The widow of the son of Nonna Mordyukova and Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Natalya, is sure of this
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30 years ago - June 11, 1990 the 40-year-old son from the first marriage of People's Artists of the USSR Nonna Mordyukova and Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vladimir , suddenly died He followed in the footsteps of his parents, but did not have time to make a bright career in cinema. After the death of Vladimir, the information war continued for many years between two women who are listed as the mothers of his sons - actresses Natalya Varley and Natalya Egorova (Tikhonova) . The first recently summed up her version of events in her autobiographical book “The Tightrope Walker.” And the second decided to share her most intimate with the readers of Express Gazeta .
— My position regarding Natalya Varley’s remains the same! - Natalya Tikhonova . — Volodya, with whom we lived for 18 years, of which we were married for 15, always showed great hostility towards his ex-wife. Nonna Viktorovna talked a lot about this dislike. Varley often went somewhere with men, leaving her son to suffer alone. This is where, apparently, such hatred began to accumulate. And when she went to give birth, Volodya ran away. “That's it, mom! I won't go back there again! Never!" - he exhaled, rushing with his things to Mordyukova . He didn’t even meet his wife from the maternity hospital.
“The boy is not our breed”
“There is no direct evidence that Varley, with whom Volodya lived for only three months, gave birth to a son, Vasya, not from him,” Tikhonova continues. “But my husband still guessed, he felt that Varley had deceived him. One day he let it slip: “This child is not mine.”
Who Vasily is like is not for me to judge. But certainly not on Tikhonov.
In their last year of study at Shchuka, Varley invited both Kostya Raikin , with whom she had a serious affair, and Volodya, to her birthday. And then she disappeared. And almost in the seventh month of pregnancy, in 1971, she came to Vladimir on the set of the film “Russian Field”. She threw a terrible hysteria: “I am Natalya Varley, and I cannot give birth like a prostitute! Let’s formalize the relationship!”
Gossips call Konstantin Raikin Vasya’s biological father, although he is registered as Vladimir Tikhonov. Photo: Express Newspaper archive
Volodya talked about this, indignant. Well, I didn’t feel any kinship with this woman, I didn’t understand what I was signing up for!
The husband considered his short-term marriage to Varlya to be the most serious mistake in his life. He said with irritation: “She tormented me with scandals, shook my soul. Chemically not my man! I couldn't see or hear her. Rejection was coming!”
Later, before my eyes, Volodya shared with Nonna Viktorovna: “I saw Varley today at Mosfilm. A woman wrinkled with anger! Lips like a chicken ass!” In response, we heard a categorical conclusion from Mordyukova : “Someone else’s soul - darkness! But the boy is clearly not our breed!” The surname Varley, which she gave to both of her sons, hides the true fathers.
— Vladimir Tikhonov was a favorite of the ladies. Did they appear during your life together?
- Naturally, he enjoyed success with women, was a handsome man and had affairs with many. Friends talked about some of his passions. Irina Azer , Valentina Lysenko , Dilorom Kambarova , Natalya Gundareva really were in the early period of his life. But I wasn’t jealous, because I knew for sure: this is my man anyway.
Varley's sons bear her surname. The eldest, Vasily, according to some sources, became a designer. The younger one, Alexander, is a director and musician. Photo: Legion-media.ru
— It is written on the Internet that the marriage between Tikhonov and Varleya was not short at all, but lasted from 1971 to 1978.
— Think about it, who writes these “biographies” on the Internet? They say that anyone can create and edit a Wikipedia article using the “facts” that already exist. For example, links are given to an interview with the same Varley. For some reason, it is beneficial for her to present this story this way. Perhaps out of a desire to spoil me once again. But, most likely, this is due to the history of alimony, which she received immediately after the divorce.
According to information from the same Internet, Vasily was born in 1972. That same year, Tikhonov and I met. Unfortunately, the biographical “construction” put together by Varley is destroyed only by my words.
