Not a single role can compare in the degree of tragedy with the artist’s biography. Three times Elena Proklova tried to build a family, and during periods of freedom she started affairs with married actors. Did the star regret her turbulent past?
Elena Proklova
On September 2, Elena Proklova turned 67, but this age is just a number in the passport for the youthful and slender actress. Elena Igorevna goes in for sports, monitors her diet and does not neglect cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery in order to remain attractive.
The artist’s magnetism is legendary: in her youth she could conquer any man, regardless of status and age. The list of famous fans of Proklova includes Oleg Tabakov, Mihai Volontir and Oleg Yankovsky. True, the question of which of these novels existed in reality and which were just a myth remains open.
The public has repeatedly condemned the star for his turbulent past, in particular for his affairs with married colleagues. But Elena Igorevna never became the reason for her lovers’ divorces, subtly feeling the moment when it was time to put an end to the forbidden relationship. In addition, fate prepared a severe test for the actress for her sins... What did the famous artist have to endure?
STAR ROLES
Proklova played her first role in the film “They’re calling, open the door”
Since childhood, Elena was surrounded by people from the world of science and art: her mother worked as a teacher, her father taught at the military-political academy, and his parents served as actors in the theater. However, her relatives did not imagine that the girl would choose a career as an artist: from the age of four she was engaged in gymnastics, and by the age of 11 she became a master of sports.
It was then that an event occurred that changed Proklova’s life forever. Her grandfather was the second director of Alexander Mitta’s film “They’re calling, open the door” and was responsible for casting the actors. A family friend assured Viktor Proklov to show his granddaughter Mitte, but he was adamant: they say that the girl is far from cinema and is busy with studies and sports. Then the friend himself brought Elena to Alexander Naumovich, and as a result she received the role of Tanya Nechaeva.
The profession captured Proklova, she had to quit sports and finish school as an external student, because offers for filming came one after another. Could a 12-year-old girl refuse the role of Gerda in The Snow Queen? It was as if she had been transported into a fairy tale: a carriage, ancient outfits, magical characters. On the other hand, Elena felt incredibly lonely.
“The filming took place in Leningrad and Uzhgorod, in a year I only saw my parents twice. Of course, my lovely great-grandmother Victoria Frantsevna was with me, but I wanted to go to my dad and mom,” the actress said about the difficulties.
During the filming of the film “Shine, Shine, My Star,” the actress fell in love with Oleg Tabakov. After another successful film, “Adolescence,” the girl was invited to the film “Shine, Shine, My Star.” Oleg Tabakov turned out to be a filming partner, and the young artist fell seriously in love for the first time. “He was unhappy in love with me. From the inability to realize these feelings. I seriously fell in love with a 15-year-old girl, and he is over 30, and two children, a dead end,” the star admitted years later.
Proklova did not destroy the family, realizing that the relationship with Tabakov was doomed to failure. To drown out her feelings for the master, the actress married documentarian Vitaly Melik-Karamov. The decision was hasty, and in the end, even the birth of Arina’s daughter did not save the family from divorce.
The artist had no time to be sad about her broken marriage: after maternity leave, entrusting the care of the child to her parents, she continued to act in films. “Sentimental Romance”, “Mimino”, “Dog in the Manger”, “The Captain’s Daughter” - many colleagues envied the star’s repertoire. Plus, after graduating from university, she became an actress at the Moscow Art Theater.
The decision to marry Vitaly Melik-Karamov turned out to be hasty
“Be my husband”, “Remember me like this”, “The Perfect Crime” - until the end of the 80s, Proklova shone on the screen in popular films. The next decade was marked by a period of downtime for her, but in the 2000s the star returned to work in films and appeared on television. So, in 2002 and 2020, she participated in the “The Last Hero” project, for four years she was a co-host of the “Malakhov+” program, and in 2010 - “Housing and Communal Services” of Channel One.
Now the actress is selective about roles and rarely acts, paying more attention to the theater. Spectators are happy to come to the performances of the famous artist, noting that she has retained not only her talent, but also her youthful appearance. Proklova considers a healthy lifestyle to be the main secrets of beauty, however, she could not do without surgical intervention, which significantly changed her facial features. Experts noted that most likely the star had blepharoplasty, correcting her eyebrow line and lips.
“I had a facelift when I was 47 years old,” commented Elena Igorevna. - And nothing more! It’s probably time: we should remove the “nasolabials” and correct the oval a little... But I can’t find a gap in the work.”
Cheating is not a reason to ruin each other’s lives, - actress Elena Proklova
The news of Elena Proklova’s divorce came as a surprise not only to fans of the actress, but also to her close friends. Elena and her third husband, businessman Andrei Trishin, were married for 30 years and raised a daughter, Polina.
The actress herself called the reason for the divorce the indifference of her husband, who stopped paying attention to her. Today we learned that Proklova, four months after the official divorce, reconciled with her husband.
“After the divorce, our relationship became better,” Elena Proklova admitted to us. — There are difficulties. But we realized that we value family and stopped demanding anything from each other.
— Has your spouse become more attentive to you than when you were officially married?
- Certainly! He was against the divorce, but did nothing to make me decide to cancel it. But after the divorce, I realized that I had lost something.
-Are you still loving people?
- Yes. From my side anyway. I think with him too.
— They say that Natalya Krachkovskaya saved your family?
