Vladimir Soshalsky is a wonderful actor who is familiar to viewers for a number of vivid and memorable movie roles. Of particular note is his personal life. Soshalsky was married 7 times, but at the same time everyone considered him an exemplary family man.
Childhood, youth and first roles
Soshalsky Vladimir Borisovich was born in Leningrad in 1929. His parents were talented and famous actors, so from childhood he revolved in this environment and his future was predetermined. When Vladimir was still very young, his father left the family and only his mother, Varvara Rosalion-Soshalskaya, was engaged in upbringing. She was friends with Anna Akhmatova and other brilliant creative people of that time and was unusually beautiful.
From an early age, Vladimir’s mother took her son on tour and the future movie star called himself an “acting son”. Once a funny incident happened to him. Mom left him behind the curtains and at the most tragic moment of the play, little Vladimir went on stage, which greatly amused the audience.
At school, Soshalsky did not like to study and study was hard for him. Only the Russian language and literature were really interesting to him. After graduation, Vladimir entered the theater studio, which was located at the Youth Theater in Leningrad. Within these walls, the young actor played brilliantly Neznamova in the play Guilty Without Guilt, and this role was a success. Later, the actor more than once admitted that this role became his favorite, although the audience loved his other characters more.
A little later, Soshalsky played Romeo in a Shakespearean drama. There were many applicants for this role, but they chose it. Vladimir did not like the fact that he had to learn too much text, but after this performance they began to recognize him on the street, he had a lot of admirers who didn’t even give him a passage on the street. His photo was printed in the magazine "Twinkle", which at that time was very prestigious.
Soshalsky's popularity grew and he was admitted to the Moscow Theater of the Soviet Army. It is worth noting that he did not part with this theater and played in it until the last days.
Success in cinema
Success on the stage did not satisfy the actor’s ambitions completely and he decided to try his hand at the cinema. The first roles of Soshalsky were only episodic. His surname was not even in the credits. But the actor did not stop it. In 1955, he was fortunate enough to play Count Shuvalov in the wonderful film Mikhailo Lomonosov. Despite the fact that the picture was a success, after that Vladimir was not offered serious roles for a long time. Real and deafening glory came to him some time later. Over the years, Soshalsky became even more interesting, charismatic, and from a young man turned into a brutal man.
In the seventies of the last century, the actor was very popular. His filmography is quite extensive, but especially the audience remembered and loved several paintings with his participation:
- Mark Twain Against;
- "Duenna";
- Charlotte's Necklace;
- "Assol";
- "June 31."
In the nineties of the last century, Soshalsky, like many other actors, had difficulties with work. Films were hardly shot. But it was during this difficult time that Vladimir Borisovich played in such popular films as:
- "Viva, midshipmen";
- "Sin. A History of Passion";
- Alaska Kid.
