In fact, the real name of Nonna Mordyukova is Noyabrina. The future legend of Russian cinema was born in the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, but spent all childhood and adolescence in the Krasnodar Territory.
Already in her childhood Mordyukova dreamed of becoming an actress, and after the Great Patriotic War she easily entered VGIK. The first work in the movie was successful for a young actress. For the role of Ulyana Gromova in the "Young Guard" student VGIK received the Stalin Prize:
In the film "The Simple Story", non-crew actors such as Vasily Shukshin and Mikhail Ulyanov were partners in the set of Nona Mordyukova.
A beautiful embodiment of the role of merchant in the comedy film "The Wedding of Balzaminov," based on Ostrovsky's play:
The role of the manager in Leonid Gaidai's comedy "The Diamond Arm" still remains among the audience of one of the most beloved, played by Nonna Viktorovna. What are the only phrases like "A house manager is a friend of a man", "Our people do not go to a bakery for a taxi", and the word "water pump", pronounced by Mordyukova with an inimitable accent.
While filming with Nikita Mikhalkov in "Rodna", Nonna Mordyukova agreed to a terrible chemical wave and gold teeth to make the image of the mother of the main character even more colorful and believable.
The death of the only son in 1990 was a terrible blow to the actress, after which she could not recover until the end of her life. Nonna Mordyukova almost did not act in film, and appeared only in a few scenes in small roles. The last film by Mordyukova was the painting "Mama" (1999), based on the story of the seizure of a Soviet aircraft by the Ovechkin family. Nine years Mordyukova was waiting for proposals from the directors, but no one offered her any new roles. Nonna Mordyukova became the second of two domestic actresses, included in the British encyclopedia in the top twenty of the greatest actresses of the twentieth century.