Natalya Gundareva: biography, personal life, husband, children, family. Natalia Gundareva's common-law husband gave an interview about her for the first time

Mikhail Filippov's young wife became pregnant on the eve of his 65th birthday

A little over a month ago, the wonderful actor Mikhail FILIPOV celebrated his 65th birthday. Colleagues at the capital's Mayakovsky Theater, where Mikhail Ivanovich played on the same stage with his now deceased wife Natalya GUNDAREVA, and then met new love- also actress Natalya VASILYEVA, they are discussing good news. Filippov and his current 43-year-old wife are expecting a child. Three years ago, while still newlyweds, the couple tried to have a baby and even signed a contract with one of Moscow’s elite maternity hospitals. But then Natalya was unable to bear her first child.

Mikhail Ivanovich is very protective of his relationship with Natasha,” says Mayakovka colleague Lyubov Rudenko. - Now many people give birth late, after forty, but there is nothing wrong with that. Natalya is in great shape, positive, kind, attentive. God grant that they succeed. I am sure that Mikhail Ivanovich will be an excellent father: he is a wise, experienced man, with a great sense of humor, and raised his son Mitya from his first marriage.
Let us remember that Filippov’s first wife was Irina Andropova, the daughter of the head of the KGB, and then the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov. In this marriage, 37 years ago, Dmitry was born, who bears the famous surname of his grandfather. He is a bank employee, several years ago he made his father a grandfather, having acquired a daughter, Nastya.
For the second time, Mikhail Filippov tied the knot with famous actress Natalya Gundareva.

“I witnessed how Misha and Natasha’s romance began,” recalls Lyubov Rudenko. - In the summer of 1985, our theater went on a two-month tour to Perm and Chelyabinsk. Gundareva and I became close there. She was then incredibly happy with Filippov, but was fully confident that their relationship would end immediately after the tour ended. But upon returning to Moscow, Mikhail Ivanovich continued to look after her. After each performance, he waited for his beloved backstage with flowers behind him, and then took him home.
During the next rehearsal, Rudenko noticed a new diamond ring on Natalya Georgievna’s finger. The friend did not hide the fact that this was a gift from her future husband.
“Natasha really loved beautiful jewelry, but she couldn’t afford it before,” Rudenko sighs. - Imagine, the great artist could not afford an ordinary diamond ring! Before that, we were with her in the Baltics for filming, we went into a jewelry store, Gundareva tried on something there. But I didn't buy anything. Like, what kind of shit? And they didn’t pay huge fees back then. And suddenly, soon she receives the desired present from Misha. It turns out that he sold the car to pamper his beloved with jewelry. Natasha even burst into tears when Filippov put the ring on her. And the point, of course, was not about the diamonds, but about a real man’s action.
According to a friend, when the conversation came up about children, Gundareva for some reason sadly remarked:
- I can only give birth to a sick child. I'm afraid.
Natalya Georgievna worked a lot: filming, concerts, performances. Besides, she had to support her mother. Gradually great actress I realized that, unfortunately, she was not destined to become a mother.
When, having been married to Filippov for 15 years, Gundareva became seriously ill, her husband carefully looked after her, spending sleepless nights at her hospital bed, trying to instill hope for recovery. But four years later, Natalya Georgievna passed away. She was only 56 years old...

Powdered face

Having been widowed, Mikhail Ivanovich took the loss hard: he moved away from everyone and even found himself on the brink of life and death. One day I ended up in the hospital with a severe heart attack.
But then he finally found new happiness with another Natasha - Vasilyeva, who was old enough to be his daughter. Their romance began in their native Mayakovka while working on their next play.
“I watched them talking animatedly in the Actor’s House at the evenings,” recalls Lyubov Rudenko. - They turned out to be close in their worldviews, they were drawn to each other, enough time had passed since the death of Misha’s wife, and Natasha Vasilyeva was alone.
After the wedding, Vasilyeva took her husband's surname. They not only registered their relationship with the registry office, but also got married.
“Mikhail Ivanovich, unfortunately, at the beginning of his career was perceived as Andropov’s son-in-law, then as Gundareva’s husband and looked at with squinting eyes,” sighs theater colleague Elena Molchenko, widow of Aleksandra Fatyushin. - And he is a one-of-a-kind artist, an integral nature, highly spiritual person, which is very rare. Mikhail Ivanovich is a wonderful stage partner. I remember in the play “Running” Volodya Ilyin played Antoine, the servant of his hero Korzukhin. Ilyin decided to make Filippov laugh, to “split” him and, covered with powder, as if in flour, he went on stage. Everyone thought that Mikhail would laugh, but he didn’t! He calmly raised his eyes to Ilyin and asked: “Antoine, are you starting a pie again?” Volodya immediately crawled backstage laughing. What about new wife Filippova I can say that I will be very happy when Natasha gives birth to a child for Mikhail. It is a great happiness that they met each other. Widowers and widows, I know from myself, are a sweet topic for people with long tongues. For me, as probably for Misha, it doesn’t matter what others say - it’s none of their business. Subsequent relationships will never affect the memory of previous love!
Another colleague from Mayakovka, Yuri Sokolov, ex-husband actress Olga Prokofieva, I agree with Molchenko:
- Misha deserves happiness - how much he has experienced. Natasha Vasilyeva - talented actress and a very decent person. They will have a child, and I can only be happy for them with all my heart. God bless them later life and health for the baby. Happiness comes to decent people a little later than to others. A child is a responsibility. Surely they decided to start it not out of nowhere.
Now the expectant mother is shining in the premiere of the play “ Uncle's dream». Interesting situation does not stop her from playing famously on stage. But colleagues talk about Natalya’s pregnancy, which is still almost invisible to others, in a whisper - they are afraid of jinxing it.

Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema, people's artist Russian Federation (1996).

Mikhail Filippov. Biography

Mikhail Ivanovich Filippov born on August 15, 1947 in Moscow. Studied at the Faculty of Philology of the capital state university. While receiving his education at Moscow State University, he played in the student studio “Our House”, and after the fourth year of study at the university, he transferred to GITIS to take the course of People’s Artist of the RSFSR Professor Grigory Konsky and received a diploma in 1973.

At the same time, Filippov joined the troupe of the Moscow Mayakovsky Theater. Here his fate was not at all dazzling, not stellar. Rather, it was a long journey of work, which Filippov overcame with enviable patience and self-esteem. The actor stuck in the minds of the viewer with his poignant roles in “Man of La Mancha”, “Conversations with Socrates” by E. Radzinsky, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by T. Williams, “The Fruits of Enlightenment” by L. N. Tolstoy, “Look who came! .." Vl. Arro, “Run” by M. Bulgakov, “Sunset” by I. Babel...

In 1992 Mikhail Filippov received a role that became the main one in his work: he played Napoleon in the play “Napoleon the First” by F. Bruckner. This production brought together everything that had lived in the artist throughout his life. for long years expectations of “one’s role”, including the very topic that Mikhail Ivanovich masters perfectly - human loneliness in the world.

His film debut took place in 1975, when he played Mr. Fouquet in Sergei Gerasimov’s costume and historical drama “Red and Black” with Nikolai Eremenko Jr., Natalya Belokhvostikova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Leonid Markov and others.

In films of different genres, the actor, who has a beautiful and wonderfully delivered voice, gave a piece of his soul to the character every time. Among interesting roles Filippova also plays in the comedy " Jisai", where he reincarnated as businessman Dudypin, work in the series of the late 90s - "D.D.D. Detective Dubrovsky's file" (Vitaly Irinarkhov) and "St. Petersburg secrets" (loan shark Osip Mordenko). After their release on the wide screen, the popularity of these projects and the actors who starred in them literally went off scale, and the ratings rose to an unprecedented level.

Filippov also participated in the filming of the TV series “Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is being conducted by an amateur" with Alla Klyuka, "Children of Arbat" with Chulpan Khamatova and Evgeny Tsyganov, "Glukhar" with Maxim Averin, "Chemist" and others.

A year later, viewers saw the actor in the film about the famous discoverer of the Universe “Gagarin. First in Space" - the second film in the years that have passed since the first manned flight into space.

2013: Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree - for great services in development national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity; audience award"Live Theater" in the category "Artist of the Year" for his roles in the plays "Talents and Admirers" and "Mr. Puntila and His Servant Matti." 2011: international prize named after Stanislavsky in the nomination “Skill of an Actor”. 2010: Crystal Turandot award for the role of Nikolai Stepanovich in the play “ Secret notes Privy Councilor"Hermitage Theater" 2005: Order of Honor for many years of activity in the field of culture and art. 1999: Russian State Prize for participation in the play “Marriage” (Theater on Pokrovka); "Three Sisters" Award 1997: Moscow City Hall Prize for roles in the plays “Marriage” and “Napoleon I”; prize for best supporting actor at the “Constellation” film festival (Mordenko, television series “St. Petersburg Secrets”). 1996: National artist Russia. 1984: Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Mikhail Filippov. Personal life

Filippov created his first family with the daughter of the then Secretary General Irina Andropova, however, the relationship between the spouses was far from perfect. After death Yuri Andropov couple who gave birth joint child, broke up.

After some time, the artist married his theater actress Natalya Georgievna Gundareva (08/28/1948 - 05/15/2005), known for such films as “St. Petersburg Mysteries”, “Promised Heaven”, “Vivat, Midshipmen! ", etc. Their union was full of love, tenderness, trust and respect, devotion and mutual understanding. Together creative duet lived 19 years. Then Gundareva passed away. One of the most beautiful women Soviet cinema was ill for several years, all this time her husband did not leave her side, trying to help her and protecting Natalya’s peace from too nosy people.

Two years after her death, Mikhail Ivanovich published the book “Natasha” about the main woman in his life - his deceased wife. This publication, full of memories and impressions of family life, includes drawings by Gundareva, poems by Filippov, notes about their love for each other.

Years passed before the pain of loss subsided. In 2009, Mikhail Filippov married for the third time. His chosen one was the actress of the Mayakovsky Theater Natalya Vasilyeva(“The Master and Margarita”, “Court Column”, “Russian Chocolate”), which younger than the artist for twenty years.

Mikhail Filippov. Theater works

“Conversations with Socrates” by E. Radzinsky - 1st student of Socrates
“The Fruits of Enlightenment” by L. N. Tolstoy - Professor Krugosvetlov
“Long live the Queen, vivat!” R. Bolta - Spanish Ambassador De Quadra
"Look who's come!" V. Arro − Robert
“Victoria?..” by T. Rattigan − Mintow
“Sunset” by I. Babel - from the Author, Boyarsky
“Napoleon the First” by F. Bruckner - Napoleon
“Mysterious Variations” by E. Schmitt - Abel Znorko
“Marriage” by N.V. Gogol (director Sergei Artsibashev) - Kochkarev
“The Karamazovs” based on F. M. Dostoevsky (director Sergei Artsibashev) - Dmitry Karamazov
“A Precarious Balance” by E. Albee - Toby
“How we quarreled” according to N.V. Gogol - Ivan Nikiforovich
“Theater Director” based on the works of A. S. Pushkin, V. A. Mozart, A. Salieri - Mozart and Salieri (director Dmitry Bertman; Theater Agency “Art-Partner XXI”)
“Talents and Admirers” by A. Ostrovsky (director M. Karbauskis) - Velikatov
“Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti” by B. Brecht (director M. Karbauskis) - Puntila
“Kant” (director M. Karbauskis) - Kant
“Rumour” (directed by Yu. V. Ioffe, staged by A. A. Goncharov) - Mchislavsky, artist
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (Tennessee Williams) - Gooper
“Destruction” A. Fadeev − Kharchenko
“Man of La Mancha” D. Wasserman, D. Darion − Sancho Panza
“Thought about the British” Yu. Yanovsky - 1st Chubaty
"A Streetcar Named Desire" T. Williams - Barker, Sailor
“Unpublished report” R. Ibragimbekov - Planner
"Venceremos!" (“Interview in Buenos Aires”) G. Borovik – Pharmacist
“Efficiency of Obsession” Ya. Volchek − Leva Arzumanov
“Running” M. Bulgakov − Korzukhin, Artur Arturovich
"Lady Macbeth Mtsensk district» N. Leskov – Investigator
“High” M. Rozovsky - Lord of everything, Chief accompanist
“Sunset” by I. Babel - from the Author, Boyarsky
“The Karamazovs” F. Dostoevsky − Dmitry Fedorovich Karamazov
“Ivanov” by A. Chekhov (Stanislavsky Theater)
ART − Ivan (Theatrical agency "Art-Partner XXI", production by Patrice Kerbrat, 1997)
“Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare - Polonius (International Confederation of Theater Unions, production by Peter Stein)
“Secret notes of the Privy Councilor” - Nikolai Stepanovich, Privy Councilor
“These bitches wanted to kill me” - Stern, Neumann

After graduating from school, the young man entered the Faculty of Philology Moscow State University. During his studies he played in the student studio “Our House”. Confirmed in the idea that his destiny was the stage, Mikhail, after his fourth year, moved to GITIS, which he then successfully graduated from in 1973.

