Petr Glebov: filmography, biography and personal life

Peter Glebov: biography

People's Artist of the USSR was born on April 14, 1915 in Moscow. He is from a family of hereditary nobles. Peter's mother is a modest and intelligent woman, and her father was the leader of the Kashira nobility. The famous Cossack ataman Orlov-Denisov was also a relative of our hero.

Until the age of 4, Peter lived in the Russian capital. But during the revolution, he and his brother had to move to a village located near Zvenigorod. In the evenings, the children, together with their grandparents, sang songs to the accordion. And when darkness fell, the boys ran to the stables. They liked to ride horses. Petya handled the horse perfectly. He dreamed of becoming a hussar.

Childhood

Pyotr Glebov was born in Moscow in April 1915, and lived there until 1919. With the beginning of the revolution, he and his brother were sent to Nazaryevo, a village in the Zvenigorod region. After some time, they move again, this time to another village, Daryino. In his interview, Pyotr Petrovich told how he and the children rode horses at night, and sang a song to the accordion until dawn. Then it was difficult to imagine that such skills would be useful to the actor very soon.

From his childhood memories, the artist said the following: “I remember the year 1917 clearly, because then my beloved dog was shot. On our family estate there was a small nursery, and in it there was an aviary with birds. My father loved to breed them, he was a hunter after all.”

In 1922, Pyotr Vladimirovich, Glebov’s father, a nobleman, died. The reason for his unexpected death was typhus, which overtook him at the time when Pyotr Vladimirovich went to select horses for the Red Army.

“They lived poorly, dressed poorly. After all, as soon as the snow melted and until the next snow, I walked barefoot; there was no way to buy sandals. My brother also went, but we were silent and patient, my mother was the only one who delayed everything. I remember how I ran 5 km to the railway station for food,” Pyotr Petrovich recalled with longing.

Studies

It was impossible to return to Moscow for a long time. Therefore, our hero attended a village school. Teachers considered him a diligent student, eager for knowledge. At the end of the seven-year school, Petya had to choose his future profession. Without thinking twice, he expressed a desire to study at the reclamation technical school. What is the reason for his choice? Petya just loved nature very much. From May to October he walked barefoot on the grass. From an early age the boy was interested in hunting.

Soon the technical school was transferred from Moscow to the provinces. Glebov went to the city of Brasovo. There the guy easily entered the road reclamation technical school. The training lasted 4 years. But it was worth it. In 1940, Petya received a diploma from the institution. He went to Moscow, where he entered the Stanislavsky Opera and Drama Studio. He was enrolled in M. Kedrov’s course.

Training in technical school and studio

After graduating from the seven-year school in 1931, Peter entered the reclamation and road technical school. As it turned out, he did not fully understand the essence of his specialty, believing that the profession would be related to ducks. The young man, like his father, was fond of hunting, which is why he preferred this type of activity.

After graduating from college in 1935, Glebov entered the Stanislavsky Drama Studio. A year later he was invited to join the troupe. I managed to get admitted the first time not only thanks to the young man’s talent, but also with the help of connections. At that time, his older brother Grigory helped Stanislavsky work in the studio. He knew about Petya’s childhood dream and persuaded him to come to Moscow to take the entrance exams.

The future actor hid his origins for a long time and did not turn to more successful family members for help. When he was asked to fill out forms, the guy wrote in them: “My father is an agronomist, and my mother is a housewife.” But his mother insisted that he indicate his real origin in the application form for admission to the studio.

Glebov studied with M.N. Kedrov, there were other famous teachers on his course, including Orlov, Androvskaya, Lilina, Leonidov and even Konstantin Stanislavsky himself. By the way, the last of them, together with his wife, was on the selection committee during the young man’s entrance exams. They were moved to tears by his performance with Krylov’s fable “Two Men”, the poem “The Coachman” and Chichikov’s dialogue with Sobakevich.

Peaceful time

Glebov managed to survive hunger and cold. At the end of the war, he returned to the Moscow Drama Theater. Many of his colleagues were no longer alive. In the memory of Pyotr Petrovich they remained bright and talented people.

Service at the Drama Theater. Glebov gave almost 20 years of his life to Stanislavsky. He participated in dozens of performances. Among his works, one can highlight roles in such productions as “The Witches of Salem”, “Days of the Turbins”, “Three Sisters” and others.

Theater

In 1941, the young graduate was accepted into the theater troupe, but he did not have time to play even one season - the war began. Peter went to the front as a volunteer and ended up in an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, where he served until the victory.