On June 22, Natalya Varley turns 73 years old. She is full of energy and enthusiasm. Photo by Boris Kudryavov
— And what facts do you operate with??
— Volodya received a writ of execution for divorce from Varlya in 1973. And our marriage certificate was issued in 1975. Even before marriage, knowing that Volodya had a son from his first marriage, and in order not to burden him with unnecessary worries, I decided to have an abortion. I was 18 years old at that time. Too young and impressionable. But I still felt my responsibility. She asked her beloved: “Perhaps you will return to that family?” I remember well how Volodya was eager to look at his son. But Varley forbade him to come.
She began receiving alimony. How much money should you take from an actor? He didn’t even have enough for his family. Today there is filming, but tomorrow there is no shooting. My marriage and the birth of our child are largely the merit of Nonna Viktorovna. Mordyukova persuaded me to give birth. Perhaps in this way she wanted to compensate for the lack of love for her son. All his life Volodya felt that he was useless to his parents. I communicated with them extremely rarely. He often spoke about this with resentment. But they can also be understood. Artists, as a rule, do not belong to themselves.
Natalya Tikhonova is glad that her Vova continued the dynasty and became an artist at the Capital Romance Theater. Photo: Paata Archvadze
Who's the homewrecker?
— What complaints does Varley have against you?
— In the book “The Tightrope Walker” they called me a “minor creature”, a homewrecker. Allegedly, I fought off Volodya when she was pregnant. But I would never take on such a sin! Varley is overflowing with negative energy. The impression is as if witchcraft is involved here. My son, when he sees her on the screen, reacts instantly: “Mom, switch it up!” The “black” woman has come out again! How did your father manage to contact someone like that?”
What is this actress with passing roles like? “Cult” role in “Prisoner of the Caucasus”? Like laughter! So, while Leonid Gaidai’s , the “captive” is allowed to publicly gossip that Leonid Iovich molested her? Now this young, frail old woman can barely walk. She injected something into her face to make herself look younger.
Well, if you call anyone a homewrecker, it’s Varley! I recently met the Maly Theater actress Lyudmila Polyakova . And we gossiped in a purely feminine way. It turns out that in her younger years a story happened when her husband Vasily Bochkarev was taken away from the family by her! Polyakova talked about this with tears in her eyes: “Lord, how she tormented Bochkarev! It was a pity to look at him. He simply became unrecognizable! - Polyakova complained. “But after some time, Vasya ran away from Varley at random!”
With her first husband Vasily Bochkarev, Polyakova began in student performances, and now the former spouses are stars of the Maly Theater. Photo by Boris Kudryavov and Evgenia Guseva/Komsomolskaya Pravda
— Tikhonov and Mordyukova were interested in your son and their grandson Vovochka?
— My husband, son and I once lived in the same house as Mordyukova, in a tower on Seleznevka, right next to the Theater of the Soviet Army. She is on the 10th floor, and we are on the 9th. My mother-in-law often dropped in to play with her grandson. She kept saying: “Oh, Vovochka, you’re our Cossack!” But both my husband and I could not always be found at home due to constant travel and business trips. And Mordyukova also traveled a lot. My parents constantly looked after Vova. Leaving him with his father was impossible due to his unhealthy lifestyle. For example, he smoked a lot. Vovochka developed asthmatic bronchitis.
But Vyacheslav Tikhonov had no time for us. He first saw his grandson at the celebration of his 80th birthday at the House of Cinema. But they didn’t even want to let us in there. If it weren’t for Anya Tikhonova (Stirlitz’s daughter from Tamara’s second wife - E.B. ) , grandfather and grandson would never have met. Varley did not come there. Although it was on the list of speakers. And my son Vovochka congratulated his grandfather from the stage and sang a song to him. Tikhonov cried. This moment was cut from the recording that was shown on the Culture channel. They say Varley tried her best.
— They wrote that your marriage with Vladimir Tikhonov was not dissolved, but he paid you alimony.
