Biography of Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Svetlana Afanasyevna Svetlichnaya was born in Leninakan (now Gyumri) in Armenia. Her father Afanasy Mikhailovich Svetlichny served in SMERSH during the war, participated in special military intelligence operations, rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, had many orders, the family often moved. Svetlana went to school in Akhtyrka, Sumy region, graduated from school in Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region, in 1958 Svetlana’s father retired, and the family settled in Melitopol. In the same year, largely thanks to the persistence of her mother Maria Feodorovna Svetlichnaya, Svetlana managed to enroll in VGIK, on the course of Mikhail Romm.
In 1963, after graduating from the institute, she became an actress at the Film Actor's Studio Theater.
She made her film debut in 1960 in Mikhail Kalik’s film “Lullaby”.
The most memorable role of Svetlana Svetlichnaya was the fatal temptress Anna Sergeevna in The Diamond Arm. In this role, Svetlichnaya humorously embodied a completely new type of woman at that time - modern, stylish, sexually liberated. There have never been such heroines in Soviet cinema. In addition, this was the first scene of semi-erotic content in Soviet cinema.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya worked with Soviet directors Grigory Alexandrov (“Starling and Lyra”), Stanislav Rostotsky (“Hero of Our Time”), Marlen Khutsiev (“Ilyich’s Outpost”), Yuli Fayt (“While the Front is on the Defensive”), Tatyana Lioznova (“ They conquer the sky,” “Seventeen Moments of Spring”), Leonid Gaidai (“The Diamond Arm”), Georgy Danelia (“Thirty-Three”), Edmond Keosayan (“The Cook,” “New Adventures of the Elusive”), Mikhail Kalik (“Lullaby” , “Love”), Stanislav Govorukhin (“The meeting place cannot be changed”). In Russian times, she clearly showed herself in Renata Litvinova’s directorial debut “Goddess: How I Loved” and in Jos Stelling’s film “The Girl and Death”.
In the 1990s, Svetlana Afanasyevna cleaned the apartment of a wealthy neighbor.
On June 28, 2005, she signed a “Letter in support of the verdict against the former leaders of YUKOS.” However, on February 9, 2011, the actress told a Radio Liberty correspondent that she did not sign this letter and was hearing about her signature under it for the first time. She also added that she felt sorry for Khodorkovsky and called him “a man with a capital M.”
In April 2015, at the XXI Russian Film Festival “Literature and Cinema” in Gatchina, Svetlana Svetlichnaya was awarded the prize “For Devotion to Cinema.”
Childhood and school years
Svetlichnaya was born in mid-May 1940 in the city of Gyumri, which was located in the Armenian SSR. However, all of her immediate relatives were of Russian origin. They ended up in Armenia only because of their father’s work: Afanasy Mikhailovich Svetlichny was a military man. He received many awards from the USSR Government and retired from military service with the status of lieutenant colonel. This is truly prestigious for an ordinary person from a village in the Kharkov region.
The mother also could not boast of origin or high-ranking relatives. Maria Fedorovna Zolotareva followed her husband everywhere and devoted herself entirely to her family. However, she had a great inclination towards creativity, so she participated in local amateur performances and played in folk theaters.
It was Maria Zolotareva who prompted her daughter to think about becoming an actress.
Due to frequent moves, little Svetlana changed many schools. She went to first grade in the Ukrainian town of Akhtyrka, where her father was sent. There she went to a drama club. And she received her certificate in Sovetsk, which is located near Kaliningrad.
As teachers and classmates said, Svetlichnaya studied well at school. But she always assigned a more important role in her life to creativity and performing arts. By the way, despite the moves, the girl continued to engage in acting and attended a theater studio, which helped her talent unfold. And, of course, enroll in one of the most prestigious universities in the country.
Personal life of Svetlana Svetlichnaya
The personal life of Svetlana Svetlichnaya began during her student years. Her lover was Vladimir Ivashov, who was also a student at VGIK. Soon the lovers got married. Their life had everything: love, betrayal, and scandal. Despite everything, they were one of the most beautiful couples in the creative environment. During the marriage, the couple had two children.
