The images of these ladies, pleasant in all respects, have long become classics. Many even put an equal sign between these images - they say they are both criminals. And there is nothing to take from them.
But in fact, the only thing they have in common is their origin. Both were daughters of criminals.
And then there are two big differences...
Sonya (aka Sheindla-Sura Leibova Solomoniak) was a criminal after all.
Her image is crystal clear - a high-society thief, a sort of Arsene Lupin in a skirt. From 1884 to 1915, Madame Golden Pen whistled bankers, timber merchants and other suckers. Sonya worked in Odessa, Moscow and St. Petersburg. I prepared all my operations in advance. She specially grew long nails to hide diamonds under them and take them out of jewelry stores.
In short, Sonya became a legend of the criminal world during her lifetime. Because it didn't fit.
Once she was nevertheless caught and even taken to Sakhalin. But Sonya did not get to hard labor. Anton Palych Chekhov, seeing the adventurer on Sakhalin, expressed doubts: "It cannot be that it was her. The convict sniffs the air all the time, like a mouse in a mousetrap, and her expression is mouse-like."
And the inhabitants of Odessa claimed in 1921 when the Cheka shot her last lover, Sonya was driving in a car along Deribasovskaya and scattered money "for her husband's wake." The last days of the Golden Pen lived out in Moscow. And here, at the Vagankovsky cemetery, a luxurious monument was erected to her - a female figure made of white marble under black palm trees. Its pedestal is covered with inscriptions like: "Sonya, teach me how to live" or "Mother, give happiness to Zhigan."
But here is Manka - what kind of “suits” will she be?
It seems that Zheglov's hint is clear: it's time, they say, to evict you beyond the 101st km. So in those years they scared prostitutes.
But!
The same Zheglov claims that Manka's dad “the schniffer was famous, he smashed safes like bones from compote.”
And Schniffer's daughter could not be a prostitute.
The safe ripper was a prestigious and respected profession in the criminal world in those years. So the sidekick of the late Afanasy Kolyvanov would have been put on knives long ago by his unlucky daughter if she began to dishonor the name ...
We find another clear confirmation of the vagueness of the image in a phrase that has already become folklore: “We must remember that you are not Manka, but Maria Afanasyevna Kolyvanova, that you are a person and that you are a citizen, and not the devil knows what ...”
This contemptuous “hell knows what” can also be regarded as follows: Zheglov does not have a more accurate word for determining Manka’s occupation ...
Arkady Vainer characterizes Manka in one of his letters not at all as a corrupt woman, but rather as a parasite: “She burns her life, for what money it is not clear, one word - a jumping dragonfly.”
Thus, a certain lady of the demi-monde looms, entering the then “parties” - both Nepman and thieves.
And here are the descriptions of Manka from the book by the Weiner brothers “The Era of Mercy:
... I just now properly examined Manya: a pretty round face with round doll-like eyes, lips made up with a heart, and curled yellow curls laid in a fashionable mesh with flies. Under a round green eye shone a liquid glossy shiner, iridescent, like a Christmas tree toy.
... Manya opened her purse, took out a piece of sugar from there and very deftly threw it from her palm into her mouth, rolled her pink cat's tongue over her cheek and so, like a rubber hamster in the window of "Children's World" on Kirovskaya, she sat opposite the operatives, sucking sugar with taste and looking at them with transparent eyes. Zheglov sat down next to her, tilting his head slightly to one side, and from the outside they looked like a painted postcard with two lovers and the inscription: "I love my love, like a dove dove."
From these descriptions I found out for myself that Manka:
a) fashionable (mesh with flies),
b) secured (sugar gnaws when the whole country lives on cards),
c) communicates with bad guys (fingal).
At the same time, Zheglov stabs Manka carefully, without raids (and not like, for example, citizen Gruzdev). Everything suggests that she is not a criminal, but a lost sheep that can still be saved and reforged...
And it is possible that having handed over the recidivist Smoked with giblets, Maria stopped leading an antisocial lifestyle and became one of the millions of normal Soviet citizens.
There must be a moral here
Something about repenting of sins and becoming a normal Soviet citizen. But I have a completely different thought in my head: if Manka had taken up dark deeds in an adult way, a monument would have been erected to her. And so go and find out where her grave is ...
Millions of viewers remember the roles of Larisa Udovichenko: the colorful Manka Bond from the film "The meeting place cannot be changed", the inventive Adele from "The Bat", the insightful Dasha Vasilyeva, a lover of a private detective from the series of the same name. Always charming, feminine, the actress is still in demand in the cinema and successfully plays in private performances.
Shot from the film "The most charming and attractive"
She was born in Vienna on April 29, 1955. My father was a military doctor there. Mom, Muza Alekseevna, came from an intelligent St. Petersburg family, survived the blockade. She was very gifted, she graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. Probably, Larisa inherited her artistic abilities from her.
