Biography of Tatyana Vedeneeva
Tatyana Vedeneeva is a Soviet and Russian actress, one of the most beautiful TV presenters on Russian television. The favorite on-screen “Aunt Tanya” of Soviet children, who eagerly waited for her and the heroes of the program “Good night, kids!” - Piggy, Stepashka, Karkusha. Cinema connoisseurs will forever remember her as Ella Deley, the pupil of Donna Rosa Dalvadoran from the musical tragicomedy “Hello, I’m your aunt!”
In the photo: Tatyana Vedeneeva
I want to change...
Of course, there are many things that Muscovites would like to improve. Muscovites are strange people; when I see them coming abroad, they immediately become so law-abiding, not breaking the rules and smiling at each other, but in Moscow many walk around frowning. In Europe, all zebra crossings certainly allow pedestrians to pass. This metropolitan disrespect for each other disappears there, in another country, but here, upon arrival, it returns again. We are all in charge: we, pedestrians, walk along the crossing, and you are in your crappy cars. And they, who don’t even consider it necessary to stick their heads out from under the hood, are run over, because there are also a lot of fools behind the wheel. The media must somehow instill in people norms of behavior.
Childhood, youth, family
Tatyana was born in the summer of 1953 into the family of Stalingrad residents Anna and Veniamin Vedeneev. Anna Egorovna worked in the steelmaking laboratory, Veniamin Zakharovich worked there as a shop foreman. He did not have a higher education.
They named me Tatyana in honor of Tatyana Larina - it was a tribute to fashion. As a child, I didn’t really like the name Tanya. I liked it better when they called me Yana or Tanya.
Tanya’s dad was left without a mother early on, and in the family of grandfather Zakhar, who considered himself a Cossack and a descendant of Ermak, there were five children who had to be put on their feet.
The grandfather himself and his older brother Alexey were raised in an adopted but very wealthy family of landowners, the Vedeneevs, who gave them their last name. Zakhar learned that they were not relatives at the age of eighteen, and because the deception was revealed so late, he almost threw himself off a cliff into the river. Then came 1917, the Bolsheviks came to power. The adoptive parents invited their sons to go abroad with them, where they fled themselves. But the young men refused. Alexey became a revolutionary, Tanya’s grandfather remained the owner of the estate, where there was even a tractor, an unprecedented technique at that time. The small factory also cast bells for churches. Soon the older brother and his comrades arrived at the estate to dispossess the younger one. All that remained from the estate was a small bell with the mark “Vedeneev”, which Tatiana carefully preserves.
Zakhar left for the prescribed period of time in an exile camp, and when he returned, he settled in the Sholokhov area, on the Don. Little Tanechka loved to come to her grandfather at the Ilmenevsky farm to stay. She liked to go fishing with her grandfather, listen to his leisurely stories, and swim in the Khoper River.
My hero. Tatyana Vedeneeva Tanya’s father was drafted into the army at the age of 16 due to his tall stature. He was eager to beat the Nazis. The year was 1944, Veniamin Vedeneev was not sent to the front line, he remained to fight with the remaining enemies surrounded and in the rear. Tatyana’s mother was in the militia at that time, working at a factory that produced tanks for the front. Before the Battle of Stalingrad, the plant was evacuated.
Anna Egorovna returned to the city in the early fifties and met her future husband. The newlyweds rented a corner in a house that survived the war, where their daughter was born. Before the war, Stalingrad was a beautiful city, but it was restored in a hurry to provide people with housing. Little thought was given to aesthetics. According to Vedeneeva, because of this the city turned out to be impersonal and boring.
At the age of six, Tanya went to school. She studied easily, a good memory helped me remember my homework even during recess, so that I could answer it in class and... immediately forget about it if the girl was not interested. Tanya was interested in everything related to the stars; she dreamed of becoming an astronomer:
I read scientific magazines, science fiction, and believed in everything that was written there. I once read a statement by some academician that a person is structured in such a way that he is unlikely to be able to invent something that does not actually exist. That is, either it is, or it will be, or it was. Or it is possible to create it and so on. But a person cannot invent something that does not exist. And then it became clear to me why I could easily imagine myself on other planets. I remember everyone laughed at me.
Vedeneeva did not become an astronomer, because she believed that “non-medalists” were not accepted at Moscow State University, and although she studied well, she did not go for a medal.
