Eugene Urbansky: biography, filmography, personal life. Photo by Urban Eugene Yakovlevich

Eugene Yakovlevich Urbansky - a famous actor of cinema and theater. In 1962 he received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Although the creative career of Eugene was short, it was bright and unforgettable. Despite his early tragic death, the actor was able to leave a memory of himself that will live for centuries.

Actor Yevgeny Urbansky: biography, family

Evgeny Yakovlevich was born on February 27, 1932 in Moscow. His mother's name was Polina Filippovna, and her father's name was Yakov Samoilovich. He was an active worker of the party. As a result, he was sent by the second secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU to Uzbekistan (in the mid-thirties). But he did not work for a long time on this post. In the thirty-seventh year, Yakov Samoilovich was arrested as an enemy of the people and exiled to Vorkuta.

His family was sent to Alma-Ata. In 1946, Yakov Samoilovich was transferred to the mine in Inta. The family moved to him. Yevgeny's father was finally released only after Stalin's death. But Yakov Samoilovich did not live long, having died of cancer.

Hobbies of Eugene Urbansky

Eugene Urbansky was very fond of acrobatics. And he achieved excellent results in this sport. But acrobatics did not become for him the main direction in life. Eugene perfectly recited poetry. Particularly he succeeded in the works of Mayakovsky. And he often read them at various events.

Childhood

Childhood Eugene cloudless can not be called. After his family was deported to Alma-Ata, he went to a local school, where he studied until the ninth grade. Then the family moved to their father. The living conditions there were harsh. Yevgeny's family was huddled in a cold dugout, where there was always not enough heating and light. But the severe north tempered the character of the young Urban. And it helped him a lot in later life.

Education

Ten years old Yevgeny Urbansky graduated in high school Inta. Learning was easy for him, and he was good. After graduation in 1950, Eugene entered the Moscow road university. Then he continued to study at the Institute of Mining. In it, he was actively engaged in amateur arts. And it was in the mining institute that Eugene for the first time seriously thought about his career.

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Urbanskiy Evgeny Yakovlevich, whose biography for a short life was quite bright and interesting, decided to devote himself to acting. Especially since his dream from his youth was a theatrical scene. To begin with, he chose the studio of the Moscow Art Theater. After the first listening, the pedagogical commission was simply fascinated by the young talent. And Evgeny was advised to enter the acting course. As a result, in 1952 he successfully passed the exams and enrolled. The first couple of courses Eugene did not particularly stand out. But from the third it became more noticeable, creatively bright.

First successes

His main roles Eugene Urbanski sought independently because of his work and talent. Unlike many other actors who have used patronage to advance in their careers or found themselves on the top of fame by accident. Eugene was going to it purposefully.

In 1956, he learned about the shooting of the film "Communist". Eugene Urbansky (biography of the star career began precisely with this picture) immediately offered his candidacy for the role of the main character. Photo tests to director Julia Reizmanov liked, although many of his opinions did not share. But still Eugene got his first major role and with brilliance played Vasily Gubanov.

True, the shooting was not easy for Urbansky. He was clamped, somewhat clumsy, unwieldy. Very shy in the love scenes and was shy. This exasperated Sofia Pavlov, who played the girl's favorite girl of the main character of the picture. After the completion of the work, Urban Eugene Yakovlevich believed that half will have to be retaken. This same opinion was shared by many other members of the film crew, asking the director to even replace Urbansky with another actor.

But Julius Raizmanov did not want to start all over again and decided to take a chance. Also it has appeared the rights. The film "Communist" was released in 1957. And he won a year later the main prizes at film festivals held in Kiev and Venice. According to a survey of readers of the "Soviet Screen", the picture was included in the top three best Soviet films of that time.

"Starship Takeoff"

After the release of the screens of the "Communist" Urbansky already recognized in the streets, took autographs. Many directors vied with him to offer the main roles in the new films. But Urban Eugene Yakovlevich, remembering his first shooting, refused, believing that it was necessary first to perfect the acting skills. As a result, he worked two years only in the theater, playing twenty-five performances monthly.

After some time, Urbansky still decided to film again. This time in the film "The Ballad of a Soldier." His role was episodic, but noteworthy. Eugene played an invalid, whom the protagonist met at the station. The picture was a great success, and again Urbansky began to make proposals to appear in films.