People's Artist of Russia (1996)

Winner of the Moscow Prize (1997, for theatrical roles)

Winner of the Prize for Best Supporting Actor at the Constellation Film Festival (1997, for his role in the television series St. Petersburg Mysteries)

Laureate State Prize Russian Federation (1999, for participation in the play “Marriage”)

Winner of the Three Sisters Award (1999)

Knight of the Order of Honor for many years of activity in the field of culture and art (2005)

Winner of the “Crystal Turandot” award in the category “Best male role"(2010, for his role in the play "Secret Notes of the Privy Councilor")

The beginning of life's journey

Mikhail Filippov was born on August 15, 1947 in Moscow. After graduating from school, the young man entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University. During his studies he played in the student studio “Our House”. Confirmed in the idea that his destiny was the stage, Mikhail, after his fourth year, moved to GITIS, which he then successfully graduated from in 1973.

Theater

Since 1973, Mikhail Filippov has been an actor at the Moscow Mayakovsky Theater. During this time, he played many diverse roles: Abel Znorko “Mysterious Variations”, Krugosvetlov (“Fruits of Enlightenment”), Napoleon (“Napoleon the First”), Kharchenko (“Destruction”), Sancho Panza (“Man of La Mancha”) , Pharmacist (“Venceremos!”), De Quadra (“Long live the Queen, Vivat!”), Leva Arzumanov (“Efficiency of Obsession”), Korzukhin (“Running”), Investigator (“Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”), Gooper ( “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), Robert (“Look Who Came!”), Mchislavsky (“Rumour”), Mintow (“Victoria?..”), etc. Among them are the main characters and supporting roles, and in each of them the actor is always organic and convincing.

Possessing a truly hypnotic ability, he literally mesmerizes the audience with his performance. One of best works actor - the role of Kochkarev in the play “Zhanitba”, staged on the stage of the Theater on Pokrovka. For her, Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.

Movie

Mikhail Filippov made his film debut in 1975 with the role of Mr. Fouquet in Sergei Gerasimov’s film “Red and Black.” However, the romance with cinema somehow did not work out, and only theatergoers could see the actor’s talent. From time to time, films and performances with his participation were released: “Interview in Buenos Aires”, “ Odessa stories Isaac Babel."

Filmmakers “spotted” the actor already in mature age. At the turn of the 80s and 90s, he played such roles as: Gruzdev in the comedy “The Artist from Gribov”, Mark Grigorievich in the film “Lucky Women”, Vasya in the famous tragicomedy “Promised Heaven”, Pyotr Chaadaev in the drama "The Sukhovo-Kobylin Case." In the late 90s, the actor took part in two highly rated TV series: “The denouement of St. Petersburg secrets” (Mordenko the loan shark) and “D.D.D. The file of detective Dubrovsky" (Vitaly Avdeevich Irinarkhov).

The actor's talent is also in demand in the new Russian cinema. In the comedy directed by Dmitry Tomashpolsky “Dzisai” (2004), Mikhail Filippov played brilliantly main role- businessman Dudypin. The hero of the film, having learned about ancient Japanese traditions, decides to get himself a jisai, i.e. “sacrificial scapegoat” (Alexander Lykov), onto whom all the troubles and illnesses intended for the owner will fall. The Filippov-Lykov duet in this film is simply incomparable.

Among the actor’s other works: Alferov in the series “Children of the Arbat”, Metropolitan Macarius in historical drama“Ivan the Terrible,” Major General Rostislav Batorsky in the drama “The Crimson Color of Snowfall.”

Personal life

Mikhail Ivanovich's first wife was Irina Yuryevna Andropova, daughter of the formidable head of the KGB and future Secretary General Central Committee of the CPSU Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov. In this marriage, a son, Dmitry, was born.