“Natalia treated my problem humanely and was very supportive. Now Andrey, it seems to me, understands me. We are both still young people, and we have a lot of interests, strengths and inspirations. The main thing is that we continue to value and respect each other. I am a person who is able to understand and forgive ad infinitum. But you have to endure to a certain limit.
- They say your husband cheated on you, have you forgiven him?
- And this can also be forgiven. A person has the right to make a mistake, but if he realized it and drew conclusions for himself, then betrayal is not a reason to ruin each other’s lives.
— Who cooks in your family now? Are you for your husband or is he for you?
— Andrey and I live in the same house, which we built together. But we exist in different power systems. He is a meat eater and loves everything store-bought, ready-made, and from restaurants. I'm practically a raw foodist. This is incompatible. That’s why we each have our own kitchen in the house and everyone eats in their own way. Sometimes it matches.
— Do you have separate bedrooms?
“We’ve always had separate bedrooms because I go to bed early and get up at seven in the morning.” And he goes to bed and gets up late. We don't interfere with each other.
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Elena Proklova was born on September 2, 1953 in Moscow. In her youth she played Gerda in the fairy tale “The Snow Queen”.
In 1973 she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of V.P. Markov), worked as an actress at the Moscow Art Theater (until 1991).
She starred in the films “Shine, Shine, My Star” together with the young Oleg Tabakov, and in the film “Be My Husband” her partner was Andrei Mironov.
In “Mimino” she played Larisa Ivanovna.
She was married three times. The first husband is Vitaly Melik-Karamov, a documentary director. The marriage lasted from 1971 to 1975, and a daughter, Arina, was born (she is now 45 years old). Second husband - Alexander Deryabin, doctor. In 1994, in marriage with her third husband, Andrei Trishin, a daughter, Polina, was born.
BY THE WAY
Three tips to help overcome a crisis in marriage
We asked Elena to give advice to women who, like her, are experiencing difficulties in family life.
1. Maintain self-esteem
“First of all, you need to maintain your sense of dignity and remain who you really are,” says Elena Proklova. — You can adapt to another person only to a certain extent, as long as it does not violate your fundamental life principles. The worst thing is to destroy yourself, your personality.
2. Enjoy every day
“The goal in life is one - to be happy, to see beauty, to enjoy every day,” the actress is sure. - If the feeling of joy has left your life, then you need to do something about it. And then divorce is not such a bad decision.
3. Know how to let go
“You don’t have to save your marriage at any cost,” says Elena. - Not just anyone! We must achieve happiness at any cost. And if people live together and ruin each other’s lives, it is stupid to keep a person by force in the family.
DIRECT SPEECH
Krachkovskaya: I explained to Elena how terrible loneliness is
“I was categorically against Lena’s divorce and told her about it,” Natalya Krachkovskaya told KP. — Difficulties happen in every family. I told her that she had to endure everything, step through it all. If there is a real human relationship, divorce is nonsense! My friend divorced two years after the wedding. But she and her ex-husband remained friends all their lives, and in old age they still ended up together. It happens.
At this age we need to take care of each other. So as not to be left alone later. I told Lena about my loneliness. There is nothing worse than loneliness, especially in adulthood. There may be a sea of friends, there may be children. And all the same, when there is no person next to you with whom you can just sit silently next to and your soul will be calm, this is a disaster.
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REVELATIONS ABOUT PERSONAL LIFE
The actress claimed that Mihai Volontir courted her
Of course, Oleg Tabakov was far from the only master who fell under Proklova’s spell. But how far did the actress go in affairs with married men? Several years ago, she openly spoke about relationships with several Russian film stars in the “Live Broadcast” program. As part of the program, the artist wanted to ask for forgiveness from the widows of her former lovers, which not all viewers and colleagues considered appropriate.
According to Elena, despite her marital status, Andrei Mironov and Mihai Volontir looked after her. The latter’s wife did not believe Proklova’s stories: having lived with her husband for half a century, she did not doubt his love and infallibility.
“My husband was handsome, women liked him, but family was the main thing for him. Proklova is proud of her turbulent personal life, and this does not make her look good. After the death of my husband, she decided to talk about the affair, to denigrate him. Why was she silent when he was alive? Mihai would not have allowed her to spread dirty gossip,” Efrosinya Dobynde-Volontir was indignant.
Proklova's relationship with Oleg Yankovsky lasted about four years
Perhaps the most scandalous story connected the artist with Oleg Yankovsky, the relationship with whom began after the filming of “A Sentimental Affair” and lasted about four years. The actress at that time had already divorced her first husband, but Yankovsky was married to Lyudmila Zorina. Proklova was friends with Zorina, knew her son, so she could not continue her affair with Yankovsky for long. The situation was aggravated by Elena's pregnancy from her lover. In order not to break someone else's family, she had an abortion.
“It was an incredibly interesting, beautiful, kind relationship, but I still perceived Yankovsky as a stranger. I had a long period when I lived freely and for myself, but I did not destroy my family,” Proklova emphasized in the “Fate of a Man” program.
The second husband of Elena Proklova was the doctor Alexander Deryabin
Even then, Elena formed a clear principle: to give birth only to legitimate husbands. She met her second husband at the clinic - doctor Alexander Deryabin cured the actress’s daughter, and soon won not only the trust, but also the love of the star. The artist became pregnant with twins, but it all ended in tragedy. “The twins were born, but were not viable, my thick blood is to blame for this,” Proklova explained.
The marriage could not withstand the ordeal, and the star was left alone again. Only three years later, Elena Proklova decided on another marriage, but even there new losses awaited her.