Unsuccessful role of Urban

Actors have not only ups, but also falls. Evgeniy Urbansky, whose biography contains one not too successful role, was no exception. After the "Communist" he starred in the film "Unsent Letter". In it he played the role of a conductor. But it turned out to be unsuccessful. Urbansky was so upset by this that more than a year he refused to do any shooting at all. And he agreed to return to the cinema only in 1960.

Return to Urban cinema

Directed by G. Chukhrai was for Eugene the authority. And Urbansky agreed to the proposed to him the main role in the new film "Clear Sky". This work was difficult for him in drama. Since the hero of the picture had to endure many different emotions: success, disbelief in people, expulsion from the party, a gradual gaining faith in oneself, etc.

The film received tremendous support from the audience, who spoke enthusiastically about it. Again, according to a survey conducted in the magazine "Soviet Screen", the film was recognized as the best in 1961. The film was liked not only by spectators, but also by critics. The film won many prizes at various festivals held in San Francisco, Moscow and Mexico City.

Eugene Urbansky: filmography, List of pictures

Eugene has appeared in many films. His works received excellent reviews of spectators and critics, were awarded numerous prizes. And Urbansky was considered one of the best actors of his time. The films in which Evgeny played:

• "Communist", 1957;
• "The Ballad of a Soldier" and "Unsent Letter", 1959;
• "Probationary period", 1960;
• "The Boy and the Dove" and "Clear Sky", 1961;
• "The Great Ore" and "The Land of the Earth", 1964;
• "The Tsar and the General", 1965.

Career in the theater

One of the familiar actors advised Urban to enter the Theater. Stanislavsky. This happened just during the filming of the "Communist". Since the long-standing dream of Eugene was a big stage, he immediately followed the advice of a friend. And his first role in the theater. Stanislavsky, he played on the same day, when the premiere of his first film.

For eight years of work on the scene, actor Urban Eugene performed fourteen different roles. And by the mid-sixties, he became one of the leading actors of the theater. Stanislavsky. Despite his apparent success, Eugene himself was never satisfied with his game completely. And he believed that all his roles in the theater failed to the end.

Personal life

Was Eugene Urbansky happy in his life? His personal life was turbulent. But only in the last marriage did he gain his real happiness. He had three in all. His first wife was Olga. In marriage, a daughter was born, who was named Alyona. Then followed a divorce.

After a while, Eugene Urbansky, whose personal life was always interested in his fans, married again - this time on actress Tatiana Lavrova. They played together in the same theater. Tatiana was very beautiful, but she was strong and tough. But since Eugene was an extraordinary person, their relationship ended in a break. Getting along for them was unreal.

Eugene Urbansky met his third wife Dzidra Ritenberg at the film festival in 1960. She was born in Latvia, from the city of Liepaja. Dzidra was at that time thirty years old. With Evgeny they met by chance, on one of the social parties. Three weeks later, Dzidra was taken to the hospital for examination before surgery on the heart. Eugene visited her almost every day. And as soon as the beloved was discharged, he immediately proposed to her and took him to the registry office, fearing that she would leave and he would lose her forever.

According to friends, Urbansky was explosive, was noisy, very sociable. But at home with his wife he was transformed completely, he was very attentive and affectionate to his wife. Colleagues told me that Eugene Urbansky dreamed of his son. His children are two girls of Alain and Eugene, God did not send the heir. The second daughter was never able to see her father. The girl was born a few months after his death. Eugenia was named after her father.

The death of Urban

Eugene Urbansky died on November 5, 1965 at the age of thirty-three. The tragedy occurred during the filming of the film "Director". During the trick, the machine in which Eugene was, was supposed to "jump" according to the script. The first double was filmed, but the director offered to do an additional, second. During it, the car rolled over.

If Evgeniy had leaned forward during the accident, he would have survived. But Urban, on the contrary, leaned back on the seat. As a result of the accident, he broke his spine. Evgenia was urgently taken to the hospital, but they could not save. He died forty-five minutes after the accident. His last words were: "How painful ..." Yevgeny Urbansky's daughters were left without a father. The actor was buried in the Moscow Novodevichy Cemetery.