Soviet actress Anastasia Zueva is well remembered by those whose childhood fell on the 80-90-ies. She was the kind grandmother, who appeared at the beginning of the legendary children's films of Alexander Rowe. Soviet children waited impatiently for the carved shutters to open and the storyteller to appear.
Content of article
- Biography: early years
- Career
- Personal life
Biography: early years
Anastasia Platonovna Zueva was born on December 5, 1896 in the village of Spasskoye, near Venev, Tula region. Her family was considered wealthy. Soon mother brought home a new husband, a gendarme Colonel. And two daughters, Anastasia and Elizabeth, she gave to the education of his sister, so that they do not interfere with her new female happiness.
Aunt Zueva was the Manager of the estate, she "cooked" in the cultural environment and introduced her nieces to this. Anastasia was especially drawn to the arts. The girls went in one of the Tula schools.
Soon my aunt and nieces moved to Moscow. Soon Anastasia decided to go to drama school. At the review, she was so impressed by the teachers that they took her to study for free. A year later, Zueva moved to the Moscow art theater school. She was considered one of the talented students in her class.
Career
Since 1924 Zueva began to play in the Moscow art Theater. Her first work on the stage was the role of an old woman. Anastasia then barely knocked 22 years, but she was so convincing in the age of the role that Stanislavsky weighed in her address a lot of compliments. And then noted, that be it on scene eternal the old woman. The words of the famous master were prophetic.
Zueva was not afraid to play age heroines. So, soon she appeared on the stage in the role of Mother in the production of "Untilovsk", and then played Matryona in the play "Resurrection".
In 1932, Zueva played one of his legendary roles-the landowner Box of Gogol's "Dead souls". In it she reincarnated more than half a century, until the end of their days.
In the same year Zueva first played in the movie. She appeared in the film"prosperity". This was followed by modest roles in a number of films, including:
"The first glove»;
«Bright path»;
"Native fields»;
"The bridegroom from the other world»;
«Purgatory.»
Since 1950, the actress participated in the dubbing of many Soviet cartoons. So, her voice says the old woman in "the Tale of the fisherman and the fish," tortoise tortila in " the Adventures of Pinocchio."
In 1964, Zueva played a storyteller in "Morozko" by Alexander Rowe. This character is so loved by the audience that the Director decided to include it in other fairy tales. Soon Anastasia began to host the program " visiting a fairy tale." In it, she appeared before the audience in the beloved image of many good storyteller.
In 1982 Zueva played its last role in movies. It was a fairy-tale film "There, on unknown paths".
Personal life
Anastasia Zueva was married twice. From his first wife, Ivan Evseev, the actress had a son, Constantine. Her husband, who was a big boss on the railroad, was not satisfied with the acting profession Zueva. He was very jealous of her, often rolled scandals. Zueva left him after he raised his hand to her. Evseev managed to keep his son.
Second husband of the actress became the composer Victor orange. She divorced him because of his infidelity.
Anastasia Zueva died on 23 March 1986. Her grave is located in the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital.