The famous actress and artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater Galina Volchek is confined to a wheelchair and moves only with the help of special equipment. The reason for everything is a woman's back problems. On December 19, 2019, the actress celebrated another birthday. Despite this, the 85-year-old star, known to many generations, continues to fulfill his duties and work in the field of culture.
The state of health of Galina Volchek, despite her advanced age, remains stable today
Heart problems, a rather changed appearance and constant movement in a wheelchair caused numerous rumors that began to arise around the personality of Galina Volchek. Despite this, according to doctors, at the age of 85, this is a normal phenomenon.
On December 19, 2018, the actress and artistic director of the Moscow Sovremennik Theater celebrated her next birthday. The woman's health remains stable, she can take care of herself and does not need constant medical supervision.
Having begun her creative activity in the middle of the last century, Galina Volchek was able to outlive quite a few old-timers of the Sovremennik Theater. At the same time, she managed to surpass her teachers and reach the heights of her career.
The deterioration in the health of Galina Volchek was the result of constant hard work in the theater
Actress Galina Volchek gave more than 60 years of her life to the Sovremennik Theatre. All these years were marked by a constant creative process, painstaking work at different times of the day, sometimes even nervous breakdowns. As a result, in old age, the artistic director began to develop diseases characteristic of an elderly person.
The woman always preferred to remain silent about her stay in a wheelchair. What exactly made her move with the help of a special tool, Galina Volchek does not comment. For the first time in public, she was noticed in a stroller at an awards ceremony in the Kremlin in 2017.
In society, rumors almost immediately began to appear that the actress was paralyzed, but subsequently this information was not confirmed. In case of emergency, a woman can move freely.
Intervertebral hernia, which was diagnosed in Galina Volchek, caused severe back pain. Given the weight and constant physical activity of a woman, she independently decided to transfer to a wheelchair in order to preserve her health.
Actress Galina Volchek needs a dangerous operation for health reasons
The current situation with the health of the actress requires urgent surgical intervention. Galina Volchek understands that hardly anyone can guarantee that the necessary operation will be carried out successfully. It is for this reason, as well as due to problems with the lungs and heart, that the operation is postponed indefinitely each time.
Despite the rather considerable list of diseases that Galina Volchek successfully fights at the age of 85, the actress also continues her work activity. The talented actress and artistic director of Sovremennik continues to delight the Russian audience.
On December 19, the wonderful actress and artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater Galina Borisovna Volchek turned 85 years old. Students, friends, and colleagues came to congratulate the talented woman on this significant date. A huge bouquet of flowers was presented to the birthday girl by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. I did not miss the birthday of my close friend and Alla Pugacheva.
The celebration in honor of the birthday girl was arranged within the walls of her native theater Sovremennik, which Volchek has been directing since 1972. Galina Borisovna was handed a telegram signed by the first person of the state.
“Faith in the high purpose of art, a responsible attitude to one’s vocation, love for the native theater and spectators have been fully embodied in your inspired work, in serving Russian culture, people, and the country, and have earned you unquestioned authority and great respect,” the message quotes Russian President's press service of the Kremlin.
Kristina Orbakaite congratulated her director and teacher, who recently plays the main role in Galina Volchek's play "Two on a Swing". And Alla Borisovna Pugacheva prepared a heartfelt speech for her dear friend.
The legendary women have been in close contact for many years and often appear together at various events. Looking at the photo, many did not fail to note that at 85, Galina Volchek looks no worse than Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, who is preparing for her 70th birthday. The director moves mostly in a wheelchair, but this does not prevent her from leading the theater productively.
Galina Volchek stood at the origins of the formation of the Sovremennik Theater. Together with a group of young artists led by Oleg Efremov, she created a troupe that brought a breath of fresh air into the musty theatrical world. Galina Borisovna staged her first performance when she was only 29 years old. It was to her that the theater staff entrusted leadership when Oleg Efremov was offered to head the Moscow Art Theater.
The first husband of Galina Volchek was the famous artist Evgeny Evstigneev. In this marriage, their common son Denis was born. The family union lasted only nine years. Evstigneev had a romantic interest on the side, and Volchek herself packed a suitcase for him. Soon Galina Borisovna married Doctor of Technical Sciences Mark Abelev. He was a smart and subtle person, but he was terribly jealous of his star wife. Nine years later, this marriage broke up.
Now Volchek relies on the help and support of his son in everything. Denis Evstigneev has had a successful film career as a director, cameraman and producer.
On December 19, the wonderful actress and artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater Galina Borisovna Volchek turned 85 years old. Students, friends, and colleagues came to congratulate the talented woman on this significant date.
A huge bouquet of flowers was presented to the birthday girl by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. I did not miss the birthday of my close friend and Alla Pugacheva.
The celebration in honor of the birthday girl was arranged within the walls of her native theater Sovremennik, which Volchek has been directing since 1972. Galina Borisovna was handed a telegram signed by the first person of the state.
"Faith in the high purpose of art, a responsible attitude to one's vocation, love for the native theater and the audience - were fully embodied in your inspired work, in serving Russian culture, people, and the country, earned you unquestioned authority and great respect," the message quotes Russian President's press service of the Kremlin.
