Marina Zudina is 54. How she lives after Tabakov’s death and why she left the theater
In September 2020, Marina Zudina will turn 55 years old. Two years ago, she became a widow when Oleg Tabakov, with whom she had lived together for almost 35 years, passed away.
“I used to introduce myself: “This is Marina Zudina, Oleg Pavlovich’s wife.” I was proud to be his wife. Now I just say: “This is Marina Zudina,” said the actress.
What else does Marina Zudina have to get used to at this new stage of her life?
Everything worked out magically
When Marina Zudina was 16 years old, she managed to fulfill her dream - to enroll in GITIS on the course of Oleg Tabakov. At that time, the girl had not even had time to pass her final exams at school, but she had already successfully overcome the competitive selection process, receiving straight A’s in the entrance exams.
“Apparently, such incredible strength was the conviction that the dream of studying with Tabakov would come true. Although if you soberly understand that chain of coincidences, you understand that what happened was out of the realm of the impossible. Everything worked out magically,” the actress recalled.
Marina Zudina admits that only Oleg Tabakov could break the rules like that and admit her even without a certificate. He largely influenced the formation of Zudina not only as an actress, but also as a person. According to the actress’s recollections, during her student years everyone was in love with Tabakov: cosmic love, as defined by Zudina herself, did not pass her by.
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The actress characterizes the beginning of their relationship as “an explosion of emotions.” Zudina and Tabakov got married 10 years later, and another 20 years later they got married. In the program “The Fate of Man,” when her husband was still alive, the actress said:
“I still understand the distance between us. Life did not shorten the distance. I still feel its scale. Oleg Pavlovich is the person who has never disappointed me.”
Two children were born into the family: in 1995, a son, Pavel, and in 2006, a daughter, Maria.
The path from cinema to theater and back
Marina Zudina's film career began in 1984, when she starred in the film “I Still Love, I Still Hope.” Then there was the film “Valentin and Valentina”, where the actress played one of the main roles. The audience loved the film; Zudina recalls the heaps of letters that fans wrote to her. The actress says about her participation in this project that it was there that she played herself.
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Now her filmography includes 40 films. Among them: “After the Rain on Thursday”, “The Noble Robber Vladimir Dubrovsky” and “Yesenin”.
For a long time, Marina Zudina positioned herself exclusively as a theater actress, but now she is gradually returning to cinema. One of her last works was her role in the series “Kept Women”, the first season of which was directed by Konstantin Bogomolov. Before, Zudina and Bogomolov already had joint projects, but in the theater.
At 54 years old, the actress is in excellent shape.
“I believe that, in principle, we have a profession that requires you to keep yourself in shape. But I didn’t do anything special for the role. It just seems to me that if you are determined to work, then the body itself understands what it needs. That is, it doesn’t happen that I don’t keep myself in shape, but before doing any work I need to quickly get into this shape,” she shares her beauty secrets.
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Now Marina Zudina pays more attention to cinema, although earlier, by her own admission, the theater was the main thing for her.
“I did not consider the theater as a place of work; for me it was a huge part of my life due to the fact that Oleg Pavlovich was the head of two theaters. Then everything in the theater was interesting to me, but now I can’t say that. Basically, I’ve played enough – in a good way, so the pause is quite natural,” she says.
Starting from scratch is good for the profession
After Oleg Tabakov passed away, his son developed a difficult relationship with the theater. Since 2020, the Moscow Oleg Tabakov Theater has been directed by Vladimir Mashkov. Pavel Tabakov left both theaters - the Moscow Art Theater and the Tabakerka - of his own free will due to the fact that he did not like the policy of the new management.
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The artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater, Sergei Zhenovach, did not extend his collaboration with Konstantin Bogomolov, in whose new project Marina Zudina was also involved. Now the actress will play on the stage of one of the main theaters in Moscow only if old performances with her participation remain in its repertoire.
Marina Zudina reacts calmly to such changes in her theatrical career and in the career of her son, without causing scandals. Daughter Maria, according to the star mother, has not yet shown interest in the acting profession.
