Lyudmila Chursina: “Said I got the title, dancing in front of the Politburo on the table”

Exclusive interview of the famous actress.

Lyudmila Chursina and Arthur Ekis in the movie “Pavlovskaya millions”. 1972

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“He told me that supposedly I break got into the room, where he worked Politburo. And when they came back, saw me dancing on the table. That’s dancing on the table, they say, I became the youngest people’s artist”, — says Lyudmila Chursina.

— Lyudmila, a student of the Shchukin school you started to play in a movie and immediately in the wonderful film “When the trees were big”…

Assistants came to our Institute and found me — a girl with a long blond braid. Invited to the Studio. I came. There were a few more young Actresses. Remember how we looked at each other — as opponents. But in vain — we were invited to different roles. I got Zoya. Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov the most important thing about her, I immediately explained: “Lyudmila, your Zoya must be the Queen of local importance. Come podsvetom your hair”. It was assumed that I would make then fashionable Hal light oatmeal color. Sent to the make-up artist. And then what kind of paint was that? Perhydrol.

The makeup artist asks, “was Painted sometime?” I said, “No, you!” — “It will sting, it will be frustrating, but be patient”. He was a little drunk. Smeared pergidrol me and said, “Sit wait, I’m coming,” and went off somewhere, as it turned out — to play dominoes. I sit, tears pour, the head hisses, creaks. But I said, “be Patient!” — I obey. The makeup artist remembered me in an hour. Ran and grabbed me and let in sink to wash. In her half of the hair remained. As a result, site me some nakladace did, somehow managed. Well, the hair I have grown back, but a completely different structure and color. And remained throughout his life.

— So, it turns out, memories of those shots you have sad?

— No, even this trouble did not spoil our beautiful expedition. The company selected excellent: Inna Gulaya, Leonid Kuravlev, Vasily Shukshin, Yuri Nikulin. We all lived in a small suburban village Mamontovo on the river Bank. We have distributed to the huts. We Inna Gula settled on the edge of the village. When we entered the house, surprised: a lot of icons, wall… We often the whole group gathered at the table in the big hut, which was our rehearsal. Yuri Nikulin was always the center of our feasts. Incredible stories, anecdotes — that’s all it is. It and the locals loved, especially the children. He was amused and played with them. Surprisingly, Kulidzhanov chose the role. He saw Nikulin at the circus and understood the clown is perfect for a dramatic role.