Cheer up! Ivanova L.I.

Who does not know Shurochka from E. Ryazanov’s film “Office Roman”? And Claudia Matveevna from G. Bezhanov’s painting “The most charming and attractive” with her unchanged phrase “Persistence and initiative in the most seemingly hopeless situations!”? And even if her heroines were not the main ones, but it was precisely such roles that Lyudmila Ivanov made a popularly beloved actress.

She was, like F. Ranevskaya and R. Zelennaya, the “queen of episode”, introducing mischievous to any performance or film , funny notes. The images created by her were instantly remembered and did not leave anyone indifferent.

In this book, the actress talks about working in the Contemporary Theater, in which she played for almost sixty years, about her life and a unique family, about famous actors, about teaching and directorial activities.