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Ekaterina Fyodorovna Savinova (; 26 December 1926 – 25 April 1970) was a Soviet theatre and film actress and singer most famous for the leading role in the comedy movie '' Come Tomorrow, Please...'' directed by her husband
Yevgeny Tashkov Yevgeny Ivanovich Tashkov (; 18 December 1926 — 15 February 2012) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor known for his spy movies as well as a comedy ''Come Tomorrow, Please...'' that made a name for his wife Ekaterina Sa ...
. She was named
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of the RSFSR in 1965.Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary // ed.
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. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987, p. 377


Early life

Ekaterina Savinova was born in the Yeltsovka village (modern-day
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,
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of Russia) into a peasant family, the youngest of four children. Her ancestors, originally from
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, resettled in
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during the
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. Her father Fyodor Yakovlevich Savinov worked in
kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...
. Savinova inherited her singing talent from her mother Maria Semyonovna Savinova. She finished a secondary school and in August 1944 left for Moscow to enter acting courses. She was too late for exams, so she studied in a farming university and in half a year entered an additional
VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...
course launched by
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. She was soon dismissed "for the lack of acting skills", but this didn't stop her, and during the next summer she became a VGIK student under
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and his wife
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.
, 2016 (in Russian)Ludmila Grabenko.
Interview with Yevgeny Tashkov
' at the '' Gordon's Boulevard'' newspaper № 17, 27 April 2010 (in Russian) She studied along with her future husband
Yevgeny Tashkov Yevgeny Ivanovich Tashkov (; 18 December 1926 — 15 February 2012) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor known for his spy movies as well as a comedy ''Come Tomorrow, Please...'' that made a name for his wife Ekaterina Sa ...
. They graduated in 1950 and in a year they got married. In 1957 their son Andrey Tashkov was born (also a popular Russian actor). After VGIK Savinova entered the
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to study vocals. Her rare voice (3.5
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) was so impressive that she was offered to perform at the
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and pop scene upon graduation, yet she declined all offers, because she saw herself only as a cinema actress and "just enjoyed singing on her own".''Tatiana Bulkina (2011)''. A Reverence to the Soviet Cinema // Interview with Yevgeny Tashkov. — Moscow: Moskovia Publishing House, pp. 289—294


Career

She played her first big role in 1949 in the musical comedy ''
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'' where she also performed the singing parts. According to Tashkov, director
Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinism, Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes (194 ...
(who also served as the head of
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at the time) tried to seduce Savinova. She slapped Pyryev in the face, and after that he used his influence to ruin her career. For many years she appeared only in supporting or episodic roles. Nevertheless, she received the Best Acting Award at the
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along with other actors of ''
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''. From 1952 on she also performed at the National Film Actors' Theatre. In 1961 Tashkov decided to produce his own comedy movie with his wife in the leading role. Together they wrote a screenplay which turned to be partially autobiographical. The heroine – named after Savinova's childhood friend Frosya Burlakova – was also a young girl with a unique voice who arrived to Moscow from a small Siberian village Yeltsovka hoping to enter the Gnessin College, too late for exams. Many comic episodes were also "borrowed" from real life. In addition to all singing parts, Savinova also voiced one of the characters – Maria Semyonovna, an elderly housekeeper named after her mother. Tashkov, in turn, voiced the leading male character played by
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.


Illness and death

During the shooting Tashkov revealed that his wife had been suffering from high temperature for a long time, yet kept quiet about it. At one point they had to call ambulance. He insisted on physical examination. After going through many checks Savinova was finally diagnosed with
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: she got infected by drinking unpasteurized milk. The shooting had to be delayed for a year.Irina Kravchenko.
Andrei Tashkov: "Everyone Is Alive in My Heart"
' interview from '' Story Caravan'', 21 June 2012 (in Russian) When the film was finished, it turned a great success. Savinova was named the best actress at the 1964
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. In 1965 she was named the
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of the RSFSR. The spouses then toured around the country with concerts where Tashkov talked about filmmaking and Savinova performed with songs. During that time she started complaining about "hearing voices". Turned out brucellosis touched her brain and nervous system which led to
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. From then on Savinova's health had been slowly decreasing. She had to take a lot of medicine and spent months in mental clinics. She continued touring with concerts and acting. In 1964 she played another notable role in the comedy ''
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'', yet the illness had been progressing, and Savinova felt it. In 1970 she suddenly left for
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and spent a month with her sister. On 25 April 1970 Savinova left for Moscow, arrived to a local train station and threw herself under the passing train. "Just like
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whose monologue she read during the entry exams at VGIK", as Tashkov later recalled. Savinova was buried at the Kleshchikhinskoye Cemetery in Novosibirsk. During the lifetime she was very religious, and her husband insisted on conducting a
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in the
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traditions. In 2006 the tomb was moved to a better part of the cemetery and renewed.


Memory

In 1995
Leonid Filatov Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet an ...
dedicated the 9th episode of his long-running documentary series ''To Be Remembered'' to Savinova. In 2011 during the 85th anniversary of Savinova's birth a Museum of Ekaterina Savinova was opened in the Yeltsovka village. Same year a book of memoirs and other writings left by the actress, ''Light of the Faded Star: Ekaterina Savinova'', was published. Also in 2011 the movie '' Come Tomorrow, Please...'' was restored,
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and shown on
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.Sergei Efimov.
Frosya Burlakova Will Sing in Full Colour
' from ''
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'', 30 November 2011 (in Russian)


Selected filmography


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