Mother-rabbit from the film "Red, Honest, in Love" and Natalya Soldatova from "Do not Go, Girls, Marry", Katerina from "Prichalov" and Verka-Moskvichka from "Interdevochka", "Countess" from "Brunette for 30 cents" and Beata (Kangarich) from Pan or Lost. The role of the handmaid Glasha, a kind, but not very smart girl from the series “Petersburg Secrets,” cannot be ignored. These and many other roles were embodied on the screen by the Russian theater and film actress Tatyana Agafonova, who, in general, never felt much desire to play on stage and in front of cameras.
Moscow Art Theater or medical school?
The chubby charm of Soviet cinema was born on October 8, 1963. Almost nothing is known about her childhood. As Tatiana remembers herself, even being quite young, she did not give in to a general adventure to prepare for admission to the theater. But one day she simply could not refuse her friend. So, for the company, she passed the exams at the Moscow Art Theater School. Looking at a potential entrant, the teachers were not enthusiastic: she was provided with only a “troika”. Sixteen-year-old Tatyana Agafonova was not upset at all, pointing her foot in the direction of the medical school, because it was her dream, and that was where she was going to go.
Absolutely not remembering the unsuccessful admission, Tanya for a couple of months diligently comprehended knowledge of pharmacology. And suddenly from the Moscow Art Theater she receives a notification that she was enrolled in the first year. I must say that for her it was a small miracle, because the competition was 245 applicants for one place.
First movie role
On the stage of the theater and on the set there was an obvious bust with characteristic and capricious beauties. But the actresses with the usual appearance of a girl from our yard were not enough. But after all, it was necessary to invite someone to the roles of workers of the era of developed socialism, which include cooks and waitresses, weavers and attendants, workers of factories and factories. That is why the image of a touchingly plump, charming girl turned out to be very popular.
Tatyana Agafonova tasted the first fame and recognition after she played the role of Lisa, such a delicious bun filled with raisins, in the 1983 lyrical comedy “The Dormitory Is Lonely”. After this success, other roles came: Bubnova in the "Dance Floor", Lidka in the "Fast Train", Valya in the Zine-Zinul, Maka in the Alaska Kid. Almost all of her heroines were like a match - very determined, strong physically and mentally, strong-willed; but with all this very touching, gentle, kind, though not always glowing with happiness.
Along with the films, Tatyana also had theatrical works: she went on stage with Oleg Tabakov, in whom each new performance was a huge event in the cultural life of the capital.
The end of the USSR
With the collapse of the Union, everything fell into confusion and some desolation. New paintings did not go into production, and roles were not offered. Tatyana Agafonova, photo which often appeared on the pages of periodicals of the Soviet Union, felt unnecessary. In order to somehow make ends meet, she was forced to star in commercials. A little later, she was lucky to get a job on television, in the program “Pharmacy” on “TV-6 Moscow”. Thanks to this work, she was awarded the title of “The Healthiest TV Presenter” by the TV Park magazine. Tatyana Agafonova, whose filmography was replenished with a large number of works (it happened, she starred in four films in a year) in the eighties, very friendly, as her best friend, gave useful tips on how to scientifically go on a diet, eat properly in case of intestinal upset , put an enema and much, much more.
Search for a source of income
Unfortunately, after a while the transmission was closed. Tatyana, having gathered all her strength and courage, had to try to break into the new profession.
In business, she had oh how unsweetened. Tatyana Agafonova was the director of the company, tried to join the trade in spare parts for cars, worked as a legal adviser. She tried with great difficulty to combine business and art, becoming the head of one creative association. Something began to turn out slowly, but 1998 came. The default crossed out everything and ended the beginning career of Tatyana-businesswoman.
From “Mosfilm” calls were heard less and less, and then with incomprehensible and unacceptable offers for her to play tiny roles in films about bandits and police officers. All this did not suit her. The desire to hide or run away grew stronger.
Back to the roots
I really wanted to run away to my mother. Rather, to the place where my mother lived before she passed away.
Once upon a time, Tatyana’s mother moved to the village from the capital, to a house that had been built by her grandfather. After his death, the house was turned into a summer residence, although it was rather a manor. There is a warm bath, a huge garden, a good garden. Tatyana always loved this house. It was here, when Tanya was still very young, her parents brought her during the holidays. Everything reminded here of eternity: beautiful carved furniture of the early twentieth century, curtains on the windows that my grandmother sewed, dried meadow grass in the canopy, singing of field birds, creak of the gate ...
When her mother died, Tatyana had disappeared the reason why she should come to the village. But in her next appearance, she looked at the ancestral house with completely different eyes. She thought that an old, weak man was standing in front of her. And she realized that she would never, under any circumstances, sell her home. When spring came, actress Tatyana Agafonova, whose films are watched with great interest so far, planted potatoes, beets, carrots, whitewashed trees, repaired the fence around the house. The numerous relatives living in the village in the neighborhood helped her in this.
Tanya Hollywood
A whole year has passed. On the collective farm, it was necessary to resolve the issue of a change of leadership. Unanimously, all residents of a dozen villages extending in the neighborhood expressed great confidence in Tatyana, offering to become the head of the farm. Without expecting from herself, she agreed, deciding to herself: if in her life there was even the slightest opportunity to learn something new, she must use it and try herself.
Now she spends most of her time here in the village, taking only books and a television from a Moscow apartment. But Tatyana doesn’t forget about the movie, having recently starred with Sergei Zhigunov in the film “Kill the Evening”.
In the village, she is respected by her first name and patronymic, and in the area Tanya-Hollywood is called behind the eyes.
Tatyana now has a lot of work to do, because she headed the collective farm, which had a huge debt. And trying to fix it. The chairman also dreams of growing flax again on collective farm lands, as it was before. He tries to find money for spare parts for tractors and combines, fight against drunkenness, and pay off wage arrears.
Yes, that’s how Tatyana Agafonova lives now. Actress from her it turned out not a universally accepted beauty, but such a sweet, homely, cozy aunt, but talented, with a huge soul and a loving heart. She also presides very talentedly, with intelligence and resourcefulness, trying to find a way out even of the most difficult and difficult situation.
Every morning she gets up at six. Tatyana loves this time very much, because you can wash yourself with cold water, make a cup of strong tea, take your time to smoke a cigarette. And sit for a few minutes at the window, not thinking about difficulties, enjoying the sounds that a cat and a kitten make, lapping milk from a saucer at a warm stove.