The family moved frequently and finally settled in Odessa. Young Larisa Udovichenko studied well, was fond of gymnastics and dreamed of the theater. While still a schoolgirl, she entered the studio of a film actor at the famous Odessa film studio. A beautiful girl was noticed by director Alexander Pavlovsky and called for the role of Lyudmila in the short film Happy Kukushkin (1970). So the debut of Larisa Udovichenko in the cinema took place.
Inspired by success, after graduating from school, Larisa went to Moscow and applied immediately to all higher theatrical educational institutions. The final qualifying round was the first to take place at VGIK, and she passed it. Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova recruited students for their workshop. One could only dream of such success.
Gerasimov cast her in the title role in the film Mothers and Daughters (1974). He invited Larisa Udovichenko to his next picture, inviting her to play Amanda Binet in Red and Black (1976).
Frame from the film "Mothers and Daughters" (1974)
Frame from the film "Mothers and Daughters" (1974)
Real success and national fame came to Larisa Udovichenko in 1979. She appeared on the screens of the country in the role of Manka Bonds in the film by Stanislav Govorukhin "The meeting place cannot be changed." It is interesting that at first she was offered the role of Varenka, but she seemed to Larisa too "correct, boring." The director did not see a lady from the criminal environment in the graceful Larisa Udovichenko, but nevertheless decided on a creative experiment. During filming, as she recalls, there was a "breakthrough". The role was played easily, in one breath.
Over the years, the actress starred in 120 films and TV shows. Among the most famous and beloved are roles in the films "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!" (1983), "Winter Cherry" (1985), "The Most Charming and Attractive" (1985), "Love in Russian" (1995).
Almost 30 years after the beginning of her acting career, Larisa Udovichenko entered the theater stage. The actress agreed to the proposal of Vitaly Solomin and played in the play "Siren and Victoria". She herself explains this decision as follows:
“I am ripe to try to take the first step on stage. Theatrical actors, acting in films, feel like a fish in water on the set ... and at the same time everyone says with one voice: “No, the theater is still much more interesting!” And all the time I thought: why is it more interesting, what kind of magic is theater?
The theatrical debut was successful.
In an interview on the occasion of the anniversary in 2015, Larisa Udovichenko revealed the secret of her creative longevity: “Fate, after all, comes from character, and I have always lived, and, by the way, I still live with my heart and emotions. Otherwise, I can't." Some critics point out that she didn't get to play deep dramatic roles, but isn't her comedic talent deserving of applause?
Larisa Udovichenko is called one of the most beautiful actresses of Soviet cinema. The gentle, subtle, noble beauty of the actress captivated the audience of the entire vast Soviet Union. “Mothers and Daughters”, “Golden Mine”, “Married Bachelor”, “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”, “And it's all about him”, “The Most Charming and Attractive” ... For 45 years in the cinema, Larisa Ivanovna has played more than 120 roles!
In an interview with Sloboda, Udovichenko told what role she considers her favorite, why she starred in the remake of The Prisoner of the Caucasus and how she keeps herself in great shape.
— Larisa Ivanovna, you are an Academician of the Russian Nika Film Award and watch a lot of movies. What was your favorite thing about the last thing you saw?
- I am in love, I think that this is a great picture of Stanislav Govorukhin - “The End of a Beautiful Era”. At the "Golden Eagle" she has already received a prize for the best director's work. It is a pity that Vanya Kolesnikov did not receive a prize for the best male role, he plays just fine. There are so many of his close-ups: beautiful, noble, even aristocratic. This film will also be on Nika. Check it out - it's a blessing!
- One of your recent works is the film "Prisoner of the Caucasus". How do you feel about such remakes?
- Very bad. I agreed to star in it only because Gena Khazanov was my partner. I wanted to mess with him. I didn’t watch the film and I won’t watch it, as if it didn’t exist (laughs). My role was played by Nina Grebeshkova, whom I know. She is a charming woman, we talked a lot. No matter what, I wanted to play with Khazanov and be in the shoes of Grebeshkova.
- You starred in four seasons of a detective story about Dasha Vasilyeva. Have you read Dontsova's novels?
- Yes, God save! (Laughs). I didn’t read any detective stories at all, except for Agatha Christie and Sebastian Japriso. And when the producer Igor Tolstunov offered me to play Dasha Vasilyeva, I said that I had not read anything to Dontsova. He promised that I would like it and brought two books. And I just went on holiday with them. I started reading several times, but put it aside - it didn’t work! I look around, and on the beach everyone is reading Dontsova's detectives (laughs). I think maybe I don't understand something. I started reading deeper. And then I got so carried away! And now, when there is nothing to do, sometimes I read Daria's novels. I rest with them. Dontsova herself is an intelligent woman, she has mild humor and a non-terrible plot, all with a positive and hope for a good ending. It's fine.
