Rostislav Plyatt is a famous actor in Soviet theater and cinema. He was a decent and at the same time ironic man who loved petty pranks. His biography was not without hooligan antics.
From childhood to the theater
R. Plyatt was born in Rostov-on-Don in the family of the Russified Pole Ivan Plyat, who was a well-known lawyer, and a native of Poltava Zinaida Zakamennaya December 13, 1908. Due to the illness of the mother, the family had to move to Kislovodsk. This slightly delayed her death, and after the funeral the family moved to Moscow. Several years passed, and the boy’s father married Anna Volikovskaya, who was able to replace the boy’s mother. In school, the boy participated in the drama club, under the leadership of Lebedev. Theater, stage were the dream of Rostislav. A happy accident helped the boy attend the Moscow Art Theater from the front door. Actors asked their father as a lawyer for help. The case was completed successfully, and part of the boy’s dream was realized. True, he was only allowed in the Tatra backstage and was not taken to the group. But it was there that R. Plyatt received advice to enter the studio of the director Zavadsky.
Actor career
After the courses, Yuri Zavadsky took Plyatt to his group, and in 1927 Rostislav went on stage as an actor. By the way, the stage name was invented when receiving a passport. The letter "t" was added to the surname and the middle name was changed to Yanovich. After the reorganization of theater groups in 1936, together with Zavadsky, he moved to Rostov-on-Don. There opened up new facets of his talent. The actor honed his skills and received a powerful impetus for the growth of creativity. In Rostov, he tried himself in dramatic roles. In 1938, Rostislav Plyatt returned to Moscow, where he remained during the war years and performed in Moscow theaters. In the theater of the Moscow Soviet, the actor served the last 40 years of his career. He was repeatedly offered to become a director, stage theatrical performances, offered a pulpit, and he remained faithful to the stage.