Pyotr Glebov during the war

In his spare time, the artist entertained his colleagues by singing and playing the guitar, and in times of calm, he and his friends staged performances at the regimental club. On May 9, 1945, the actors took the stage to stage “Three Sisters” and suddenly heard shouts of “Victory!” from the audience. Glebov remembered this moment for the rest of his life, although later he did not like to remember his military past.

For his service, Pyotr Petrovich received numerous awards, including the Order of the Red Star and the medal “For the Defense of Moscow.” After demobilization, the actor returned to the troupe of his native theater and spent the next 20 years there, playing in famous plays - “The Witches of Salem”, “Days of the Turbins”, “Three Sisters”.

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Film career

Glebov Petr Petrovich began acting in films back in 1940. His first film work was a cameo role in the film “Beloved Girl”. Before being sent to the front, the actor managed to film in the film “Dream”. The role was so tiny that his first and last name were not even listed in the credits.

Returning from the front, our hero decided to continue his film career. However, he received his first big role only in 1957. Director Sergei Gerasimov offered him cooperation. Pyotr Glebov successfully got used to the image of Grigory Melekhov. The audience highly appreciated the young actor's performance.

On the set of Quiet Don, the peasant skills acquired by Peter in childhood came in handy. For example, he did not need to be taught horse riding. From an early age, Glebov knew how to handle a horse.

The role of Grisha Melekhov made our hero a famous and sought-after actor. Offers from directors rained down on him as if from a cornucopia. But Pyotr Petrovich did not grab every role. He studied the scripts carefully. He had to weed out most of the proposals. Glebov starred only in those films that he had a passion for.

Throughout his acting career, he starred in more than 40 films. Among his film works are:

• “Loneliness” (1965) – Storozhev;
• “Sea Character” (1970) - Colonel Arkhipov;
• “Flame” (1974) - commander Surovtsev;
• "Guys!" (1981) – Matvey Zubov;
• “Wormwood is a bitter herb” (1982) - General Zharikov;
• “Battle for Moscow” (1985) - Budyonny;
• “Sureya” (1987) - Uncle Kolya;
• “Brave Boys” (1993) - major;
• “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars” (1999).

Cinema

His talent was not immediately noticed. Filming took place back in 1940, but the roles were only episodic. In 1957, a real revolution took place in Glebov’s life. “I remember when we started talking about filming Quiet Flows the Don, I was already desperate to get at least some significant role. Gerasimov also dragged his feet with his decision: whether or not to cast me in the role of Grigory Melekhov. He then doubted that at my age I could play a twenty-year-old boy. What’s most interesting is that Gerasimov told my wife that I got the main role! Well, just imagine,” said Pyotr Petrovich, laughing.

Since then, Glebov has been celebrating 2 birthdays: as a person and as an actor. On the set in the very first days, he amazed the whole group with his horse riding skills, when in no time he jumped on his horse and spurred him on.

In subsequent works, the actor was no longer seen as an ordinary stage performer, but was presented as the main character of the large-scale production “Quiet Don”. Over the next thirty years, more than three dozen films were released, the credits of which indicate that Pyotr Glebov himself took part in the filming. Films of a historical nature are often found in his “track record”. In the film “The Tsar’s Bride” the actor was again given the main role - Tsar Ivan the Terrible. In “The Nomadic Front” Glebov played the legendary role of Shchetinkin Peter, the army commander.

The drama about “Mozart and Salieri” - and again the main role, brilliantly performed by Pyotr Glebov. Although the films were popular among viewers, they still did not bring the desired fame to the actor.

Petr Glebov, biography: personal life

Our hero has never been a womanizer and a conqueror of women's hearts. He treated the choice of a life partner with all responsibility. Pyotr Petrovich got married when he was 32 years old. All his brothers had families for a long time.

The actor met his wife, Marina Levitskaya, by chance. A pretty girl came to the Glebovs with an order from her aunt. Peter met her. He really liked Marina. The actor looked after her beautifully. And soon he proposed his hand and heart to his beloved. Marina agreed. For the sake of a happy family life, the girl sacrificed her career as an artist-architect.

On July 28, 1956, Marina and Peter’s first child, a charming daughter, was born. The baby was named Elena. Soon there was another addition to the Glebov family. Their second daughter Olga was born.

A real Cossack

On a fine July day in 1956, Pyotr Glebov walked along Gorky Street and thought: what could he buy as a gift for his beloved wife, whom he had taken to the maternity hospital just an hour earlier. And he didn’t even notice his old friend, actor Alexander Shvorin . He woke up only when he touched his sleeve:

- Why are you smiling, Pet? Are you living well?

