Biography and personal life of Galina Polskikh
Let's talk about Galina Polskikh? I was honestly surprised: why is life so unfair to such a nice woman, a talented actress, a favorite of millions of viewers?
Galina Polskikh has always played wise, warm-hearted and sincere women - men idolize them and surround them with happiness. But the first marriage ended for Galina Alexandrovna in 1965, making her a widow. My beloved husband, director Faik Hasanov, was hit by a tram while filming in Odessa.
Galina Polskikh
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Galina Polskikh is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored People's Artist of the Russian Federation. She has over a hundred films to her credit. Several heroes of domestic and foreign films speak in the voice of Galina Alexandrovna. The artist also appeared on television in various programs.
Galina Polskikh is a born artist who has earned fame in Russia and abroad.
Grandson of Galina Polskikh - Philip Shebbo
Daughter Maria gave Galina Polskikh “the main man of her life” - grandson Philip Shebbo. The boy was born in 1992 and grew up to be a fiery Beirut handsome man.
He lived in Russia until he was six years old, and then moved to Lebanon. He received his education in London, and chose a specialty related to technology: motor design engineer.
Grandson of Galina Polskikh - Philip Shebbo
Grandmother is very attached to Philip. Knowing about his passion for motorcycle racing, she gave him one of the motorcycles. How strong was her shock and feeling of guilt when her beloved boy got into an accident and lost his leg.
The guy survived, underwent rehabilitation, and immediately after recovering, he sat down on the iron beast again. He quickly got used to the prosthesis instead of a leg.
Children of Galina Polskikh
After the divorce, the artist had to live with her two daughters in a communal apartment. The family experienced financial difficulties. Galina Alexandrovna had to take her daughters to work. But the actress coped with the problems and raised two children on her own. They are doing well professionally and in their personal lives.
Eldest daughter Irada Polskikh
The Polskys' eldest daughter was born on November 2, 1960. Like her parents, the eldest daughter Irada studied at VGIK. The girl adored the works of Chekhov and Griboyedov. Having received her diploma after graduating from the Faculty of Film Studies, she began working as a second director. The profession brings joy to Irada; she often talks with enthusiasm about her work.
The girl also managed to work on film sets with such artists as Larisa Guzeeva and Lyudmila Polyakova.
Galina with her eldest daughter Irada
One day, the Polskikhs were approved for a role in a series in which Irada was involved. Previously, the artist refused projects with the participation of her daughter. The reason is Galina Alexandrovna’s shyness in front of close people, fear of their evaluation. When little daughters found themselves on the set while playing a role, Polskikh asked them to be taken to another room.
Irada is married to Artur Khabarov, who is a producer of many television series. During her school years, the artist’s eldest daughter played sports at a professional level. She also participated in performances at the theater studio, but in the future she did not want to engage in acting work. There are no children in the marriage of Irada and Arthur.
Youngest daughter Maria Surina
The second daughter was born in 1968. The Polsky's youngest daughter graduated from the Friendship University. Patrice Lumumba. She is married to a Lebanese man whom she met while studying. In childhood and adolescence, Maria took part in 3 feature films:
- "Autumn gift from fairies."
- "Snake catcher."
- "Above the Rainbow."
This was the end of the film career of Galina Alexandrovna’s youngest daughter. She did not want to follow in her mother's footsteps. In 1992, Maria had a son, Philip Shebbo. The Polish daughter and her husband left for the Lebanese capital Beirut. For 5 years, Philip lived with Galina Alexandrovna, then his parents took him away. The boy studied in his father’s homeland, Beirut. Subsequently, Philip went to London, where he continued his education. His parents returned to Russia after several years of living in Lebanon.
