In former times, she was called the Russian Marilyn Monroe, the best theater actress of the USSR, the embodiment of beauty and spiritual charm. Then to admire Doronina, to love Doronina began to be considered almost indecent... Why did this happen? The book tells about the difficult fate of the great Russian actress, whom many call today “the last of the greats,” about her personal life, creative biography, about the notorious, scandalous division of the old Moscow Art Theater , about the formation and activities of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater on Tverskoy Boulevard, now headed by Tatyana Doronina.