Yesterday's news about the sudden death of Vera Glagoleva shocked the entire post-Soviet space. It is impossible to believe that this beautiful talented woman passed away without even living to her 62nd birthday. A little more than a month ago she dashingly danced at the wedding of her youngest daughter Anastasia Shubskaya and Alexander Ovechkin, and today, grief-stricken relatives ask to pray for the repose of her bright soul. How did Vera Glagoleva live and what trace left in our hearts?
The most striking pages of the biography of Vera Glagoleva
Vera was born and raised in Moscow, at the Patriarch's Ponds and spent her entire childhood in the company of Boris's brother and domestic boys. The fragile miniature girl from an early age possessed an iron character, was a game ringleader, practiced archery and even planned to become an Olympic champion in this sport.
But a chance meeting with director Rodion Nakhapetov forever changed her life. An unusual girl with huge sad eyes struck the director, and he took it in his film "To the End of the World". This work was the beginning of their creative and romantic history. Despite the 12-year age difference, a year later they were married.
Faith was not only the beloved woman of Rodion, but also his muse: he shot it in all his films of that time. In parallel, it began to invite other filmmakers. In 1983, Glagoleva starred in Vitaly Melnikov's film "To marry the captain," which instantly glorified her throughout the Soviet Union. For this role, she was named the best artist of 1986 according to the version of the magazine "Soviet Screen".
After fourteen years of joint life, the union of the director and actress disintegrated. Nahapetov emigrated to the United States, and Vera with her two daughters, Anna and Masha, stayed in Moscow. This was a difficult period in her life, but he not only failed to break Glagolev, but made it even stronger and independent. In a difficult for the country 90-ies, Vera took up directing and soon shot her first film "Broken Light." With it, she came to the film festival in Odessa and there she got acquainted with the successful entrepreneur Cyril Shubsky.
Glagolev suggested that he invest in her new film, and he, struck by her beauty and charm, called Vera to be married. In love Shubsky showered the actress with luxurious gifts and bouquets of roses and quickly made friends with her daughters. Unable to resist such a pressure, Glagoleva answered Cyril reciprocity and, leaving the cinema, for two years, went with him to Switzerland. There was born her youngest daughter Anastasia, a beauty and a favorite of the whole family.
Soon the family returned to Russia, Vera began to make films again, appearing in the pictures "Poor Sasha" and "It's not recommended to offend women". However, the director's ambitions had the upper hand over the acting, and Glagolev finally went into directing. One by one, the best films appeared on her screens - "Order" with Alexander Baluyev, "The Devil's Wheel" with Alena Babenko and the stunning picture "One War" about the tragic fate of women caught in the millstone of the Great Patriotic War.
The last months of the life of Vera Glagoleva
Glagolev to the last days was immersed in the work and full of creative plans. A few months ago she started shooting a new picture "Clay pit". Only the Russian part was filmed, a creative trip to Kazakhstan was on the way ... None of Vera Vitalyevna's colleagues even suspected that this beautiful energetic woman had been seriously ill for several years. The actress carefully concealed her diagnosis even from close friends, not wanting to cause them anxiety.
At the end of May, information appeared about the sharp deterioration in the health of Glagoleva, which immediately denied the actress and her family. Soon after this incident, she, as always cheerful and energetic, again began to appear at secular events, than finally dispelled all doubts. July 8 in Moscow, a grand wedding of her youngest daughter Anastasia with the legendary hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. Vera Vitalievna looked magnificent, danced a lot, joked, laughed and sang songs with invited artists. It never entered anyone's head that this beautiful young woman was fatally ill and would not be in a month.
The reason for the sudden death of Vera Glagoleva
Vera Glagoleva died in one of the clinics in Baden-Baden, specializing in the treatment of oncology of internal organs. At the moment, the exact diagnosis and other details of her death are unknown. Sorrow-stricken relatives asked the press not to bother them with questions and are engaged in organizing funerals and transporting the body of the deceased from Germany to Moscow. They only ask all people who are not indifferent to their grief, pray for the peace of the soul of the newly-presented servant of the Faith. His condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased were expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the death of Vera Glagoleva "an irreplaceable loss for our entire culture."