Kristina Orbakaite congratulated her director and teacher, who recently plays the main role in Galina Volchek's play "Two on a Swing". And Alla Borisovna Pugacheva prepared a heartfelt speech for her dear friend. The legendary women have been in close contact for many years and often appear together at various events. Looking at the photo, many did not fail to note that at 85, Galina Volchek looks no worse than Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, who is preparing for her 70th birthday.
The director moves mostly in a wheelchair, but this does not prevent her from leading the theater productively.
Galina Volchek stood at the origins of the formation of the Sovremennik Theater. Together with a group of young artists led by Oleg Efremov, she created a troupe that brought a breath of fresh air into the musty theatrical world. Galina Borisovna staged her first performance when she was only 29 years old. It was to her that the theater staff entrusted leadership when Oleg Efremov was offered to head the Moscow Art Theater.
The first husband of Galina Volchek was the famous artist Evgeny Evstigneev. In this marriage, their common son Denis was born. The family union lasted only nine years. Evstigneev had a romantic interest on the side, and Volchek herself packed a suitcase for him. Soon Galina Borisovna married Doctor of Technical Sciences Mark Abelev. He was a smart and subtle person, but he was terribly jealous of his star wife. Nine years later, this marriage broke up.
Now Volchek relies on the help and support of his son in everything. Denis Evstigneev has had a successful film career as a director, cameraman and producer.
This year Galina Borisovna will celebrate her 85th birthday. It is known that Volchek has big health problems, namely with the spine. The famous actress and theatrical figure suffers from a herniated disc. This happened, among other things, due to excess weight, which puts pressure on the intervertebral discs, creating unbearable pain and making it difficult to move without support. The disease began to manifest itself especially acutely in 2014.
Why is Galina Volchek in a wheelchair?
Galina Volchek, artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater, was brought to a memorial service for Nina Doroshina in a wheelchair. Black glasses and a mourning shawl added to the sadness of the actress and director, who was already far from a blooming appearance. She looked emaciated and sick.
Galina Borisovna will celebrate her 85th birthday this year. She is older than all the leading artists of Sovremennik - Leah Akhedzhakova, Valentin Gaft, Marina Neelova. And she outlived everyone with whom she began to build Sovremennik - Nina Doroshina, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Efremov. But over the years, it is becoming more and more difficult for her to lead, to stage performances, to stay in the ranks.
Galina Volchek has big health problems. Many, when they first saw her in a wheelchair, even whispered that the famous director was paralyzed. In fact, she has serious problems with her spine - an intervertebral hernia. Volchek is a lady with forms, so the weight of her body presses on the intervertebral discs, creating unbearable pain and making it difficult to move without support. At the same time, since 2014, the disease, as they say in the theater, has been progressing.
Volchek has been in intensive care several times
Volchek was observed by Dr. Ilya Pekarsky, one of the most famous vertebrologists and spinal surgeons in Israel and the world, who once treated Evgeni Plushenko. But Galina Borisovna refused the operation. After all, everyone who is familiar with this problem knows that spinal surgery is one of the most dangerous. An MRI is performed, and only if it turns out that the hernia is compressing the spinal cord or its roots, surgical intervention is prescribed, but even it does not guarantee 100% success. And Volchek is prevented from being operated on by a sick heart. It is worth noting that constant stress and nerves in the life of the artistic director and director also led to lung problems and hypertension.
In recent years, Volchek has been admitted to the intensive care unit several times with various diagnoses. The position of artistic director of a complex creative team brings stress and nervous situations every day. Hence the hypertensive crises, and cardiac arrhythmias. One can only hope that the strong-willed nature of Galina Borisovna will help her not to give up and defeat the disease.
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At the funeral ceremony for Nina Doroshina, the artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater, 84-year-old Galina Volchek, was brought in a wheelchair. Black glasses, combined with a mourning scarf, added sorrow to the actress and director, who was already far from a blooming look. She looked tired and sick.
Galina Borisovna will celebrate her 85th birthday this year. She is older than all the leading artists of Sovremennik - Leah Akhedzhakova, Valentin Gaft, Marina Neelova. And she outlived everyone with whom she began to create Sovremennik - Nina Doroshina, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Efremov. But over the years, it is becoming more and more difficult for her to lead, to stage performances, to be in the ranks ...
Galina Borisovna has many health problems. Many, when they first saw her in a wheelchair, even whispered that the famous director was paralyzed. In reality, she has big problems with her spine - an intervertebral hernia. Volchek is a lady with forms, because of this, the weight of her body presses on the intervertebral discs, creating excruciating pain and making it difficult to move without support. Moreover, since 2014, the disease, as noted in the theater, is making itself felt more and more.
Volchek was observed by the doctor Ilya Pekarsky, one of the most famous vertebrologists and spinal surgeons in Israel and the world, who once treated Evgeni Plushenko. But Galina Borisovna did not do the operation. Since everyone who is familiar with this problem knows that spinal surgery is one of the most dangerous. An MRI is done, and only if it becomes clear that the hernia is compressing the spinal cord or its roots, surgical intervention is prescribed, but even it does not guarantee 100% success. And Volchek does not allow a heart disease to perform an operation. It must be said that the endless stresses and nerves in the life of the artistic director and director also led to lung problems and hypertension.