Maria is the youngest daughter of the actress
In 2011, an accident happened to the actress’s 19-year-old grandson while he was on vacation in Moscow. While riding a motorcycle, Philip crashed into a bump stop. To save the young man, doctors amputated his leg. Galina Polskikh blamed herself for her grandson’s disability: it was she who gave her beloved grandson a motorcycle. Philip was fitted with a prosthetic leg, and after rehabilitation the young man began to lead a full life. He got his optimism from his grandmother. In Polski's biography there were many difficulties that she overcame.
Galina Polskikh bought her grandson a summer cottage with a small house located in the village of Mosfilm. Philip, in addition to Russian, knows English, French and Arabic. Now he lives in Moscow. A young man drives a motorcycle and a car. Philip plans to go into business.
The youngest daughter of Galina Polskikh - Masha
Galina Polskikh's second marriage in 1967 was her attempt to regain her feminine happiness. But the marriage was short, according to the actress - “resort”.
Life with the director and son of a Moscow film official, Alexander Surin, did not work out, and the divorce harmed her career. Not only were Polish people no longer cast in films, but they were even no longer invited to screen tests.
The youngest daughter of Galina Polskikh - Masha Polskikh
In this relationship, Galina had a second daughter, Maria. The girl inherited her mother’s traits, as a child she starred in episodes of several films, but chose a profession that had nothing to do with the world of cinema.
Perhaps this is for the best. Maria graduated from RUDN University. Patrice Lumumba, there she met a Lebanese man, with whom she went to his homeland and runs a business there.
Galina Polskikh: I don’t know how I survived all this
You can make a series based on her biography. Dramatic, full of real tragedies. Galina Alexandrovna had a lot of them: she lost her mother early and was raised by her grandmother, then the simultaneous death of both her grandmother and her husband. For a long time she was on the list of actresses who should not be filmed.
A few years ago, his beloved grandson Philip had an accident and lost his leg. The tragedy happened in the early morning of August 23, 2011. Nineteen-year-old Philip was riding his motorcycle along Moscow's Minskaya Street. At some point I lost control and crashed into a bump stop...
Grandson Philip – the actress’s great love and pain // photo: personal archive
The guy had been dreaming about an “iron horse” for a long time. In the future, I wanted to design motorcycles myself, and for this I entered a British university to major in design engineer. That ill-fated summer, he came to Moscow on vacation and persuaded his parents and grandmother to buy him a motorcycle. To all of Galina Polskikh’s concerns, Philip only smiled dreamily: “Grandma, you can’t imagine what freedom it is when you drive through empty Moscow at night.” Now she reproaches herself for giving in, and sighs, saying that her friends told him back then: the wheel of the new motorcycle is acting up. And so... with numerous fractures, Philip was taken to the hospital, where his mother and grandmother immediately arrived. After an examination and a consultation of doctors for many hours, it became clear: the life could be saved, but the leg could no longer be saved. “The main thing is that he’s alive! – says the actress. “We’ll manage somehow.”
The girl was taken from the orphanage by her grandmother
Galina’s grandmother Efrosinya Andrianovna // photo: personal archive
Galya with her brother Vitya // photo: personal archive
Galina Polskikh calls Philip the main man in her life. She raised him until he was five years old herself - Galina Alexandrovna's daughter Maria and her foreign husband worked in Beirut for a long time and could not take the boy with them. But for Galina Alexandrovna, raising her grandson was a joy. After all, she herself was once raised to her feet by her grandmother Efrosinya Andrianovna. Galina's father died at the front, and in 1947 her mother died of tuberculosis. At first, the 8-year-old girl ended up in an orphanage. True, her mother’s mother soon found her, came from Belarus and took custody of her. The grandmother and granddaughter settled in the room where Galya had previously lived with her parents and brother. Efrosinya Andrianovna got a job as a cleaner in a store. After school, Galya was also eager to earn money. But my grandmother didn’t let me in: “While my legs are walking, study. You must, Galka, get an education.” Galya obeyed and went to VGIK. The legendary Mikhail Romm took her on his course. (Due to the birth of her daughter, her studies had to be interrupted. Then Polskikh returned to the course of Gerasimov and Makarova. - Ed.)
