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Svetlana Zhgun - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Svetlana Nikolaevna Zhgun was called the brightest star of Soviet cinema of the 60s, one of the most beautiful actresses of her time, a great talent, who illuminated many television productions with her presence. She collaborated with cult directors of the Union - Gennady Kazansky, Valentin Vinogradov, Rolan Bykov, Mark Zakharov, Vladimir Kuchinsky and others, and her image, light and sophisticated, is forever imprinted in the memory of the audience.
Svetlana Zhgun was born in a small Ukrainian village Yareski, Poltava region. At the end of school, the girl goes to Leningrad, where she enters the energy technical school and for several years even works in her specialty: an energy technician at one of the local factories. But at the age of 23, Svetlana Nikolaevna decides to try her luck and submits documents to the Ostrovsky Theater Institute, a competition is successfully held, and already in 1959 the first films with the participation of Svetlana Zhgun appear, in which she embodied unremarkable secondary characters.
Director Yulia Solntseva will offer a more significant role to the actress in her dramatic film The Tale of Fiery Years (1960). The story of the life of the collective farmer Ivan Orlyuk, who became a gallant soldier during the war, fell in love with the general public and was noted with several awards at the Cannes Festival. Svetlana also got a share of fame - her name finally became recognizable, and her talent was in demand. Upon graduation, Zhgun plays on the stage of the Pushkin Theater, but soon he moved to Moscow, where he collaborated with Lenkom and the Maly Theater. A surge in her popularity occurred in the mid-60s - late 70s, it was then that the best films with Svetlana Zhgun appeared, including the dramas Your Son and Brother (1966), Indian Kingdom (1967), Director (1969), The Only ( 1975), as well as a comedy mini-series 12 chairs with Andrei Mironov, Anatoly Papanov, Oleg Tabakov and Georgy Vitsin in the lead roles. By the end of the 70s, the actress's career began to decline, she practically stopped acting in films, to a greater extent - due to problems with alcohol.
Svetlana was married to the famous actor Gennady Nilov (Captain Nemo, Three plus two), but life together did not work out. The woman gave a daughter Lada to the famous artist Ivan Mykolaichuk, but he was married, and therefore their union became impossible. The actress passed away at the age of 63.
Svetlana Zhgun has brown eyes, naturally blond hair color, fair skin and full lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is high, the hair is curly, thick. Svetlana Zhgun changed her hair color, giving preference to light. The actress has a medium straight nose and a pointed chin. The growth of the actress is 163 cm, no tattoos.
