Birthday of Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

On September 10, 1931, in the city of Olevsk, Zhytomyr region of the Ukrainian SSR, a girl was born in the family of a border guard officer, who was named Lyusyena.

We will not retell the facts of the biography and creative path of this wonderful Russian Actress. Today, the Internet is simply swollen from materials on this truly Russian Woman. Among others, we can recommend this video.

It is no accident that we twice applied the epithet "Russian" with reference to Lyusyena Ovchinnikova. Everyone probably knows Nekrasov’s poem dedicated to the wives of the Decembrists who followed their husbands into Siberian exile, despising the capital’s luxurious life and wealth. And this poem was called by the poet "Russian Women". And just like the wives of the Decembrists, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova, at the zenith of fame when her husband was fired from the theater (yes, for drunkenness, yes, for violation of discipline), she left the theater and, in fact, from the profession. She went nowhere, into alcoholic non-existence. And she survived her husband for only 4 months. Having lived in the world for only 67 years.

During her short and difficult creative life, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova played 57 film roles. Of these 57 films, 3 pictures entered the Golden Thousand. Thanks to this indicator and her unusual beauty, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova is included in the list of the 100 most beautiful and sexiest Actresses in world cinema, compiled by FilmGourmand.

Today, when the Actress could have turned 89, we, as usual, want to remind the fans of the Actress stills from the best films with her participation.