For the second time, Mikhail Ivanovich tied the knot with the famous actress Natalya Gundareva. Natalya Georgievna talked about her husband: “Misha came to the theater and became friends with my former classmate at the theater school. Thus, we ended up in the same company. They made friends, played pranks, jokes. By the way, my husband is a man of amazing humor. He knows a lot about a good joke. God didn’t give me such wit, and I was basically just a performer. But I liked being part of it all. Then at the theater we worked so well together that we realized: we need to live together...” It so happened that Natalya Georgievna and Mikhail Ivanovich did not have common children, but, nevertheless, their marriage was very happy.

In 2005, Natalya Gundareva passed away. Mikhail Ivanovich suffered this tragedy very hard, even lay in intensive care. However, life goes on, and four years later happiness smiled upon him again. In 2009, Mikhail Ivanovich registered a relationship with the 41-year-old actress of his theater, the charming Natalya Vasilyeva, for whom this marriage was the first.

Filmography:

1976 Red and Black

1979 Interview in Buenos Aires - film-play

1980 Benefit performance by Tatyana Doronina - film-play

1983 Jonah, or the Artist at Work - short film

1984 Odessa Stories of Isaac Babel - film-play

1986 Your daughter Alexandra - film-play

1987 Look who's come! - film-play

1988 Artist from Gribov

1989 Process

1989 One for All - short film

1989 Women who are lucky

1989 And It Happened in Vichy - film-play

1990 Superman

1991 Crazy

1991 Promised Heaven

1991 Sukhovo-Kobylin case

1992-1997 Little things in life - TV series

1993 Russian novel

1993 Dashing couple

1993 Italian contract

1993 Breakfast with a view of Elbrus

1993 Alphonse

1994 St. Petersburg secrets

1994 Moscow holidays

1995 Square

1997 Snake Spring

1997 Marriage - film-play

1997 Breget - film-play

1998-2002 Impostors - TV series

1999 Denouement of St. Petersburg Mysteries - TV series

1999 D.D.D. Detective Dubrovsky's dossier - series

2000 Russian riot

2001 Cricket behind the hearth

2001 Salome - TV series

2003 Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is conducted by an amateur -1- series

2004 Silver Lily of the Valley-2 - TV series

2004 Jisai

2004 Children of Arbat - TV series

2007 You can't catch us

2007 Marriage - film-play

2008 Capercaillie - TV series

2009 Legends of witchcraft love (Russia-Ukraine)

The widower of the popular actress Natalya Gundareva, actor Mikhail Filippov married another actress, Natalya Vasilyeva, several years ago. Since then, almost every year they try to go to Karlovy Vary, where a nun known for her healing prayers lives, and ask her for help.

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Today, August 28, Natalya Gundareva would have turned 66 years old. The actress passed away after a serious long illness in May 2005. All this time, her husband Mikhail Filippov tried not to communicate with the press and seemed to isolate himself from the whole world. He mourned for a long time, but four years later he led actress Natalya Vasilyeva down the aisle. They began to live in the same apartment in the center of Moscow, where Filippov had previously been happy with Gundareva. “Misha is still worried, but hides the pain. Natasha Vasilyeva breathed into him like a second life.”“says actress Elena Molchenko.

Every day, when Mikhail Filippov leaves for work, Natalya Vasilyeva sees him off, waving her hand from the window. She runs the household, goes shopping, buys fresh bread in the monastery shop, where Gundareva also loved to go at one time. “I am happy when Misha is next to me, when he goes to church with me. It rarely works out in Moscow. Every year we try to go to Karlovy Vary, where on Mount Aberg there is the monastery of St. Nicholas, where Abbess Nektaria lives: she heals with prayers. There's always a queue for her. So Misha and I, as soon as we arrive, go straight to her,” Starhit quotes Natalya Vasilyeva.

This year was no exception. The couple asked for healing: Mikhail Filippov needs rehabilitation after hip surgery. “He had it done a year ago, but Mikhail is still limping,” said director of the Mayakovsky Theater Leonid Osharin. “He was eager to get on stage, but everyone saw that it was hard for him. For a while he played with a stick at rehearsal. Now he’s running, time heals ".