But one day I went with the tallest girl in my class, Nina Dorokhvostova, to enroll in a drama club. He operated at the cultural center. Tanya was accepted, but Nina was not, although she was the one who wanted to become an artist. At first, the parents opposed their daughter’s studies in the theater - they raised their daughter strictly, they didn’t let her go to dances, and she had to come home no later than eight in the evening. Dad saw her in the future as a student at a polytechnic institute, and mother as a doctor. But Vedeneeva had already acquired a taste for acting on stage and, secretly from her parents, wrote a letter to GITIS to find out what she would need for admission. In response, a thick envelope came with all the admission rules, assignments, and questionnaires.
Tatyana Vedeneeva in her youth
Dad felt bad with his heart, he thought that his daughter was almost accepted into college, and she was about to leave. But, in the end, he did not impose his will on Tanya. Her mother begged her to go to theater school, at least in Saratov, to be closer. She was worried about “what people would say” if her daughter did not enter a Moscow university.
But the future artist was adamant. She was sure that she would become famous, she told her relatives that she would live in Moscow, and maybe in Bulgaria itself, which then seemed to her like some kind of magical country. With this confidence, the sixteen-year-old graduate came to conquer Moscow. All she prepared for admission was an excerpt from “The Ugly Duckling,” a fairy tale by Hans Andersen. In a blue dress, blue patent leather French shoes and with a huge babette, which was built for her at a hairdresser for three rubles, Vedeneeva appeared before the selection committee.
Tatyana Vedeneeva in the film “Much Ado About Nothing”
It was headed by Eduard Volodarsky, who ridiculed its “haystack” on its head. But “The Ugly Duckling”, against the background of serious and dramatic works that the applicants presented, did its job. Vedeneeva was accepted into GITIS, and during the first summer holidays she already starred in Samson Samsonov’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” in the role of Gero. She was accompanied by graduates of the famous “Pike” Arkady Raikin and Leonid Trushkin. Tanya, as the youngest, was given a large doll by her colleagues, which she immediately named after her on-screen heroine.
I was born and raised...
Volgograd is a very long and hot city. You open a window or car door, and hot air hits you like from a blast furnace. And in the air itself there is also some kind of bitter taste, because around the steppe, the grass is wormwood... The city had a special, unique smell.
When I was a child, there were many industries in Volgograd, but now they are closed. But, as it seemed to me then, the city was quite clean. Maybe because a crazy wind always blew from the steppes and carried everything away.
And, of course, the giant Volga will forever be remembered.
Creative career: cinema, theater, television
Studying at the institute was accompanied by filming, and Vedeneeva was proud that she earned her own living. In her second year, she played Natasha in Herbert Rappaport’s crime film “Police Sergeant” and nurse Tamara in Vasily Levin’s drama “Hello, Doctor!” In the first film, her partner on the set was Oleg Yankovsky, in the second - Vasily Lanovoy.
Still from the film “Police Sergeant”
In 1975, third-year student Vedeneeva woke up famous after filming Viktor Titov’s musical film “Hello, I’m your aunt!” The image of Ella Deley, created by her on the screen, was received with delight by the audience, as well as the film itself, which starred Alexander Kalyagin, Valentin Gaft, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.
Tatyana Vedeneeva in the film “Hello, I’m your aunt!”
In the same year, Tatyana appeared in a small role as a foreign actress in Ilya Frez’s film “We Didn’t Go Through This.” In total, during her studies, Vedeneeva starred in six films. Revealing the secrets of the stars. Tatyana Vedeneeva After graduating from university, she was accepted into the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater. Director Andrei Goncharov immediately told the actress that she needed Moscow registration, without which he had no right to employ her in productions. But Tanya could not imagine how she could get married fictitiously, and as a result she was left without roles in the theater and cinema.
Then chance intervened in her life again. A friend advised Vedeneyeva to turn to television, where at that time there was a broadcasting competition. Having properly prepared, Tatyana came - without makeup, with a boy's hairstyle - and smartly read the text of some editorial from Pravda. She was hired.
Vedeneeva remembered her first working day forever. It was late Thursday evening. After washing her hair, she went to bed with a wet head. At twelve o'clock at night she was awakened by a telephone call. On the other end of the line, a stern voice asked why the new employee was not at work and explained that Thursday on television began on Wednesday. Tatyana, disheveled and frightened, rushed by taxi to Ostankino. She went on air on “Orbit”, saying a phrase about watching a feature film.
Tatyana Vedeneeva in the “Alarm Clock” program After a year of night shifts, she appeared as “Aunt Tanya” in “Good night, kids!”, She became the host of all kinds of “Ogonki”. Her favorite show was the Sunday Alarm Clock for children. According to Vedeneeva’s recollections, she met a huge number of actors who did not consider it shameful for themselves to participate in a children’s program. For example, Leonid Bronevoy portrayed a boy in shorts and a Panama hat reading the poems of Samuil Marshak.
Tatyana Vedeneeva in “Good night, kids!”
