Biography

Ekaterina Savinova was born on December 26, 1926 in Yeltsovo, Siberian Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia]. She was an actress, known for A Big Family (1954), Cossacks of the Kuban (1950) and V odin prekrasnyy den (1956). She was married to Evgeniy Tashkov. She died on April 25, 1970 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].

Had one son, Andrey Tashkov (b. July 30, 1957), with her now late widowed husband Evgeniy Tashkov.

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (November 26, 1965) for merits in the field of Soviet cinema art.

During the filming of Come Tomorrow (1962), Ekaterina's health deteriorated which caused the shooting to be interrupted for a year but the doctors couldn't gave her right diagnosis. As it turned out later, Savinova had brucellosis that she got after drinking fresh milk, before the shooting of a movie. Because of untimely treatment, the disease caused a complication on her brain which led to the development of syptoms similar to the manifestations of schizophrenia. Savinova was unable recover completely and during the next nine years she was forced to spend from 2 to 4 months in the hospital every year. During the period of remissions, Savinova toured with her husband Evgeniy Tashkov around the country and starred in several episodic roles in movies. Gradually, she fell into deep depression because of her disease and considered herself a burden for her loved ones. In 1970, she left Moscow and moved in Novosibirsk to her sister. Knowing about her incurable disease, she rushed under a train on April 25, 1970 in Novosibirsk at the age 43. She died just as Lev Tolstoy's character Anna Karenina whose monologue she read at the entrance examinations at the VGIK. Savinova was buried at the Kleshchikhinsky cemetery in Novosibirsk.