The galaxy of actors discovered and brought up by Soviet cinema will remain a role model for representatives of new generations. Among these actors, Mikhail Pugovkin, sometimes called the king of the episode, takes pride of place.
Hard childhood
Actor Mikhail Pugovkin was born July 13, 1923 in an ordinary peasant house. His parents lived in a small village in the Kostroma region. Three boys grew up in a family. In those days and in those places there were no rich families. Everyone lived exactly like that, on the verge of poverty and misery. Misha graduated from three classes of a local school. Being an active boy, at the age of five he learned to dance and sing ditties. Peers and relatives prophesied to him the fate of the artist. As subsequent events showed, these prophecies came true. In 1938, the Pugovkin family moved to permanent residence in Moscow.
Michael got a job at the Engineering Plant as an apprentice electrician. He was only 15 years old, and youthful energy beat, as they say, over the edge. After a shift, he set off for a drama studio lesson. The talented guy was entrusted with leading roles in amateur performances. At one of these performances, the young actor was noticed by the director Fedor Kaverin, and invited to the Moscow Drama Theater. After some time, the Pugovkina starred in the film "The Artamonov Case". Mikhail was entrusted with a small role. A feature of this role was that the performer had to dance for a long time at the wedding. The actor did an excellent job.
On stage and in the frame
The war began, and Pugovkin volunteered to go to the front. He was enrolled in one of the units of the Moscow people's militia. In the summer of 1942, a fighter was seriously wounded in the leg. Michael was treated in the rear hospital. The young fighter was just lucky: they wanted to amputate his leg, but by some miracle he persuaded the surgeon not to do the operation. Pugovkin was commissioned from military service. He returned to Moscow. He returned and entered the Moscow Drama Theater. He performed one of his iconic roles in the drama Moskvichka.
At the next stage of his acting career, Pugovkin played in various theatrical productions. In 1960, he decided to completely part with the theater and act in films only. Most of the films in which Mikhail Ivanovich played are comedies. He became widely known for his supporting role in the film "Soldier Ivan Brovkin." The next notable image he presented in the cult picture "Operation Y, and Shurik's other adventures." One of the vivid episodes in the fate of Pugovkin is considered the role of Yasha the gunner in the film "Wedding in the Robin".