Philip as a child // photo: Boris Kremer
I lived with my first husband and daughter in a room in a communal apartment
Faika Gasanova Polskikh saw her future husband in the corridor of the institute. She was in her first year, and he was in his third year of directing. As the actress recalls, she immediately thought: “This is the kind of husband I need! I’m small and fair, and he’s tall and dark.” At the same moment, Faik singled out the fragile figure of Galina in the crowd. So, having stepped towards each other, they no longer saw anyone around. The spectacular Azerbaijani Faik Hasanov was known as an erudite and connoisseur of world literature. She loved listening to his thoughts about Kafka or, for example, Andrei Bely. They soon got married, and in 1960 their daughter Irada was born.
With first husband Faik Hasanov and daughter Irada // photo: personal archive
“My friends and I met Galya from the maternity hospital,” said Galina Polskikh’s classmate, actress Lyudmila Abramova. – She came out to us looking so charming, with a baby in her arms... This child was definitely born in love! I introduced Galya to my future husband Volodya Vysotsky. He admired her: “Nothing more charming and feminine can be imagined in this life!” She was like a decoration at our wedding. I remember laughing constantly, making us all laugh terribly! Volodya and I visited their room in the communal apartment. Volodya recorded Faik’s first songs on a tape recorder.
At 22, she played a teenage girl in “The Wild Dog Dingo”
Galina Polskikh began acting in the film “Wild Dog Dingo” at the age of twenty-two. It was after this film that everyone started talking about her. No one guessed that the teenage girl Tanya was played by an adult actress who already has a child. While filming in Crimea, her fifteen-year-old co-star, ninth-grader Talas Umurzakov, who played Filka, fell in love with her.
"Wild Dog Dingo" (1962)
“I was always next to her, like a bodyguard,” Talas Kamasievich said many years later. “Everyone who approached her was terribly jealous.” Even her husband, who came to visit her. I saw him and hissed: “When will your hunchbacked nose leave?!” Galya sternly said: “You can’t behave like that, Talas, it’s ugly!” But youthful maximalism played in me! He followed on her heels.
Natalya Selezneva was first cast for the role of Alena in the film “I Walk Around Moscow,” which was filmed in 1963. But somehow an assistant suggested that director Georgy Danelia try Galina Polskikh.
“During the auditions, I pretty much tormented Galina,” Danelia recalled in his memoirs. “She came to us blonde, but it seemed to me that she needed to be dyed dark.” No sooner said than done. The next day I looked at it and decided: no, the light one was still better. Made me repaint again.”
“I’m Walking Through Moscow” (1963)
Became a widow at age 26
In the summer of 1965, Galina Polskikh worked in the Chelyabinsk region, where the film “The Journalist” was filmed. Director Sergei Gerasimov wrote the role of Shura Okayomova especially for her. The four-year-old daughter stayed with her grandmother at home in Moscow. Neighbor Zina was looking after both of them. The telegram found the actress on the set: “Come urgently. Efrosinya Andrianovna has died.”
"The Journalist" (1967)
“Mom came, buried my grandmother and took me with her to the filming of “The Journalist,” said Galina Polskikh’s daughter Irada. – It took us three days to get to the place: by trains, by helicopters. As soon as we arrived, we almost immediately received another telegram: “Faik has died.”
“I don’t even know how I survived all this then,” admits Galina Polskikh.
As it turned out later, her husband was hit by a car near the Odessa film studio, where he was filming a film.
“Love in Russian” (1995)
“I felt like a bird in a golden cage”
The actress’s next husband was director Alexander Surin, the son of the then all-powerful director of Mosfilm. In the cinema behind the scenes, he was known as the conqueror of women's hearts. Of course, Surin could not help but notice the beautiful Polish woman, a young widow with sad eyes, and began to court her.
“I probably agreed to marry Alexander out of boredom.” Only later did I realize that we are completely different people,” the actress recalls today.
