Actress Evgenia Konstantinovna Melnikova appeared on July 27, 1909 in Moscow. Eugene’s childhood was held on the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya. In a large family Melnikov brought up four children. The father, a mechanic locksmith, took over the main burden of the family breadwinner, and his mother was a housewife - she monitored the order in the house and raised daughters.
An unforgettable event in the life of little Zhenya remained a meeting with the king. In the magazine “Niva”, which was written by the Melnikov family, Evgenia saw a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II – beautiful, slender, in military regalia. And here on the street quite unexpectedly happened this only meeting of a little girl with the Emperor, which she remembered for life.
Evgenia’s acting data appeared very early. At the age of five, after reading the book “Once upon a time there was a crocodile” by the writer Korney Chukovsky, Zhenya decided to embody what she read on an imaginary stage. She tried to repeat words, dialogues with expression, conveying in gestures, facial expressions the mood, character of the characters of the book.
In 1930, having successfully completed her studies at the State Technical School, cinematography, Evgenia began to work in the state of Mosfilm. Melnikova dreamed of acting in a movie, she raved about the stage, imagining how her name would rattle around the world.
Famous, talented director Raisman, who filmed
Flyers For a long time and hard looking for an actress for the main role. After exhausting trials, dozens of actresses were denied, but it is unknown why the director noticed Yevgeny Melnikov, who was the complete opposite of the heroine of his film. The actress dyed her hair, cut her hair, sewed a summer suit and approved after the first test.
After the release on the wide screen of the film “Pilots” to Melnikova came incredible success, the actress noticed Lyubov Orlova.
After a small role in the film “Circus” with Lyubov Orlova, the actress Melnikova received an invitation to star in the film “Girl with character” directed by Yudin. The script of the film was written specifically for Melnikova, but she categorically refused this role because of pregnancy.
After the war, Melnikova already played age roles. Famous actress Evgenia Melnikova left her profession in the eighties.
Evgeny Konstantinovna died on September 10, 2001. /