the set, the actress met with great Tatyana Doronina, Nina Ruslanova, Boris Shcherbakov and Larisa Udovichenko.
At the same time Marina played in the films More Love More Hope and Once in a Blue Moon.
In 1986, the actress joined Oleg Tabakov’s theater-studio.
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Vladimir Turchinskiy was a Russian bodybuilder, television and radio presenter, actor, author, singer and businessman.
The boy was born on September 28, 1963 in the Moscow military family. Since childhood he was fond of sports. 10-year-old Vladimir won the silver medal at the Moscow Wrestling Championship. And at the age of 16 he became Master of Sports.
You know, he studied at the Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation but left it to join the army. Then he entered the State Institute of Physical Culture.
Turchinsky started his career during the years of Perestroika. He worked as a photographer, a bodyguard for actors and singers, for example, Dima Malikov; translated articles from English to Russian; was a P.E. teacher.
By the way, he was a maestro of sumo and judo, and former president of the Russian Federation of power extreme. His nickname was Dynamite or Dinamit.
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Elena Mayorova was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).
Pretty girl was born on May 30, 1958 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. You know, she wanted to become an actress since childhood and attended a theatrical studio for children and youth in her city. In 1976, Elena entered the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS).
After graduation, she became an actress of Sovremennik theatre and was invited to join the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).
The actress perfectly played the role of Masha in Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. The play Oresteia was loved not only in the capital of Russia, but also in Europe and Japan, where the Moscow Art Theater often went on tour. In Greece Mayorova, who played the role of Athena in the performance, was awarded the unofficial title Russian Greta Garbo.
In the movie Mayorova debuted when she was still a student. She had played one of the roles in the film You Cannot Even Dream directed by Ilya Frez.
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Andrei Chernyshev is a Russian theater and film actor.
The boy was born February 3, 1973 in the Ukrainian SSR, USSR into the family of teachers. His grandmother was a doctor and wanted her grandson to follow in her footsteps. Later his family moved to Chita region. When the boy graduated from the school he went to the capital to enter the theater school.
In 1994 Andrei graduated from the Schepkin Theatre School.
The first major role he played in the melodrama Free Woman, and the most memorable for him was the work in the film Lost in Chechnya, which was filmed in English.
In the TV series Twins the actor got a negative role – killer Edik. For this role, he received the Golden Ring Award.
By the way, Chernyshev is known for his roles in the TV series Two Fates, The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, Obsession, The Right to Love. Also the actor starred in Sink or Swim, One Night of Love, Winter Dream, Mayakovsky: Two Days and many others.
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Tatiana Doronina is a popular Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, theater director, People’s Artist of the USSR (1981). You know, the actress was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (3rd class – 11 June 2003; 4th class – 23 October 1998), and Order of Honor (8 September 2008).
Pretty girl was born on September 12, 1933 in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). The Doronins lived poorly. But father and mother never quarreled. Tatiana Vasilievna admired the fact that her mother, a very beautiful woman, was waiting for her father from three wars.
The father returned from World War II a cripple, but this did not prevent him and his wife from living together for 60 years. Parents provided their two daughters with higher education.
The girl studied at the Moscow Art Theatre. The future actress studied together with Oleg Basilashvili and Evgeny Evstigneev. Then she returned to Leningrad and joined the Bolshoi Drama Theatre headed by Georgy Tovstonogov.
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Artem Tkachenko is a Russian theater and film actor.
The boy was born on April 30, 1982 in Kaliningrad. At school Artem studied together with twin sisters Tatiana and Olga Arntgolts.
After school, he entered the Shchepkin Higher Theatre School and graduated from it in 2002. In 2003 he joined the Shalom theater.
Tkachenko played his debut role in film Do Not Even Think 2 directed by Svetlana Ziborova in 2004.
You know, in 2005, Tkachenko got acquainted with the famous film director Alexander (Aleko) Tsabadze. So, the actor played in his successful mini-series Philip’s Bay, and then performed the main role in the film Russian Triangle. The film received good reviews from critics and viewers.
The Philip Jankowski’s film The Swordsman with Chulpan Khamatova brought Tkachenko long-awaited popularity.
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Aleksei Chumakov is a Russian singer, musician, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter of Bulgarian-Armenian descent. You know, he was the finalist of the TV project People’s Artist on Russia channel. On May 26, 2013 Chumakov won the first season of the television show Exactly The Same. And he was a member of the jury of the second season of the show.
The boy was born on March 12, 1981 in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, USSR. In 1995, Alex and his family moved to Tyumen, Russia. He has elder brother Sergei, who lives in Tyumen.
At the age of 11 Alexei began to write songs. His first song he performed in the show Morning Star, held in Samarkand and won it.
At the regional competition Voice of Europa Plus in Kemerovo Chumakov won in three categories – as the best vocalist, composer and arranger.
In 2003, the boy moved to Moscow.
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