Yuriy Yakovlev — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Yuri Vasilyevich Yakovlev (25 April 1928, Moscow — 30 November 2013, ibid.) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1976). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1979).

One of the most popular actors of the Soviet Union, he performed more than a hundred roles in theatre and cinema. A foremost master of both comedic (The Hussar Ballad, Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession, The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!, Kin-dza-dza!) and dramatic (The Idiot, Dangerous Turn, Earthly Love) genres. A leading actor of the Vakhtangov Theatre during its heyday.

Filmography

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1969 King Stag Deramo

Interesting facts

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Attended evening school and worked as an assistant mechanic in a garage.
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Since 1952, an actor at the Evg. Vakhtangov Academic Theater.
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Laureate of the K.S. Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR. Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1979, for his roles in the films "Lyubov zemnaya" and "Sudba").
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People's Artist of the USSR (12.10.1976).
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Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995).
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Holder of the Orders of Lenin (1988), the Red Banner of Labour (1978), and "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree (1996).
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Buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
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In 1952 he graduated from the B.V. Shchukin Theatre School.

Family & relationships

Yekaterina Raikina spouse · Children: 1 · divorced

Irina Sergeeva spouse · Children: 1

Frequent collaborators

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Valentina Malyavina Actress · 1969 1

King Stag 1969

Valeri Babyatinsky 1

Aleksandr Lazarev 1

Elena Korovina 1

Sofiya Pilyavskaya 1

Viktor Turbin 1

Photos

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