Note that two years after the death of Natalya Gundareva, Mikhail Filippov released a book of memoirs. It is called “Natasha” and contains the actor’s revelations, full of bright sadness and love. "When we met, you were already popular, many times a laureate, many times best actress year,” wrote Mikhail Filippov. “But I haven’t seen most of your films and couldn’t list your titles, but I knew your freckles and was happy about it.” In You, an adult woman, in an amazing way lived a child, a little girl from the sandbox, who with captivating trustfulness tells the first person she meets: “And today we had cutlets with pasta and compote for lunch.” You made me laugh with a story from your own childhood, how one night you ate too much jam, sneaking into the kitchen secretly from the adults, and then woke me up in a terrible whisper: “Mommy, dear mommy, I’m vomiting.”

Natalya Gundareva's acting work has forever made her a legend of Russian cinema, still attracting the attention of millions of viewers. The People's Artist was idolized, adored, and clippings from the Soviet Screen magazine were collected. Over the years creative biography She played many diverse characters, but many fans fell in love with her simple Russian heroines, who, despite difficulties and hardships, had inexhaustible optimism.

Gundareva could not imagine herself without the acting profession and passed through every role through herself. She not only shone on film set, but was also considered a theatrical prima. Natalya Georgievna amazed her colleagues with energy and enthusiasm, so few people knew that she sometimes cried and was sad about the failure in her personal life. Only in her third marriage did she find female happiness, living with her husband until her last days.

Children's love for theater

The future actress was born in 1948 in Moscow. Her father and mother worked as engineers, but, despite their serious profession, they really loved going to school. theatrical performances. It is not surprising that they soon took 5-year-old Natasha with them, who was delighted with the fairy-tale production “ Blue bird" From that time on, the girl dreamed of getting on stage, planning to become either an actress or a ballerina. As a schoolgirl, she attended various clubs at the local Pioneer House, and also enrolled in a drama club, where she got different roles.

Despite her passion for acting, Natalia's parents insisted that she follow in their footsteps. The girl submitted documents to the Institute of Civil Engineering, but did not even have time to pass the exams, as she decided to try her luck and enter the Shchukin Theater School. A friend with whom she played in a drama club pushed her to take this step. The future actress was able to conquer the members of the selection committee, demonstrating to them her charisma and transformation abilities, and soon became a university student.

Success on the theater stage and in cinema

In 1971, Gundareva said goodbye to student life and started developing her career. Having received an invitation from several theaters at once, she chose the stage of the Mayakovsky Theater, where she served for more than thirty years.

In the photo Natalya Gundareva in her youth

The aspiring actress did not immediately reveal her talent for transformation, since the director chose the roles of minor heroines for her. Only three years later she was able to attract the attention of avid theatergoers, playing on stage the role of Lipochka in the play “Bankrupt, or Our People - We Will Be Numbered.” Significant works of Natalya Georgievna also include the following characters:

• Katerina from “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”;
• Larisa Sadofeva from "Rumor";
• Madame from Agent 00;
• She is from “I’m Standing at a Restaurant...” and others.

Her collaboration with cinema began simultaneously with her theatrical career, but the actress was first noted on screen in 1976, when she appeared in the melodrama “Sweet Woman.” From that time on, significant changes came in Gundareva’s career, and directors no longer offered her simple village workers, seeing in her many multifaceted images.

still from the film “Cliff” 1973

During this period, she gained the status of a screen star and expanded her filmography. bright works in numerous paintings:

• "Truffaldino from Bergamo";
• "One Day Twenty Years Later";
• “Singles are provided with a hostel”;
• “Mistress of the orphanage”;
• "Autumn marathon";
• "Petersburg secrets".

Romances with men and marriages

Young Natasha could not boast of slender figures, and despite her height she was somewhat overweight. But being such a plump, cheerful and open girl enjoyed increased attention from men. The aspiring actress often fell under the spell of her colleagues, and then emerged from these novels with mental wounds. So, even in her youth, she fell in love with Vladislav Dolgorukov, whom she even wanted to marry. The parents of the bride and groom were against that marriage, so this wedding never took place.

In the photo, Leonid Kheifetz is the first husband of Natalia Gundareva

Having survived a breakup with ex-lover, Gundareva again started an office romance, and her chosen one this time was Leonid Kheifets, who was much older than her. The director was married at that time, but because of his young lover, he divorced his wife. Heifetz’s future wife was not immediately liked by his mother, but this did not stop the lovers from getting married. The actress loved her husband very much, but her employment in the theater and constant filming in films over time alienated the spouses. Soon it turned out that she was forced to terminate her pregnancy. The consequences of the abortion were fraught: she could no longer have children. This marriage lasted only six years, and after the divorce, Natalya Georgievna began organizing her personal life.