- Is it true that your dream is to star with Nikita Mikhalkov?
Everyone dreams of this! But I starred in his Russian-Italian film Hitchhiking. Then she went to the shooting of the film "Urga - the territory of love" and lived there for two and a half months. I was supposed to play Tatyana, who lives there with a Chinese child. We filmed in the Mongolian and Chinese steppes. Nikita Sergeevich was so carried away that the Russian part of the film left, and the Mongols were filmed. But we all lived as a friendly family, I cooked food on electric stoves - it was impossible to live on Chinese. As it was in the war (laughs).
- What shootings do you remember with special warmth?
- Where good directors and actors, of course.
- I thought you would answer that this is a "Meeting place ..."
- You know, "The meeting place ..." is fate, it's not even discussed! This is the role of my life, as it turned out. I love this picture very much. And Stanislav Govorukhin is my favorite director and friend.
And I was first offered to play the role of Varya Sinichkina, Sharapov's lover. But I didn't want to. Too perishing she lyrical, the right.
And when Govorukhin called me, I immediately told him that I wanted to play Manka Bond. At first he refused: “No, you don’t look right. Look at you - small, lyrical, infantile. What kind of prostitute are you with experience?!” And then he agreed: “I thought: since you want it that way, it means that you have come up with something for yourself, so I decided to try it.” I was very nervous! Vladimir Vysotsky and Vladimir Konkin helped me with all their might. And all the same, I was jittery, pinched, but ... You know, the actors have such a term "impudence from the clamp." So it just flooded out of me, thanks to which the result turned out the way it turned out.
- Do you have a secret how to stay feminine, slim and beautiful?
- I try not to dismiss myself, I keep within limits, I watch the weight, not allowing it to rise above 57 kg. I can sit on celery soup for a week. It's easy, because every day you can add something: vegetables, fruits, boiled lamb, wild rice. In a week, without starving, you can get rid of two kilos. But then, if you do not control yourself, they will quickly return. Now we were driving from Alma-Ata so tired, I didn’t sleep at night, I took a pill to fall asleep. I arrived home, and in a few hours I was already leaving for Tula. Fell asleep, didn't eat. And on the way to you I ask: “Stop, let me eat at least some sausage!” (laughs). We stopped at a cafe, there are such delicious sausages with white bread and cucumbers, and even strudel. There was so much joy!
From the Myslo dossier
Larisa Ivanovna Udovichenko
She was born on April 29, 1955 in Vienna (Austria).
Graduated from VGIK.
Lives in Russia and France, has an apartment in Nice.
She was married to film director Andrei Eshpay (now the husband of Evgenia Simonova), pianist Gennady Bolgarin.
Family: daughter Maria (b. 1988).
They came to the dacha in a friendly company, to create a relaxed atmosphere, they drank on brotherhood, and then the gentlemen decided to go to the bathhouse to feel even more at ease. The girl refused to go with them.
When the lovers of wellness procedures returned to the house, they did not find either the lady or cell phones (the story happened back in 2000, when cell phones had just begun to appear, they were expensive, and some push-button Ericsson was an indicator of the incredible coolness of its owner), nor cash.
In a stressful situation, the brain begins to work in turbo mode: there is only one road from the dacha village to the city, the insidious hetaera could not go far. They quickly caught up with the fugitive in a car, took away all the stolen property, finally expressed everything that they think about her and went home.
And a brilliant plan arose, as in one fell swoop of all enemies by beating (and getting money): go to the police, write a statement about rape and inform greedy clients about it - let them be imbued with it properly and pay for her to withdraw her statement.
And if these innate properties were suppressed, did not develop, the picture is exactly the opposite. All the same dexterity, flexibility, resourcefulness remain, but remain in an archetypal state, and now there will be enough intelligence not to organize the work of the company as efficiently as possible or to play the role in the performance most thoughtfully, but to how to underweight the buyer in the market, what kind of scam to come up with to make money quickly or how to make the most of your body as an asset by becoming a prostitute.
And as a result, instead of Thais of Athens, Isadora Duncan, Irina Rodnina, the girl will grow out of a trader on trust, Sonya the Golden Hand or Manka the Bond, who is “a lady who is pleasant in all respects, but does not want to work and generally leads an antisocial lifestyle.”
Why does this happen in such a way and only in such a way that it does not allow the natural properties of people with a skin vector to develop, and as a result, it is Manka, and not Thais at all, that grows out of a girl, or, for example, Fox becomes Fox, although he could become Zheglov - the answer is given system-vector psychology of Yuri Burlan.
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