Anna Shilova - the famous TV presenter of the Soviet era. Her face and voice were known to almost every resident of the USSR in the 70-80s. In post-perestroika times, she disappeared from TV screens, and today less and less people remember her name. Moreover, she was a real symbol of the Soviet era, and her very path is also a product of those times.
early years
Anna Shilova was born in Novorossiysk on March 15, 1927. Her childhood had many difficulties - times for the country were difficult. The future TV presenter grew up a very active and artistic child. Shilova did not tell about her parents, as well as about her personal life in general, so there was almost no information about that period of her life.
Actress profession
After leaving school, Anna decides to become an actress and, despite the difficult times: there was a war in the country, she enters the Perm Theater School. Upon graduation, Anna Shilova, an actress of the theater, decided to move to Moscow, since then a career could only be made in the capital. Provincial actors were doomed to vegetation, and the girl dreamed of a career as a star. But life has made adjustments to her plans.
She began to work in the capital at the Studio Theater of the film actor. This theater was created during the war in order to provide employment for professional screen attendants during the quiet period in the film industry. Shilova worked in the theater until 1956.
She managed to play several small roles in the movie. These were episodes in the tapes “New Home” and “On the Stage”, where Shilov was not even indicated in the credits. Also in her filmography, small roles in the films “In Our City” and “The Mystery of NFI”. Later, after Shilova said goodbye to the professional career of the actress, she was invited several times to play in films, these were small roles in the films “From New York to Yasnaya Polyana”, “October”, “At the First Hour”, “The Most high "," Prokhindiada, or Running on the spot. " Her career as an actress ended almost without starting, at the age of 20 she was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the spine, which interrupted her flight. The disease was a consequence of a difficult childhood, Shilova was given disability and was forbidden to work. Despite this, she did not give up and, overcoming everything, was treated and worked.
TV career
In 1956, Shilova decides to change her life and comes to the TV presenter contest in Ostankino. She passed this test, although there were about 500 applicants for one place. After only two months of preparation, Shilova began to go on the air, she led sports, information, music programs. She also read the text behind the scenes, for example, in the famous “Cinema Panorama”. Anna Shilova, whose personal life receded into the background in relation to work, always strove for excellence in her main role. She became a certain symbol of Soviet television, the “standard” of a TV presenter. Her manner and style became a model for several generations of announcers of Soviet television. Her main career milestones were the Blue Light and Song of the Year programs, which she led for many years. For his nearly 40-year career, Shilova received the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR and the medal "For Labor Valor."
"Blue light"
In 1959, the program “Our Club” was broadcast for the first time with presenters Igor Kirillov and Anna Shilova. Outstanding artists came to the program and talked with announcers about the most interesting events in cultural life. After some time, the program underwent changes and began to appear in a weekly format called “Television Cafe”. People from different fields were invited here who spoke about their achievements, all this was interspersed with musical numbers. The project leaders were still Anna Shilova and Igor Kirillov.
Later, in 1962, this program was transformed into the famous "Blue Light" with the same presenters. The program was released for more than 20 years, it became a symbol of festive feasts of the Soviet era, and Shilova and Kirillov were so perceived as a duet that the entire population of the country was sure that they were spouses. In 1985, the "Blue Light" in the old form disappears from the screens. But the population categorically did not want to lose such a program, and it is being reborn in a slightly different form and with other leaders. And today, the continuation of the Blue Light tradition is the broadcast of the Rossiya television company Saturday Night.
Glory
Work on television and especially in the “Blue Light” led to the fact that Anna Shilova became a star of the Union scale. She was recognized everywhere, she received bags of letters from fans and ordinary people. Her fame was simply incredible, she was recognized even simply by her voice. Therefore, she could not afford to leave the house, for example, in a tracksuit and without makeup. The image of a star obliged her to maintain her style in everyday life. At the same time, Anna Nikolaevna was a very modest person in life, she was worried before each broadcast, was friends with many colleagues.
Life after glory
Anna Shilova, a biography whose family was associated with Soviet television, ended her days in oblivion. In the early 90s, she decided to end her career as a TV presenter. She said that she lost her gleam in her eyes and that she wants the audience to remember her in the heyday, not the decline. Although, most likely, the reason for leaving was associated with increasing competition. Television has changed dramatically, approaches to editorial policy and behavior in the frame have also been modernized. It was already not easy for Anna Nikolaevna to fit into this new format. In addition, at that time, editors believed that it was necessary to get rid of long-lived programs and introduce new shows. Anna Shilova, whose photo today can be seen in any directory of Soviet television, was gradually forgotten.
Personal life
Often in Soviet times, women had a hard choice: career or family happiness, and some ladies chose to work, but some tried to combine the incompatible. Among these women was Anna Shilova. Biography, personal life, husband, children of television stars of the Soviet era were a mystery behind seven seals. The host never talked about her private life. It is only known that in 1945 Anna married a student at VGIK Junior Shilov, who gave her the name by which she became famous. The first pregnancy due to illness ended in nothing. Later, the TV presenter dreamed about a baby for many years and gave birth to the son of Alexei. He, like his mother, connected his life with television, worked as an announcer. About the husband of the TV presenter it is known that he worked in the theater. Lenin Komsomol, starred a little in the movie, in particular in the film "On a Long Voyage", wrote scripts (the picture "The First Trolleybus"). The son of Anna Shilova had a daughter, the granddaughter of a TV presenter, Maria Shilova.
Recent years and care
Having retired, Anna Shilova devoted herself to her family. She lived in a small one-room apartment. Despite her extraordinary fame, she did not consider it possible for herself to go and ask for a bigger apartment, and the authorities did not bother to take care of her comfort. In recent years, she lived with her son, who left work on television due to alcoholism. They say that he greatly complicated the life of his mother and even allowed himself to raise a hand on her. December 7, 2001 Anna Shilova died. A small group of colleagues gathered at her funeral, including long-term broadcast partner Igor Kirillov, Viktor Balashov, Anna Shatilova, Anatoly Lysenko, Vera Shebeko. The management of Ostankino assumed all the costs of the funeral, and the sad celebration turned out to be worthy, albeit not crowded. Anna Shilova rests at the Troekurovsky cemetery in the same grave with her son.