The actress calls her marriage to Alexander Surin “accidental” // frame: the film “The Story of Asya Klyachina”
Galina Aleksandrovna entered the house where a very wealthy family lived. She moved to live in the center of Moscow, on Gorky Street (now Tverskaya). She was immediately assigned to the Kremlin hospital, and on the family table there were products from the Kremlin rations. But all this luxury weighed on the actress. She had to, adapting to new circumstances, temporarily give Irada to the mother of Faik, her first husband. And Galina was very worried about this. In addition, she was unable to find a common language with her mother-in-law, a powerful woman who did not accept her new daughter-in-law.
“I felt like a bird in a golden cage,” she says now about that time. “And it’s good that everything ended very quickly with us.” This marriage would have ended anyway.
A year was enough for her to understand: the golden cage was not for her. And she decided to leave her husband, although she was already expecting a child from him. A few months later, Masha Surina was born.
The actress’s youngest daughter, Maria // photo: personal archive
“I dedicated my life to my girls”
After a divorce from the son of the general director of the country’s main film studio, “strange things” began to happen in the Polish creative life: the actress was no longer filmed. Once again hearing a refusal at the audition, Galina Aleksandrovna realized that this was the revenge of her ex-husband. And when the actress had no idea how to make a living and how to feed her daughters, a director appeared in her life. One day, leaving the film studio, Galina met an old friend, Jerzy Lipman, a Polish cameraman who worked with Andrzej Wajda. Shared: trouble, I’m sitting without work! The very next day, Lipman approached Vaida and put in a good word for her. Soon the actress was invited to star in the film “Road Signs”. This is how Galina Polskikh found a second cinematic life.
"Bright Personality" (1989)
The Polish personal life didn’t work out any further
“When I started talking about it, my daughters began to object. Of course, I chose my girls and ended the affair. And it was always very important for me that they were well-fed and received a good education,” says Galina Aleksandrovna. “So I dedicated my life to my girls.” And I don't regret it.
“You know, my sister and I never felt that we were growing up in an inferior family, without a father,” admits Irada Polskikh. “For us, she has always been both mom and dad in one person. We couldn't even imagine anything else. Of course, we were jealous of my mother for every man who came to us, even just on business. They were capricious, whining, demanding attention. I think she, too, considered it a betrayal towards us for a man who was strange to us to appear in the house.
"I live on memories"
Today, 79-year-old Galina Aleksandrovna continues to act in films. And he spends his free time at the dacha with his grandson Philip and his daughters. In the summer she digs in the garden and reads a lot: she left a large library from her first husband. And to the question: “What else do you expect from life and what do you dream about?” – answers:
– Let the youth wait for something. I just work as best I can, help my family. And now I live in memories.
The eldest daughter of Galina Polskikh - Irada Polskikh
The outlet for the unhappy woman was her daughter Irada, whom Polskikh gave birth to in 1960. The daughter was a copy of her father, which pleased Faik’s Baku relatives and helped Galina survive the loss.
The eldest daughter of Galina Polskikh - Irada Polskikh
Irada followed in the footsteps of her parents; she graduated from the Faculty of Film Studies at VGIK. As a director, she directed the melodrama “Heiress” (2001), played a role in the film “The President and His Woman” (1996), and also worked as a casting director on the Russian-French project “Shaman” (1996).
Now Irada is 59 years old. She is married to a fairly successful producer Artur Khabarov. The couple has no children; they are fully occupied with work.
Father of Irada Polskikh Farid Hasanov
Faik Hasanov studied at VGIK at the directing department, and was two years older than Galina Polskikh. After college, at the invitation of a fellow student, he went to work in Odessa, where he tragically died at the age of 28. Managed to participate in one project - the film “The Secret” in 1963.
The memoirs of a friend, Faik Agarzaevich, were published, in which Hasanov is characterized as a smart and erudite, talented person. You can repeat the words from this publication “...One can only regret that his potential was not realized”
