Lucy as a fake detector
It is better not to touch this delicious-looking cake – you can only admire it. Its surface is evenly sprinkled with bright brown cocoa or chocolate powder, and again, the name of Lyudmila Gurchenko is inscribed with chocolate. This miracle of confectionery art was taken out in the final, beautifully completing the birthday of the beloved actress, which took place last Saturday in her apartment in Trekhprudny Lane.
The door to apartment No. 22 on the sixth floor that day did not close in the morning, although Lyudmila Markovna did not have a round date at all – 87. In total. And she is forever young, elegant and, as it were, with a daring challenge. This is how she is in the photographs and portraits that hang on the walls. And there was no museum raid in this 22nd apartment: as if Lyudmila Markovna did not leave here, but only left for a short time. Her collection of green glass, which she loved so much, is densely displayed on the windowsills; in the bathroom, the angel figurines she collected are crowded on the sink. The wardrobe doors in the bedroom are upholstered with fabric, by the way, by her hands. And the costumes on the mannequins are also embroidered by her. The needlewoman was Lyudmila Markovna, be healthy.
Although everyone who came that day simply calls her Lucy. Photo artist Aslan Akhmadov, who turned out to be a wonderful singer, performed her songs with a small group of musicians and others for her, recalls:
“Lucy had, you know, such a fake detector inside. I remember how I came to her once in this apartment. And then I didn’t have a very good period in my life, but I didn’t want to show at all that everything was bad. Therefore, something cheerfully told, laughed, emotional. Lucy listened, was silent … And when I was about to leave, she handed me my coat and only said: “It is better to be sad in silence than to have false fun.”
Aslan Akhmadov was joined by Nonna Grishaeva, who four years ago released the play “Lucy. A declaration of love ”- it is dedicated to her idol, Lyudmila Gurchenko.
“This performance was born here, in this room, at this table,” says Nonna. You can’t get into the Vakhtangov Theater on her “Lyusya”. Together with Aslan, they make a number out of the play.
The birthday was celebrated beautifully, elegantly, in the style of Lucy. The husband of Lyudmila Markovna – Sergey Senin, a true friend, producer of the actress, who keeps her memory, does not call the right or fashionable people to the house, but only those who, in difficult times, were there and lent their shoulder, knew or did not know, but loved her sincerely , no fake. And for which Lyudmila Markovna always had one definition: “We don’t keep shit.”
And in the finale, they brought out the same luxurious Tiramisu cake, thickly sprinkled with bright brown cocoa or chocolate powder and on which, again, the name of Lyudmila Gurchenko was displayed in chocolate.
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Lucy as a fake detector