With his second wife, Maria Leonidova, Vitaly Solomin met at the audition of the film "City Romance". At this time, the artist was divorced from his first wife Natalia Rudnaya and promised himself never to marry again. But the young student charmed the man so much that he changed his attitude towards marriage. Maria became the wife of Solomin, devoted her life to him and stayed with the artist until the end of his days.
Childhood and the first steps in the cinema
Maria Antonovna Leonidova was born on March 2, 1949 in Leningrad. Having received a certificate of secondary education, the girl entered the Leningrad Higher Art School named after. Mukhina to become a fashion designer.
Becoming an actress was not part of Maria's plans at that time. She got to audition for the film "Urban Romance" quite by accident. Maria met the assistant to the director of the film V. Todorovsky while walking around the city. A fragile, pretty girl with a childish face was ideal for playing the role of the main character, so she was immediately approved. This is exactly how childishly naive, kind, capable of giving up everything material for a good purpose, saw the director of the heroine of his film, a student of the pedagogical school Masha. Leonidova organically merged into the image of her heroine and was remembered in this role by the audience.
The film "Urban Romance" opened the way for Maria to big cinema and gave her a fateful meeting with her future husband Vitaly Solomin.
The history of relations with Vitaly Solomin
During the filming of the first film, Maria Leonidova sympathized with Todorovsky. Solomin patiently looked after the girl, flying to her at every opportunity. Gave luxurious bouquets, sang serenades under the window. In 1970, in Odessa, where Maria was filmed, a cholera epidemic broke out, so Solomin could not meet with his beloved. During this period, the man wrote her touching letters.
Maria appreciated Vitaly's love and agreed to become his wife. A modest wedding took place in Leningrad. The groom escaped from filming for just a few days. And actually there was no wedding as such. Vitaly accompanied the girl from the set and offered to go to the registry office on the way to submit an application. But the young people, to Masha's surprise, were immediately painted. As it turned out later, it was Solomin's cunning plan: he had agreed in advance about a quick registration, citing the need to go to the set.
The first year after registration, Maria and Vitaly lived separately: she was in Leningrad, where she continued her studies at the institute, he was in Moscow. Soon, Maria managed to transfer to study in Moscow, after which the young people settled in Vitaly's room in the hostel.
For the sake of family happiness, the aspiring actress had to sacrifice her career. For Vitaly, his wife is, first of all, the keeper of the family hearth and the mother of his children. It was because of the refusal to live by such rules that he parted with his first wife N. Rudna. Maria, now Solomina, her husband set a condition: she should not be removed or there will be no family.
Later, Vitaly sometimes allowed his wife to participate in the filming. Her second film "Clouds", released in 1973, was received by the audience much more calmly than her debut. The role of the wife of the protagonist Dasha in the film "Jump from the Roof" (in which Maria starred with her husband) was frankly unsuccessful.
The final cross on the career of an actress was put by shooting in the film "Two in a new home". Vitaly Solomin was jealous of his wife for partner Alexander Abdulov, the favorite of all women in the USSR. He also forbade her to act in films in which he did not play himself.
After this incident, Solomina had only two cameo roles: the Stoner twins in the film from the Sherlock Holmes series and Stussy in the film adaptation of the Silva operetta. Since then, the family has become the main occupation of Maria Solomina.
Patience and Wisdom as Salvation for the Family
After graduation, Maria began work in a fashion magazine and devoted herself entirely to her family. After the birth of their first daughter Anastasia, the young couple moved to their own apartment. The family relationship between Vitaly and Maria could not be called cloudless. The people around him knew Vitaly as the same good-natured, merry fellow. At home, he showed himself as a real "house builder" and a terrible jealous man. If the wife lingered somewhere, he could not let her spend the night.
At the same time, Solomin himself allowed him to start romances on the side, which brought mental suffering to his wife. She cried, called her husband a traitor, but continued to love him. At the beginning of 1980, he almost even left the family for his beloved Elena Tsyplakova. The family was saved from this step by the pregnancy of Mary and the birth of the second daughter, Elizabeth.
Maria took her husband's second romance with Svetlana Amanova more calmly. She found the strength to forgive Vitaly for the second time. In this act, the husband saw an amazing female wisdom. Solomin decided not to destroy the family. Since then, only one love has remained in his life - Maria.
They have lived together for over 30 years. In 2002, a month after suffering a stroke, the artist died. Maria Solomina had to learn to live without her beloved husband. Public interest in her gradually faded. The last time Maria Antonovna appeared in public was during the opening of her husband's memorial plaque in 2012. After her husband's death, Solomin was engaged in the modeling business, worked as the editor of a fashion magazine. At present, nothing is known about Maria Antonovna's studies.
