For more than a month, the whole of Moscow has been touched by the whereabouts of an old actress, 81-year-old Svetlana Svetlichnaya, the gabby in Seventeen Moments of Spring.
Svetlana, who lives in a residential area of Arthanyov in southwest Moscow, reported on October 21 that she had not returned since she had been out and had not been in contact for several days. Later, her son Alexei also confirmed that his mother had disappeared.
After the news was reported, Moscow citizens immediately organized a large-scale "star search operation", about 40 volunteers posted more than 2,000 search notices in the three administrative districts of Moscow, and walked more than 30 kilometers on foot to find her whereabouts.
On October 26, Moscow police issued an announcement saying that Svetlana had been found outside the recording site of a tv stand-up show, "she is still alive, but her behavior and mental state are somewhat abnormal, possibly caused by damage to cerebral blood vessels." At present, she has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Born on May 15, 1940 in Leninakan (now Gyumri, Armenia), Svetlana graduated from the Ussrang State Film Academy, where she made her debut on the screen in the film Lullaby and then played the first major role of her acting career in The Sky Conquered by Them.
In 1969, Svetlana rose to fame with the comedy "Diamond Arm", and she played what was considered to be the first sexy and open female figure in Soviet cinema, so much so that to this day, people still call Svetlana "the actress who dared to be naked in "Diamond Arm".
During the Soviet era, Svetlana was so red that she traveled to many countries and took her place in almost every Soviet film delegation. She herself said: "I have traveled almost all over the world, and my identity is not the star of any film, but purely a representative of a Russian beauty, an 'ornament' of these delegations." ”
At that time, many big foreign directors, including Italy's Lucino Visconti, and others, sent her invitations to make films, but they were all rejected by the Soviet side.
For soviet directors, Svetlana was a "dangerous person" because she had a relationship with many of the male protagonists she worked with. When she was making Seventeen Moments of Spring, she said to director Tatiana Lyoznova, "You know what it costs me to play the role of Gabi, I'm going to fall in love with Vyacheslav Tikhonov." ”
Svetlana was married twice, her first husband being Vladimir Ivasov, a classmate of her film school classmates who starred in "Soldier's Song," and they had two sons.
Ivasov died in 1995, shortly after their youngest son Oleg died of liver poisoning at the age of 33.
The second husband was the artist Sergei Sokolski, but the marriage lasted only 27 days before ending.
In her later years, Svetlana lived peacefully with Ruslan Tati, her stylist, more than 40 years younger than the actress.