Larisa Udovichenko

Larisa Ivanovna Udovichenko was born in Vienna, Austria. Her parents, Ivan Nikonovich Udovichenko (a military doctor) and Muza Alekseyevna Udovichenko (originally from Leningrad, graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema, but did not become an actress due to her husband's hectic profession), lived in Odessa after her father's service in Austria ended. Larisa's parents passed away when she was very young. In the ninth grade, she made her debut in the short film "Happy Kukushkin" directed by Alexander Pavlovsky, with whom she later starred in the films "And the Devil with Us" and "A Child by November". She played her first adult role in 1974 in S. Gerasimov's film "Mothers and Daughters". In 1976, she graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (workshop of Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova). She has starred in more than 120 films in total, becoming popular after her role as Manya-Bond in The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed. She considers her favorite role to be her work with Stanislav Sadalsky in the comedy Whom God Will Send (1994) directed by Vladimir Zaykin. Larisa Udovichenko starred in the Yeralash film magazine. She is an academician of the Russian National Cinematographic Award Nika. Family: First husband (fictitious marriage) - director Alexander Pankratov; Second husband - film director Andrei Eshpai; son Maxim (1973-2006, died of a drug overdose); daughter - Maria Gennadyevna Udovichenko (born 1988), studied at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, starred as Katya in the comedy Shub-baba Lyuba! Third husband (1987-2000) - pianist and businessman Gennady Bolgarin (née Friedman) (born 1947).