Talent, beauty and fame - it seems that one can envy the successful acting fate of many recognized beauties of Soviet cinema. Always in sight, surrounded by crowds of fans, they simply have to be happy, not like everyone else. Apparently, the reckoning for fame and popular love is undeservedly cruel. The tragic stories of Svetlana Kharitonova, Tamara Nosova and Rufina Nifontova. Actresses whose beauty admired the whole country. They died a terrible death.
Svetlana Kharitonova (1932–2012)
She was a real star of Soviet cinema, although she almost never played the main roles, however, the images she created proved the strength and versatility of her talent. Dreamy, naive Klava from the movie "Girl without an Address", the old woman Thekla in "White Nights", Lisa in "The Unsupported"
Her creative career has developed non-standard. Despite the huge popularity and relevance, Kharitonova left the theater. She graduated from the directing department of VGIK and began working as a director of documentaries. The film she shot - "Teaching Infant Swimming" won the Grand Prix of the All-Union Festival of Documentary Films on Sports. At the same time, Kharitonova continued to actively act in films as an actress.
While studying at the director's courses, the actress met with Sergey Balatiev, from whom at 35 she gave birth to a daughter. Doctors found in a child serious deviations in mental development. Balatiev filed for divorce, learning about the incurable illness of his child, and Kharitonov was left completely alone.
Svetlana Kharitonova’s successful career was cut short by a tragic incident. She became the culprit of the accident as a result of which a person died. Somehow, after the end of the shooting day, the actress drove the crew in her car and hit a woman to death. Colleagues advised the actress to escape from the scene of the accident, but she was soon detained by traffic police. Kharitonova was given a suspended sentence and sent to the Vladimir region. For three years she worked at a factory that was engaged in the production of reinforced concrete. The actress, even in conclusion, continued to engage in creative activities - she organized amateur performances.
Authoritative directors helped Nikita Kharitonova to return to Moscow: Nikita Mikhalkov, Vladimir Basov, Leonid Gaidai, who began to invite her to their new films for small roles.
The daughter’s disease progressed, and at the age of 50, Kharitonova was forced to retire in order to provide proper care to her sick child. In the last years of her life, the actress led a reclusive lifestyle with her daughter. In addition, the 44-year-old mentally ill daughter of the actress categorically forbade an elderly mother to communicate with neighbors and accept help. It is known that women lived in dire need. The last months of her life, Svetlana Kharitonova was very ill. She fell and broke her thigh neck, however, she did not go to the hospital, the doctor came to her house.
The actress died on January 8, 2012, but the fact of her death became known only on the 11th. The daughter of the actress did not call an ambulance at the moment when Svetlana Nikolaevna became ill.
Tamara Nosova (1927–2007)
She was one of the most famous comic actresses of Soviet cinema of the 50-60s. Tamara Nosova married three times, but she did not have children. Family life did not work out, and after the death of her mother in 1982, Tamara Nosova began to lead a secluded life.
The last years of her life, the actress lived in terrible poverty. Her pension was barely enough to pay utility bills. Tamara Makarovna was forced to eat in a charity canteen for the homeless and the poor.
She did not let anyone into her apartment, she suddenly began to fear that she would be robbed. Pride did not allow her to ask anyone for help. The bed for Nasal was a wooden board. The floors in the apartment are completely rotten, cockroaches and rats crawled through the ventilation into the kitchen.
Before the New Year, Tamara Nosova’s nephew came to her, after the actress’s neighbor called him and said that she had not seen Tamara Makarovna for several days, and there was complete silence behind the door of her apartment.
When they broke open the door of the apartment, they saw Nosova lying in the middle of the corridor. Rat bite wounds were visible on her legs, however, the actress was still alive. She was taken to a hospital where she was diagnosed with a stroke, which happened two days ago. It turns out that for two days she lay alone, helpless in the corridor. A few days later, Tamara Nosova died.
Rufina Nifontova (1931–1994)
Ever since childhood, Rufina Pitade stood out for her boyish character. She was expelled from school more than once; she even had repeated drives to the police.
She was distinguished by extraordinary natural beauty. Rufina failed the entrance exams at the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and cried inconsolably in the corridor. One of the teachers of the institute approached her and felt sorry for the entrant.
During her training at VGIK, strange rumors circulated about her: she is supposedly a fan of same-sex love, however, the actress's close friend refutes these speculations.
In the second year, Rufina Pitade married director Gleb Nifontov. He became her only husband. Relations in their life together were built on the unlimited understanding of the spouse. Rufina was a very amorous and addicted woman. There were a lot of rumors about her endless passionate novels.
At the end of VGIK, Nifontova was accepted into the troupe of the Maly Theater, but was unable to build her relationship with the leadership. She could say in the director’s eyes everything she thinks about him, expressing her indignation with obscene words. Naturally, the actress soon began to be content with only insignificant roles in the theater.
The daughter of Rufina Nifontova - Olga also graduated from VGIK and became a director. Relations with her daughter Rufina Dmitrievna deteriorated after her marriage. The actress’s son-in-law often drank and was very rude to Olga. However, after the birth of a grandson, the Nifontovs were forced to adopt a son-in-law in the family.
The misfortunes in the life of the actress began with the fact that her beloved niece (daughter of her twin brother) was brutally murdered. After a very short time, Slava himself, the brother of Rufina Dmitrievna, also died. In the bathroom, he became ill with his heart and only two days later he was caught. Seeing a terrifying picture, Rufina Nifontova then said for some reason: "I, too, will die in the bathroom
“It is worth noting that since childhood, between the actress and her twin brother, there was a truly mystical connection. They seemed to feel each other at a distance.
Rufina Dmitrievna was very upset by the death of her brother. She began to drink in order to somehow drown out the terrible mental pain, but the troubles in her life continued. After some time, the actress's husband was tragically killed. He returned from his daughter, where once again he had a big fight with his son-in-law. On the way, he felt bad with his heart, and he taxied into the oncoming lane, where he fell under the wheels of MAZ.
A few days after the funeral of her husband, Rufina Dmitrievna fell and hit her temple hard. They called an ambulance, but the actress doomed said that she would die very soon anyway. She really foresaw the approaching death. And I was not mistaken. In November 1994, she died. Rufina Dmitrievna returned from the cottage and was very cold. The actress turned on the hot water in the bathroom, boiling water began to pour from the tap. Suddenly, she felt weak and decided to lie down for some time on the bed, but lost consciousness.
After a few hours, boiling water flooded the bedroom and the hallway. Water began to rise. It is not known whether the actress then came to her senses or not, but it turned out that she literally boiled in boiling water.
Water continued to pour for more than a day, until neighbors began to drip boiling water from the ceiling. When the door was cracked, hot water poured into the stairwell.
- Loneliness of Tamara Nosova
- Rufina Nifontova
- Svetlana Kharitonova
