Soviet actress Galina Orlova: a short biography and filmography

Galina Orlova is an actress who has foundrecognition and popularity in the 70's. after performing the main roles in the films "Hello, I'm your aunt" and "Circus lights the lights." Orlova passed away just recently - in 2015. Let's remember the pictures with the participation of the film actress, who will forever immortalize her name.

short biography

Orlova Galina Petrovna was born in 1949 on January 17. Its historical homeland is Moldova.

Galina's mother was a chemist-analyst, she worked mainly in pharmacies. Nothing is known about the girl's father.

When Galya was little, her family moved to Odessa to permanent residence. Soon after the move the parents divorced, and the father no longer took part in the life of his daughter.

Since Galina Orlova since childhood was very artistic, Mom sent her to study at the acting school at the Odessa Film Studio. This predetermined the fate of the still very young Galya.

The first appearance in the cinema

Galina Orlova won the first major role in 15 years.

In 1964 at the Odessa film studio, the military-patriotic film "Odessa Vacations" was filmed. The script for the painting was written by Lev Arkadiev - a participant of the Great Patriotic War, the author of skrinkleev to the movie "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" and the melodrama "French Waltz". The project was directed by Yuri Petrov.

The main heroine of the drama is the 15-year-old girl Vika,which in 1941 during the evacuation of civilians from Odessa, escapes from the steamer and returns to his native city in order to protect him in the ranks of other Komsomol members.

The film was well received by the audience, and the spectacularblack-haired girl noticed the directors and began vying to offer her new roles. But Galina Orlova was not in a hurry to accept offers about filming in the cinema. After graduation she successfully entered the VGIK and until the 1970s. disappeared from the screens, devoting all her time to learning acting.

Filmography

In 1970 the girl again returned to the cinema, having played an episodic role in the drama of the Riga director Roland Kalninsha "Knight of the Queen". In 1971, Galina instructed the role of Kupava in the "Spring Tale" by Yuri Tsvetkov.

A year later, director Olgerd Vorontsov proceeded tothe creation of a musical film "Circus lights the lights", the plot of which was based on the same-named operetta by Yuri Milyutin. Orlova won the main role in the film - Italian circus Gloria, who falls in love with the Soviet artist Andrei Baklanov, performed by Alexander Goloborodko.

Finally, in 1975 Galina Petrovna got one of her best roles - the role of naive and empty-headed Betty in the comedy "Hello, I'm Your Aunt." The film, shot by Viktor Titov, gathered in the frame of prominent and talented Soviet actors: Alexander Kalyagin, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Mikhail Kazakov, Tatyana Vasiliev, Tamara Nosova, Tatyana Vedeneeva and Valentin Gaft. The image of Betty is the star role that will keep the memory of the actress even after her departure.

Personal life

Despite a successful start, Galina Orlova is notsought to make a dizzying career. For sure her external and acting data allowed to play more main roles, more often appear on the screens. But in the period from 1975 to 1984 the singer appeared in only 5 films, and then completely disappeared from the screens.

Most likely, Galina Petrovna preferred loudglory of a quiet family life with screenwriter Alexander Mindadze. In the 70's. Alexander and Galina were born two daughters: the elder Catherine later became a film director, and Nina - an artist.

As Galina grew up in an incomplete family, forits preservation of the home was a matter of paramount importance. And the actress managed to fulfill her main role with brilliance. Spouses Mindadze lived in marriage all her life, until 2015, while Orlova did not die.