Once the beauty of this actress was called witchcraft. The directors offered her the main roles in their films, fans gave flowers and dedicated poems. Actress Alexandra Zavyalova was one of the most popular in the Soviet Union after filming the movie "Shadows disappear at noon." In 2016, not having lived one day before her eightieth birthday, she was killed. Why did they kill the actress Alexander Zavyalova? Who did this? Why did the once-popular actress cease to be filmed? What do we know about her? The biography of Alexandra Zavyalova, personal life and other interesting information are presented in our article.

There are lucky people who have been given everything in abundance since birth. Such people included the Soviet actress Alexandra Zavyalova. Beauty, talent, fans, true love. She had everything to be happy. It seemed that the whole world lay at her feet, and in life only good was to be expected. However, everything turned out very differently. Why did the life of this beautiful woman and talented actress end so scary? What was it? Tragic accident or intentional killing? Let's try to figure it out.

Biography Facts

Despite her bright, aristocratic appearance, Alexandra Zavyalova was born in a family of ordinary workers in the Tambov region. It should be noted that Sasha's parents were very beautiful people. Her grandmother was Greek. From her parents, Alexander and inherited her bright, unusual appearance. Unfortunately, information about childhood and hobbies of the actress could not be found.

At the age of 22, she graduated from the Theater Institute in Leningrad. Alexandra played her first role as a student. The film was called "Song of Koltsov" (1959). The girl played the beloved of the poet - the serf girl Dunya. She coped with the role very well, but after graduating from the distribution institute, she ended up in the theater of the city of Brest. There were offers to act in films, but Zavyalova believed that her vocation was not a film set, but a stage. However, when director Alexander Zarha offered her the main role in the film "People on the Bridge", Alexander Zavyalova (photo below) did not refuse.

First roles and films

In the picture, she played the demolitionist Lena. Her character is a strong woman, capable of heroic deeds. Saving people, she sacrifices her life. The actress was so good at conveying this image that the audience and directors turned their attention to her. After this picture, new suggestions followed.

Zavyalova Alexandra (actress) gained wide fame after the painting "Aleshkina love." She played the main character Zinka here. Such famous actresses as Isolda Izvitskaya, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Iya Arepina could star in this role. But they chose Alexander Zavyalova for filming. Her partner in the film was actor Leonid Bykov. The gentle and touching love story of Alexei impressed the audience. The actress showed how the ordinary girl Zina is changing for the better, who at the end of the film was able to appreciate the beauty of the feelings of a young man in love.

"Shadows disappear at noon"

Alexandra Zavyalova was 35 years old when she got auditioned in the aforementioned film. The directors of the picture were struck by her beauty and the special magnetism that her eyes radiated. The decision was made instantly and unanimously, Alexander Zavyalova was approved for the role of Seraphim Klychkovy (Pistei Morozova).

Many talented actresses dreamed of playing it. But for this role, an actress with a special inner strength was needed with external softness and charm. Indeed, in the film it was necessary to show the three ages of the main character: a very young girl, a middle-aged woman and an elderly woman. From the actress, this role required incredible efforts and complete dedication.

Despite the fact that Alexandra Zavyalova played a negative character, it was impossible not to admire her game. Having played the enemy of the Soviet regime, she won the love of a huge audience. How could this be? The fact is that the actress managed to show the main thing - the life and formation of a person. And she did it brilliantly. But despite this, after the film "Shadows disappear at noon," the actress was not invited to appear. Her last role is in the film White Clothes (1992).

Filmography (list)

What other films did Alexander Zavyalova star in? Let's remember them.

• "Bread and Roses" (1960). Playing the daughter of a fist Lyubasha. An interesting picture in which together with Zavyalova such famous actors as Pavel Kadochnikov and Lyudmila Kasatkina are shot.
• "Wait for the letters" (1960). Girl Rimma (performed by Alexandra Zavyalova) is leaving for a youth construction project in the hope that she can forget her love.
• Fro (1964). Alexandra Zavyalova played a young girl Frosya. Her heroine yearns for her husband, who left a young wife and went to a construction site. The ingenious play of the actress, capable without words, only with a look to convey all the longing of the tormented female soul.
• "The Four Pages of One Young Life" (1967). The actress played a spoiled beauty here.

In total, Alexander Zavyalova starred in 14 films. All her heroines are strong and beautiful women. With whoever Alexander Zavyalov was shot, all the attention of the audience was riveted only to her. She literally mesmerized the gaze of her beautiful almond-shaped eyes. Fans followed herds, and the wife of Leonid Bykov (partner in the film "Alyoshkina Love") was very jealous of her husband and was even present on the set of the film.

Alexandra Zavyalova: personal life

Despite the huge number of fans, there was only one official marriage in her life. They met their future husband, artist Dmitry Buchkin, when Alexandra was still studying at the theater institute. He immediately lost his head, and indeed there was reason to lose her. What is she? The girl was used to admiration and attention and did not attach special importance to their acquaintance.

Dmitry Buchkin painted portraits of the impregnable beauty, gave flowers and beautifully looked after. Behind the shoulders of Alexandra Zavyalova there were already roles in several films, so it was difficult to surprise her with signs of attention. Nevertheless, Alexandra appreciated the reliability and devotion of Dmitry, and a few years after they met, they got married. In the marriage, a daughter Tatyana was born.

Acting fame and popularity, as well as numerous fans did not allow this wonderful couple to enjoy family life for a long time. Alexandra soon became interested in another man, her husband did not forgive her for treason, and they divorced. But Dmitry could not forget about his windy beauty and loved her all his life.

Fatal meeting

Perhaps if it had not happened in the life of the actress of this acquaintance, everything would have been different. But fate has plans for each of us. The American businessman, the owner of a large production, and the Soviet movie star met and fell in love with each other. He was a tall, handsome man. Despite the fact that he was married, a meeting with a Russian beauty turned his whole life upside down. He was ready for her, even to divorce his wife. True love, besides mutual, which is not so often found in life, could illuminate their whole life with their own light and give happiness.

Had this happened in the 21st century, Alexandra Zavyalova could have gone to America and, perhaps, would have become a Hollywood star. In any case, the actress had all the necessary data for this. But in the 60-70 years of the twentieth century, everything happened differently.

The Soviet intelligence agencies sent the American out of the country. And for Alexandra Zavyalova, star life ended, and the path to oblivion began. She was no longer invited to act in films, fans disappeared somewhere. She was waiting for terrible depression, treatment in a psychiatric hospital and life on the verge of poverty. Fortunately for Alexandra Zavyalova, all these years, her ex-husband, Dmitry Buchkin, was with her. He even adopted her second child. The children of Alexandra Zavyalova are daughter Tatyana and son Peter, whom she gave birth at the age of about forty years. There is no information about the boy’s father, the actress did not want to make this information publicly known.

Alexandra Zavyalova: cause of death

In 2016, the day before the actress's birthday, a terrible tragedy occurred. Alexandra Zavyalova lived with her son, who had big problems with alcohol. He could drink for several days, in a state of intoxication he did not control himself at all. Another drunken spree ended in the fact that he stabbed his mother. After the wounds received, the woman died.

People who knew Peter say that it was a terrible and absurd accident. Perhaps he dreamed something terrible, it is very difficult to judge about it now. Peter confessed to a crime and was taken into custody. But most of all he punished himself by killing his beloved mother. Relatives and friends say that they had a great relationship, they cared for each other. Alexandra Zavyalova hoped that she would be able to cure her son of addiction. Unfortunately, she was not able to do this.

In custody

It is very difficult to give an unambiguous answer to the question of who is to blame for the fact that the life of Alexandra Zavyalova happened this way and not otherwise. Perhaps if she was born at another time and in another country, her fate would be happier. But no one will ever know about this. It is good that the audience has the opportunity to watch and revise films with this amazingly beautiful and talented actress. Such Alexander Zavyalov will remain in the memory of fans of Soviet cinema.

On April 10, 2017, the Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the son of actress Alexandra Zavyalova for what he committed in February 2016. Peter Zavyalov sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony, reports L! FE.

According to the source, at the trial, Zavyalova’s son did not admit to committing the murder of his own mother, who inflicted fatal knife wounds while being intoxicated. The man said that he does not remember that day, but considers himself guilty of allowing a situation whose consequences cost the life of the honored artist of the Russian Federation.