- We didn’t get divorced. But there is a law according to which a wife has the right to file for alimony even without an official divorce. This can happen if the husband is unable to provide for the family due to low income or drunkenness. Having learned about this, Volodya decided: “Natasha, sue me for alimony! Let this one get less!” During my last departure, my parents went to court with Vovochka. Varley was also there. But we never managed to see the money.
Soon Volodya received an apartment near the Shchukinskaya metro station. How happy he was: “Natasha, we now have our own apartment! I'm quitting drinking! Vovochka needs to be registered there. I will go to school with him and do homework. Ride calmly on your tour. Then I’ll finish directing courses. I'll buy a car. Let's live!" Did not work out. Volodin's death intervened.
Natasha and Volodya were a wonderful couple. Photo from the archive of Natalia Tikhonova
Why Natalya Varley rejected Leonid Filatov and which of the men is next to her today
Natalya Varley calls herself an amorous person. Photo: still from the film, Larisa KUDRYAVTSEVA/Express newspaper
The main beauty, athlete, Komsomol member of the Soviet Union Natalya Varley celebrates her 70th birthday on June 22. The actress is still in great shape and looks great. The star’s friends told Komsomolskaya Pravda about what is happening in her life today.
Became closer to God
Natalya Varley calls herself an amorous person. Many famous men sought her hand: clown Leonid Engibarov, actors Leonid Filatov and Konstantin Raikin. Her husbands were artists Nikolai Burlyaev and Vladimir Tikhonov (the son of Soviet cinema stars Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Nonna Mordyukova). But long-term family happiness did not work out with any of them.
“Recently, Natalya Varley has distanced herself from social events and found joy in religion,” a friend of the actress Antonina Savrasova, ex-director of Nikita Dzhigurda, told KP. “She retired to her dacha near Sergiev Posad, and rarely visits Moscow. He travels to monasteries, goes to church, and bathes in holy springs. At Epiphany he likes to plunge into an ice hole. Leads a lifestyle that is now closer to her.
“For a long time, a singer was seen next to Natalya, with whom, as they said, she was connected not only by joint work,” actress Larisa Luzhina told us. “They looked like a couple, although he was much younger than her.” However, as far as I know, they recently broke up.
Heart friend and 13 cats
“KP” found out the name of this singer - Alexey Zardinov. Let's call him:
— Alexey Gennadievich, when did your joint work with Varlya begin?
— In 2000. We ended up in the same dressing room and started talking. Natalya said that she has poems of her own composition. And the musical director of my group suggested: “Let me write songs based on your poems.” We began recording duets and going to concerts. We became friends and have been communicating for 17 years.
When I first came to her house, I was greeted by... 13 cats. I was shocked! I've never seen so many in one apartment. Natasha, a compassionate soul, picked them up. This is her weakness. I remember I lit a cigarette, and she forbade me: “Don’t you dare!” This is intoxication for cats!”
- How many cats does she have now?
— A friend went to her dacha and counted eight. Over the past few years, Natasha and I have been very close. I visited her every day and got used to her cat kingdom.
“I was her outlet”
- Does Natalya have an outlet, a friend of her heart?
“In recent years, she and I have been together. You can call me an outlet.
- Are you married?
- Well, yes.
“So you can’t say that you are Varley’s beloved man?”
- Probably not. I have always loved Natasha. And how he loved a woman. She's just... oh, it's hard to explain. I have admired and admired her all my life. I think that she is a standard; it is impossible for anyone to compete with her in beauty. Now, somehow it turned out that we are not so close.
— Was your wife jealous?
- Certainly!
“Weren’t you going to get a divorce?”
- No. By the way, the wife looks like Varley. And that’s what endeared me to her. Once I had to come with Natasha to the Spanish embassy for a reception. She couldn’t, and I took my wife Lena with me. And everyone expected me to be with Varlya. And my wife has the same bob, dark hair. And suddenly a woman runs up: “Natasha, how you change all the time!” It was funny.
— Do you know Varley’s sons?
