Georgi Michailowitsch Wizin

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Monument in Zelenogorsk

Georgy Vitsin (listed by many as Georgy Vitsin; Russian Георгий Михайлович Вицин ; born 5 April . Jul / 18 April  1917 greg. In Terijoki ; † 22. October 2001 in Moscow ) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor.

Life

Wizin was born in Terijoki near Saint Petersburg. Terijoki used to belong to Finland and is now called Zelenogorsk in Russia. He studied from 1934 to 1935 at the drama school of the Vakhtangov Theater ( Московская драматическая Студия Е. Б. Вахтангова ) in Moscow. Since 1936 he played on the studio stage under the direction of Nikolai Chmeljow. He played his first film roles in the 1940s. Wizin acted in numerous films and lent his voice to the protagonists in cartoons and animated films. He achieved national popularity in the Soviet Union through comedies in the 1960s. In 1990 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR .

Until his last day he appeared as a stage actor. Wizin died on October 22, 2001 (according to other sources on October 23) in a Moscow hospital. Wizin was buried in the Vagankovo ​​Cemetery in Moscow. A monument to the actor was erected in Zelenogorsk in 2008.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1957: Don Quixote (Дон Кихот)
  • 1961: The Three Woodcutters (Три дровосека)
  • 1964: The fairy tale of lost time (Сказка о потерянном времени)
  • 1965: who marries whom? ( Женитьба Бальзаминова )
  • 1965: Operation "Y" and Shurik's other adventures (Операция "Ы" и другие приключения Шурика)
  • 1968: An ancient fairy tale (Старая, старая сказка)
  • 1970: Moya sudba
  • 1970: film, film, film
  • 1970: Opekun
  • 1970: Shag s kryshi
  • 1971: Vesennyaya skazka (TV)
  • 1971: Kak my iskali Tishku
  • 1971: 12 stulyev
  • 1971: Ten
  • 1971: Gentlemen of success
  • 1972: Sannikow-Land (Земля Санникова)
  • 1972: Chipollino
  • 1973: The incorrigible liar
  • 1975: Bolshoy attraction
  • 1976: Vesyoloye snovideniye, ili smekh i slyozy
  • 1976: The thieving king
  • 1976: The Blue Bird (1976) (The Blue Bird / Синяя птица)
  • 1976: Finist - Heller Falke (Финист - Ясный сокол)
  • 1976: That can't be true!
  • 1977: 12 stulyev (TV series)
  • 1977: Au-u!
  • 1977: The hunchback horse
  • 1980: Za spichkami
  • 1981: Maria, Mirabella
  • 1982–1984: Byuro nakhodok (4 episodes)
  • 1984: Ruki vverkh!
  • 1985: Sopernitsy
  • 1985: Opasno dlya zhizni!
  • 1986: Podróze pana Kleksa
  • 1987: Vozvrashcheniye Domovyonka (speaking role)
  • 1984–1990: KOAPP (12 episodes)
  • 1991: Istoriya s metranpazhem
  • 1992: Vystrel v grobu
  • 1993: Bravye parni
  • 1994: Gospoda artisty

Web links

Commons : Georgy Vitsin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituaries; Passings; Georgy Vitsin, 83; Russian Movie, Theater Actor. Los Angeles Times . California; Part 2; Metro desk; p. October 15, 2001.
  2. ↑ In Brief: Beloved Comic Actor Vitsin Dies. Valeria Korchagina. The Moscow Times . p. October 4, 2001.
personal data
SURNAME Wizin, Georgi Michailowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Вицин, Георгий Михайлович (Russian spelling); Vitsin, Georgy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet and Russian theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Terijoki
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2001
Place of death Moscow