Elenа Shanina

The audience knows and loves Elena Yurievna Shanina for the famous Conchita from the shrill television play "Juno and Avos", the darkly comic Ellochka the man-eater from "The Twelve Chairs" and the charming Mary from "The Circus Princess".

The future star of Lenkom was born in December 1952 in Kazan. She became the first child in a military family. 5 years after Lena was born, a boy was born. Since her parents constantly disappeared at work, taking care of her younger brother Zhenya fell on the girl's shoulders. She raised the boy.

The girl grew up as an artistic child. This circumstance did not pass by the attention of the kindergarten teachers to which the baby was taken. Sometimes they called my dad and said: "Take your artist, she has a temperature under 40".

As a child, Lena dreamed of becoming a ballerina. But when the girl was not taken to the ballet studio due to a heart defect, she "switched" to another dream - to study to be an actress. Shanina regularly attended the theatrical circle and pleased with home performances. And Lena also loved to read, for which she repeatedly received harassment from her mother, because she forgot about household chores.

After graduating from school, the girl went to Leningrad to enter the famous LGITMiK. Lena's grandmother lived in the city on the Neva.

The admission will be remembered forever, because it was not without adventures. During the filing of documents, the girl met two young people. One of them introduced himself as a theater director, the second as a film director. They took a naive girl from Kazan to a cafe, where they fed ice cream and fooled her head. They asked me to read poetry in order to assess the abilities of the future artist, made clever comments.

Later, after admission, Shanina recognized the two “directors”. They turned out to be Mikhail Boyarsky and a friend of the future D'Artagnan - Zhora, an employee of the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra. And Elena's best friend was Larisa Luppian, who later married Boyarsky. (They are still families today).

In 1974, Elena Shanina's biography was replenished with a diploma of higher theatrical education. On the course of Igor Petrovich Vladimirov, she became one of the best students.

A year after graduation, Shanina was admitted to the famous "Lenkom". This happened in full accordance with the saying: "There would be no happiness, but misfortune helped." The fact is that the promising and charming student was noticed by the famous director Andrei Konchalovsky, who was just about to shoot the musical melodrama "Romance of Lovers". Shanina was offered the main role in the project. But soon she found out that Konchalovsky had replaced the girl with another actress, Elena Koreneva, whom he had taken a great interest in.

Galina Babich, a director by actors, called the upset artist and promised to make up for the girl's fate as compensation, asking Mark Zakharov, who had just been appointed director of Lenkom, to take the actress to the theater.

Young Mark Anatolyevich looked at the young artist and pronounced the verdict: "The artist is nervous, I think she is good." So in 1975 Elena Shanina found herself in the troupe of "Lenkom", where she still works.

From the very first performances, Shanina wanted to demonstrate her skill. And she succeeded. The theatergoers warmly welcomed the debut performances with Elena's participation, recognizing a considerable dramatic talent. The heroine Nele in the production of "Til", Mirra in the play "Was not on the lists", Janet in "Horia" and Pretty Woman in "The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta" - Elena Shanina was good everywhere. The heroines of the actress were distinguished by their fragility and touching sincerity.

When Shanina was offered the role of Conchita in the legendary rock opera, the actress did not even imagine that after the brightly characteristic Nele and Janet, this seemingly unremarkable role would turn out to be a stellar one. Nevertheless, "Juno" brought the young artist to the pinnacle of fame. In the brilliant duet of Shanina and Nikolai Karachentsov, this musical performance turned into a cult one.

Later, Alena Khmelnitskaya, Inna Pivars and other actresses played the passionate Spaniard Conchita. But for most theater-goers, Shanina and Karachentsov remained the main stars of the play.

Nowadays, Elena Yurievna also goes to the stage of "Lenkom". There are few roles for older artists, so today your favorite artist does not appear on stage so often. But she is still brilliant and talented. The theaters enthusiastically received the play "Two Women", where Shanina played the main character. The production went on for 10 years, until 2008.

The actress proved to be convincing in the performances One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Tartuffe. In the latter, she played a sharp and grotesque Moliere heroine - the servant Doreena.

Some performances with the participation of Elena Shanina have been successfully filmed. In the 1980s, viewers saw TV shows "In the Name of the Earth and the Sun", "Juno and Avos" and "Pocket Theater". And in 1993 the famous "Memorial Prayer" was filmed, in which Elena Yurievna appeared in the form of Zeitl. She played with the favorite of millions, Evgeny Leonov.

However, not only the film adaptation of theatrical works brought the actress success. The early roles of Elena in the melodrama "Concerto for Two Violins", the war drama by Leonid Bykov "Aty-Baty, Soldiers Walking ..." and "Tuning Fork" by Dinara Asanova were remembered and loved by the audience.

The hits in her career were the images of Ellochka Shchukina in 12 Chairs and the charming Mary in The Princess of the Circus. For these roles, the artist will forever remain in the memory of Russian TV viewers.