“Another life begins, where I learn again. And I must be a worthy and strong person in this. I haven’t acted for a long time, so I started acting. I'm starting from scratch, but this is a good quality in the profession. It’s interesting for me to live now, realizing many things anew,” says Zudina.
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"We are all of the same blood"
Olga Shablinskaya: Marina, Vladimir Mashkov recently became the artistic director of Tabakerka. Judging by the thunderous applause the troupe greeted him with, the actors were glad that he had come to this position. Was this appointment what you expected?
Marina Zudina: I can’t say that Vladimir Mashkov’s was expected for me. But I really hoped for it.
Question answer
Actor and director Vladimir Mashkov. Dossier I believe that Vladimir Lvovich committed a very manly act - to take on such responsibility. In fact, this is a dramatic change in his life. Mashkov is a self-sufficient person, a famous actor, he had a lot of his own plans that he wanted to realize. I don’t think that Volodya thought about this topic at all some time ago and was going to change his life. In general, a sharp turn took place in his life. This is truly a new vital stage.
And I felt calm. No matter how my life in the theater develops, it is important that the work to which Oleg Pavlovich dedicated his life lives on. This is the most important thing. I have faith that this will be so and that “Tabakerka” will have a new takeoff, there will be a new revolution. Oleg Pavlovich believed that Volodya Mashkov has enormous directorial talent.
10 most famous students of Oleg Tabakov
Vladimir Mashkov. Along with Mironov, Mashkov is one of Tabakov’s brightest students. Both completed his course at the Moscow Art Theater School in 1990, after which they joined the Tabakerka troupe, in which they subsequently played for many years. And Mashkov began staging productions there himself in 1992. www.globallookpress.com
Evgeny Mironov. He burst onto the Moscow stage thanks to “Sailor’s Silence,” which was directed by Oleg Pavlovich in “The Snuffbox” based on the play by Alexander Galich, and since then he has not disappeared from the horizon. In 2006, he became the artistic director of the Theater of Nations, which he made perhaps the most fashionable in Moscow. www.globallookpress.com
Sergey Bezrukov. The now famous artist came to Tabakov’s Moscow Art Theater School in 1990, and in 1993 he began playing in Tabakerka. He played his last performances at the Oleg Pavlovich Theater in 2009. www.globallookpress.com
Andrey Smolyakov. He was one of Tabakov's first notable students - he graduated from his course in 1980. After spending several years in other theaters, Smolyakov returned to Tabakov in 1987 - and since then he has practically not changed “Tabakerka”. www.globallookpress.com
Alexey Serebryakov played in Tabakerka in 1986-1991, and before that he was Tabakov’s student at GITIS. The actor always gravitated more towards cinema, which he eventually settled on. RIA Novosti / Evgenia Novozhenina
Valery Nikolaev. The famous “Bourgeois” graduated from Tabakov’s course in 1990, and before that he played in several performances of “Snuff Boxes”. RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok
Irina Apeksimova. Nikolaev’s ex-wife met him during Tabakov’s course at the Moscow Art Theater School, after which she began to serve in Chekhov’s theater constantly - including playing in productions by Tabakov himself. www.globallookpress.com
Sergey Gazarov. A student of Tabakov at GITIS, he stood at the origins of “Tabakerka” - he was one of the first students of Oleg Pavlovich, who later formed the troupe of the future theater studio. www.globallookpress.com
Anna Chipovskaya graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 2009 - but not the Tabakov course, but the workshop of Konstantin Raikin. But she became Tabakov’s student immediately after - in the same year she was accepted into Tabakerka. www.globallookpress.com
Marina Zudina. In 1986, she graduated from Tabakov’s course at GITIS, after which she immediately ended up in the Tabakerka troupe. The romance between the young actress and the famous teacher began in the late 80s, and years later Zudina became Tabakov’s wife. The marriage produced two children. www.globallookpress.com
Making up for lost opportunities
Marina Zudina, according to her, greatly regrets that her youth came at a time when changes were thundering in the country, reshaping the usual Soviet reality according to new patterns. Because of this, the actress’s filmography lacks romantic roles - she had to act in whatever came to hand, without going too far, because money was required.
