Boris spent 4.5 years in prison for murder. After his release in September 2014, he lives almost all the time at his parents’ dacha in the Moscow region. There, the heir to a famous family is writing a book and maintaining a family archive. In the near future, 41-year-old Livanov will publish a two-volume book. It is possible that one of the chapters in it will be about love.

Boris Livanov proposed to actress Maria Golubkina. In the “Million Dollar Secret” program, the man said that he had been in love with the star for 25 years. They are planning to get married in the near future.

According to Golubkina, she is not afraid of her fiancé’s past. Both Maria and Boris are sure that the marriage they create will be the last in their lives.

About six months ago, Boris Livanov began communicating with Angelina Frolova on a social network; they once studied together at GITIS a long time ago, and even met. Years later, feelings flared up with new strength. “Spring began in autumn for the first time twenty years ago. And then there was a long winter... And again we have spring,” Livanov poetically confesses his love.

Now Angelina and Boris try to spend everything together free time. Both changed their status on social networks marital status to "meets". Geli, as Livanov affectionately calls her, has two sons - 14-year-old Klim and 16-year-old Demyan. Boris also has a growing daughter from his first marriage, 12-year-old Eva.

In early February, Boris signed documents, officially allowing the girl to live with her mother, Ekaterina. For more than four years they fought in the courts for the child. “Since January 2016, Bora was given the right to raise our daughter,” Ekaterina Livanova tells StarHit. – Before this, grandfather Vasily Borisovich and grandmother Elena Artemyevna were listed as guardians. But Eva missed me and told dad about it. We went to her guardianship and got everything done. Borya, with whom relations had improved, signed Required documents that he does not interfere with our communication."

It must be said that not so long ago, Catherine told reporters that her daughter did not want to live with her grandparents and decided to run away from them to her mother. However, later Vasily Livanov denied information about this and stated that Eva did not enter into any conflict with them. The grandparents took care of the girl and were attentive to her.

The son of the famous actor Vasily Livanov, Boris, was released from a maximum security colony in the Voronezh region, where he spent the last five years. In 2009, Boris was convicted of murder and given nine years, but the actor’s son served only half of it. SUPER managed to witness the return of the actor’s son to Moscow.

Five years ago, the whole country was shocked by the tragedy that took place in the family of the people's favorite Sherlock Holmes, Vasily Livanov. His The only son Boris, who took a lethal dose of alcohol in New Year's Eve, hacked to death a drinking companion with an axe. Livanov Jr. was immediately detained and sentenced to 9 years in a maximum security colony. The son of the 79-year-old actor had long suffered from alcoholism and behaved aggressively, but the truth about what was happening in the family of Vasily Livanov surfaced only when his son was in prison.

Despite the serious crime and past sins (several years ago the actor’s son tried to attack his own mother, the artist Elena Livanova - Ed.), the family forgave Boris. The father repeatedly tried to appeal the verdict and petition for a mitigation of the punishment. As a result of repeated requests famous family The Moscow Regional Court nevertheless decided on the early release of 40-year-old Boris Livanov.

The man was released yesterday morning. Straight from the colony in the town of Rossoshi, in the Voronezh region, Boris went to the station. His parents, Vasily Livanov and his wife, came to Rossosh to meet their son. Together they boarded the train and arrived in Moscow late at night. On the platform, Vasily Livanov could not hide his excitement and tears in his eyes. His daughter, six-year-old Eva, also arrived to greet her father when he returned home. By the way, several years ago a child caused another family scandal in a family of actors. Immediately after the trial of Boris, he legal wife Catherine, deprived parental rights for alcoholism, she tried to take the girl away from her grandparents.

The Livanov family, who arrived in Moscow, refused all comments and explanations of how Boris, convicted of a serious crime, managed to serve only half of his sentence and be released. Livanov, his son, wife and granddaughter got into the car and drove home.


One of the first laureates of the Stalin Prize, the owner of subtle manners and a “grand voice.”

“He has talent for four,” Nemirovich-Danchenko said about Livanov.

Childhood and youth

Boris Livanov was born in Moscow on May 8, 1904. Father Nikolai Aleksandrovich Livanov performed under the stage name Izvolsky. In his youth he was an actor in provincial theaters, and since 1905 he performed on the stage of the Moscow Struisky Theater. In 1947, Nikolai was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

The mother of the future actor is Nadezhda Sergeevna Shutinskaya-Livanova. Boris had a sister, Irina, who later became an operetta actress. The girl had success in the musical theaters of Irkutsk, Sverdlovsk and Rostov.

At the age of 16, Boris went to serve, but was expelled when his real age was revealed young man. From 1922 to 1924 he studied at the fourth studio of the Moscow Art Theater with N.V. Demidov. After graduation, he was accepted into the Moscow Art Academic Theater as an actor.


