Actress Tamara Degtyareva entered the history of Soviet cinema thanks to the multi-part film "Eternal Call". In it, she played one of the main characters - Agatha Savelyeva. For almost half a century, the actress performed on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater. In the last years of her life she was confined to a wheelchair, but even in this state she went on stage.
Biography: early years
Tamara Vasilyevna Degtyareva was born on May 29, 1944 in the Queen of Moscow Region. Craving for creativity woke up in her in her school years. Then she was an active participant in the amateur art group and dreamed of becoming an artist in the future.
After school, Tamara studied at the Shchepkinsky school. Having become a certified artist, according to the distribution, she got to the Moscow Theater of Young Spectators. In the acting environment, working there was not considered prestigious, but Degtyareva was glad to play for small spectators. Inna Churikova, Leah Akhedzhakova, Alisa Freindlikh - all of them, too, began their journey into the profession from the stage of the Youth Theater.
Degtyareva was involved in the following performances:
- "Hey hello!";
- "A man of seventeen";
- "Romeo and Juliet";
- "Natasha."
Career
Tamara served five seasons in the Moscow Youth Theater. In 1970, she became an actress of the famous Contemporary. Degtyareva played on his stage until his death. She came to Sovremennik at a difficult time for him - at the time of the change of leadership. Shortly before her arrival, Oleg Efremov joined the Moscow Art Theater, and Galina Volchek was replaced in his place. The situation in the troupe was tense: the actors fought for a place under the new "sun."
At first, the directors trusted Tamara with supporting roles. The actress played in 29 productions of Sovremennik, including:
- "And in the morning they woke up";
- "Valentine and Valentine";
- "Demons";
- Steep Route;
- "The naked pioneer."
In 1968, Tamara made her film debut. She was still an actress of the Youth Theater. Tamara got a role in the film "Meetings at Dawn." In it, the actress brilliantly played the main character - peasant Galya Makarova. Then came the supporting roles in the films “My Island” and “The Road Home”.
In 1971, Degtyareva again received the main role. In the film "Nyurkina Zhizn" she played the worker of the Nyuru factory.
In 1973, Tamara became an all-Union favorite, playing in "Eternal Call". She played in it Agatha Savelyev, who is waiting for her husband from the front, but dies at the hands of bandits. For this role, she was awarded the USSR State Prize.
In 1986, Degtyareva played her last major role in the movie. It was in the picture "Where is your son?". Subsequently, she starred only in the film adaptations of productions of her native "Contemporary".
In parallel with the work in the theater, Degtyareva was engaged in teaching activities. So, she lectured at VGIK.
In 2012, the actress amputated a leg. After the operation, she began to move in a wheelchair. Galina Volchek did not deprive her of joy of working on the stage, and Degtyareva continued to go on stage. True, only in one performance - "Women's Time".