Probably, the abundance of varied cinematic slag that came out in the 90s was the reason why Zudina for a long time preferred to pay more attention to the theatrical stage than to cinema. However, in recent years, the actress, considering that in life she had missed a whole layer of creativity that was interesting to her, began to appear on screens more and more often.
"Life on the Limit"
The film premiered at the end of 1989. Marina Zudina played the central role of Maria in this film. People have settled in the house, which is being demolished. In the center is a sweet provincial girl, Maria, who failed her university entrance exams and does not dare return home to her parents.
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In an abandoned house she is listed as a janitor, this gives her a reason to live in the capital. One day in the fall, a nameless young man comes to them.
"The Noble Robber Vladimir Dubrovsky"
This is an adventure television series based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin. Marina Zudina played the role of Maria Kirillovna Troekurova in this film.
The plot of the film tells the story of Vladimir Dubrovsky, who comes to the estate to visit his father, who has problems with his neighbor, the oppressive landowner Troekurov.
Litigation ends in ruin and then in the death of the parent. Dubrovsky decides to take revenge, but then falls in love with the landowner’s daughter Troekurova Maria and no longer wants to cause harm to the house in which his beloved lives.
"Fun of the Young"
In 1987, Marina Zudina again played the role of a girl who acutely feels both her own and others’ pain. Her character Svetlana Bobyleva in the film by Evgeniy Gerasimov called “Fun of the Young” is exactly like this.
The film tells the story of a group of students who persuade a classmate (Marina Zudina) to make their teacher fall in love with her and convince him to give them a test.
The girl begins to “hunt” for the bachelor. Unexpectedly for everyone, the teacher falls in love with her. Moreover, the heroine understands that she herself has feelings for the physical teacher.
“I love March 9th”
The melodrama premiered in the spring of 2011. Marina Zudina played the main character, writer Ekaterina, in this film. Her book with recommendations for women about relationships became a real bestseller.
Now Katya must meet this standard and deliver a new book under a contract within a certain time frame. What to write about when everything is wonderful in life? The husband is preparing a romantic evening for the Eighth of March; in a secluded corner the writer has already found the treasured diamond ring.
But very soon life gives Catherine a reason to think about a romantic relationship. That same morning, while buying food for the holiday, Katya encounters the love of past years. The man also settled in the capital, looked for Catherine, but did not find him, and what an accident!
"The Journey of Monsieur Perrichon"
Marina Zudina played the main role of Henriette in this film. The film is based on the comedy play of the same name by French playwrights Eugene Labiche and Edouard Martin.
Two young men fall in love with a carriage maker's heiress. They follow the Perrichon family to determine which of them will be the girl’s husband.
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"Under the Northern Lights"
In this film, the famous actress Marina Zudina played the role of Anna. The film premiered in August 1990.
This is a joint Soviet-Japanese feature film, which was shot in the adventure genre by directors Toshio Goto, Petras Abukevičius and Sergei Vronsky.
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"Confession of a Kept Woman"
Domestic feature film of 1992, jointly produced in Russia and the Netherlands. The film was directed by Boris Grigoriev. Marina Zudina played the role of Maria Smirnova.
Her heroine comes to the capital to enroll in a theater university, but nothing works out for her. It’s a shame to go back home, so Maria decides to stay. The girl suffers the fate of most provincial girls - people who come across her try to take advantage of her. Later, Maria meets Vadim.
During perestroika, the man remained to live in the West and created his own organization there. Smirnova becomes his mistress, the girl lives in Russia and is his business partner. She is in love with a man, although she is considered his kept woman. Very soon Vadim ends up with bandits who ask for a ransom. The man instructs Smirnova to collect the money, and she begins to search for it.
