The actress's first film role brought her extraordinary popularity. In 1956, as a student at VGIK, she played club worker Lenochka Krylova in Eldar Ryazanov’s musical comedy “Carnival Night.” The spontaneous young girl singing the song “Five Minutes” instantly won the hearts of the audience and became an idol, especially among young people. Of course, this is Lyudmila Gurchenko, known to everyone. Many years have passed, and during this time a lot has happened - Gurchenko played a huge number of roles, was married several times, gave birth to a daughter, survived the tragic death of her grandson... The motto of her entire life was the phrase: “Be different from everyone else,” and she coped with this brilliantly role.