5 Soviet actors who tried to conquer Hollywood, but failed

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Natalia Andreychenko

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One of the most beautiful actresses of Soviet cinema, known to every child as Mary Poppins, left Russia to be close to her husband, Austrian actor Maximilian Shell. The husband was older than Natalia for as many as 26 years old, but they were a very beautiful pair. Spouses lived in marriage 20 years, they had a daughter Nastasya. And even the first son of the actress, the father of which is the Russian composer Maxim Dunaevsky, took the surname Shell. Natalia and Maksimilian divorced in 2005, while sowing to stay good friends. After the death of Shell, most of his inheritance, according to the will of the deceased, received his stepper Dmitry.

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The only thing for which Natalia was offended by the former spouse is the lack of help in the acting career. After moving to her husband, who at that time lived in the United States, the actress graduated from acting courses and hoped for a continuation of a career in cinema. After all, Shell was a very popular actor, owner of the Oscar awards and the Golden Globe. However, the husband not only did not help Natalia, but, according to the expression of the actress, "specially blocked her the road to Hollywood."

Perhaps Maximilian understood that if Natalia becomes the famous, then it will be unavailable much less time to him and family. In addition, the actress was very beautiful and, as already mentioned, substantially younger than it.

Still, Natalia managed to be held in several roles, but they were all insignificant. After the divorce, the actress returned to Russia. Occasionally starred in domestic films, but no longer been so in demand, the peak of her popularity remained in the distant past. Now Natalia Andreichenko is 64 years old. The actress lives in Mexico, then in Beverly Hills, then in Moscow. She opened the spiritual center, engaged in yoga, promotes vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle.

Savely Kramarov

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The actor became a real star of Soviet cinema, the image of which caused a smile with millions of viewers. In 1974, Savely Kramarov received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. It would seem that everything in his creative career was good. However, in Soviet times it was enough a trifling reason so that the person becomes objection, even if it is a famous artist. The lifestyle of the actor - Kramarov became interested in yoga, visited the synagogue, in accordance with religious beliefs refused to be filmed on Saturdays - were unacceptable for Soviet society.

The actors almost ceased to invite to act.

For several years without roles led to the fact that the actor decided to emigrate. But here everything turned out not so simple. After all, the Kramarov was filmed a lot of good and favorite kinocartin spectators, and in case of his departure, they would have been banned for showing. Kramarov refused emigration. Desperate, the artist wrote a letter to the President of the United States Ronald Reagan, in which he asked for help. It is not known what kind of reaction in the "high" circles - such an act in those days was considered from a number of outgoing, something like the treasure of the Motherland, - but Kramarov immediately approved the move.

Leaning, the actor was very worried about the films in which he starred. And indeed, the question is, as they say, hung in the air.

The situation was saved by director Georgy Delialia, who said that Kramarov, as a rule, played the role of such a loser and "fool" - to take, for example, by all the favorite Gentlemen of Good luck. Upstairs with relief agreed. Kramarov was cut out of some films, where he played insignificant roles, and in the rest of his name simply removed from the titles.

In America, Kramarov settled relatively well. He became a member of the US Actors Guild, which for an emigrant is a difficult task. For ten years - from 1984 to illness and death in 1995 - Savely Kramarov starred in 11 films of the USA. But his roles were mostly the second plan and not in the most cash paintings.

Such success and recognition as in the USSR, and even more so - the artist did not find such people in America.

In early 1995, the actor began to complain about abdominal pain. Medical examination revealed gut cancer. It was a triple angry mockery of fate - first, the actor is very coherent Health and all his life was afraid to die precisely from oncology, secondly, shortly before that, Kramarov finally approved for a serious role, which he always dreamed of, and third, in October 1994, the actor married a girl named Natalia, with which they created a truly harmonious union.

The actors were operated on in one of the San Francisco clinic, but after the operation there were complications, and on June 6, 1995, Savlia Kramarova did not. The actor was only 60 years old.

Elena Solovey

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The popularity of actress brought a role in the film "Slave of Love." After entering the picture Elena Nightingale, as they say, woke up by the famous. The unusual image of languid and slightly boiled lady, which created an actress on the screen, fell to taste both to the public and directors. Elena vied roles, and soon on her account there were such popular films as "an unfinished play for mechanical piano", "Blonde around the corner", "Look for a woman."

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In heavy perestroika times, Elena and her husband and children decided to emigrate in the United States. Despite the romantic image embodied by the actress on the screen, in life, she is a very sensible person, and therefore Elena initially did not build illusions regarding his acting career in America. So it turned out. For many years, the actress was not shot. In 2001, Elena Solovy founded the children's studio "Etude", where children trained creative skills. Then the actress still received several roles, but they are hardly scored a dozen, and for the most part this role is not in the most popular films.

One of the largest actors is the role of an actress in the television series "Clan Soprano".

Now Elena Nightingale 74 years. In 2013, her husband actresses, a famous artist Yuri Pugach, seriously fell ill. The actress did everything possible to save the spouse, but the disease eventually won - last year the actress was widowed.

Oleg Village

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The father of the future celebrity left the family when the species were still quite small. Mom early received disabilities, and, graduating from 8 classes, from 14 years old actor went to work. He had to be a loader, and a storekeeper, and an electrician. But in the soul there lived a dream about the scene, and in 19 years old Oleg species entered the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. His acting career began during his studies, and in 1973, the species acquired the status of the USSR sex symbol, starring in the head of the "Horseman without a head" film.

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After 10 years, Oleg species married the Citizer of Yugoslavia and left for her guest visa. And so did not return. After Yugoslavia, he moved to Austria, from there to Italy, and then moved to the United States to stay there forever. Abroad, the actor continued to be filmed, a total of about 30 roles in Yugoslav and American films, including, together with Saveli Kramarov, starred in the film "Red Heat". However, the popularity that was from the actor with the Soviet Union, could not achieve species. When he just settled in the United States, he had to earn a living than just possible - the species worked even at a construction site.

It is rumored that it was the Savely Kramarov who helped a view with the receipt of roles.

Oleg Borisovich died in California in 2017 at the age of 73 years from the complications of myeloma - the malignant disease of the blood system.

Natalia Egroh

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The film "Little Vera", which came to the screens in 1988, became one of the most vivid events of that time. Natalia recognized the best actress of Soviet cinema, she literally bathed in the rays of popularity and fame. The film itself and the actress received many awards. Natalia even starred in a photo shoot for Playboy magazine, becoming the first Soviet model of this American erotic edition. The following year, actress starred in one of the main roles in the film "In the city of Sochi, dark nights."

And after that, the new proposals actress was not received - Natalia became the "hostage" of a relaxed image of his heroine of faith, but the society was not yet prepared for the mass flow of films of this kind, and in the roles of modest Soviet girls, Natalia did not see the director.

Soon, Natalia's empty moved to the United States. Then she still did not know that the crossing would put a cross on her as an actress. In America, her acting career did not work out - for 15 years of residence in this country, the artist starred in just four films, while in one of them in an episodic role. The recognition of American audience did not receive the actress. Personal life also did not work out - Natalia was married to the Russian emigrant, but the marriage collapsed. In 2007, the actress returned to Moscow. From this point on, she took off only in two Russian films: "Tuben, Drum" (2009) and "Van Gogi" (2018).

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