Lawyers for her son Zavyalova do not agree with the court decision, as they do not exclude that someone else killed the actress. Since all versions of the presence of third parties in the actress’s apartment were discarded at the stage of the preliminary investigation and the court, human rights activists consider the court’s verdict unfounded, and the results of the investigation biased.

The same opinion is shared by the neighbors of the actress, who characterize Peter, accused of killing his mother, only on the positive side. They claim that he is a very kind person and for the last 40 years he has been caring for his mother alone. But the investigation established that on February 3, 2016, it was Peter Zavyalov who killed the actress - the man stabbed the actress with a knife, as a result of which she died at the scene.

Recall that Alexandra Zavyalova was a Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, whose title she received for her roles in the films Shadows Disappear at Noon, Aleshkina Love, and Hippocratic Oath. The actress’s last work on the big screen was the 1992 film White Clothes.

In the 80th year of life, the famous Soviet and Russian actress Alexandra Zavyalova died. It is known to the general public, first of all, for the role of Pistimea in the film "Shadows disappear at noon." Law enforcers believe that the actress was killed by her own son.

Not having lived 2 days before 80 years, the famous Soviet actress Alexandra Semenovna Zavyalova died.

The death of the Honored Artist of Russia was told on his blog. “Two days before the anniversary, Alexandra Zavyalova was gone. Found dead in her apartment, what is it? I know that she has a wonderful, loving family, a beautiful daughter, a son, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, a husband with whom, although she broke up a long time ago, she was friends all her life. An actress of incredible beauty and tragic talent left, with a fatally unfair creative fate. No news, no information. Died, it turns out, four days ago, maybe they buried already? Only yesterday they showed all the series of Shadows ... - the classics of our cinema - is that, in memory ?! ”- he wrote.

Alexandra Zavyalova

The actress was found dead in her own apartment on the eve of the 80th anniversary.

According to LifeNews from law enforcement sources, Alexandra Zavyalova died in her apartment in St. Petersburg at the hands of her own son Peter.

The man dealt with his mother two days before her 80th birthday and had already given confession.

According to neighbors, Alexandra and her son lived in poverty and often clashed. When Peter leaned on alcohol, he beat his mother.

Children of Alexandra Zavyalova: daughter Tatyana and son Peter

Alexandra Semenovna Zavyalova   Born on February 4, 1936 in Titovka, Sosnovsky district, Tambov region.

In 1958 she graduated from the Leningrad Theater Institute. A.N. Ostrovsky, after which she was directed to the Brest Drama Theater according to distribution. Alexandra worked in this theater for about a year, refusing invitations for filming: she considered herself a theater actress. But once she was given a personal invitation from director Alexander Zarha to a role in the film "People on the Bridge." She could not refuse.

Back to Brest, Alexander Zavyalov did not return. In the lyrical comedy “Alyoshkina Love”, the actress played the switchman Zinka, in whom the timid guy, drilling geologist Alyoshka, is in love ().

They started talking about Alexander Zavyalova, and invitations from directors appeared. One after another, films with her participation were released: the melodrama Wait for Letters, the social melodrama Bread and Roses, the youth film novella Weekdays and Holidays.

In 1961, a photograph of Alexandra Zavyalova hit the pages of the American Life magazine. Photographer Philip Halsman decided to film the most famous people of the Soviet Union, and among those who fell for his choice was the rising movie star Alexander Zavyalova.

In 1963, Alexander Zavyalov married the artist Dmitry Buchkin. Soon, the couple had a daughter, Tatyana, and Alexandra stopped acting in films. She had to leave the Maly Theater, where she worked recently.

A year later, the actress received an invitation to the Moscow International Festival. One evening, Alexander Zavyalov was invited to a diplomatic dinner party. Of the Soviet actresses, only Zavyalova was invited to the reception.

Beautiful, dark-haired, with an almond-shaped section of eyes, similar to the fashionable then Italian filmmaking, she made a splash among the diplomatic corps. After an hour of conversation, the American ambassador formally invited her to visit the United States. After this success, the leadership of the film festival instructs the actress to adequately, at the highest level, meet in Leningrad Italian movie stars, among whom was Juliet Mazina. And Alexander Zavyalov did not hit the dirt in the face.

