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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan voiced about a dozen famous cartoons, starting from Funtik, ending with "Ninja Turtles".

Personal life

Like most celebrities, love did not work out the first time. I will still be in the Yerevan theater, the actor married Alla Vannovskaya, but after the wedding he learned about the mental illness of his wife, who constantly rushed at him in fits of jealousy. He happened to get a divorce, taking his daughter Elena. When she was twenty-three years old, she died after falling asleep at the wheel.

The second marriage happened immediately after breaking up with Tatyana Vlasova. They did not have children in common, but Dzhigarkhanyan adopted Tatyana's son from his first marriage. Due to constant work, the couple moved away, and soon divorced in 2015.

The third marriage was with Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, which was formalized in 2016. The age difference was 47 years. But a year later, Armen kicked her out accusing her of stealing and wanting to kill him. The relationship ended with a filed statement to the police. At the end of 20117, they were officially divorced.

The last love, as the artist admitted, died in 2006 - the cat Philosopher, who lived with his second wife Tatyana in America. Despite various everyday failures, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan demonstrated a remarkable career as a film and theater artist. Now he has almost all possible awards in this art, and even at the age of 82, the actor continues to act in plays and films, not giving up for a minute.

Name: Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Date of Birth: 03.10.1935

Age: 83 years old

Place of Birth: Yerevan city,

Activity: theater and film actor

Family status: not married

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is one of the most popular actors Russian cinema. On his account there are more than 300 interesting roles in famous films. In addition, the actor spent most of his life on the stage of the theater, each time reincarnating as unusual characters. Since Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was very attractive man, many fans simply did not give him a pass. They were especially interested in questions about the actor's personal life: does he have a wife and how many children does he have?

Among other things, there was a period in the artist's biography when he taught acting at the university and founded the Moscow Drama Theater (formerly designated as "Theater" D "").

Childhood

Armen was born on October 3, 1935 in Yerevan. Despite the fact that his parents were married, his father left the family almost a month after the birth of his son. Mom Elena Vasilievna was very worried about this, but she adequately endured this gap. After some time, she met a wonderful man, whom Armen still considers his father. It was he who was able to raise a real man from a boy. Since childhood, his father wanted Armen to develop industriousness and perseverance, because in any profession these are simply irreplaceable qualities that can lead to great success.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in childhood with his mother

Armen knew Russian well, so my mother decided to send her son to a Russian-speaking school. There the boy tried to participate in all performances. At that moment, for the first time, he fell in love with everything connected with the theater and decided for himself what profession he wanted to choose.

In addition, he often attended various performances with his mother. Armen looked at the artists and envied their talent and skill. Therefore, by the time he graduated from school, the guy was fully aware of who he wants to be in the future.

Student years

In 1953, Armen left his native Yerevan and went to conquer the capital. He decided to enter GITIS, but there he was disappointed. All the teaching staff did not like the fact that the young man spoke with an accent. Therefore, they did not even give him a trial run in passing the exams. Armen was very upset and decided to return home. There, the guy found a job at the local Armenfilm film studio. AND whole year was the operator's assistant. After some time, he decided to enter the EGITC, where he was immediately accepted. His teacher was Armen Gulakyan, a well-known Armenian director and actor. Thanks to the teacher, Dzhigarkhanyan learned all the subtleties of acting and gained wonderful experience.

the first theatrical role Armen played during his first year at the university. Then they began to use it in almost all performances. And each time his roles were unusual and diverse. In addition, the guy had a non-standard appearance: short stature, memorable facial features, special facial expressions. The artist has repeatedly said that he is inspired by the very presence on stage.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in his youth

Armen worked in his native theater for 10 years. During all this time, he managed to reincarnate in several dozen images. Some of the most memorable works were:

• "Storm";
• "Irkutsk history";
• "At the bottom";
• "In the name of the revolution."

In addition, Armen really wanted to get into the film industry, so he often went to auditions. But all his attempts were unsuccessful. For some reason young guy refused all the time. In 1959, he still managed to appear on the screen. It was the film "Collapse", in which he played the role of a young worker. After that, Dzhigarkhanyan realized that he wanted to continue acting and came to grips with the development of his creative biography.

long-awaited success

For several years, the actor had to appear only in episodic roles. But in 1962 Armen played leading role in "The Waters Rise" Thanks to this work, Dzhigarkhanyan was noticed by the famous film director F. Dovlatyan, who invited him to shoot the film “Hello, it's me!”. This dramatic story was able to bring the actor the desired recognition and great popularity.

