When actors or poets are compared with celestial bodies, they are sure to note how much they have. Someone flies around the horizon like a meteor and disappears forever. Others remain in the memory for a long time. The Soviet film actress Lyudmila Shabalina did not play the main roles.
Childhood and youth
The fateful times that the country is going through, primarily scare ordinary people. Lyudmila Vasilievna Shabalina was born on August 12, 1916 in a bohemian family. Parents at that time lived in Petrograd. Father was considered a coryphaeus among avant-garde artists. Mother worked as a modest typist in a book publishing house. They didn’t live richly, but in unison.
Four years later, the girl had two twin brothers. Friends and colleagues of the head of the family often visited the house. They had heated debates about the role of art in building a new society. At school, Shabalin studied well. She knew history and literature well. She visited a poetry studio and herself was engaged in creativity, wrote poetry. When Lyudmila was sixteen years old, she entered the acting school, which operated at the famous film studio "Lenfilm".
Professional activity
Having received a specialized education, the actress was enrolled in the staff of the film studio. And a month later she made her debut. Shabalina played the role of a pioneer leader in the movie "Beethoven Concert". The beginning was promising. Lyudmila showed her ability to transform and expected new roles. It is important to emphasize that by this time the political situation in the country has sharply worsened. Father was arrested on a denunciation. Judged and sentenced to death. Some actors were also arrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
In such an environment, none of the directors dared to invite the actress Shabalin to the main role. Of course, decent people remained in the studio. Lyudmila was invited to secondary roles and to participate in episodes. She received a modest fee for participating in the films "The Return of Maxim", "Teacher", "Antosha Rybkin." When the war began, Shabalin, together with the staff of the film studio, was evacuated to Tashkent. Here, in the pavilions, they continued to make films and release them on screens.