In the new century, the creative biography of Elena Shanina continues to develop, but at a much slower pace. The artist can be seen in the drama "Sashka, my love", the painting "Temptation" and the adventure tape "Shadows of Faberge".

The Shadows of Faberge detective is dedicated to the search for the last Easter egg of the famous jeweler Carl Faberge. In search of a treasure, heroes make discoveries and solve riddles.

Elena played one of the main roles in the film.

The actress is also filmed in TV series.

In September 2012, a serial film "Without Witnesses" was released, where Ksenia Kutepova played the main role. Shanina played the mother of the heroine Daria Moroz - Anna Nikolaevna. The plot of the tape revolved around the girl Tatiana, whose sessions are capable of both helping people and causing pain.

A year later, viewers saw their favorite actress in the melodrama "If you love, forgive me" in the role of the screen mother of the hero Yegor Beroev.

In the life of the actress there were many trials that she managed to endure with dignity. When Shanina was 30 years old. and the career has grown rapidly, the joy of the first successes overshadowed family grief. At the age of 25, brother Eugene died tragically, having chosen the military path following the example of his father. Mom could not stand the death of her son: she was gone in a few months. Double grief broke his father, and he too soon passed away.

And Elena Shanina's personal life was not developing in the best way. In the early 1970s, the artist married a colleague - actor Mikhail Polyak. At first, everything went as well as possible: a beautiful acting couple aroused the envy of many. But Misha began to drink often. No exhortations and tears of the young wife stopped the man from the abyss. The couple broke up.

Today Elena recalls marriage with a smile and bitterness. She considers Mikhail to be an intelligent, intelligent and talented person, and alcoholism is a disease of the soul, which he could not cope with.

A new, huge and all-consuming love covered Elena Shanina after her appearance in Lenkom. A passionate romance broke out between her and Alexander Zbruev. But Zbruev was married. He and actress Lyudmila Saveleva had a daughter, Natalya. For a long time, the artist was torn between duty and love. He lived in two families, which was whispered and gossiped about in the theater.

At the age of 40, Elena Shanina gave birth to a daughter, Tanya. But Alexander Zbruev never left his first family. He became a "coming dad" for the girl. On the Web, you can find a photo where Elena, Alexander and Tatiana are shown together. Zbruev did not hide that the girl was the actor's own daughter. Tanya bears the name of the artist. Elena has no children except her daughter.

As Elena Yuryevna later shared, she does not regret anything and does not blame anyone. After all, thanks to this love, she had the main person in life - daughter Tatyana. Today the girl is already an adult and is taking her first steps on the stage of Lenkom. She played one of the roles in Mark Zakharov's production of Walpurgis Night.

Elena admitted that it is more important for the actress to love herself. She was never the owner. According to Shanina, if you love a man, then you need to let the person go. There are boundaries that you shouldn't cross.

Elena Shanina did not hide from Tatyana why her father did not live with them. According to the actress, she has a smart daughter, who immediately understood everything. She loves both dad and mom. In spite of everything, the girl grew up in affection and warmth.

Elena Shanina is not afraid of either old age or loneliness. She looks great, although she rejects plastic surgery. Elena Yurievna also speaks with a grain of skepticism about romances with young colleagues, how fashionable it is today in the artistic environment. She is sure that each age has its own interests and its own acceptable standard of behavior. It is funny to be young and fall in love, as in youth. And the artist perceives loneliness as freedom. Now you can do what you want without looking at household chores, everyday life and family.

In the early 1980s, the actress became the host of the children's show "Alarm Clock".

In 1997, Elena received the title of People's Artist of Russia. And in 2002, the actress was awarded the Order of Friendship. She is also featured on the Juno and Avos New Zealand dollar coin. In Kharkov, a monument to Ellochka the cannibal was erected, the prototype of which was Elena.

In 2012, the actress acted as a teacher for the first time and took a course at the variety department of GITIS.

Today Elena Shanina continues to work in the troupe of her beloved "Lenkom".

In December 2017, People's Artist of the USSR Leonid Sergeevich Bronevoy died. Elena Shanina spoke about the last wish of the famous actor.

Elena said that shortly before the death of Bronevoy, she called the driver of Lenkom, who was helping Leonid Sergeevich. He replied that the artist asked the man for ice cream. After that, Shanina realized that the actor would die. She noted this childish desire and remembered that the writer Anton Chekhov had asked for champagne before his death.

1975 - "Concert for two violins" 1976 - "Aty-bats, soldiers were walking ..." 1976 - "Twelve chairs" 1980 - "According to the criminal investigation department ..." 1981 - "Our vocation" 1982 - "Princess of the circus" 1990 - "Death in the cinema "1991 -" And the wind returns ... "2002 -" Everything that you love "2003 -" The fifth angel "2007 -" Sashka, my love "2008 -" Shadows of Faberge "2012 -" Without witnesses "2013 -" If if you love - I'm sorry "

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