Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin ( Russian Михаил Иванович Пуговкин , real name Pugonkin (Пугонькин); * 13. July 1923 in Rameschki , Rajon Chukhloma ; † 25. July 2008 in Moscow ) was a Soviet / Russian actor award in 1988 People's Artist of the USSR received .

Live and act

Mikhail Pugovkin studied under Ivan Moskvin at the Theater School of the Chekhov Art Theater in Moscow . In World War II he fought as a volunteer in the Red Army and was seriously injured at the front. After his recovery he got his first role in a theater in Moscow in 1943 and played in the movie The Wedding after Anton Chekhov after the war . Until 1959 Pugowkin remained present on the theater stages with various productions in Moscow , Murmansk and Vilnius .

Pugowkin took part in more than 70 films. Especially his roles in the comedies of Leonid Gaidai such as Operation "Y" and other Shurik adventures (1965), Twelve Chairs (1971) and Ivan Vasilievich Changes Professions (1973) made him one of the most famous actors in the Soviet Union.

In 2001 he played his last role in a film adaptation of the fairy tale of the Bremen Town Musicians , after which he retired from the film business.

The asteroid (4516) Pugovkin , discovered in 1973, was named after him in 1997.

Private

Pugovkin lived in Yalta in Crimea for a long time before moving to Moscow in 1999. In 2005, a statue of Father Fyodor, whom he played in Twelve Chairs, imitated by the actor, was unveiled in Kharkiv . In total, Pugovkin was married three times and has a daughter named Elena from his first marriage.

On July 25, 2008, Pugovkin died of complications from diabetes in his home in Moscow . He was buried in the Wagankowoer cemetery .

Filmography (selection)

• 1941: The work of the Artamanows (Delo Artamonowych)
• 1944: Kutuzov (Kutuzov)
• 1953: Ships storm bastions (Korabli shturmujut bastiony)
• 1953: Sails in the Storm (Admiral Uschakow)
• 1953: The boy from the slave ship (Maksimka)
• 1954: Baptism of Fire (Schkola muschestwa)
• 1955: Free ride for Katja (Dobroe utro)
• 1956: Ilya Muromets
• 1956: Vanya, that goes too far (Soldier Iwan Browkin)
• 1958: Vanya conquers new territory (Iwan Browkin na zeline)
• 1958: Fiery Blood (Oleko Dunditsch)
• 1958: The girl with the guitar (Dewuschka s gitaroi)
• 1959: Stars in May (Maiskie swjosdy)
• 1961: is it worth a wager? (Dewchata)
• 1963: The Lost Summer (Propalo leto)
• 1963: The penalty kick (Schtrafnoi udar)
• 1964: The first day of freedom (Pierwszy dzien wolnosci) (Poland)
• 1965: Operation "Y" and other adventures of Shurik ( Operazija "Y" i drugije prikljutschenija Shurika )
• 1965: Please, the complaint book (Daite schalobnuju knigu)
• 1967: Wedding in Malinowka (Swadba w Malinowke)
• 1968: fire, water and trumpets (Ogon, woda i ... mednye truby)
• 1970: The beautiful Varvara (Varvara-krasa, dlinnaja kosa)
• 1971: 12 chairs (12 stuljew)
• 1973: The deer with the golden antlers (Zolotye roga)
• 1973: Iwan Wassiljewitsch changes his profession (Iwan Wasilewitsch menjaet professiju)
• 1975: Finist - Heller Falke (Finist - Jasny sokol)
• 1976: That can't be true! (Ne moschet byt!)
• 1976: The sad mermaid (Rusalotschka)
• 1977: The Unknown Successor (Nesnakomy naslednik)
• 1982: The married bachelor (Schenaty cholostjak)
• 1983: Order: Catch Alive (Prikasano vsjat schiwym)
• 1986: Sitting on the golden stairs ... (Na slatom krylze sideli)
• 1987: The circus is here (Zirk priechal)
• 1987: The forest (Les)
• 2001: The Bremen Town Musicians (Bremenskie muzykanty)

Web links

• Mikhail Pugovkin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official site of Mikhail Pugovkin (Russian)
• Mikhail Pugovkin's death report; Biography (russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 30095