A year later, one chance encounter turned her whole life upside down. Alexandra Zavyalova met with a 50-year-old American businessman, co-owner of a large shipping company. The American fell in love with the actress, a romance broke out between them, which was immediately noted by the KGB. The special services suspected the businessman of espionage and, declaring him a persona non grata, offered him to leave the USSR at 24 hours. As for Alexandra Zavyalova, a label of unreliability was assigned to her, and she had to say goodbye to the movie for a while. In addition, this novel put an end to her family life - Alexandra divorced her husband.

In 1966, Alexander Zavyalov was originally approved for the role of Pannochka in the film "Wii". However, immediately after the start of filming, she became seriously ill.

On samples in the movie "Wii"

In 1969, directors Valery Uskov and Vladimir Krasnopolsky proceeded to film adaptation of the novel by Anatoly Ivanov, "Shadows disappear at noon." They invited Alexander Zavyalov to the role of Serafima Klychkova (Pistimey Morozova). Filming lasted three years. Zavyalova began to play a 17-year-old girl, and in the last episode of the script she was already 70 years old.

In the movie “Shadows disappear at noon”

The film, released in 1971, was the last for Alexandra Zavyalova in Soviet times. After this picture, the actress has not been removed for more than 20 years. Complete oblivion in the cinema turned into her deep depression.

Having torn off children from Alexander Zavyalov, they were placed in a psychiatric hospital. Two months later, Zavyalova returned from the hospital. During this time, her father took her daughter Tatyana to her, and the young son was identified in an orphanage. For a long time, Zavyalova did not want to return her son, and a year later she was again taken to a hospital, now with her child. Dmitry Petrovich Buchkin adopted Peter, the son of Alexandra Semyonovna Zavyalova.

Many years later, in 1994, Zavyalova was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.

Daughter Tatyana became an artist-designer. Son Peter worked in the construction industry.

Filmography of Alexandra Zavyalova:

1959 - People on the bridge - Lena
  1959 - Song of Koltsov - Dunya
  1960 - Alyoshkin love - Zinka
  1960 - Wait for letters - Rimma
  1960 - Bread and Roses - Lyubasha Tiunova
  1961 - Weekdays and Holidays - Svetlana
  1964 - Loneliness - Natasha
  1964 - Fro - Fro
  1965 - Hippocratic Oath - Valentina Tomilova
  1967 - Sergey Lazo - Olga Grabenko
  1967 - Four Pages of One Young Life - Polina
  1969 - Meeting at the old mosque - Masha
  1971 - Shadows disappear at noon - Pistimeya Makarovna Morozova (Serafima Arkadyevna Klychkova)
  1992 - White clothes - Rayechka.

VIDEO: Alexander Zavyalov - why did the son kill the famous actress?

Relatives and friends are sure that son Peter is in a fit of delirium tremens.

Actress Alexandra Zavyalova was killed by her own son - he stabbed her in a drunken stupor all the time two days before the 80th birthday.

What are the origins of this tragedy? Why did the son raise a knife to his mother?   The guests of the studio of Andrei Malakhov tried to figure this out in the program "Let them talk."

After the role of Pistimey in the film "Shadows of Shadows disappear at noon" the whole Soviet Union spoke about the actress. But at the same time they stopped shooting her.

20 years - from the beginning of the 70s until 1992, she did not appear on the scene. The next time she met with the audience in 1992 on the stage of the Moscow House of Cinema. Then she starred in the film "White Clothes". But that was her last role.

Alexander Zavyalov in 1992

Why did this 20-year break in the actress's career happen, which became fatal for her in every way? The fact is that Zavyalova had an affair with an American businessman. He ended up expelling the American from the USSR, and the actress got into a mental hospital.

From the deep depression Zavyalova did not save even the birth of a son.

When she was sent to a psychiatric hospital, her son Peter went to an orphanage - because Zavyalova categorically refused to give her father's name.

Subsequently, her ex-husband Dmitry Buchkin adopted the boy, which allowed him to pick up the guy from the orphanage.

According to Buchkin’s story, Zavyalov was interrogated by the KGB a lot, “they demanded that she admit that she was an American spy.” And then she was "blocked with oxygen", there was a prescription "this actress should no longer be removed."

