29 November 2022 5.30pm
The makeup of the actress cost her dearly.
Daya Smirnova played a key role in the film “Soldier Ivan Brovkin”, embodying the bride of the protagonist Lyubasha. This project brought fame to the actress and made her attractive in the eyes of other directors.
The public adored the young artist, and her comrades envied her: she was so young, she had not yet graduated, but she had already become popular and in demand in her profession. But later the career of celebrity failed, partly it was the choice of Smirnova herself.
The screen star changed her mind about being an actress and decided to try herself as a screenwriter. The students of this faculty were completely different: during one of the skits they made caustic jokes that ridiculed the main Soviet political figures. Such freedom of thought ended for Smirnova with her expulsion from VGIK.
At first it seemed that this did not affect Dai Evgenievna’s success – she still often appeared on the set of popular projects. The heyday of her popularity came in the 60s, and in the 70s Smirnova simply disappeared.
Fans didn’t understand where their favorite artist had gone. For about 30 years she has not acted in films: the directors discovered the scandalous temper and provocative statements of the celebrity not only in that ill-fated skit, but also at Komsomol meetings and began to refuse to cooperate with the unreliable actress.
In the 2000s, she still returned to the screens, however, played mainly episodic and age roles. Daya Evgenievna, forgotten by everyone, died in 2012.
