Biography
Valentin Zubkov is a bright and talented actor of Soviet cinema. Without having professional acting, he managed to create on the screen memorable characteristics. The public loved the simple charming artist for skill and openness. The story has kept many archival photos with him for fans.Childhood and youth
About children's years in the biography of Zubkov is a little known. Valentin Ivanovich was born on May 12, 1923 in the village of Sandy in the peasant family. Boy raised Mother Polina Ivanovna. When the Great Patriotic War began, the young man hurried to get to the front. The Military Commission sent a guy to study in the Armavir Military School, which Valentine graduated in 1943.
After that, the young man went on to fight, becoming a pilot fighter. In the youth, the future actor managed to knock down a lot of enemies aircraft. Later in an interview, a man preferred not to touch this topic, saying that he did a debt to his homeland. He was demobilized until the end of the war: In 1944, he fell ill with tuberculosis and was recognized as a disabled person.
Personal life
The personal life of the film guilt turned out to be filled with both happy and dramatic events. In 1947, not being a people's favorite, Valentin met Nina Michurina. Soon the girl became his wife. The spouses could not become parents for a long time, only 7 years old from the moment of marriage appeared Son Sergey.
During the time of working in the cinema, the actor who was distinguished by beauty and stature was constantly surrounded by the attention of the fans. But the heart of the man was employed only by the spouse. A woman in everything supported her husband, including in the desire to work in the cinema. When, having acquired glory, the Zubkov succumbed to the authorities of Green Zmia, Nina helped him cope with this problem.
The family lived in harmony and love, while in the summer of 1977 there was no tragedy. Sergey, who recently returned from the army, went on a visit to the relative who lived under the alert. Together with a friend, a young man went on the river. The boat in which the guys were found turned over, his friends could not get out on the surface. Bodies were found a day after what happened. The loss of the son has become a real blow for the actor.
Films
After the demobilization, Valentin worked in the "Special Control Project". In parallel, Zubkov began to be interested in the scene, engaged in amateur performance, performed as a declamator. The guy's talents did not hide from the head of the Theater Studio Konstantin Warrov. The director invited him to try his strength in the acting profession. Soon, a former pilot was sampled and received the first role in the movies.It was an episodic appearance on the screen in the film "Gemini", released in 1945. Subsequent works were also small. So, he participated in the scene of the film director Mikhail Romma "Russian Question". In 1957, Zubkov was invited to the ribbon "fly cranes" Mikhail Kalatozova. The role was secondary, but the actor managed to make her memorable.
Valentine appeared on the screen in the image of Stepan, a friend of the main hero of Boris Borozdin, brilliantly played by Alexei Batalov. The former pilot turned out to be convincing in scenes with his character: like Stepan, he passed through the trials of war. The film was received in 1958 the main award of the Cannes Festival.
In the same 1958 warriors, whose studio was engaged in Valentin, offered that the image of one of the main characters in the painting "Three left the forest". In this project, the audience saw the actor as Sergey Koshelev, a scout of a partisan detachment. The ribbon effect covers the time of the Great Patriotic War and several years after its end.
In the hero Zubkov reflected the features of the actor's biography. According to the plot, the character is injured during the fighting, becomes disabled. In the heart of Kosheliev, love for Julia Titovov, who served with him, but who chooses another man. Among the characteristics of Sergey, musicality is mentioned - the performer was distinguished to the music.
A year later, Valentina Ivanovich was replenished with work in the painting "Father's House" Lion Kuljanov. Before that, the actor was already filmed in the tape "It started so ...", filmed by the director. In the drama, in the center of which is a love triangle, the artist starred together with such actresses as Nonna Mordyukova, Lucien Ovchinnikova, Lyudmila Marchenko and others.
In 1962, the first full-length film Andrei Tarkovsky "Ivanovo Childhood" was released on the screens. The picture touched the theme of the child's life during the period of terrible events of the Great Patriotic War. The project of Zubkov received the role of Captain Leonid Holin. His ribbon partners became Evgeny Zharikov, Valentina Malyavina and others.
This work followed new ones. The actor was filmed not only in military dramas, such as "wild honey", but also in comedies, for example "seven nannies". One of the last in the career of the artist is the role of the investigator in the painting "With you without you."
Death
The tragic death of Sergei Zubkov undermined the health of the actor. Valentina Ivanovich had a stroke, then a vascular dementia was developed. Folk favorite lost his memory, he often could not call named spouse. When he went to walk, Nina Zubkov placed a note in his pocket with a home address - in case a man is lost.
The artist died on January 18, 1979, at the age of 55, without surviving to old age. The cause of death has become complications caused by the disease. He was buried in the village of Podrezovo at Cherkizovsky cemetery. There is also a grave of his son.
Filmography
- 1945 - "Gemini"
- 1947 - "Russian question"
- 1956 - "It started so ..."
- 1957 - "fly cranes
- 1958 - "Three left the forest"
- 1959 - "Father's House"
- 1962 - "Ivanovo Childhood"
- 1962 - "Seven Nyanyck"
- 1966 - "Wild Honey"
- 1972 - "And the steamers buzz and go"
- 1973 - "With you and without you"
- 1974 - "If you want to be happy"