One of his first roles was the image of Prince Shakhovsky in the play “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich.” In the first years, Boris was involved in productions of “Othello”, “At the Gates of the Kingdom” and others. Already in the early 30s he became the leading actor of the Moscow Art Theater, playing leading roles in “Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro”, “Dead Souls”.

Tickets for performances with Livanov were sold out in the first hours of sales, crowds of fans guarded Boris at the exit from the Moscow Art Theater. The actor personified the cult of personality, brilliant and talented. Critics and directors considered Livanov’s main quality to be authenticity - each created image was as if “tailored” according to Boris.


Boris Livanov in the theater

Livanov can be called a favorite - the leader showered Boris with orders and titles. The actor had five Stalin Prizes. The number was not a record, for example, aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin received the award 7 times, but not many of the actors Joseph Vissarionovich celebrated this way.

Despite this, Stalin once banned a performance with the participation of Livanov - “Hamlet”, where Boris acted as the main character. Judging by the memoirs, this happened due to the fact that Livanov was not a member of the party.

Movies

His creative biography in cinema began in 1924 with the short film “Morozko” directed by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky. In 1927, Boris starred as Minister Tereshchenko in the silent feature film“October”, the film is considered the first in Soviet film-Leninism.


Livanov became famous the main role in the film adaptation of the story of the same name “Dubrovsky”, which was published in 1936. Boris was successful in the roles of legendary Russian men, for example, in the film “Admiral Ushakov”, commander Rudnev in “Cruiser Varyag”.

In 1945, the feature film-play “Guilty Without Guilt” based on the comedy of the same name was released, where Livanov played the role of provincial official Grigory Lvovich Murov. Partners for film set Boris steel famous actors Alla Tarasova, Viktor Stanitsyn, Olga Wiklandt and others.


Livanov brilliantly embodied not only positive, but also negative characters. Vivid image White Guard General Mamontov in “Oleko Dundich” - a small role, but one of the most memorable in the film.

In the 50s, Boris Livanov tried himself as a director: he staged the play “The Seagull” on the stage of his native Moscow Art Theater. In 1970, Boris was supposed to take the post of head of the Moscow Art Theater, but the troupe, behind Livanov’s back, demanded from higher management that he take the position. Boris took this event hard.

Personal life

Boris Livanov's wife, Evgenia Kazimirovna, is Polish by nationality, one of the first Moscow beauties of that time. From her first marriage to an Italian, she had a daughter, Natalya, and from her marriage to Livanov, a son. The latter recalled that his parents were often envied: his mother for having an eminent husband, his father for having beautiful wife.


The future spouses met at a dinner after a performance with Livanov’s participation. Son Vasily tells the memories of Boris’s friends: before meeting his mother, his father married often - about once every three months. Having met yet another “fate,” he assured those around him that love is forever. But only Evgenia was able to build a serious relationship with him. The couple began living together in 1934 and married a quarter of a century later.

The family was friendly, guests constantly came to the house, often famous ones: Alexander Dovzhenko, artist. Boris's son, Vasily Livanov, continued the dynasty, becoming famous Russian actor theater and cinema. The father did not support his son's desire to follow in his footsteps. Boris was afraid of family inertia: his grandfather was an actor, his father an actor. Livanov Sr. was worried that Vasily did not have enough abilities.


However, Livanov Sr. was worried in vain. In 1979, the premiere of the detective television film “Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance” was released. After this role, Vasily woke up famous. Previously, in 1960, father and son worked on the same set in the film “The Blind Musician.”

One of the grandchildren People's Artist The USSR was named after the eminent grandfather Boris. He appeared 2 years after the death of Livanov Sr. In 2009, a tragedy occurred in the family: Livanov’s grandson was accused of murder. The parents managed to reclassify the article to a more lenient one, Boris received 8 years in prison.


In 2014, the grandson of Boris Livanov was released on parole. In 2017, the media learned that the actress was a former prisoner. They celebrated New Year 2018 together; whether the couple is dating now is unknown.

Death

Boris Livanov died on September 22, 1972 (according to other sources - October 23 of the same year), the cause of death was heart failure.


Boris Livanov in last years and a monument on his grave

Buried in plot No. 2 Novodevichy Cemetery. There is a memorial plaque installed at house No. 6 on Tverskaya Street, where the actor lived since 1938.

