Leonid Kuravlev died in Moscow at the age of 85 on Saturday, January 30th.
Before that, the star of Soviet cinema was hospitalized in intensive care with suspected COVID-19, and after a recent discharge from the hospital, they were transferred to a hospice for rehabilitation under round-the-clock supervision, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC- Ukraine.
Leonid Kuravlev became ill at Christmas — December 6. He developed breathing problems and his family called doctors. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed pneumonia (pneumonia) and performed a series of tests.
Doctors also identified a number of concomitant diseases in the artist that worsened his condition. He also had to be operated on urgently due to dysphagia — violations of the complex reflex swallowing act. That is, he could not eat.
Recently, after an examination by neurologists, they decided to transfer Kuravlyov to a hospice. The 85-year-old movie star was diagnosed with mixed dementia, as well as cerebrovascular disease, a pathological condition in which damage to the vessels of the brain progresses, and neurons gradually begin to die due to a lack of oxygen and nutrients.
In this the legendary Kuravlev spent the last days of his life in a hospice.
Early years
Leonid Kuravlev — famous Soviet theater and film actor, who was born in Moscow on October 8, 1936. He did poorly at school. The exact sciences were hard for him — mathematics, chemistry and physics, so my sister jokingly said that you need to enter VGIK, where it would be unnecessary to take unloved subjects.
He did just that. In 1953, Kuravlev tried to enter VGIK, but he failed. The young guy was not taken to the university, after which he got a job in the Moscow artel & # 171; Optician & # 187; (voluntary association of people for joint work or other collective activity, — ed.).
At the same time, Kuravlev did not give up hope of becoming an actor. Second attempt «assault» VGIK happened two years later — in 1955. From the second time it turned out and he was enrolled as a student. He studied at the course of the Soviet theater and film actor and theater teacher Boris Bibikov.
In 1960, Kuravlev graduated from VGIK. At the same time, among his classmates were Svetlana Druzhinina and Sofiko Chiaureli — girls who have become famous actresses.
Movie career
Leonid Kuravlev made his film debut while still a student. In 1958, he played in the film by Andrei Tarkovsky and Alexander Gordon «Today there will be no dismissal…».
At the same time, he starred in Vasily Shukshin's thesis «From Lebyazhye reported» ; (1960) and in the adventure film by Mikhail Schweitzer «Midshipman Panin» (1960).
In 1964, Kuravlev got the lead role in Vasily Shukshin's film «Such a guy lives».
movies
During his long career, Leonid Kuravlev starred in more than 100 films. Among his most famous works are «Viy», «The Golden Calf», «Burn, burn, my star», «The life and amazing adventures of Robinson Crusoe& #187;, «Ivan Vasilievich changes profession», «Seventeen Moments of Spring», «Afonya», «Mimino», «Place meetings cannot be changed», «Vanity of vanities», «We are from jazz», «The most charming and attractive».
Interesting Facts
- During the filming of «Viy» scenes where the pannochka (Natalya Varley) flies in a coffin, the actress fell from a three-meter height and could have crashed, but Kuravlev reacted with lightning speed and managed to catch her.
- For the film «Seventeen Moments of Spring» auditioned for the role of Hitler, but eventually became Gestapo Eisman. Moreover, as Tatyana Lioznova, the director of the film, admitted, Kuravlev had to work hard on this role, since the actor could not «get» into the character's character, and then the creators of the tape, to help, made the hero one-eyed, which immediately worked.
- In 1941, due to a false denunciation of the NKVD, Leonid Kuravlev’s mother, Valentina Dmitrievna, was prosecuted under the article & # 171; counter-revolutionary activity & # 187;, and after the trial she was exiled to the Murmansk region. Only 7 years later, the woman was allowed to discharge her son.
Personal life
Leonid Kuravlev is monogamous. With his wife Nina Vasilievna, he lived in marriage for 52 years. At the same time, the couple met as teenagers at the rink. Then Leonid was 16 years old, and Nina — 13.
After 8 years they got married — in 1960 and never parted again. In 1962, the couple had a daughter, Ekaterina. In her youth, the girl became interested in cinema and dubbing, but then she became a psychotherapist.
In 1978, the son Vasily was born . He works at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and holds a PhD in Economics.
Kuravlev also has three grandsons — Stepan, Fedor and Grigory.
Nina Vasilievna was an English teacher and worked as a school principal. She died at the age of 72 in 2012. She was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
The disappearance of Leonid Kuravlev
After the death of his wife, the actor began to lead a reclusive life, and practically did not appear in public. In addition, after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuravlev moved from his Moscow apartment to his dacha.
At the same time, he did not even answer calls, and his daughter Ekaterina did this for him until some time. Friends even began to worry about him.
Let us recall that it became known where Leonid Kuravlev would be buried. His close friend Alexander Shpagin said that the artist is preparing himself for death. At the same time, his own name was engraved on the monument to Kuravlev's wife without the date of the actor's death.
