Birthday of Olga Mashnaya

Olga Mashnaya was born on June 29, 1964, in Leningrad, in a family of construction workers. Olya's childhood cannot be called cloudless: her parents abused alcohol, which caused frequent scandals and even beatings. In addition, Olya believed that her mother gives more attention, love and tenderness to her sister Galina. Because of this, at the age of 12, Olya left home, which did not even cause any special feelings for her parents.

Vassa. Director Gleb Panfilov. 1982 год. Movie's Rating - 7,850, 922nd Rank in the Golden Thousand.

It is difficult to say how this departure could have ended, but fortunately for her, she was sheltered and actually accepted into her family by Emilia Belskaya, who worked as an assistant director at the Lenfilm film studio. When work began on the film adaptation of Konstantin Fedin's novel "Early Joys" at this film studio, Emilia Belskaya offered Olya Mashnaya for the role of Anechka Parabukina. So, at the age of 13, Olga Mashnaya played her first role in a full-length feature film. This role was followed by others, and after graduating from school, Olga entered VGIK (All-Union State Institute of Cinema) without any problems, in the workshop of the luminaries of Soviet cinema Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova.

Tears Were Falling. Director Georgiy Daneliya. 1982 год. Movie's Rating - 8,087, 601st Rank in the Golden Thousand.

While still a student at VGIK, Olga Mashnaya played prominent roles in a number of films that were part of the Soviet film classics, including Georgiy Daneliya's "Tears Were Falling", Gleb Panfilov's "Vassa", and Dinara Asanova's "Teenagers (Tough Kids)". The main role in the film "Teenagers (Tough Kids)" brought Olga not only all-Union acting fame, but also family happiness: in 1983 she married her partner in the film Valery Priemykhov. True, happiness did not last very long: in 1987 they divorced.

Teenagers (Tough Kids). Director Dinara Asanova. 1983 год. Movie's Rating - 8,046, 656th Rank in the Golden Thousand.

To date, the filmography of Olga Mashnaya includes 28 roles in full-length feature films, not counting numerous roles in television series. 4 of these 28 films entered the Golden Thousand, including "Tears Were Falling" and "Kin-dza-dza!", "Teenagers (Tough Kids)", "Vassa". Thanks to this indicator and her beauty, Olga Mashnaya is included in the list of the 100 most beautiful and sexy Actresses of world cinema, compiled by FilmGourmand. On the birthday of our wonderful Actress, I want to remind fans of her work the shots from the best films with her participation included into the Golden Thousand.

Kin-dza-dza!. Director Georgiy Daneliya. 1986 год. Movie's Rating - 7,99, 720th Rank in the Golden Thousand.

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