- Certainly. Sasha (the youngest son of the actress, he is 31 years old. - Ed.) is a great director, he worked as an assistant for Nikita Mikhalkov and Nikolai Lebedev, who directed “Legend No. 17.” Now Sasha has his own studio.
— You said “Sasha is with us”...
“I was like a member of their family.” And Natasha lived in the same apartment with Sasha and her mother. Natasha’s eldest son Vasily (from Vladimir Tikhonov - Ed.) has been living separately for a long time.
-Who is Alexander's father?
- It's a family secret. Alexander lived with Varlya until he came of age, then he fell in love, and several years ago Natasha exchanged her luxurious apartment in Medvezhy Lane (overlooking the Kremlin - Ed.) for two worse ones. Sasha Varley recently got married.
— What does the eldest son Vasily do?
- Yes, somehow it doesn’t work out for him. He worked in all sorts of ways. Even a trolleybus driver. At one time he worked as a laboratory assistant, and in the metro... He studied at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He got married and had a son, Zhenya, in 1995, but he and his wife divorced. Varley loved her grandson very much. Zhenya was always with us, although he was already an adult and served in the army. They had complete mutual understanding with Natasha. But six months ago, Varley’s former daughter-in-law brought Zhenya to live with her in Italy. Natasha, of course, is very upset about this.
According to singer Alexei Zardinov, he and Natalya Varleya have been very close in recent years.
Photo: Personal archive
“Another would have killed”
Today Natalya Varley still plays in the Millennium Theater House, goes on tour with enterprises and concerts.
“Natasha remains a person of extraordinary efficiency,” her former neighbor, producer Bari Alibasov, told KP. “Masya, as I call her, we still see each other often to this day. She is in excellent shape, physically and working. She is a circus girl, Yuri Nikulin loved and respected her. I had the opportunity to work closely with her - we did several of her concerts. She is a wonderful singer. In my opinion, the song “Somewhere in the White World...” is performed better than singer Aida Vedishcheva in the film “Prisoner of the Caucasus.” Natasha is still incredibly popular today: as soon as her creative evening is announced, all tickets are sold out. At concerts there is an endless stream of flowers. Men adore her.
For many years she and I lived in the same house on Medvezhy Lane, I was a neighbor above. I have a jacuzzi, a sauna - one was located above her bedroom, the other above her kitchen. And so I flooded it four or five times. Well, sometimes I’d fall asleep in the jacuzzi... Once in her apartment, the suspended ceiling inflated so much that it took up the entire room almost to the floor - I’ve never seen anything like that! We made a small hole in it and drained the water through it. Someone else in her place would have killed, but Natasha and I remained on excellent terms. Then I did repairs for it at my own expense.
Varley’s apartment was luxurious, with an area of at least 150 meters. Four rooms, a huge hall plus a giant covered terrace. But a few years ago, Natasha exchanged it for two smaller ones in order to provide her son with housing.
— Perhaps her beloved man helped her buy such a huge apartment?
- No! All by herself, there was no sponsor-lover. She works constantly and earns good money.
Is on the French diet
“In her youth, Natalya Varley was always the life of the party—mischievous, cheerful, and played the guitar,” says actress Larisa Luzhina. “I don’t know why the directors didn’t trust her to sing in the movies herself.” Not only in “Prisoner of the Caucasus...”, but also in our common film “Gold”.
It turned out that she and I are both prone to being overweight—we quickly gain weight. And Natasha and I chose the French diet for ourselves - dry wine and cheese. And there is nothing else. From time to time we go on this diet.
Natasha has always been a liberated girl. She was not very embarrassed when, on the set of the film “Gold,” the director ordered her and me to strip naked and cross the river. But for me, undressing was agony. But in the end, that episode with nudity was cut out by censors.
CALL TO THE ANNIVERSARY
“I’m writing a book about myself”
We called Natalya Varley to congratulate her on her upcoming anniversary.
“Thank you for your congratulations, but I’m not giving interviews now,” said the actress.
