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June 21, 1932, Dzerzhinsk - March 1, 1971, Moscow.
Graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1955, workshop of B.V.Bibikov and O.I. Pyzhova). Actress of the Film Actor Studio Theater.
Izolda Izvitskaya was born in the Gorky region in the small town of Dzerzhinsk chemists. Her parents had nothing to do with the art world: her father worked as a chemist, her mother was a teacher. In the summer of 1950, Izvitskaya graduated from high school and secretly left for Moscow to apply to VGIK. When her parents found out about this, they acted wisely: they did not make a scandal and allowed her to try her luck in the capital. Apparently, in their hearts they hoped that nothing would work out for their daughter, and she would return safely to her parents' house. However, soon a message came from Moscow: Isolde was admitted to VGIK on the first attempt. Izolda Izvitskaya began acting in films while still studying at VGIK. Initially, these were exclusively episodes. Her first films: “Bogatyr” goes to Marteau, ”“ Anxious youth, ”“ First echelon. ”Izvitskaya did not have to play anything special in these films, but the very participation in the filming added confidence to the still quite inexperienced actress. On the set of the film "First Echelon" she met 20-year-old actor Eduard Bredun, who soon became her husband. In 1955, Izolda Izvitskaya graduated from VGIK. At the same time, the director Grigory Chukhrai decided to shoot the film "Forty-first" based on the story of the same name by Boris Lavrenyov. Initially, the leading roles - Maryutka and Govorukh-Otrok - were found aspiring actors: Ekaterina Savinova and Yuri Yakovlev. However, for various reasons, none of these actors made it into the picture. And then the already popular Oleg Strizhenov and the unknown graduate of VGIK Izolda Izvitskaya appeared on the set. True, with her approval for the role, not everything was smooth. The artistic council of "Mosfilm" opposed her candidacy, as he believed that the graceful and beautiful Izvitskaya would not be able to play the wild and harsh Maryutka. However, Chukhrai believed otherwise, and his position was adamant. In the end, the artistic council managed to persuade, and the shooting of the picture began. The role of Maryutka was brilliantly played by Izvitskaya. She managed to convey the amazing integrity of the nature of her heroine, the power of a suddenly awakening feeling for the white officer and the whole tragedy of the denouement. The film was released in the country in 1956 and was enthusiastically received by the audience. A year later he was taken to the International Festival of Cannes, where he also caused a storm of delight. True, at first the French journalists greeted the arrival of the Soviet delegation with skepticism. One of the newspapers even wrote that a delegation from Moscow arrived in Cannes, in which there was "an actress with the legs of a steppe cavalryman" (meaning Izvitskaya). It was an outright lie, since Izvitskaya's appearance could rival any Hollywood movie star. However, the actress took this attack very seriously and almost fell into depression. Thanks to the members of the delegation, including Chukhrai and Strizhenov, who were able to find the right words and calm her down. The film was highly acclaimed at the festival. The jury awarded him a special prize "For poetry and original script". Izvitskaya's talent was also appreciated. She got into the spotlight. Popular magazines "New York Magazine" and "Parisien Libre" came out with her portraits on the cover, and the Isolde cafe soon opened in Paris .