Filmography

  • 1924 - “Morozko”
  • 1927 - “October”
  • 1934 - " Private life Peter Vinogradov"
  • 1935 - “Dubrovsky”
  • 1939 - “Minin and Pozharsky”
  • 1946 - “Glinka”
  • 1946 - “Cruiser “Varyag”
  • 1949 - “The Fall of Berlin”
  • 1953 - “Admiral Ushakov”
  • 1955 - “Mikhailo Lomonosov”
  • 1958 - “Captain of the first rank”
  • 1960 - “The Blind Musician”
  • 1970 - “Kremlin chimes”

The 34-year-old son of the legendary Sherlock Holmes actor Vasily Livanov, Boris, has been charged with murder.

The father is shocked - all his many years of attempts to reason with and save his beloved child, who has become a rowdy drunk, have been in vain.

Vodka killed my son,” the actor says bitterly. - Terrible - Borya killed a man!

On the first morning of the New Year, the police in Khimki near Moscow rang a bell. Eyewitnesses reported a fight on the landing of one of the houses on Druzhby Street. The squad that arrived at the scene detained Boris Livanov, who lives in this house.

On the morning of January 1, on the landing of the 7th floor in building No. 7 on the street. Friendship in Khimki discovered the body of 30-year-old Igor Khromov with multiple stab wounds. Boris Vasilyevich Livanov was detained at the crime scene for committing murder.

The incident occurred after Livanov Jr. had an argument with his neighbor, who came to meet him New Year. The noisy fun, of course, was not complete without alcohol. To “congratulate” each other on the new year 2009, the roommates began a stormy showdown. At some point, Igor invited the actor’s son to go out into the entrance to sort out the conflict.

Boris Livanov quietly grabbed it from the table kitchen knife and hid it in his sleeve. During the fight, the son of a movie star pulled out his weapon and struck his opponent several times with it. The young man died on the spot from his wounds. Neighbors who ran out screaming, seeing the bloody scene, immediately called the police.

The investigative department for the city of Khimki of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee brought charges against Boris Livanov under the first part of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of Russia (murder).

My wife and I are so tired of all this,” at the other end of the phone was the characteristic voice of the most outstanding Sherlock Holmes in the world. The voice is sad, exhausted. - I was afraid in Lately even talk to my son. We tried to influence him, but it was all in vain. But Boris is so talented, and for this reason my wife and I have forgiven him so many times! We hoped for the best until the last moment, but Boris couldn’t stop – and here’s the result... Lena has a bad heart!

Problems

Boris Vasilyevich had run-ins with the law very often before this terrible incident. Several years ago, a criminal case was opened against Livanov Jr. for attempted murder, but then it was dropped.

It also happened that his famous father himself turned to law enforcement agencies with a request to protect him from his son, who was attacking with his fists own parents. Vasily Livanov cannot remember this without heartache. Once Boris Livanov ended up in the police station for attacking his mother. Then Elena Artemyevna felt sorry for her son and withdrew the application. However, a year later, on the eve of Vasily Livanov’s 70th birthday, Boris attacked his father in a drunken stupor. The actor had no choice but to contact the police with a complaint. own son. Sherlock Holmes accused him of attempted murder. Then a phone call rang at the Tverskoye police station.

Help! - Vasily Livanov was in a panic. - My son Boris rushes at me with a knife!

Then, by the time the police arrived, Boris Livanov managed to escape from his parents’ apartment on Tverskaya. Vasily Borisovich told the police about what happened. In the morning Boris appeared at his father’s house and, as always, began to ask his parents for money. They tried to reason with their son - they say, at your age it is time to earn money yourself and provide for your family (Boris then had a wife and a small daughter). The refusal angered the unlucky son. He began to reproach his father and mother for not helping him at all and even depriving him of his home. He poured out everything that was boiling in his soul. That he and his family are forced to rent an apartment, while Livanov Sr. has an empty apartment in Ambulatorny Proezd. He asked his father for the keys. Vasily Borisovich categorically refused. Then Boris grabbed a kitchen knife and put it to his mother's throat. The poor woman was forced to give him her bag. Boris took out the ill-fated keys and three hundred dollars.

Apartment

Several years ago, the Livanovs’ eldest son, Boris, brought his common-law wife Ekaterina. Then he still lived with his parents in a four-room apartment on Tverskaya. Boris abused alcohol heavily, often caused scandals, and his wife condoned him in everything. The older generation of Livanovs did not like the lifestyle of the young people, and they moved Boris and his wife to rented apartment on the outskirts of the capital. Soon their daughter Eva was born. Boris could not come to terms with the forced resettlement. The apartment on Tverskaya became a stumbling block for the Livanovs. Boris hardly worked then and lived on what his parents gave him.