After Ivashov’s death, our heroine was not alone for long. She met with a large number of the most beautiful and charismatic men of Soviet cinema. For example, she was in a relationship with the Soviet sex symbol - Andrei Mironov.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya lost her head in love with Sergei Sokolsky. But this union was unhappy and soon fell apart.
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Family of Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Svetlana Svetlichnaya's family was happy. She raised 4 children. Our heroine had two older brothers who were delighted with their little sister and protected her from the boys who teased Svetlana as an artist. At the age of 13, the girl began to help her mother raise her younger brother, who was named Olezhka.
Svetlichnaya's older brother recently died. He is buried in one of the capital's cemeteries. The second brother lives in Tula. The youngest, Olezhka’s favorite, was a military man for a long time. Currently, he is a military pensioner living in the suburbs of Penza.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya: biography
Svetlana Afanasyevna Svetlichnaya was born on May 15, 1940 in the city of Leninakan (today it is called Gyumri) in Armenia. Due to the fact that the father had a military profession, the family often changed their place of residence. The couple did not have any financial difficulties at that time, and my mother always found money for drama clubs and theater studios for the child.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya in her youth
For the first time, Sveta visited the drama club in kindergarten in her homeland. When she entered first grade, the family was already in the Sumy region, and there the girl did not abandon her hobby. And the future celebrity graduated from school in the Baltics, where she also continued to pay attention to her hobby. Svetlana’s mother had a great influence on her choice of profession. The girl felt insecure, but her mother sent her to Moscow to enroll in VGIK. Despite the huge competition and stress, Sveta successfully passed all the exams and was enrolled in Mikhail Romm’s course.
Her classmates were Vladimir Nosik, Andron Konchalovsky and Galina Polskikh. Very soon, in addition to acting, the girl also showed outstanding choreographic skills, and by the middle of her first year she became not only the most popular freshman, but also her mentor’s main favorite. At the same time, Sveta met her first love.
First roles
But my creative life was more successful. Svetlana Svetlichnaya got into cinema even before marriage. She played a cameo role in the story “Lullaby” by Mikhail Kalik.
Then, in 1961, followed by the main role in the film “They Conquer the Sky” by Tatyana Lioznova, then there were other quite interesting roles. For example, in the comedy “The Cook” by Edmond Keosayan. There Svetlichnaya played Pavlina. Then in the ballad “Chistye Prudy” the actress played Katya the mermaid, in the melodrama “Not Under Judgment” she played the stewardess Vika, and in the comedy “Not the Best Day” she played the role of mother. These roles made the actress the most beautiful girl in the country.
But success came to Svetlana Svetlichnaya after the release of the film “The Diamond Arm” by Gaidai. There, the actress played in several episodes, but they were enough for Svetlana to go down in cinema history as the first actress to show a striptease. By the way, this episode was even cut out by order from above.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya was left alone on her anniversary
It was Svetlana Svetlichnaya who masterfully played the role of that spectacular blonde swindler in a robe who tried to seduce the hero Yuri Nikulin in the legendary film “The Diamond Arm”. The actress has many roles in film and theater. However, the artist’s life did not always consist of success alone. Svetlana Svetlichnaya suffered a lot of grief: she buried her husband, actor Vladimir Ivashov, and her youngest son Oleg.
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“Volodya was better than me. I was a good actress, and he was also a wonderful person. Volodya was talented in everything: he could build a house and act on stage, he sang beautifully, read poetry, and he cooked deliciously... He even knew how to distill excellent moonshine,” said Svetlana Svetlichnaya.
The actress recalled how often her and her husband’s friends would sit over after performances. However, now no one even remembered the anniversary of his death. “No programs about him, no memorial evening, although in March it was 25 years since he passed away,” the actress complained.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya had a strained relationship with her eldest son Alexei for a long time. But after the artist came to the aid of the heir, who allegedly ended up in intensive care at the beginning of the year, everything improved: communication with her granddaughter Maria, daughter-in-law Olga, and great-grandson Vladimir resumed.
However, according to the actress, everything turned sour again. “My son had several strokes. I got him into the best hospital, where they performed a most complicated operation on him and saved him. And he didn’t even say thank you to me,” the actress noted with offense.