Shot from the film "Hello, it's me!"

After this project, several more interesting films were released with his participation:

• "Triangle";
• "On the Kiev direction";
• "Operation Trust";
• "A man lived."

Every day the popularity of the actor became more and more. He was involved in a large number of projects that bring him great pleasure. Viewers with great interest looked at his characters and more and more they were interested in questions about the biography and personal life of the actor: the presence of a wife, children.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film "The New Adventures of the Elusive"

Many of his works are known to literally every inhabitant. former USSR. Let's recall some of them:

• "Hello I'm your aunt!";
• "Dog in the manger";
• "Meeting place can not be Changed";
• "Elusive Avengers";
• "New Adventures of the Elusive";
• "Crown Russian Empire, or Elusive Again".

New career stage

big event in creative life the actor became acquainted with the famous film director A. Efros. At that time, he worked at the Moscow State Theater "Lenkom". The young artist attracted his attention, so Efros invited Armen to move to Moscow and work in his theater troupe. understood that this was a huge step forward, because the popularity of this theater was very high. Therefore, he did not miss this chance.

New place to work with huge force inspired the actor. He gave 100% on stage. And every time the audience thanked him for this with a standing ovation. For 2 years, Armen managed to play in many performances, and the most memorable were:

Actor in the role of Hunchback in the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed"

• "Smoke of the Fatherland";
• "Molière".

It would seem that he is now waiting for a fruitful collaboration with a successful director. But something happened that no one could even think of: Anatoly Efros was removed from work for unknown reasons. It was a big loss for everything creative team theater. In his place came new person, and, despite the fact that he treated everyone quite favorably, Armen also decided to leave the theater. Work no longer brought pleasure to the artist, creative process without a talented leader, he simply stood still, and Dzhigarkhanyan really wanted to develop.

Soon he found a new job in academic theater them. V. Mayakovsky, in which he stayed for as long as 27 years. Within the walls of this institution, he was able to realize dozens of roles, become one of the leading actors of our time and play in such famous productions, How:

Shot from the film "Hello, I'm your aunt!"

• "Tram "Desire"";
• "Destruction";
• "Run";
• "Cat on a hot roof";
• "Conversations with Socrates".

New achievements

In addition to theatrical performances, Armen began to act in films more. At the same time, he was able to establish himself as an excellent performer of complex "character roles." Gradually, his popularity began to gain high speed. Since the 1980s, Dzhigarkhanyan has starred in more than 50 roles, and even the final collapse of the USSR could not affect his success.

In the 90s, the actor was able to expand the boundaries of his activities. Now he not only performed on stage and acted in films, but also became one of the respected teachers of VGIK. Just at this time, with his participation, such well-known films as:

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan head of the theater "D"

• "Murderer";
• "Dreams";
• "A Few Love Stories";
• "Inspector";
• "White Holiday";
• "Queen Margo".

But the years took their toll, and the actor tried to spend not so much time at work. But still continued to act in films several times a year. During this period, Armen decided to show his directorial talents and showed the audience one of his works. It was the play "A Thousand and One Nights of Scheherazade". The audience really liked the production, and critics highly appreciated his work.

In 2008, Dzhigarkhanyan starred in several films at once:

• "Parents day";
• "Alexander the Great";
• "Brownie";
• "Confessions of the Devil";
• "Hand for happiness";
• "Smile of God"

Actor on the theater stage

For all my creative activity the actor was able to play about 300 diverse roles. And, despite the oriental appearance, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was able to masterfully transform into each of them. In addition, the artist perfectly found mutual language with all his colleagues, fruitfully working on each project.

Personal life

Not so long ago, the personal life of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan became the most discussed topic. Russian show business. Many interested parties often discuss his wives and children, as well as the most scandalous news from his biography. But first, let's find out about the actor's first wife. When Armen came to work at the Yerevan Drama Theater, he immediately drew attention to a spectacular girl and talented actress Alla Vannovskaya. She was several years older, but this did not interfere with the young man in love.

Dzhigarkhanyan's first wife - Alla Vanovskaya

Their relationship developed very rapidly. In addition, they were a very emotional couple. Alla was quite jealous of the great popularity and the incredible number of fans surrounding her lover. After a while, the young people got married, and soon their daughter Elena was born. But postpartum depression had a very negative impact on the mental state of the newly-made mother.

