The news program "Time" is known to every resident of our vast country. Over the nearly 50-year history, it has undergone many changes, but still remains one of the most popular and top-rated television programs. One of the first leading news in the distant 60s was Nonna Viktorovna Bodrova.
Childhood and youth
Nonna Viktorovna Bodrova (maiden name Bogdanovich) was born on December 17, 1928 in the city of Leningrad. In the 50s, following her childhood dream - to become an artist, she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School. Her classmates were popular actors of that time - Evgeny Evstigneev and Tatyana Doronina. After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater, Nonna almost immediately got on Central Television, although she received a tempting offer to work in the theater. But she was not destined to become an actress.
Blue screen work
Since the late 1950s, she has become the permanent speaker of the Vremya news program. In the frame, Nonna Viktorovna Bodrova was always strict, disciplined and accurate, as befits a news presenter. Viewers fell in love with her for the excellent Russian language, excellently delivered speech and the trust that she aroused. Gradually, the Vremya program became the most popular TV show on the screen. Its viewers in Soviet times were more than 100 million people. As a reward for the hard work of TV presenter Nonna Viktorovna Bodrova, the titles of Honored Artist of the RSFSR and laureate of the USSR State Prize were awarded.
According to the announcer himself, she devoted her whole life to one thing - her work, and is happy that she never once doubted the correctness of this decision. Her colleague Angelina Vovk said: "She had two life guides. The personal life of Nonna Viktorovna Bodrova (her family) and her work." Surprisingly, with such a seemingly incredible popularity, very little is known about the family of Nonna Viktorovna. All that is known is that she was married to Boris Bodrov, who courageously fought at the front during the Great Patriotic War. He was badly wounded and forever remained disabled. After the end of the war, I learned to become a journalist at GITIS. This specialty became his life's work. Boris and Nonna have a single son - Boris.
Collaboration with Igor Kirillov
Almost from the first days of appearing on the screen, Nonna Viktorovna led the program with her colleague, Igor Kirillov. Together they worked for more than one year and had a very good relationship. Igor Leonidovich was also one of the first broadcasters to be seen by viewers. About Nonna Viktorovna in his interview, he spoke of as a man incredibly modest, not only internally, but also externally. According to him, Nonna Bodrova was like a teacher - kind, balanced and calm, so she fell in love with the country.
A favorite of the audience, Honored Artist of the Soviet Union, died on January 31, 2009 from lung disease. According to the son of Nonna Viktorovna, Boris, the disease overtook her very quickly. A year earlier, she treated blood clots, and, in his opinion, this was the reason for such a sudden death of his mother. Nonna Viktorovna Bodrova lived a long and eventful life. And it will forever remain in the memory of colleagues and viewers who remember it.