According to Svetlichnaya, her son is not working now. She helps the family as much as she can, but she is allegedly still perceived as a stranger. The actress believes that the housing issue is to blame. But she does not rule out that the negative attitude towards her is due to banal jealousy. “I was really pretty, and everyone around me admired how beautiful Svetlichnaya was. Olga, my daughter-in-law, probably found this unpleasant. She didn’t even go to my performances,” noted Svetlana Svetlichnaya.
The actress does not intend to organize any loud celebrations on her anniversary. Due to the self-isolation regime, she is not even sure that anyone will come to her. However, the birthday girl bought several bottles of champagne, and she also has red caviar, white bread and good butter. “I don’t have to set the table - I’ll just give champagne to my guest. Or I can cook something and take it outside. Of course, today it’s not worth getting together like before,” the actress is convinced.
Of course, most of all on her birthday, Svetlana Svetlichnaya would like to hear congratulations from her son Alexei, but she does not have much hope in this regard. “I'm afraid he won't even call. He has changed a lot because of... his illness,” the birthday girl sadly stated.
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Movies
Svetlana Svetlichnaya’s first appearance on screens was a cameo role in Mikhail Kalik’s television story “Lullaby.” Also, while a student, she played in the films “Resurrection” (the role of Katyusha Maslova), “The Salem Trial” (Elizabeth Procter) and “Cossacks” (Maryanka).
The actress’s first major role was in Tatiana Lioznova’s film “They Conquer the Sky.” During this period, Svetlana Svetlichnaya performed several more quite interesting roles. A striking example is Pavlina in Edmond Keosayan’s comedy “The Cook.” After this, the actress plays the role of Katya the Mermaid in the movie ballad “Chistye Prudy,” and then played flight attendant Victoria in the melodrama “Not Judgmental” and a mother in the comedy “Not the Best Day.” All these roles contributed to the formation of the image of Svetlana Svetlichnaya as the most beautiful and sexiest Soviet actress of that time.
The most recognizable work of the talented artist was “The Diamond Arm.” And although the actress appeared there in only a few episodes, this was enough for her to be remembered as the first girl to perform a “striptease” on the Soviet screen.
In the seventies, there was a lull in the actress's career. During this period, she performed only two roles that were memorable to television viewers. She played one in the television series “Seventeen Moments of Spring”, and the second in the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed”. In addition to these works, there were several more in the seventies, but they either were not released (for example, the film “Hold on to the Clouds”), or left unpleasant impressions on the actress (the films “When the Earth Shakes” and “The Root of Life”).
The eighties were marked in Svetlana Afanasyevna’s career as an even less popular period, and in the nineties the actress’s career stopped altogether. A big blow was the collapse of the Film Actor Theatre-Studio, when 180 out of 230 artists were fired.
After difficult days associated with the death of her husband and lack of money, in the early 2000s the actress returned to the screens. Svetlana’s new work was Renata Litvinova’s film “Goddess. How I fell in love,” the television series “Garages” and the film “Curator.” Then she chose the paintings very carefully, afraid to repeat the mistake she made: by agreeing to a role in The Diamond Arm, Svetlichnaya became a hostage to her character. After all, after that famous image, the artist’s path to such films as “War and Peace” or “Anna Karenina” was actually closed.
The opinion of daughter-in-law Svetlana Svetlichnaya about the well-being of the actress
It is reported that the wife of the son of a Russian cinema star said that Svetlana Svetlichnaya “invented” the stroke. According to Svetlana Svetlichnaya herself, her health began to deteriorate after a head injury that she received last year, then during filming, the cameraman dropped a lighting device on the actress.
The daughter-in-law believes that the actress is not as ill as she says.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya will celebrate her 81st birthday on May 15, 2021. The artist became famous as an actress in the cult films “The Diamond Arm” and “Seventeen Moments of Spring.” In addition, the 80-year-old film star of the Soviet Union also starred in the television film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.” Now the actress appears less and less in films, but helps in the theater. She became a mentor in the theater and helps other actors cope with their roles. Svetlana Svetlichnaya can sometimes take part in the filming of the film, but only in a cameo role. The thing is that with age the actress has more and more problems with her health.
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