Inna Gulaya
Inna Gulaya | |
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Born | Inna Iosifovna Gulaya May 9, 1940 Kharkov, Soviet Union |
Died | May 28, 1990 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 50)
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1966–1990 |
Spouse | Gennady Shpalikov (m. 1962-1974) |
Inna Iosifovna Gulaya (
Early life
Gulaya was born in Kharkov,
In 1939 Gulaya's mother Ludmila met her future father, a native of Kharkov who left her as soon as he learned about Konstantin Guliy. Ludmila started planning an abortion then when she met Joseph Genfer at some party — at the time a graduate of the
Genfer made a quick career, becoming a chief manager of the Moscow-Ryazan Railway, but this didn't last long as he died soon after. Inna was raised by her mother, who earned money by tailoring. They lived in great poverty in the post-war country, and Ludmila really hoped to give her daughter a proper education, thus she prepared her to enter an institute of foreign languages. But Inna decided otherwise. After the school she tried to enter a theatrical academy, and after a failed attempt she entered a studio at the Moscow Theater for Children.[1]
Career
At the age of twenty Gulaya was chosen for the main role in the Clouds Over Borsk movie directed by Vassili Ordynsky, which also became her first movie role. The picture was part of Nikita Khrushchev's anti-religious campaign that lasted from 1958 to 1964 and, unlike other similar propaganda films, gained a relative success with 22.7 million viewers on the year of release.[3] It also starred a number of other promising young actors in some of their first roles, including Nikita Mikhalkov, Inna Churikova and Vladimir Ivashov.
In a year Gulaya played another leading part in what became her most recognizable movie ever since — When the Trees Were Tall released to big screens in 1962. While the movie also wasn't a box office hit, with only 21 million tickets sold, it quickly grew into a cult classic, being regularly shown on Soviet and Russian TV up till this day.[4][5] It was also officially selected for the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1962 Gulaya entered acting courses at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute which she finished in 1964. Around the same time she married Gennady Shpalikov, one of the most renowned Russian poets and screenwriters of the Khrushchev Thaw. In 1963 she gave birth to their daughter Daria Shpalikova who also grew to become a theater actress and who performed in several perestroika movies in minor roles before becoming mentally ill.[6]
In addition to her cinema career, Gulaya served at the Moscow Youth Theater and at the National Film Actors' Theatre since 1966.
In 1966 Inna played her last major part in the movie
In 1974 Gulaya fled for divorce, as she was getting afraid for her daughter. Same year Gennady Shpalikov committed suicide by hanging in Peredelkino. This became a great shock for everyone. Shpalikov's relatives and friends blamed Inna for what had happened, stating that she pushed him to this. All this resulted in heavy depression, she also got addicted to alcohol, and her career quickly went downhill.[1]
In May 1990 Gulaya was found unconscious at her Moscow apartment by her mother, who called for an ambulance. She was hospitalized and died in two days without regaining consciousness.
Inna Gulaya was buried at the Domodedovo Cemetery near Moscow.[9] In 1993 Leonid Filatov released the first episode of his much-acclaimed documentary TV series To Be Remembered dedicated to Gulaya.[8]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | A Noisy Day | Fira | |
1961 | Clouds Over Borsk | Olya Ryzhova | |
1962 | When the Trees Were Tall | Natasha | |
1963 | The Great Road | Shura, Alexandra Grigorievna Lvovova | |
1965 | Time, Forward! | Shura Soldatova | |
1966 | Long Happy Life |
Lena | |
1966 | Malchik i devochka | Girl | Voice |
1971 | If You a Man... | ||
1971 | Quay on That Shore | ||
1972 | Yesli ty muzhchina... | Masha | |
1975 | The Flight of Mr. McKinley | Sekretar | Uncredited |
1977 | The Road to Calvary | Marusya | TV Mini-Series |
1979 | Little Tragedies | TV Mini-Series | |
1984 | Dead Souls | TV Mini-Series | |
1987 | The Kreutzer Sonata |
References
- ^ ISBN 5-7151-0333-9
- ^ Guliy Konstantin Makarovich Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine at the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union Directory, 1898—1991 (in Russian)
- KinoPoisk
- KinoPoisk
- ^ Legends of the World Cinema. Inna Gulaya documentary by Russia-K, 2014 (in Russian)
- ^ Daria Shpalikova. Father's Will memoirs at the Caravan of History magazine, January, 2012 (in Russian)
- ^ Long Happy Life at kinoglaz.fr
- ^ a b To Be Remembered. Inna Gulaya at the To Be Remembered website (in Russian)
- ^ Gulaya's tomb
External links
- Inna Gulaya at IMDb
- Inna Gulaya biography (in Russian)