Actor Alexei Petrenko, whose biography and personal life interests fans even after his death, is a representative of a cohort of unique masters of reincarnation. His theatrical and cinematic roles are characterized by maximum realism, and films with him are in demand and always desirable for the viewer.
Actor Alexei Vasilyevich Petrenko is an extraordinary person both in life and in the profession. His personal life and biography are discussed even several years after his death, and films with his participation are still gaining full houses. So to show your hero, to convey his feelings and emotions, without saying a word, only with a glance and gestures - this talent is available to few, and one of these few is Alexey Petrenko.
Biography of the actor Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich
Alexey Vasilievich was born in a small village in the Chernigov region of Ukraine, in March 1938. When the boy was 11 years old, his parents bought half of a small house in Chernigov and moved there. Childhood and adolescence of Alexei Vasilyevich passed, like many Soviet children. But there were also important milestones in his life, hobbies that distinguish him from others:
- active sports wrestling,
- fascinating rehearsals and performances as part of a drama circle group,
- admission to a theater university, and only at the age of 29.
The path to acting for Alexei Petrenko was long and difficult. Many times he "flunked" the entrance exams, and the problem was not at all in acting, but in the basic sciences - Russian and Ukrainian. In the first subject, Petrenko had a grade of 2, and he could not pass the second subject at all.
Petrenko Alexei Vasilyevich was recognized as an actor in 1977, after the film "Key without the right to transfer", for his role in which the actor became a laureate of the All-Union Prize. In 1988, Petrenko received the title of People's Artist, and in 2017 he was awarded the title of "Artist by the grace of God."
Personal life of the actor Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich
In his personal life, as in his acting life, Alexey Vasilyevich tried on different roles. There were many women, but only three left a significant mark in his life:
- opera singer Alla, the first wife, mother of the joint daughter Polina, now lives abroad,
- Galina Kozhukhova, second wife, life partner, with whom they lived together for 30 years, in marriage with whom Alexei Vasilyevich grow up an adopted son - Mikhail Kozhukhov,
- Azima Rasulova is a journalist, director of documentaries, the actor's third wife.
There were many rumors around the third marriage of actor Petrenko Alexei Vasilyevich, scandals were inflated, and litigation is still ongoing. The legal heirs of the great actor cannot accept and recognize the third wife's legal right to inheritance. Many times she was accused of either forgery or that Azima used an elderly person for selfish purposes and married him only for property reasons.
The actor himself claimed that he found true peace only with his third wife, who was much younger than him, but managed to improve her life, give him peace and happiness. It is not surprising that the actor in old age was in love and loved, but also that he changed his principles, managed to become kind and loving, which his first two wives did not know.