- Yes, you know... I can barely make ends meet.

- There is some great hack work! You can make money. At “Detfilm” Gerasimov is trying me on Grigory Melekhov in “Quiet Don”. You can easily play a Cossack officer there. Come tomorrow at nine.

Before this, Glebov acted only in extras and short episodes of the films “The Train Goes East”, “Beloved Girl”, “Dream”, “The Pig Farm and the Shepherd”...

“At the screenings of these films,” the actor recalled, “my family and friends were waiting for them to see me. Then they asked: where was I? And I barely had time to see myself, where I flashed an ear, where a shoulder ... "

Gerasimov was in a very dejected state, close to despair, since all the deadlines had already expired, and there was no worthy candidate for the main role. Suddenly his gaze settled on Glebov.

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- Who is this? - he asked the assistant.

— Artist of the Stanislavsky Theater Glebov. We're trying out for the role of second officer.

- Come on, give it full light!

“Come on, Sergei Apollinarievich, what kind of Melekhov is this?” the second director tried to reason with Gerasimov. - Are you out of desperation?

- Really, which one is Melekhov? - supported the chief operator. - Look at his nose! Where is the hump?!

“I see something much more important in him...

Soon Mikhail Sholokhov . Gerasimov invited the author of “Quiet Don” to the screening room of the film studio, and as soon as Glebov’s first screen tests appeared on the screen, the writer’s excited voice was heard:

- So it’s him! They are! A real Cossack...

Glebov later said: “I was in love with every movement of Grigory Melekhov’s soul, because I clearly saw the absolute truth of the character of a unique human personality caught in a whirlpool of the most complex social upheavals. He is sincere even in his delusions. On the set, I lived the life of Grigory Melekhov, was tormented by his doubts, loved him with love... One scene was very memorable. Drunken Cossack revelry in the hut. The third episode of the film. It was my idea. I really wanted to sing. In the village where the filming took place, the Cossacks often gathered on the bank in the evenings, drank wine, sang choral songs, and I loved to sing with them. Well, Gerasimov agreed: “Only to have a heavy, sad song about fate.” I asked the old women on the farm, and one told me the song “Bird the Canary.” The song is both riotous and piercingly melancholy. And at the end of the third episode, when the scene of drunken revelry and complete disarray: it is not known where and who to follow - here are the red ones, here are the white ones, Grigory sings: “Fly, little bird, little bird, fly high up the mountain.” ...sing a song about my misfortune..."

Death

In the last years of his life, the actor’s heart was playing tricks. His wife tried to surround him with care and affection. Doctors recommended Pyotr Petrovich to relax more in nature. But he had no time. Even in his old age he continued to act in films.

One day Glebov had a heart attack. The actor ended up in the hospital. If you think that there he lay quietly and calmly on the bed, then you are very mistaken. Our hero told jokes to his roommates.

The famous artist celebrated his 85th birthday at home, with close people. He rejoiced at the abundant table and gifts like a child. And after 3 days he was gone. April 17, 2000 is the date of the actor’s death. What is the reason for the death of Glebov? Now you will know everything.

Pyotr Petrovich was left alone at home. The postman rang the doorbell. The actor stood up abruptly, then fell to the floor. A blood clot broke loose. Glebov's death occurred instantly. He didn't feel any pain. Peter's lifeless body was discovered by his wife. Maria Alekseevna literally turned black with grief. She immediately called an ambulance and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The famous and beloved artist was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. His wife and daughters regularly come to his grave. They bring his favorite flowers - fiery red carnations.

Movies

For a long time, Glebov had to limit himself to episodic roles in cinema. He played minor characters in the films “The Beloved Girl”, “The Pig Farmer and the Shepherd”, “Murder on Dante Street” and a short story from the film anthology “Birthmarks” called “I Remember Nothing”.

Pyotr Glebov in the film "Quiet Don"

Glebov’s finest hour was the invitation to the film “Quiet Don” - the actor later considered this day his cinematic birthday. He came to the audition with his friend Alexander Shvorin, and the director drew attention to Pyotr Petrovich thanks to his sonorous voice. There were many things that confused the director about his candidacy for the role of Grigory Melekhov - his age (at that time Glebov was already 40, but he had to play a 20-year-old guy), the absence of a hump on his nose - an important feature of the character.

As a result, the last word remained with the author of the novel, Mikhail Sholokhov. After watching the test tapes, he decisively voted for Glebov, and after this role the whole country recognized the actor. The age was partially hidden with the help of makeup, and the hump was made of special resin. The jury of the 1958 All-Union Film Festival awarded him the prize for Best Actor.