— The other day the President awarded you the Order of Honor...
“My friends called me, but no one officially informed me, called me, or telegraphed me. Did you think that I was already sitting and drinking?! (Laughs.) Where did you find out about the award? In the Internet? Well, you never know what they’ll write there.
- Well, such things are not jokes...
- We joke about anything. It was once reported that I died on the set of “Viya” (then the actress fell out of a fake coffin, but Leonid Kuravlev caught her. - Ed.). Anything can happen.
— Do you have your own page on social networks?
- No. I don’t like this - you can share it with paper, not with the Internet. That's why I'm sitting now and writing a book about myself. I have signed a contract with the publishing house, and I will have to hand over the book to them. That’s why I don’t introduce anyone to my manuscripts. When the book comes out, then we’ll all read it.
ARROWS OF CUPID
Filatov shook Varley by the shoulders and shouted:
“How could you exchange me for Tikhonov?”
None of the actress's three marriages were happy.
While studying at a circus school, Varley got into a circus program where clown Leonid Engibarov worked. It was he who suggested that director Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich look at Natasha. The director filmed her in an episode of his film, after which she was invited to audition for “Prisoner of the Caucasus...”. This film made 19-year-old Natalya Varley the most famous girl in the USSR. Men went crazy about her and wrote letters proposing marriage.
“Lenya Filatov and I, then students of the Shchukin Theater School, went to see “Prisoner of the Caucasus...”, actor Vladimir Kachan told Komsomolskaya Pravda. — We looked at it and came away very impressed. I say: “What a wonderful comedy.” And Lenya answers so gloomily: “What a wonderful girl.” This correspondence acquaintance led to Filatov’s passionate, strong love for Natasha.
Soon Natasha became a student at the Shchukin School and joined our men's company. She shared her heartfelt experiences with me. I was also privy to her story with Filatov. It was a very serious passion on his part. He was very worried about Natasha.
— Varley did not have a good family life with any of her men. Do you think Filatov was a person with whom they could go through life?
- No. They are both very strong, creative personalities. Like charges repel each other. If two very independent, independent people meet, it is doomed to only a short, beautiful story. Natasha was in Filatov’s heart for a long time. Fortunately, time has healed his heart wound.
The star of “We'll Live Until Monday” broke up his family
Varley chose another actor, Nikolai Burlyaev, over Leonid Filatov.
“Varley noted that it was some kind of completely childish marriage: she was 19, he was 20,” says writer Fyodor Razzakov, who wrote a book about the actress.
This is what Leonid Filatov looked like (in the photo in the right corner) when he studied with Natasha at the Shchukin School. Photo: globallookpress, kino-teatr.ru
“When we lived together, Kolya Burlyaev was already a bohemian boy,” the actress recalled. — In “Lenkom” he played a play together with Irina Pechernikova (star of the film “We’ll Live Until Monday.” - Ed.). When I saw them on stage at the premiere, it was as if a key had turned inside me.
- Kolya, what’s going on with you and Pechernikova?
- Nothing! Ira marries a rock musician from Poland.
Nikolay Burlyaev. Still from the film “War Romance”
...We began to quarrel often. Kolya became inattentive and rude. I was offended and went to my mother. One day, after another quarrel, I returned, opened the door of our apartment and saw Kolya and Ira Pechernikova sitting peacefully at the table and eating the soup I had prepared. It looked so homely, like a family... I felt a pain in my chest, I turned around and left.”
Had an abortion from a drug addict husband
Varley’s second husband was Vladimir Tikhonov.
“Volodya fell in love with her when he saw Captive of the Caucasus...” says Razzakov. — In their last year of study, Varley and Tikhonov took part in a graduation performance: she played the Snow Maiden, and he played Mizgir, who was in love with her. This finally united them. Upon learning of this, Filatov exploded. One day Varley was waylaid in the school corridor and, grabbing her by the shoulders, began to shake and shout: “How could you exchange me - so smart, talented - for this beautiful club?”