Vasily Borisovich then blamed his wife for all of Boris’s troubles. On-screen Sherlock Holmes was sure that Catherine was getting his son drunk, that she specifically gave birth to Boris’s daughter Eva in order to force the man into marriage and solve the notorious housing problem. In his hearts, Livanov told his daughter-in-law that he would seek through the court to have her deprived of parental rights, and that he and his wife would take their granddaughter with them.

Reconciliation

Livanov Sr. believed that his son would improve and forgave him. Boris broke up with Eva's mother and returned to literary work. He began to write stories and poems again, as he had done in his youth, and returned to drawing. The father forgave his son's offenses, and peace reigned in the family again. Boris met another woman, his personal life flowed in a completely different direction. The elder Livanovs accepted their son’s new girlfriend with all sincerity.

Lena and I named our son in honor of my father, the once famous actor of the Moscow Art Theater Boris Nikolaevich Livanov, says Vasily Borisovich. – Borya grew up as a very talented boy. He wrote scripts, acted on the theater stage, and made illustrations for my book of fairy tales. We raised him completely differently! When he broke up with Katya, it seemed to us that everything would work out. Alas, the happiness of reconciliation turned out to be so short-lived...

Alcohol

Boris once again abandoned everything because of his craving for alcohol. Alas, he could not cope with this disease. Neither a new friend, nor conversations with parents, nor attempts at treatment, nor growing daughter Eva - nothing helped in the fight against this terrible evil. Scandals with relatives were repeated as if in a nightmare; recently, the elder Livanovs, according to the testimony of many in the acting community, simply could not calmly communicate with Boris. Although deep down they never stopped hoping for the best.

But all dreams were ruined by vodka - on New Year’s Eve, Boris drank heavily and lost all control over himself. Now son famous actor, who played the legendary detective, is horrified by what he did in a drunken stupor. He asked to tell his father that he asks for forgiveness for bringing so much grief to his loved ones...

The son of the famous Sherlock Holmes was killed by alcohol. Photo taken in a holding cell

Anton Stepanov

Writer German Ashkinazi spoke about Boris Livanov in his memoirs: “During my youth and youth, he was very popular. I was lucky enough to see him not only in films or hear on the radio his characteristic bass voice with the famous Lebanese pauses, but also in the 60s of the last century to enjoy his performance at the Moscow Art Theater. And shortly before his death in 1972, he brilliantly played a cardiac surgeon in the film “Degree of Risk” based on the then sensational story by the outstanding surgeon Professor Amosov “Thoughts and Heart”. It is known that Stalin valued Livanov. For 10 years, from 1941 to 1950, he was awarded the Stalin Prize 5 (five!) times. Whether for this reason, or because of his innate independent character, it seems that Livanov did not feel any fear of the high authorities. At that time, various stories were popular among the creative intelligentsia concerning the relationship between this very intelligentsia and those in power. The witty Boris Nikolaevich was a frequent character in these stories, which can now be found in abundance on the Internet under the name “theatrical tales.” However, I didn’t find one of these old stories there. So I vouch for the originality, but don’t blame me for the authenticity, although it was told by one of the theaters of that time. In my opinion, it well reflects both Livanov’s character and the post-war Stalinist atmosphere. Here it is, this story, or, if you like, a tale. Boris Nikolaevich was an indispensable participant in the post-war Stalinist receptions and was part of the group of the so-called creative intelligentsia, composed of eminent theater and film figures, scientists, writers, and artists. At the banquet they were placed at some distance from the central table, where Stalin sat with his closest rulers. Government officials, diplomats, famous military leaders were located closer... The first toast in honor of the leader of all progressive humanity was traditionally made by one of the country's top leaders. And this time another toastmaster offered to raise a glass to the great, the brilliant... and so on and so forth. Everyone got up. Usually this took 10-15 minutes, but then something unexpected happened. At the peak of the toast, Stalin was called to the telephone, which was installed in a room adjacent to the banquet hall. The leader left, but for some unknown reason did not close the door behind him. The speaker interrupted the speech, and in the ensuing silence one could only hear the invitees shifting from foot to foot and Stalin’s short remarks in the next room. This lasted quite a long time. Finally, Stalin appeared at the door and slowly walked to his place at the table. The toaster perked up and just opened his mouth to continue speaking, when suddenly Livanov’s indignant bass broke the silence: “But I won’t drink!” Deathly silence reigned. People didn't know where to put their eyes. Sticky sweat ran down my spine and perspiration appeared on my forehead. Stalin slowed down slightly... And Boris Nikolayevich, after enduring the “Lebanon” pause, finished with anguish: “Because I’m not tired!” (Yes, yes!.. that’s what he said “nolito”, with the emphasis on the first syllable). Stalin grinned a little, but everyone caught it, and a sigh of relief rustled through the hall. The speaker cheerfully continued his speech. The banquet rolled in the given direction.”