At home, the 25-year-old star was also not left without attention: she was made a member of the Association for Cultural Relations with Latin American Countries, which meant that the actress had an excellent opportunity to travel freely around the world. In a short time, she visited Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Budapest, Warsaw, Buenos Aires and other cities. It seemed that the talented actress had a great future. She was often invited to appear (mainly in the roles of contemporaries). These were roles in stilted Soviet comedies and production dramas. They did not bring satisfaction to the actress. In the second half of the 50s, the melodrama "Inimitable Spring", the film story "The Next Flight", the drama "The Poet", the comedy "To the Black Sea" were released. However, none of these films could be compared with Forty-first, where Izvitskaya was able to reveal many facets of her talent. In all films Izvitskaya, although she played the main, but completely similar roles, which any aspiring actress could play without much difficulty. Meanwhile, time passed, and the director who could offer Izvitskaya a worthy role was never found. Grigory Chukhrai recalled: “Many large and even young directors did not want to work with famous artists, seeking to open their own movie star out of selfish motives. They did not notice the significant opportunities that Maryutka's role revealed in Izvitskaya. That is why many actors of a truly unique talent were rarely filmed here, while in the West, great success in a film opens the way for an actor to make many films. ”Gruvemuvestart Izvitskaya met the beginning of the 60s with a creative crisis. The main roles were replaced by supporting roles, and those, in turn, were completely tertiary. Glory, barely starting, immediately disappeared, and it was most difficult for Izvitskaya to get used to this. At such a moment, it is very important for a person to have a faithful friend on whom he could rely. However, there was no such thing next to her. The actress started drinking. The effect of alcohol on her fragile body was devastating: soon she began to lose coordination. The tragedy of the situation was aggravated by the fact that the actress could not have children. In 1963, director Sergei Kolosov began filming one of the country's first serial TV films Calling Fire on Ourselves, which tells about the struggle of Soviet intelligence officers and Polish patriots in 1941 on the Belarusian land occupied by the Nazis. The main role of Ani Morozova was played by the director's wife Lyudmila Kasatkina. And her partner, the scout Pasha, was to be played by Isolde Izvitskaya. According to Kolosov: “At times on the set, Isolde was not sufficiently collected, looked bad, it felt like she was leading a disorderly family life with Bradun, who was antipathetic to me.” Gruvemuvestart However, even despite her illness, Izvitskaya coped with her role brilliantly. For almost a year and a half, while the shooting was underway, she tried to keep herself in shape, giving her all on the set to the end. It seemed to many who knew her that the actress believed in herself and for the first time in many years would be able to change her own destiny. However, the miracle did not happen.
Film actress Tatyana Gavrilova later said: “In 1968, my friend, the famous actress Lyudmila Marchenko, and her husband, theater administrator Vitaly Voitenko, came to visit Isolde. We were shocked to see that she was badly beaten. abrasions on the arms and body, blue stains under the eyes, but did not say who did it ... "
Seeing how a person literally dies before our eyes, some of Izvitskaya's colleagues tried to somehow alleviate her fate. So, in 1969, they persuaded the director Samson Samsonov to take her in the filming of their film "Every evening at eleven" (the main roles were played by Mikhail Nozhkin and Margarita Volodina). However, the role of Izvitskaya in this film was so small, and even wordless, that none of the spectators noticed her presence there. But that was not the main thing. The shooting took place in Sochi, and this circumstance cost a lot for Izvitskaya: after all, numerous alcoholic friends constantly drunk her in Moscow. Meanwhile, that film became the last, 23rd in a row, in the actress's track record. Most of these paintings - 17, fell on the decade 1954-1964.
Returning to Moscow, Isolde Izvitskaya lived happily for a while, but then she was again swallowed up by a maelstrom of drunkenness. In January 1971, her husband Eduard Bredun left her. Gathering his things, he moved to his wife's friend, leaving Isolde not a penny. This departure finally finished off the unfortunate woman: her mind was clouded. She closed herself in her apartment and did not appear on the street for weeks, eating only breadcrumbs.
In the Theater-Studio of the film actor, she was offered a role in the new play "Glory" based on the play by Gusev. This proposal encouraged her, Izvitskaya began to teach her role at home all day. And suddenly - at the end of February 1971, the actress disappeared. The theater dispatcher, worried that Izvitskaya's phone was not answering, called Bredun. He, in turn, called the police. They broke down the door ... Isolde Izvitskaya was lying on the floor somehow sideways, in a quilted French robe, her head in the kitchen, her slender body in the room. The fact that the once famous actress died was reported in those days only by the newspaper "Soviet Culture". At the insistence of Bradun, death was explained by "poisoning the body with unknown poisons, weakness of the cardiovascular system." She was buried at Vostryakovskoye cemetery.
Used materials: Fedor Razzakov, “For people to remember” (M. “Eksmo”, 2004 Izolda Izvitskaya. Pp. 302-309); Cyril and Methodius' Encyclopedia of Cinema (CD Media-Service-2000 LLC)

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