Varley's second husband was Vladimir Tikhonov
Photo: still from the film
Already at the wedding of Varley and Tikhonov, circus performers reported: “He’s a drug addict!” In 1972, Natasha gave birth to a son, Vasya. But the young people did not have a normal life. Tikhonov disappeared either from his drug addict friends or from his mistress. The actress packed her things and went with her son to her parents.
“Tikhonov tried to bring her back. Natalya set a strict condition - to stop using drugs, but Tikhonov was not capable of this, continues Razzakov. “Some days he simply couldn’t control himself.”
From Varley’s memoirs:
"Doorbell. I open it and Volodya runs into the apartment, grabs me and drags me into the bedroom. I could tell from his dilated pupils that he was high. Volodya demanded sex, repeated: “You are my wife!” I fought back, but it was as if a wild beast had awakened in him. I stopped resisting. Having achieved his goal, Tikhonov got dressed and left silently. A month later it turned out that I was pregnant. I went to a doctor I knew, overcoming my shame, and asked:
— If the husband is a drug addict and took a dose at the moment of conception, can this affect the child?
“Maybe yes, maybe not,” they answered me. - This will be clear only in 13-14 years.
I didn’t take any risks and had an abortion. I still ask God for forgiveness.”
Varley turned to Nonna Mordyukova for help, but she replied: figure it out yourself. “Her personal life came first, and not the fate of her son,” Natalya complained.
Third husband is a builder
“In the late 90s, Varley got married for the third time,” says Fyodor Razzakov. “Her husband was the foreman of the construction workers who were renovating the actress’s apartment. Vladimir was almost the same age as her son Vasily, he began to actively court the actress. Vladimir became the only man with whom Varley married. But this did not save the family from discord. The stumbling block was the youngest son Sasha (he was 13 years old at the time), with whom the new husband did not have a good relationship.”
“There was no real love on Volodya’s part. There was a desire to look into the “mysterious world” of the actress, and when “the barrier was taken,” the love began to wither,” the artist recalled.
About the father of the youngest son
They said that Natalya gave birth to her second son in 1985 from a married actor from Uzbekistan, Ulmas Alikhodjaev (he played in the films “Death Line” and “Fire Roads”). Varley spoke warmly about the father of her youngest son: “We had a very strong feeling. We lived in different cities, he came to Moscow. When I told him I was pregnant, he suddenly disappeared. He unexpectedly called when Sasha was a month old and asked: “How are you?” “I had a boy, I named him Sasha,” I answered.
I had the feeling that he was crying. Then there were short beeps..."
They said that Natalya gave birth to her second son in 1985 from a married actor from Uzbekistan, Ulmas Alikhodjaev
Photo: still from the film
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CASE
Almost became a victim of a rapist
“In the summer of 1973, Varley almost died at the hands of a rapist,” says writer Fyodor Razzakov. — After starring in the historical drama “Dmitry Cantemir” at “Moldova Film”, Varley went to Mineralnye Vody to shoot the film “Big Attraction”. She arrived at the airport at night, and no one from the film crew met her. Natalya had to take a bus to get to Kislovodsk. From there she had to make another move - to the Narzan Hotel. The driver of the black Volga agreed to take her. When the car left the city, the driver said: “I’ll do whatever I want to you and then kill you.” Varley was very frightened and began to pray mentally.
The man stopped the car in a deserted place and began to pull Varley out of the cabin. The actress kicked the rapist and scratched her. Then, snatching the bag from her hands, the man took out her passport and... he became hysterical. He began to hit himself on the cheeks: “What a bastard I am! All my life I dreamed of meeting a “captive of the Caucasus,” and when this opportunity presented itself... Natalya, ask whatever you want, I’ll do anything.” The shocked actress asked to be taken to a hotel. And six months later the phone rang in Varley’s house. On the phone she heard the voice of the “Kislovodsk rapist”: “Natasha, this is Valery. I am in Moscow". The actress asked not to bother her anymore.
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