Yusupzhanova Klara
Film actress. Born on December 29, 1940, in the village of Kara-Suu, At-Bashinsky District, Naryn Region, in a family of a civil servant. After graduating from incomplete secondary school in Naryn in 1955, she entered the Frunze Medical School in the paramedic department. At the same time, she studied at an evening secondary school. In 1959, she worked as a paramedic in the clinic and medical station of the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute. Since September 1959, she has been a student at the Tashkent State Institute of Theatre and Art named after A. Ostrovsky (graduated in 1963).
Since 1962, K. Yusupzhanova begins her creative path in cinema. Her first role as the trailer Kalipa in L. Shepitko's film "Heat" (1963) brings the young actress fame. She managed to reveal the complex, contradictory inner world of a woman experiencing the drama of trampled and insulted love. At the film competition of cinematographers from the Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan in Dushanbe (1963), K. Yusupzhanova received (together with B. Shamsheev, who played the role of Kemel) a diploma for a creatively interesting debut.
Her next work as Burma in "The First Teacher" (1965) by A. Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky further revealed the rare gift of the actress to create a lively, full-blooded image in two or three episodes. With her entire being, gestures, and facial expressions, Burma-Yusupzhanova leaves no doubt in the viewer about the truthfulness and naturalness of her actions. The character of the actress is a lively and flirtatious girl who sincerely does not understand Altynai. Completely under the influence of traditions and false notions of happiness, she dreams only of one thing — to become the wife of a rich man, to live in wealth and carefreeness. Her anger, jealousy, and envy towards Altynai are like surges of overwhelming desires and passions within this girl.
The actress's ability to convey the essence of the role entrusted to her concisely and accurately attracted the attention of the directors of the film "The Most Obedient" (1966) B. Abdildaev and L. Gurevich. Yusupzhanova was entrusted with creating the image of Gulyanm — a girl with a complex, hidden character. The actress achieved much in this work. Subtly, while remaining outwardly shy and quiet, her Gulyanm begins to show independence and willpower. In the young girl, an honest, pure nature emerges, not subject to outdated moral norms.
In "The Tenant" (1968) by U. Ibragimov, another new facet of the actress's talent is revealed. Yusupzhanova plays a "dressed-up" character, showing how the attributes of modern culture cleverly mask the spiritual poverty of petty bourgeois, such as the model Sara. In the 1970s, the actress played small roles in "The Gift" (1974, wife) by E. Orozbaev, "The Eye of the Needle" (1976, wife of a shepherd) by G. Bazarov. The most significant role during this period was Tuang-Hong in A. Speshnev's film "Chronicle of the Night" (1972, "Belarusfilm"). The actress created a memorable character of a patriot of Vietnam — a courageous woman with a heightened sense of self-worth.
From 1966 to 1968, the actress underwent an internship at the Moscow Drama Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky. From 1968 to 1970, she studied at the Higher Courses for Directors and Screenwriters in Moscow. Since 1971, Yusupzhanova has been involved in the work of "Kyrgyzfilm" as a documentary film director. She prepares issues of the newsreel "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," and shoots documentaries "The Weavers of Osh" (1973), "Hello, Jai-loo" (1977), "Kumys" (1978, "Kyrgyztelefilm").
Awards — Certificate of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979).
Member of the USSR Union of Cinematographers since 1965.
WORKS ON THE ACTRESS'S CREATIVITY
In the role of a Vietnamese woman — our actress. — "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," June 19, 1972.
Klara Yusupzhanova. — "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," December 26, 1964.
Klara Yusupzhanova. — "Screen." Moscow, "Art," 1967, p. 4.
Klara Yusupzhanova. — "Soviet Film," 1969, No. 10, p. 18.
Krasnova I. "Hello, Jai-loo." — "Screen," 1979, No. 6, p. 4.
Lungin S. and Nusinov I. Klara Yusupzhanova. — "Soviet Cinema," July 23, 1966.
Pogozheva L. Ordinary Fate. — "Soviet Culture," December 19, 1972.
Klara Yusupzhanova. — Soviet Weekly (in English), February 25, 1967.
Klara Yusupzhanova. — "Soviet Film" (in German), 1974, No. 8, p. 24.
FOREIGN FILM CRITICISM
"I am Kyrgyz" (in German). — "Film Spiegel," 1976, No. 10.