November 29, 2022 15:15
There were difficult times in the career of the actress.
The times of perestroika turned out to be a difficult test for the actors. Even recognized movie stars were suddenly left without roles. Theatergoers were paid offensively little. Some actors were forced to appear in advertisements where they promised a good salary, others worked as taxi drivers and traders in the market, trying to feed their families.
It seemed that the times of lack of money did not touch popular artists. But it turned out that Lyudmila Gurchenko later recalled those years with horror. Without new offers from directors, her savings soon came to an end, and she was left with nothing. The artist was thinking regarding business, but did not get involved in commerce. Instead, she had to give concerts in any DC of small towns. Moreover, she even performed in prisons. Gurchenko also starred with directors who were not important in cinema.
“I managed to play and sing a lot of small and stupid roles and compositions”, she complained in her book “Lucy, stop!”.
