Natalia Gundareva is the legendary theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR. She lived a bright, eventful life. In recent years, Natalya Georgievna devoted charity, helping seriously ill actors.
Childhood, adolescence
Natalia Georgievna was born on August 28, 1948. The Gundarev family lived in Moscow. Parents worked as engineers, often visited the theater. Natasha herself dreamed of being an actress at the age of 5, when she first visited the theater.
The girl was engaged in a drama circle at the Palace of Pioneers. Being an eighth grader, she first hit the big stage, the play was presented by the Theater of Young Muscovites.
After school, Natalia, at the insistence of her mother, decided to study as an engineer, but an old friend advised her to try her luck at auditions at the school. Schukin. Gundareva successfully passed the exams, studied at the Katina-Yartseva course. She was very responsible for her studies, she studied a lot.
Creative career
In 1971, after graduation, Natalya was invited to several theaters at once, but she worked all her life in only one - at the Mayakovsky Theater. The first fame brought the play "Bankrupt" (1974), the actress began to discuss. They brought success and roles in subsequent performances.
In the movie, Natalya Georgievna first appeared in 1966 (in the film "Khmyr"). Then there were works in the film "Hello and Goodbye", "Autumn", "Autumn Marathon". After the movie "Sweet Woman", Gundareva was spoken of as the best actress of the year.
"Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk County" (1979) brought Natalia special success. Later the performance was staged for 13 years in a row. So Gundareva won recognition, becoming in demand. In 1983, Natalia worked in the paintings “The Dormitory Is Given to the Lonely, ” and others.
In the 90s, Gundareva had problems with the body: she often developed hypertensive crises. The actress has become more difficult to work with. In the 90s, she starred in the movie "Petersburg Secrets", "Vivat, Midshipmen!". Natalya Georgievna played high-ranking ladies. In 2001, Gundareva had the last movie shoot ("Salome"). The last work in the theater was the play "Love Drink".
In 2001, Natalia Gerogievna suffered a stroke, she miraculously survived. The rehabilitation course was long, Gundareva had to learn to move again. She made a lot of efforts to get rid of the consequences of a stroke. At that time, the actress was engaged in charity work, she helped treat the actors. Natalya Georgievna died in 2015 from a 2nd stroke.