Zinoviy Gerdt — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Zinoviy Gerdt was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (9.05.1959). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). People's Artist of the USSR (1990). From 1945 to 1982 he was an actor in the troupe of the Central Puppet Theatre under the direction of S.V. Obraztsov; from 1983 he was an actor at the Yermolova Theatre. A master of supporting, mainly comedic roles. He had a beautiful, memorable timbre of voice and worked extensively on dubbing and narrating films.

Zinoviy Yefimovich was over 50 when Pyotr Todorovsky gave him the lead role in his film "The Magician". The first host of "Kinopanorama". Already terminally ill, he hosted the program "Tea Club". In 1998 in Kyiv, in a square on Proreznaya Street, a monument was unveiled to the character Panikovsky as played by Gerdt.

Filmography

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1963 1 Newton Street neighbor with mumps

Interesting facts

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When the Great Patriotic War began, Zinovy Gerdt volunteered for the front. He was a senior lieutenant of a sapper company. In February 1943, near Belgorod, he was seriously wounded in the leg.
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He began his working life in 1933 as an electrician at TRAM in Moscow.
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In the 1990s he was the host of the popular television program "Chai-Klub."
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Buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery.
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People's Artist of the USSR (1990).
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Real name - Khrapinovich Zolman Eframovich.
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In 2006, in the actor's hometown, the city of Sebezh in Pskov Oblast, a monument was unveiled to mark the 90th anniversary of his birth and the 10th anniversary of his death.

Family & relationships

Tatyana Pravdina spouse

Frequent collaborators

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Yurii Illienko Actor · 1963 1

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Larysa Kadochnykova Actress · 1963 1

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Yevgeni Fridman Actor · 1963 1

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Vladimir Lippart Actor · 1963 1

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Rolan Bykov Actor · 1963 1

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Fyodor Nikitin Actor · 1963 1

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Photos

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