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Anatoliy Dmitrievich Papanov was born on October 31, 1922, in Vyasma, Smolensk region, USSR. His father, named Dmitri Filippovich Papanov, was a Russian industrial worker. His mother, named Elena Bronislavovna Roskovskaya, was of Polish ancestry. Young Papanov moved to Moscow with his parents in 1929. After graduation from a secondary school in 1939, he worked as a metal worker at the 2nd Moscow Ball-bearing Factory. There Papanov was an amateur actor at the Worker's Club Theatre-studio named "Kauchuk".
In 1941 Papanov was drafted in the Red Army and served as an Artillery Sergeant. He was severely wounded in his legs in 1942, and spent six months in hospitals. At age 21, he became permanently disabled and used a cane for the rest of his life. Papanov was admitted to the acting class of the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS), from which he graduated in 1946. While a student, Papanov married his classmate actress Nadezhda Karataeva. From 1946-1948 he worked on stage at the Klaipeda Drama Theatre in Latvia. In 1948 Papanov was invited to the Moscow Theatre of Satire by director Andrei Goncharov. He became permanent member of the troupe and worked on stage for almost 40 years. His regular stage partners were Andrey Mironov, Tatyana Pelttser, Spartak Mishulin, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Mikhail Derzhavin, Vladimir Kozel, Olga Aroseva, Georgi Menglet, and other renown Russian actors.
Papanov made his film debut as an extra in 'Lenin v Oktyabre' (1937) by director Mikhail Romm. He played supporting roles in comedies by director Eldar Ryazanov - 'Chelovek niotkuda' (1961), where his partner was Sergey Yurskiy, and in 'Beregis avtomobilya' (1966), where his partners were Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Efremov, Andrey Mironov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Donatas Banionis, Evgeniy Evstigneev, and others. Papanov became really famous after his impressive work in the role of General Sepilin in 'Zhivye i myortvye' (1963), for which he was awarded the Brothers Vasilyev State Prize in 1966.
Anatoli Papanov is best known for his roles in the comedies of director Leonid Gaidai. His satirical character - a gangster chief Lyolik in 'Brilliantovaya ruka' (The Diamond Arm, 1968) became one of the most popular characters in the Russian cinema. Papanov made an excellent acting ensemble with his film partners Andrey Mironov, Yuriy Nikulin, Nonna Mordyukova, Nina Grebeshkova, Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Leonid Kanevskiy, and other remarkable actors. 'Brilliantovaya ruka' was the all-time box-office leader with over 76,000,000 admissions in theaters of the Soviet Union. In a 1995 national poll in Russia, 'Brilliantovaya ruka' was voted the best Russian comedy ever.
Anatoli Papanov was awarded the Russian State Prize of Brothers Vasilyev (1966). He was designated People's Actor of the USSR (1973) and was awarded the USSR State Prize (1989, posthumously). Papanov died of a heart attack on August 7, 1987, at his Moscow apartment, a few days before the tragic collapse of his friend and partner Andrey Mironov. Anatoli Papanov's death caused a considerable mourning among his fans in the Soviet Union, he was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Lyudmila Ivanovna Kasatkina is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). While studying in the fifth grade, choreographer Igor Lentovskiy came to her school, who selected girls for classes at the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory (Shatskiy Studio). So Kasatkina entered the school's choreographic department. At age 14, she was forced to stop ballet classes due to poor health and a broken leg. She studied at the Studio of Artistic Words at the Palace of Pioneers by Anna Bovshek and Anna Schneider. In 1943, on the advice of Schneider, she entered the GITIS named after A.V. Lunacharskiy in the class of Iosif Rayevskiy and Grigori Konsky. In 1947, after graduation, she was accepted into the troupe of the Central Theater of the Soviet Army, where she worked all her life. Kasatkina played more than sixty roles on the stage, among which the most famous productions include Orpheus Goes Down to Hell by Tennessee Williams, Broadway Charades by Mary Orr and Reginald Denham, Your Sister and Captive by Lyudmila Razumovskaya.
In 1954 she made her film debut, starring in the main role in the comedy Tiger Girl (1955). In 1964, she starred in the first Soviet multi-part television movie Vyzyvaem ogon na sebya (1963). She also gained fame thanks to her work on voicing cartoons, in particular, the character of Bagheera in the series The Adventures of Mowgli (1973). In 1979, together with her husband, she created a workshop at the acting faculty of GITIS (professor since 1979), which lasted 12 years and gave the professional scene dozens of actors. - Stepan Krylov was born on 14 February 1910 in village Gorodok, Vyazma uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Andrei Rublev (1966), Ivan's Childhood (1962) and Anafema (1961). He died on 28 February 1998 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Nikolai Skorobogatov was born on 19 December 1923 in Vyazma, Smolenskaya guberniya, USSR. He was an actor, known for Twelve Chairs (1977), Vzorvannyy ad (1967) and Damy priglashayut kavalerov (1981). He died on 10 June 1987 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia].
- Darya Peskova was born on 5 December 1987 in Vyazma, RSFSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Skazki Gofmana (2023), Styuardessa and Russian Cyberhospital. Part 2 (2021).
- Nikolai Plotnikov was a Russian actor and director at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow.
He was born Nikolai Sergeyevich Plotnikov on November 5, 1897, in Vyazma, Smolensk province, Russian Empire (now Vyazma, Russia). His father, Sergei Plotnikov, was a barber, his mother was a homemaker. In 1910, when Plotnikov was 12, his mother died and he was sent to him uncle in St. Petersburg. There he studied art at the Stieglitz School of Art, and also worked at the Schwartz printing company in St. Petersburg, Russia. From 1916 to 1918 he served in the Imperial Tsar's Army during the First World War, then returned to Moscow. From 1918 - 1920 he studied acting at the studio of Michael Chekhov where his classmates were Boris Babochkin and his brother, then worked with a touring troupe all over Russia for two years. From 1922 - 1934 he was member of the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT) in Moscow, then was member of the Central Theatre of the Red Army.
From 1938 to 1979 Nikolai Plotnikov was a permanent member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such actors as Mikhail Ulyanov, Ruben Simonov, Boris Zakhava, Mikhail Astangov, Vladimir Etush, Varvara Popova, Irina Kupchenko, Natalya Tenyakova, Yuliya Borisova, Lyudmila Maksakova, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Marianna Vertinskaya, Nina Ruslanova, Nikolai Gritsenko, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Yuriy Yakovlev, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Andrei Abrikosov, Grigori Abrikosov, Boris Babochkin, Nikolai Timofeyev, Aleksandr Grave, and Evgeniy Karelskikh, among others. His most memorable stage performances were such roles as Polonius opposite Mikhail Astangov_ in the Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (1958), as Doctor in "Zhivoy trup" (aka.. The Living Corpse) after the eponymous novel by Lev Tolstoy.
Nikolai Plotnikov was designated People's Actor of the USSR (1964), and was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1951). He also taught acting at Mosfilm Studio School, at Moscow State Institue of Theatrical Art (GITIS), and at Soviet State Institute of Cinema (VGIK). Nikolai Plotnikov died of a heart failure on February 3, 1979, in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Aleksandr Chausov was born in 1896 in Vyazma, Smolensk region, Russian Empire (now Russia). He was an actor, known for Kara-bugaz (1935). He died on 16 March 1938 in Moscow Region, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Sergey Morskoy was born on 2 August 1896 in Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for A Tale of the Forest Giant (1954), Detstvo. Otrochestvo. Yunost (1973) and Zdravstvuyte, nashi papy! (1969). He died in 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.