Bright memory of the People's Artist of Russia Andrei Myagkov, he was 82 years old

The year 2021 is not beginning very happily. Actors of the Soviet Union, who left at the very beginning, were real stars, covering the film industry of the Soviet and post-Soviet space for many years. Andrey Myagkov is gone today. We will tell you about his life and try to imagine that Zhenya Lukashin just accidentally left Leningrad.

The past era has given us several generations of brilliant film and theater artists. And yet, not all of them remain in our memory forever. Andrey Myagkov is one of those who is simply impossible to forget. Yours. charm and soft charisma He kept it until the last few years. That's the real name.

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Mostly in biography of Andrei Myagkov I was surprised that the actor was quite detached. He did not like excessive attention and tried to avoid it as much as he could. But that’s not the only thing that might surprise you.

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Usually, the life of most popular artists is full of love adventures. Young charismatic actors have many fans. I'm sure there were crowds following... And he married at 25 his beloved Anastasia Valentinovna Voznesenskaya, who was also an actress.

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Andrei Vasilyevich used to hide his personal life in his early years. Few people knew about his affair with Anastasia until they got married. With his wife Myagkov He lived for the rest of his life – 55 years.. One of the few facts about the personal life of the actor: the spouses do not have children. Now this is not unusual, but at that time it surprised many.

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The irony of fate, or with light steam! Everybody knows. The film that brought Myagkov popularity. And although the list of famous images of Andrei Vasilyevich is quite long, it is the role of Zhenya Lukashin that the audience remembers best. Here's the actor. I don't like the movie.After all, many viewers transferred the qualities of the character to the actor himself. The actor hated alcohol, and the bath just hated.

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Surprisingly, Myagkov sincerely considers the show of the cult film under the New Year a real mockery of the viewer. By the way, Andrey Vasilyevich He worked with Eldar Ryazanov for a long time.He participated in many of his projects. There are a few curious cases associated with this.

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For example, once Ryazanov read his poems, passing them off as poems by William Blake. Everyone who took part in the filming of the “Office Romance” took poetry with hurrah, and only Myagkov did not like it. Ryazanov took revenge on his favorite actor, putting him on The role of a silent character in Garage.

From the editorial board, Andrei Myagkov did not speak very positively about contemporary Russian cinema. He believed that our cinema was too eager for American film ideals. Apparently, this was the reason why since 2010 Myagkov almost ceased to appear.

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However, the actor has several hobbies in which he has achieved some success. For example, he wrote books. One of them even made a series. And also the Myagkovs. portraitist. He painted a portrait of his friend Oleg Efremov.

Andrey Vasilyevich was an unusual person because of his “Ordinary” not so great for actors of this size.. That's why we like him so much. His life shows us that even being at the peak of popularity, a person can resist and not succumb to her tempting temptations. faithfully.