Working on television, Tatyana more than once received offers to act in films, but the television bosses gave her a choice: either cinema or TV. And Vedeneeva remained on television because she really liked the work. Her career developed quickly, which was attributed to the fact that the TV presenter was liked not only by TV viewers, but also by Leonid Ilyich himself. Envious people even listed Tatyana as his mistress, which caused her justifiable indignation.
Tatyana Vedeneeva in her youth
She especially felt the envy of her colleagues after working in France and further business trips abroad. One of these was work on Japanese television. At the end of the contract, Tatyana was awarded the title of president of NHK [the central broadcasting company of Japan - approx. uznayvse.ru], which was considered the highest achievement of a TV presenter in Japan. USSR Central Television announcer Tatyana Vedeneeva Returning to perestroika Moscow, Vedeneeva began making independent stories for the Good Morning program. The opening of the first McDonald's in the capital, the story about Baku refugees, is her work.
Vedeneeva left television in 1993. Almost forced: she was on vacation, helping her son fill out documents to study in London, did not have time to cope with everything and asked the management for a few days at her own expense. She was rudely told: either work or quit. And she left. Subsequently, Tatyana lived between Russia, England and France, and went into business producing sauces under the Trust B brand. She starred in the television play “The Little Queen and Others,” but in general, for her, the nineties were years of absence from television.
Only at the beginning of the new millennium, Vedeneeva again appeared in the “Next to You” program, which she hosted together with Yulia Menshova. She was also the host of the programs “Tatiana’s Day” and “The World in Your Plate.” With her participation, the “Formula of Love” program was released for several months, and then she became the host of the “In Our Time” program.
Tatyana Vedeneeva was the host of the show “Formula of Love”
In 2009, she began collaborating with the School of Modern Play as an actress. Tatyana appeared on stage in the production “Russian Jam” based on the work of Lyudmila Ulitskaya, and in the play “Home” based on Evgeny Grishkovets. Next came the roles of Mrs. Watson in “The Last Aztec” by Viktor Shenderovich and Marilyn in “Waltz of the Lonely Ones” by Semyon Zlotnikov.
Photo from the play “The Last Aztec”
Vedeneeva continued filming films. Thus, the melodrama “Three Stars” with her participation was released, as well as the comedy “Milky Way” by Anna Matison, where Tatyana played the mother of the main character (Marina Alexandrova). Vedeneeva performed several roles on stage at once in the production of “Rock-n-roll at Sunset”, where, in addition to the fact that she had to dance, she also sang for the first time.
I remember my first New Year in Moscow...
We met him with my friend Tanya Shumova - she lived on Sretenka in a three-room apartment, luxurious according to Soviet standards, although small. Her parents went to the dacha, and we decided that we would celebrate with her. The director of the film in which I was starring at that time was a friend of Yuri Sokolov, the director of the Eliseevsky grocery store, he (Sokolov) was later shot, about which there is now even a film “The Case of the Grocery Store No. 1.” And so the director said that he would help us celebrate the New Year. It seems to me that this holiday was the most fun in my life: everyone was young, emotional, everyone was from different cities (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Barnaul, Odessa, Riga, Volgograd), only two Muscovites, all very different. And in the four months that had passed since the start of first-year classes, we had not yet had time to get tired of each other, we had a keen interest. And in order to provide the entire celebration with a feast, I turned to Eliseevsky. I remember how Sokolov replied: “Come, of course.” We pooled together the money, arrived there with a friend, and this director took us somewhere in the basement, to huge metal doors. They opened them, and for the first time in my life I saw not a white cabinet, but a huge professional refrigerator - a room with several compartments with different temperatures. There were stacks of salmon, sturgeon, jars of caviar, sausages - everything that was not in the stores. And he said: “Choose what you want for your table.” For some reason we took a huge goose, which we decided to cook with apples. It stood in the oven for about five hours, but still every time we poked it with a fork, juice and blood oozed out of it. In my opinion, our guys ate it half-raw - they cooked it for half a day, but it was still not cooked. This is how we had fun, mainly in the home atmosphere or in theaters.
At home we usually talked, discussed high topics: literature, theaters, plays - or, oddly enough, played. Some people loved cards and preference, but I couldn’t do it. Basically, our favorite game was Monopoly, which was considered very prestigious back then. After all, it was a game brought from abroad with streets like Piccadilly, which we had no idea about, we only knew that it was somewhere in London and for some reason real estate there was very expensive, so it would be nice to build a house on it . These games still exist today. When I was recently in France, I saw cards for another of our favorite games, Crocodile, where you need to show something. We, of course, laughed, because each of us, as an artist, tried to show off his talent.
Personal life of Tatyana Vedeneeva
For the first time, Tatyana got married out of great passion to the talented restoration artist Valery Shaposhnikov.
At that time, she worked on television, she was twenty-two years old, and her chosen one was thirty-five. At first, Valery made fun of Tatyana, especially her high hairstyles, which he nicknamed “lousy.” However, the passionate romance very quickly (six months later) brought the lovers to the registry office. In 1983, Vedeneeva’s only son, Dima, was born. As he grew up, he showed a penchant for languages and became interested in literary creativity. He was always burdened by his mother’s fame, so he does not appear at social events. He is not married, Tatyana has no grandchildren yet. But the TV presenter does not rush her son: “When they appear, then they will appear!”
Tatyana Vedeneeva with her son Dmitry
In the nineties, like many creative people, Valery did not know what to do, where to apply his talent. Throwing led to alcohol abuse. Tatyana said in one of her interviews that at that time she was simply afraid that the child would have a negative example before her eyes: mom constantly disappears at work, and dad lies on the sofa and constantly drinks. She took her son and left Valery.
After the divorce, Shaposhnikov was unclaimed for a long time, but then things improved, paintings began to sell, and he again began to communicate with his son. In 2016, the artist died of lung cancer. Dmitry was by his side until the last moment to ease his dad’s suffering.
Tatyana Vedeneeva about life and work, television, theater and much more Vedeneeva’s second husband was businessman, lawyer by training, Yuri Begalov (born 1962). Their first meeting took place in a work environment, Tatyana interviewed him about the oil refining industry and rising gasoline prices. The TV presenter would have forgotten about the impressive man if not for the “Step to Parnassus” festival, which was hosted by Vedeneeva. Begalov was among the sponsors, and at the end of the festival he presented Tatyana with an original prize: an paid trip to the Canary Islands with an open visa. Vedeneeva went on vacation, and in parallel with her, several people from Begalov’s company and himself went to the islands.
Wedding of Tatyana Vedeneeva and Yuri Begalov
The friendly relationship that began between them on vacation did not develop into family life soon, after several years of friendly meetings. After the wedding, Vedeneeva officially took her husband’s surname, accompanied him on trips abroad and even became pregnant, but suffered a miscarriage in the fourth month. The couple had no other children.
Second husband of Tatyana Vedeneeva
Tatyana invited her husband to open the production of adjika, tkemali and other environmentally friendly sauces. Now the company is thriving, Vedeneeva is still its executive director. But the happy years of marriage were destroyed when she found out that Yuri had another woman expecting their common child. The couple divorced after fifteen years of marriage, but remained in friendly and business relations.
Differences in life...
Of course, people are different. It’s good to live everywhere when you come for a short time as a tourist or when you have a lot of money... But in general, no one needs you there. I have a friend who is married to a Frenchman, they live in Marseille. She is fluent in the language and worked as a translator. Then I decided to open a translation agency, but I couldn’t. At the labor exchange they explained to her that she would have to achieve what she wanted for years, because no one would allow her to take this place if there was at least one Frenchman in the whole country applying for the same thing. The migrant will always be pushed back. On the one hand, I welcome this - they take care of their citizens, but on the other hand, this shows that it is good at home.
Tatyana Vedeneeva now
The year 2020 for the famous “Aunt Tanya” was spent busy with arranging a new home on Novorizhskoe Highway. During the period of self-isolation, Vedeneeva volunteered: she read fairy tales on Zoom for mothers and children with coronavirus who were in a hospital in Lapin.
Tatyana Vedeneeva looks much younger than her age
In the fall, the season opened at the Joseph Raikhelgauz Theater “School of Modern Play”. Vedeneeva began rehearsals in the summer, and the premiere of the play “The Back of the Elephant” with her participation is planned for December. In addition, the actress continued filming in the television series “Million Dollar Secret.”
I am a Muscovite...
For me, Moscow has become absolutely my hometown. I don’t feel like a newcomer, because I live here much more than the 16 years I spent in Volgograd.
Do Muscovites have any distinctive feature? It depends on what you compare it to. If it’s with St. Petersburg, then Muscovites are very different in their madness - everyone is rushing somewhere like they’ve been blown up. Some cities seem provincial in relation to Moscow, while others, on the contrary, are very metropolitan. Vladivostok amazed me: it is not at all provincial when it comes to people, and I’m not talking about architecture at all. The province is often revealed by the speed of thinking and reaction to a particular event. I couldn’t understand where the capital’s speeds came from in Vladivostok. Then they explained to me that many people constantly travel to Japan or Korea on business and business, and this interaction with another world immediately changes their mentality.
