Many Russian artists dream of Hollywood, of world fame. However, not everyone has the tenacity to break into the world of fierce competition that exists in the film industry. The Soviet actress Olga Prokhorova did not even leave for Hollywood, but for Canada, however, she could not become a movie star there either.
However, artists have such a life: today you are at the peak of fame, and tomorrow everyone has forgotten about you. Perhaps it is not a matter of foreign affairs, but of something else?
Biography
The future actress was born in 1948 in Volgograd. Their family was artistic: both of her parents sang in operetta. They were beautiful, talented, and one day a representative of the Riga operetta saw them. He invited the artists to move to Riga, and they agreed.
Olya’s childhood passed in the capital of Latvia. Parents from an early age instilled in her a love of music and dance, so she studied at a music school and ballet school. The bright girl was noticed and began to be invited to popular science films, which were shot at the Riga film studio. Here Prokhorova saw a movie being shot, and this world simply fascinated her.
After graduating from school, Olga submitted documents to VGIK in Moscow, and she was lucky to enter this university. She studied with future celebrities: Natalia Belokhvostikova, Natalya Arinbasarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Natalya Gvozdikova, Nikolai Eremenko Jr.
Years of students were full of creativity, youthful hopes and fun. All this ended in 1971 - the future actors were waiting for work in the theater and cinema. Olga joined the actor’s theater.
Movie career
Olga Prokhorova’s debut in the cinema took place while studying at VGIK: she played an episode in the film “By the Lake” (1969), which was shot by her teacher Sergei Gerasimov.
Despite talent and excellent external data, Olga played secondary roles for a long time. As, for example, in the paintings "Siberian Girl" (1973), "No Return" (1973) and others.
Finally, in 1975, she gets a lucky ticket - the main role in the film "Ivanov Family" directed by Alexei Saltykov. Here, the actress plays the role of a girl from a simple working family. Her partners on the set were Nonna Mordyukova, Nikolai Rybnikov and Nikolai Eremenko Jr. The Ivanov family receives a student from the capital who fell in love with their daughter. These ordinary people with an open soul completely change the picture of the world of a young man who lived a free life and did not consider himself indebted to anyone - a sort of tumbleweed. However, getting to know Lyudmila and her parents closer, he realized that their simple philosophy was much deeper and more honest than his youthful fallacies.
Another prominent role of Olga Prokhorova is the image of Ustinya Pugacheva in the film "Emelyan Pugachev" (1978). This story of the uprising and execution of the leader of the Cossacks found a lively response from the audience. Moreover, such stars as Yevgeny Matveev, Tamara Semina and Viya Artmane were shot in the film.
The most famous role of the actress is the girl Masha in the drama "Wormwood - Bitter Grass" (1981). The film tells the story of a girl who lost her memory during the bombing of a concentration camp, where she was with other Russian prisoners. The compassionate soldier took pity on the poor fellow and took her with him to the village, so that there she could recover and recover. Unlike other Soviet films, the film shows the different characters of the villagers - both positive and negative. However, there are still more good people, and friendly help helps Masha regain her memory.
The last film in which Prokhorova starred in the USSR is Strange Horizons (1993). Since then, Russian viewers have not seen her in the cinema.