The neighbors of Alexandra Zavyalova are sure that due to the mental problems of the actress, her son Peter began to drink.

“He was a good person. But he lived his whole life with an abnormal mother. And my mother was abnormal, ”says neighbor Zavyalova, who has known this family for many years.

It should be noted that Peter was a late child. Zavyalova gave birth to him when she was under 40 (Peter, born in 1975, now he is 40).

Who the father of Peter Zavyalov hid from the public until the last day. But the family knows who it is. Petr himself knows the name of his biological father.

His niece Darina (granddaughter of Zavyalova), who visited the studio of Andrei Malakhov, said about this: “It is not so important who is his biological father. If my grandmother did not want to talk about it, I will not talk about it either. ” Petr was brought up by his adoptive Dmitry Buchkin, who always called the boy a son, and he called him the father.

Darina Alexandrova - granddaughter of Zavyalova

Peter had a wife, but they divorced. There is a son with whom he maintained a relationship.

The aforementioned Darina Alexandrova, the granddaughter of Zavyalova, spoke about her uncle accused of murder and his relationship with his mother.

According to Darina, this tragic story was a complete surprise for the whole family.

The girl said that after the incident, Peter called her parents and after 15 minutes they were at the scene of the tragedy, they also called an ambulance and the police.

“This story is not black and white, this story is very complex,” says Darina.

“My grandmother’s relationship with my uncle was very warm,” the girl shared. “My grandmother loved her son very much. She did not call him anything but “Petechka”. Petya was very fond of and very much cared for my grandmother. What happened is terrible. But Petya could not do this in a conscious state, ”Darina is sure.

She denied that between the murdered actress and her son Peter, there were conflicts with assault before, as some media say. And Peter himself, in her words, is a "very soft" man.

At the same time, she confirmed that her uncle had big problems with alcohol. Her mother, Tatyana, Petra’s own sister, tried to treat him, but to no avail. Alexandra Zavyalova often offered her daughter to move to her, but she categorically refused to leave Peter alone. She has repeatedly said that she intends to fight for her son to the end.

Darina also has a very good opinion of her uncle and does not believe that he is the killer.

Even despite the confession. According to the girl, the investigation is considering other versions, because the door to the apartment was open.

“Maybe someone stopped by and did it,” Darina suggests.

As specified by Andrei Malakhov, law enforcement officers have a version that one of the drinking companions of Peter could have committed the murder, which Alexander Zavyalova could have prevented from having a booze.

According to the neighbor Vera Korostyleva, who lives opposite the murdered actress, that day the neighbors did not hear either screams or the noise of the fight.

According to Vera Korostyleva, a neighbor, she knew Peter from infancy and says that she has a “very warm attitude” to him. He, according to her, has always been a "deeply decent man." For example, if you borrowed money (for the same vodka), you always returned it. Neighbor did not notice any special scandals between him and his mother.

True, the financial cleanliness and honesty of Peter in general was called into question by the president of the Screen Actors Guild, who was in the studio, Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev. According to him, Peter several times received material assistance from the guild for Alexandra Zavyalova, but she did not see this money.

Also interesting is the data of another neighbor of the actress, who said that recently, Alexandra Semenovna was "very silent and very aggressive."

Alexandra Zavyalova in 2015

Also in the studio was Kirill Sukhonyants, a friend of Peter from childhood (they were friends from first grade). A man still can not realize what happened. According to Cyril, Peter was preparing food in the kitchen with a knife in his hands and when his mother came in, he - in a fit of delirium tremens - mistook it for someone else. As a result of which this tragedy occurred.

Alexander Zavyalov. Why did the son kill the famous mother? - Let them talk (02/09/2016)

But all of the above is only versions. As it was, in fact, the investigation and the court should establish.

She was idolized by Rasul Gamzatov and Julian Semenov. Yuri Lyubimov and Arkady Raikin took care of her. She was admired by Bella Akhmadulina. One of the most tragic destinies in the history of Soviet cinema, one of the most beautiful domestic actresses.

The public found out about this on February 6, although the very fact of passing away was recorded by doctors on February 2!

