Mikhail Yanshin
Mikhail Yanshin | |
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Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1924–1976 |
Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Я́ншин) (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet stage and film actor.
Biography
Yanshin was born in the city of
Yanshin's first notable roles at the Art Theatre were as Dobchinsky in
In addition to his theatrical work, Yanshin appeared in many films. He was a frequent
Yanshin was married three times.[5] His first wife was Veronika Polonskaya, a fellow artist at the Moscow Art Theatre, whom he married in 1926. She is notable for having pursued an extra-marital affair with the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, and both she and Yanshin were present when Mayakovsky committed suicide in 1930. They divorced in 1934, and that same year Yanshin married Nadezhda Kiselyova (stage name Lyalya Chyornaya), a dancer at the Rumen Theatre. They divorced in 1942, and Kiselyova later married Yanshin's old classmate Nikolai Khmelyov. From 1955 until his death Yanshin was married to Nonna Meyer, a performer at the Stanislavski Theatre.[6]
He died in 1976 in Moscow and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
![Historical plaque on his former home in Moscow](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Yanshinplaque.jpg/220px-Yanshinplaque.jpg)
Theatrical roles
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- Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov – Ivan Chebutykin
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov – Ilya Ilyich Telegin
- The Seagull by Anton Chekhov – Pyotr Sorin
- The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan – Sir Peter
- Late Love by Alexander Ostrovsky – Margaritov
- Fortune's Fool by Ivan Turgenev – Vasily Kouzovkin
- Solo for Hours of Battle by Osvald Zahradník – Abel
- Even a Wise Man Stumbles by Alexander Ostrovsky – Nil Fedoseevich Mamaev
- Days of the Turbins by Mikhail Bulgakov – Lariosik
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role |
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1930 | St. Jorgen's Day | Uncredited role |
1933 | Okraina
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Soldier |
1934 | Lieutenant Kijé | Tsar Paul I |
1945 | The Lost Letter | Various |
1946 | The Great Glinka | Pyotr Vyazemsky |
1946 | The Stone Flower | Severyan |
1951 | The Night Before Christmas | Choub |
1952 | The Unforgettable Year 1919
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Colonel Butkevich |
1955 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch |
1960 | It Was I Who Drew the Little Man | The Little Man |
1960 | Dead Souls | Ivan Andreevich, postmaster |
1964 | Jack Frost | Father Mushroom |
1964 | A Little Frog Is looking for His Father
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Hippopotamus |
1972 | Big School-Break | Professor Volosyuk |
Awards and honors
- Meritorious Artist of the RFSFR (1933)[7]
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1937)
- People's Artist of the RFSFR (1947)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1955)
- Order of Lenin (1948 and 1972)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
- USSR State Prize (1975)
- State Prize of the RFSFR named for Konstantin Stanislavski (1970)
References
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- ^ М. М. Яншин. Статьи, воспоминания, письма, М., 1984
- ^ Е. Полякова.
- ^ Е. Полякова. Яншин. К 70-летию со дня рождения, «Театр», 1972, No 11
- ^ Мастера дураковаляния. Фрагменты ненаписанной книги Киноведческие записки № 80, 2006
- ^ М. М. Яншин.
- ^ "Михаил Яншин". Proekt-wms.narod.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
- ^ "Яншин Михаил Михайлович - Киносозвездие - авторский проект Сергея Николаева". Kinosozvezdie.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
External links
- Mikhail Yanshin at IMDb
- Mikhail Yanshin at Find a Grave