Biography

Mayya Bulgakova was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1969), People's Artist of the RSFSR (7.01.1977). The parents named the girl Mayya because she was born on May 19. Her father was a military man. Besides her, there were three children in the family - two brothers and a sister. Mayya's happy childhood ended on June 22, 1941. Grigory Bulgakov went to the front, followed by his eldest son Boris. They died almost simultaneously, in August of the 41st. The family experienced all the horror of the first days of the war. Fleeing from the Nazis, the Bulgakov family reached Kramatorsk. Here lived Mayya's aunt, who worked at the plant. The Germans were very close, the plant was urgently evacuated to Siberia. With the factory workers, the Mayya's family also went to the evacuation to remote Irkutsk. Siberia warmed the evacuees, did not let to die, but as soon as the Soviet troops liberated Kramatorsk, the Bulgakovs returned to their homeland. There, Mayya graduated from high school. Mayya decided to try her luck to become an actress. She came to Moscow and entered VGIK (workshop of Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova). In 1955 she received a diploma with honors and in the same year she received an offer by director Grigory Roshal to appear in the film "Volnitsa". About Bulgakova talked as about a gifted actress. She did not have to suffer without roles. Maya Bulgakova worked easily, with enthusiasm, the directors were always happy with her, but one by one they invited Bulgakov ... to an episode. Actress, starring mainly in small roles, waited for her time and in full power revealed her talent in Larisa Shepitko's film "Wings." She died after a car accident on October 7, 1994. She was buried in the 6th section of the Rakitki cemetery (Moscow), next to her husband, whom she survived only for three months.

- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast