The biography of actor Oleg Dal and now, many years after his death, is of interest to fans and journalists. Who is he and where is he from? How much did he make? In what areas of art, besides cinema, was he successful? What caused his death?
Oleg Dal was a maximalist in everything, he could suddenly become harsh, refuse a role on which he had been working for many months. What was the reason for this? Drunkenness or wayward character? Why was everyone forgiving him? How much did he earn and with whom did he spend the last hours of his life? And now there are more questions to this actor than answers to them.
Dahl - was Oleg Ivanovich a descendant of the famous creator of the dictionary?
According to some sources, the actor was a distant descendant of the author of the dictionary, according to others, he had nothing to do with him. Wikipedia actor Dahl says that he was born into the family of a philologist and engineer from the city of Lyublino, Moscow region. The boy was always drawn to art, but his parents considered it a frivolous occupation. And yet they allowed him to attend lessons with a teacher in stage speech. But they expected a completely different effect from these lessons - they hoped that the teacher would help their son get rid of the burr.
Contrary to the wishes of mom and dad, after graduating from secondary school, Oleg went to the entrance exams to the legendary "Pike", and was enrolled there after the first round. After college, he was admitted to Sovremennik, a very popular and highly developed theater at that time. But Dahl was "cramped" there, his character demanded more rapid development. The artist found his salvation in the cinema.
How was the actor's career
Oleg Ivanovich lived only 40 years, but during this time he managed to do a lot professionally. Films with Dahl's participation are watched and reviewed many times even now, many years after his death. He easily coped with both dramatic and comedic roles, could bring to life the image of a hero of any plan, with just one facial expression and a look to convey his feelings and emotions, which is not given to every actor.
In the filmography of Oleg Dahl nearly 60 works in cinema. The most vivid images he played in the films "An old, old fairy tale", "The Adventures of Prince Florizel", "How Ivan the Fool went for a miracle", "Option" Omega "and others.
Further successful career development was hampered only by health problems, more precisely - alcoholism. The actor was a hot-tempered person, intolerant of falsehood, rudeness. But he understood that these character traits would interfere with him professionally, he closed himself in, and in order to find a way out of his emotions, he drank alone and not only. It even happened that policemen brought him to the shooting, since at that time he was "serving" 15 days for hooliganism committed while drunk.
The work of the actor Oleg Dal outside the cinema
Oleg Ivanovich was an unusually talented actor, but besides that, he was able and did a lot of things creatively. For example, he was engaged in voice acting - he was the voice of some actors in those cases when they themselves could not finish the work on the film or their timbre was not suitable for the hero.
On the stage, Dahl brought to life such images as Heinrich from The Naked King, the Marquis of Brisal from the play Cyrano de Bergerac, Vaska Ashes from the play At the Bottom based on the cult work of Gorky, and many others.
Oleg Dal took part in the creation of educational films for students of acting educational institutions, worked on film almanacs, television plays, played the role of a voice-over host or author in documentary films.
More than 20 documentaries have been filmed about the life and work of actor Oleg Dal, 9 projects of which are biographical, and they are in great demand. They are often broadcast by leading Russian TV channels, even not on memorable dates, but they always attract viewers to the screens and collect big ratings.
Actor's fees for filming a movie and acting in the theater
Oleg Ivanovich himself called himself a foreign artist. The directors considered him capricious, unreliable and reluctant to offer him roles in their films.
Dahl's income consisted of a solid salary of an artist of a particular film studio and a member of a troupe of a theater. Theaters Oleg Dal changed several - he played in the Moscow "Sovremennik", the Leningrad Theater of the Lenin Komsomol, in the MDT on Malaya Bronnaya, the Moscow Maly Theater.
Frequent binges and literal flight from theaters did not help to increase his earnings and fees. After his death, Dahl left no inheritance. He became one of the non-silver actors of the Soviet period. Maybe, if he had money, he would have cured of his addiction and would not have left life so early.
The cause of death of Oleg Dahl
When Oleg Ivanovich died, he was not even 40 years old. The reason for his death was problems with the heart and blood vessels, which were provoked by excessive and prolonged, almost binge drinking. Friends and relatives tried to rid him of his addiction, but nothing came of it. Moreover, the sharpness of the actor's character became the reason that at the time of his death he had almost no friends left.
Oleg Dal died in early March 1981. The unique actor was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery on March 7. Dal's widow Elizaveta Apraksina survived him by 23 years. She died in 2003, was buried next to her husband, as she bequeathed. The great actor had no children, and his grave is looked after by a few friends and numerous admirers.