On February 4, 2016, on the day of her 80th birthday, Alexander Zavyalova, the Honored Artist of the RSFSR, the once brilliant movie star of the USSR, the country that gave her everything and then selected this one, was found dead in her St. Petersburg apartment. Examination showed that the actress died on February 2. However, the Russian media and television ignored the death of the famous Russian actress.

As a child, I remembered the demonic beauty of Pistimea Morozova in the cult Soviet serial film "Shadows disappear at noon." The role of the richest heiress of Siberian manufacturers, who lost everything after the revolution, but vowed to fight the Soviet regime from the inside, became the pinnacle of acting Zavyalova.

At the beginning of the picture, the heroine Zavyalova appeared before the viewer as a 17-year-old girl, and in the end she was already over 70. Of course, this is not the first role of the actress, but rather the sunset of her career.

In 1960, Alexandra Zavyalova starred in the leading Soviet lyrical comedy "Alyoshkina Love", where her partner was the most talented idol of millions - Leonid Bykov. Fell in love with the audience and Zavyalova. The picture was a success. In the same 1960, she again expects success after playing the main female role in the film "People on the Bridge", shot by the legendary Alexander Zarha. But, of course, Pistimey Morozov / Serafim Klychkova became the visiting card of the actress (in the picture, the heroine Seraphim becomes Pistimea after she stole other people's documents). Who would have thought that this role, in fact, would be the last for the Honored Artist of Russia.

Her truly demonic beauty stood out uniquely even among the first beauties of Soviet cinema. The actress's grandmother was Greek. Apparently, Alexandra inherited from her such an atypical, bright appearance.

Her face adorned the cover of the American Life magazine. Zavyalov, still a rising star, was filmed by fashion photographer Philip Halsman. Representing the Soviet delegation abroad, the actress won the love of the public. On the plane, the actress met with the retired US Admiral Othello Ceresolli, who owned a shipping company. They fell in love with each other. By that time, the actress was married to the artist Dmitry Buchkin, they had a daughter, Tanya.

The security agencies from the very beginning watched the actress and Othello. Perezolli was declared persona non grata and he was forced to sail to the USA on his own steamboat. The actress told her husband that she fell in love with another, and they broke up. And in 1963, the image of Pistimea entered her life. The shooting took 3 years. This role became a test for the actress, happiness and a curse.

(It should be added that after breaking up with the American, the actress fell in love again, and again it was a foreigner - Yugoslav Moma Kosic. He beautifully looked after, cared for and helped the actress during the most difficult shootings of the series. The couple decided to get married, but the ex-husband did not give Alexandra permission to leave abroad with her daughter Tatyana. Going without a daughter was out of the question.)

It is difficult to say why oblivion came, probably the directors saw in her only the image of a demonic woman, while realizing that all the attention in the picture would be given to the actress for her unique appearance.

The actress began depression. She went to a psychiatric hospital. Shortly before that, she gave birth to a second child - a son. She was then 40 years old. Once again in a psychiatric hospital with her son, under pressure, Alexandra wrote a statement on disability. Daughter Tatyana during the illness of the actress was taken by her father, the former husband of the actress. Zavyalova was never able to fully recover from such a serious illness. At times, she felt very good. Communicated with people, gave interviews, but the disease returned.

The last time on the screen, Aleksandra Semenovna appeared in 2000 in the program of Oksana Pushkina "Women's Stories", where she sincerely talked about her life and fate.

Bright memory to her. Peace and quiet to her bright soul.

Official data appeared that the actress was killed by her own son

The management of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg confirmed the information that the son of 40-year-old Peter Zavyalov was charged with the murder of the honored artist of Russia Alexandra Zavyalova. It is reported that he was arrested and has already given a confession.

According to investigators, on the night of February 3, while intoxicated, in the apartment of house number 6 on Gavrskaya Street "on the basis of a sudden personal hostile relationship," Peter Zavyalov stabbed his mother. She died on the spot. Honored Artist of Russia Alexandra Zavyalova did not live only a few days before her 80th birthday.

As a result of investigative actions and operational-search measures, the accused was detained, according to the regional department of the RF IC. Peter Zavyalov was selected a preventive measure in the form of detention. The criminal investigation is ongoing.