Veniamin Borisovich Smekhov is one of the most successful actors of his generation. He managed to keep the relevance and in the "new" time of the Russian history of cinema, became "popular". How much does an actor, director, writer Smekhov earn?
Fans of Smekhov are interested in knowing everything about their idol - the smallest details of the biography of Veniamin Borisovich, the vicissitudes of his personal life. The amount of his fees in Soviet times and now, when he crossed the age threshold of 70+ and became the People's Artist of Russia. What does he do? Is Smekhov preparing new projects, and what plan will they be - books, feature films or documentaries, theatrical performances?
Biography of Veniamin Borisovich Smekhov
The future actor came from an intelligent family. His mother was in charge of the therapeutic department of one of the Moscow clinics, his father was a doctor of economic sciences. Veniamin Borisovich was born in August 1940, but, despite the fact that his childhood passed during the war years, he never needed anything.
The boy went to secondary school after the war. Even in his school years, he attended a drama club, which was taken care of by Rolan Bykov himself. After leaving school, Veniamin entered the legendary "Pike", got into the course of Etush, successfully graduated from it in 1961, and immediately became part of the acting troupe of the Kuibyshev Drama Theater. He was sent there on distribution. The reason for the "exile" was the young artist's natural shyness.
Only a year and a half later, Veniamin Borisovich returned to the capital and was admitted to the Theater of Comedy and Drama (Theater on Taganka). For more than 20 years he served in this theater, at the same time acted in films, then began to try his hand at directing and writing books of journalistic and artistic genres.
Laughs as an actor
Veniamin Borisovich made his film debut in 1968 - he played the role of Baron Krause in the film "Two Comrades Served". But Smekhov received all-Union popularity as a film actor only 10 years later, when he played the role of one of the most romantic heroes of the serial film "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers" - Athos.
Now the filmography of the actor Smekhov includes more than 80 works. The best ones are:
- Smoke and Baby (1975)
- "Tale of Wanderings" (1983)
- "The Musketeers 20 Years Later" (1992),
- The Secret of Queen Anne (1993)
- "Healer against his will" (2002),
- "Furtseva" (2011),
- Spiral (2014) and others.
It is simply impossible to list all the roles of Veniamin Smekhov in the cinema. He is rightfully proud of the fact that in several films he played along with his daughter, also an unusually talented actress, Alika.
Smekhov is no less successful in the theater. Not a trace of youthful shyness remained. Veniamin Borisovich, according to Wikipedia, took part in more than 20 productions. In his piggy bank of this plan there are roles in the performances "Don Quixote", "Two Sisters", "The Suicide" and others.
Director Veniamin Smekhov and his works
Smekhov's diversified development was pushed not by low fees for his acting, but by the desire to learn something new in the profession. Veniamin Borisovich is an addicted person, he tries to learn and master new heights even now, when he is already well over 70.
Smekhov's first directorial work was the 1967 television show Mayakovsky's Day. Then he staged other plays - "Frederic Moreau", "Sorochinskaya Fair", a documentary cycle "Storage Unit", a film about Marina Ladynina "A Movie Star Between Hammer and Sickle" and others.
In addition, Veniamin Borisovich is also a successful screenwriter. From under his "pen" came scripts for such films as "The Wizard of Shiraz", "Theater on the Volcano", "The Last Poet of the Great War" and many others. As a screenwriter, Smekhov is more interested in documentary projects and biography films.
It is not known what fees Smekhov receives for his directorial and screenwriting work. The actor generally does not like to talk about material value; Veniamin Borisovich never answers questions about how much he earns.
Honoraria of the actor, director and screenwriter Veniamin Smekhov
How much and how does Veniamin Smekhov earn? Attempts by journalists to get an answer to this question during an interview with the actor were unsuccessful. He either suppresses their attempts, or, in a manner peculiar only to him, jokes everything.
The only fee that the actor talks about with pleasure. This is a payment for work on the "Musketeers". He received "considerable" money, bought himself a sheepskin coat, luxurious for those times, and a Zhiguli. Veniamin Borisovich claims that this fee ruined his first marriage.
Now Smekhov's income is made up of his pension due to his age, fees for appearing on the theater stage, filming, directing and screenwriting. In addition, the artist goes on tour with mono performances.
The personal life of the actor Veniamin Smekhov
Veniamin Borisovich was married twice. His first wife was radio editor Alla. They lived together for many years, they had two daughters - Elena and Alika. Now the girls are already adults, they gave their parents three grandchildren - the boys of Leonid. Artyom and Makara.
In 1980, Smekhov married for the second time. The chosen one was a film critic, art critic, associate professor of the Moscow Art Theater School Galina Aksenova. To date, the couple have been together for more than 30 years, but Galina and Benjamin have no common children. Daughters from Smekhov's first marriage are happy to communicate with his second wife, she, in turn, gladly accepts both them and their children in her house, considering them her grandchildren too.