Pyotr Glebov in the film “Guys!..”

The following screen images in the filmography of Pyotr Petrovich were also successful, but they were no longer such a huge success. He starred in “The Tsar’s Bride”, “Emelyan Pugachev”, and also in the film “Nomadic Front”. In 1983, Glebov received the state prize named after the Vasilyev brothers, and later for his role in the film “Flame” - a silver medal named after Alexander Dovzhenko.

In 1959, Pyotr Petrovich became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1974 - People's Artist.

Biography

Pyotr Petrovich Glebov was born on April 14, 1915 in Moscow. Comes from an old noble family of the Glebovs.

In 1931 he graduated from School-Commune No. 32 named after. P. N. Lepeshinsky in Moscow, in 1935 - Brasovsky reclamation and road technical school. In 1935-1936 he worked as a hydraulic engineer for the Bogucharsky District Land Administration.

In 1937-1940 he studied at the Opera and Drama Studio of K. S. Stanislavsky in Moscow, where he studied with M. N. Kedrov.

Pyotr Glebov's elder brother, Grigory, had by this time left his profession as an engineer and began to work together with K. S. Stanislavsky, helping him in the work of the Opera and Drama Studio created in 1935. Grigory, knowing his brother’s dream of an acting profession, strongly recommended that Peter come to Moscow in June to take the entrance exams to the Studio. Pyotr Glebov did just that. However, before submitting documents to the Studio, a problem arose: it was necessary to fill out a form and answer a question about social origin. Grigory Glebov insisted on indicating on the questionnaire that he was a peasant. But Maria Alexandrovna, the mother of the Glebov brothers, sharply protested: “Petya, write from the nobles!” Firstly, this is true, and secondly, I was deprived of the right to vote and everything else. And it passed. But most importantly, my son, you are a nobleman! There were no problems with the application form, and Pyotr Glebov passed the exams. By the way, the selection committee included both Konstantin Sergeevich Stanislavsky and his wife, Maria Petrovna Lilina .

Peter Glebov: This is how my fate was decided. I began to study acting for a comic role with pleasure at the Opera and Drama Studio of K. S. Stanislavsky. We were taught by wonderful “old men” - Leonidov, Orlov, Lilina, Androvskaya, Kedrov and, of course, Stanislavsky himself. His daily lessons are the most important thing I received at the Studio. He instilled in me faith in his method, in his system. And if I achieved anything in my artistic life, it was thanks to the fact that I always remembered the precepts of my beloved teacher, the stage reformer.

Since 1941 - actor at the Opera and Drama Studio of K. S. Stanislavsky (since 1948 - Moscow Drama Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky).

When the war began, he volunteered to go to the front. He served in an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, which protected the western sector of the Moscow region from enemy aircraft: Ochakovo, Peredelkino, Vnukovo airport. During his service, thanks to the proximity of Moscow, with the permission of the command, he played in the theater together with other actor-fighters.

After the war he returned to the theater, where he played until 1969. He took part in the plays “Three Sisters” by A. P. Chekhov, “Days of the Turbins” by M. A. Bulgakov, “The Witches of Salem” by A. Miller and others.

In the actor’s work book, filled out by the manager. The HR department has a record: “Total length of employment experience before entering the Theater. K. S. Stanislavsky 2 years. Confirmed by documents. State Opera and Drama Theater named after. Ks. Stanislavsky. 1937.IX.1. Enlisted as a drama artist. Etc. 99 dated 01.IX.37.”

Since 1940 he has acted in films. The first role that went beyond the scope of the episode was played in the small anti-alcohol poster film “I Don’t Remember Anything” (1954).

The actor’s best film work was the role of Grigory Melekhov in the film adaptation of M. Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Don,” created by director S. Gerasimov in 1957-1958.

Since 1969 - in the troupe of the Theater-Studio of Film Actors.

Died on April 17, 2000 in Moscow. He was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

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Comes from the noble family of the Glebovs. The grandson of a major landowner Vladimir Petrovich Glebov (1848-1926), who was elected by the Kaluga nobility as their leader, and Princess Sofia Nikolaevna Trubetskoy (1854-1936)[2][3]. Great-grandson of the Yaroslavl bibliophile V.S. Mikhalkov, cousin of the author of the words of the Russian anthem Sergei Mikhalkov.

The Moscow mansions of his ancestors from the Glebov family were located on Molchanovka[4] (built after the fire of 1812 by the actual state councilor P.I. Glebov, the godfather of Lev Pushkin[5][6]) and on Bolshaya Nikitskaya (see Helikon-Opera) .