Her behavior was quite dangerous for the child: constant aggression and jealousy developed into a manic state. A year later, Armen could not stand it and left for Moscow with a new passion - Tatyana Vlasova. Many were shocked by such an act, but at that time the man did not care.

With his second wife Tatyana Vlasova

Just a few months later, the actor received an urgent telegram. There was a job offer from A. Efros. Armen understood that such a chance should not be missed. His relationship with his wife had already reached its climax, and with Tanya they were just beginning, and something had to be resolved quickly. Therefore, the actor packed up and went to the capital to start a new life.

Vannovskaya several times was going to commit suicide, but never did it. As a result, she began to drink alcohol often, quit the theater and completely degraded as a person. My daughter was with her all this time, but she did not receive proper care. She died a few years later.

Another tragedy

At that time, Armen had already managed to settle in Moscow with his newly-made wife. He took his daughter from Yerevan, and Tatyana accepted her as her own. In addition, Dzhigarkhanyan adopted Vlasova's son from his first marriage. In Armen's personal life and biography, everything turned out as well as possible: he had a beloved wife and wonderful children.

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Biography

Director of the St. Petersburg Museum of Modern Art, Head of the Department of Contemporary Art of the Central Exhibition Hall "Manezh" (St. Petersburg) since 1986.

Graduated from the Faculty of Theory and History of Art of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Architecture and Sculpture. I. E. Repin in 1980

1980-1984 - tour guide of the State Hermitage.

1984-1993 - senior editor at the State Public Library. M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin and in the publishing house "Artist of the RSFSR"; member of the Association of Creative Workers of the Scandinavian Region.

Since 1996 he has been the head of the department of the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Engaged in acquisition of a collection of contemporary art.

Member of the Association of Creative Workers of the Scandinavian Region.

Exhibitions, projects=

Curator of major cultural projects Petersburg - art exhibitions held in the Central exhibition hall"Manege":

• "Wardrobe" (Exhibition of modern carnival costume, 1992-1993)
• "Pilgrimage to the island of Cythera" (Love and erotica in fine arts 1997)
• "Truly, truly, I tell you... (Exhibition dedicated to the 2000th anniversary of Christianity", 2000)

Petersburg curator of international youth festivals.

About 30 years ago, the only daughter of Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan died. The girl inherited a complex genetic disease from her mother nervous system. Her body was found in a car in a garage. Then the experts voiced the version - an accident.

First famous actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan married an actress of the Yerevan Drama Theater. Stanislavsky, Alla Vannovskaya. The girl was 15 years older than her chosen one. In the family of the actress, women were inherited a rare genetic disease of the nervous system, the so-called Huntington's chorea.

The first wife of Armen Borisovich (Elena's mother) also inherited this dangerous disease and ended her days in a psychiatric clinic. As a result, the daughter of a famous artist grew up and was brought up in his renewed family.

Elena Armenovna died when Dzhigarkhanyan was on tour

Tatyana Vlasova (Dzhigarkhanyan's second wife) said that after the death of her mother, the artist's daughter Elena moved to live with them. Tatiana also had a child, son Stepan, he was only two years older than Elena, and that’s how they grew up together until they grew up, Vlasova said. When the children famous artists became adults, Vlasova and Dzhigarkhanyan exchanged an apartment to help the children.

Armen Borisovich helped Elena get a job as an extra at the Mayakovsky Theater. After some time, Lena began dating a young man. According to the memoirs of Tatyana Vlasova, they met for only a week. And when Dzhigarkhanyan and Vlasova were on tour in Norway and were going to celebrate Catholic Christmas with their friends, the same phone rang.

Later it turned out that the daughter of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and the guy somehow ended up in this ill-fated garage. They were sitting in his Muscovite, the guy was driving, and Lena was at the door (most likely the girl wanted to get out). According to the investigation, young people suffocated with carbon monoxide from exhaust pipe car - bitterly recalls Tatyana Vlasova.

The ex-wife of the artist, Vitalina, spoke about the death of Dzhigarkhanyan's daughter

However, the young ex-wife People's Artist, Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, is convinced that it was suicide.

Vitalina does not have direct evidence of this, but she suggests that it was the relationships in the family that brought the only daughter of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan to such a state.