Viktor Koreshkov is the second husband of the actress

Soon, the 30-year-old movie star became close to Viktor Koreshkov, with whom she played in the sensational play “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” After dating for several months, the couple decided to tie the knot. Many theater colleagues had little faith in the true feelings of her chosen one, believing that the aspiring actor simply wanted to take advantage of her location. Just two years later, she accidentally found out that her beloved husband was cheating on her. After the divorce, the actor left for another woman, but a few years later his beloved passed away. tragic accident. According to some media sources, after this Koreshkov joined the Old Believers and lived as a hermit for some time.

Having recovered from the divorce, Natalya Georgievna began dating Sergei Nasibov, but this romance also ended in separation. Only in 1986 was the movie star able to improve her personal life. With her future husband, Mikhail Filippov, she served at the Mayakovsky Theater. When the man first joined the team, he immediately noticed the actress and often later was in the same company with her. At first, during work and communication, sympathy arose between them, and when they were on tour, a romance began. Previously, Mikhail Ivanovich was married to philologist Irina, daughter of Yuri Andropov, with whom he raised his son. After his relationship with Gundareva, the actor left the family and registered an alliance with her.

Mikhail Filippov is Gundareva’s third husband

Many people envied their harmonious and loving couple, and sometimes the spouses found needles and salt under the door, as well as scratches on the car. The People's Artist was an energetic and impetuous person who did not tolerate laziness and inaction. However, she forgave her husband all his shortcomings, and her optimism was enough for two. The actress herself believed that she was very lucky with her husband, but she was saddened by the fact that she could not give him a child. Soon Irina Degteva appeared in their family, who was a longtime fan of the screen star. The girl settled in their apartment, helped the couple with housework and even went on tour with them, becoming a close person to them. " Stepdaughter“I was close to Natalya Georgievna even during the years when she was seriously ill. After the death of her pet, the woman returned to her native Podolsk, where she got a job as a driver.

last years of life

Having crossed the age of 50, the actress did not want to put up with age, as she still wanted to play notable characters. She was able to significantly reduce her weight and improve her appearance. According to some reports, Gundareva not only took Thai pills, but also took several plastic surgery. But along with the expected result, she began to have health problems.

Back in the early 80s, she experienced attacks of hypertension, and in the summer of 2001, the People's Artist of the RSFSR suffered an ischemic stroke. The doctors were able to bring her out of the coma, after which Natalya Georgievna slowly began to recover. But she was no longer able to return to work and almost never appeared in public. Despite following all the doctors’ recommendations, the 56-year-old movie star’s health was deteriorating. Her heart stopped on May 15, 2005, and the cause of death was a hemorrhagic stroke.

Still from the series “St. Petersburg Mysteries”

When his beloved wife passed away, Mikhail Ivanovich could not come to his senses for a long time, but four years later he was able to establish his personal life again. He married his theater colleague, Natalya Vasilyeva. The actor is still experiencing the early departure of his beloved woman, but he hides his pain from everyone. Mikhail Ivanovich wrote a book about her, calling her “Natasha”. In his memoirs, he shares with readers how they went through family life, and what words of love they spoke to each other.

1. When the aspiring actress saw herself on screen for the first time, she was horrified by her luxurious forms, believing that with such dimensions it was impossible to act in films. But viewers and directors saw her as feminine and pretty characters, and even her freckles seemed charming then and worried many men.
2. At rehearsals and on the set, Gundareva always demonstrated not only her skills, but also her cheerful, energetic nature. However, few people knew that at home she preferred a gloomy environment, which is why the curtains in her room were always tightly drawn. Even before her illness, the actress admitted that she felt unhappy and lonely, perceiving life as a tragedy.
3. Since childhood, she had the habit of saving in everything, and even after becoming a movie star, she personally took care of repairs and large purchases. Her mother always recalled that little Natasha’s first word was “sama.”
4. Having served for many years at the Mayakovsky Theater, she acquired the status of a real prima and hostess. Not everyone loved the successful star; there were also those who wished her failure in her career.
5. Natalya Georgievna believed in omens, and when she went on stage, she constantly chased all the theater cleaners with empty buckets.
6. She loved fragrant rose bushes, so there were always her favorite flowers in a vase at home.