Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt. Born July 19, 1934 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, theater director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989).
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Biography
Alexander Shirvindt was born in Moscow on July 19, 1934 in the family of the violinist, music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich (Theodor Gdalevich) Shirvindt (1896, Odessa - 1961, Moscow) and the editor of the Moscow Philharmonic, Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (nee Kobylivker; 1896, Odessa, 1985 - 1985). Father played in the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, then taught at the A. A. Yaroshevsky Musical College; grandfather, Gustav (Gdalya) Moiseevich Shirvindt (graduate of the Vilnius 1st gymnasium in 1881), was a doctor.
In 1956 he graduated from the Theater School. B.V. Schukin (course of Vera Konstantinovna Lvova) and was accepted into the troupe of the Theater-Studio of the film actor. In the same year, he played his first role in the movie - pop singer Vadim Stepanovich Ukhov in the film "She Loves You!" (dir. Semyon Derevyansky and Rafail Suslovich).
In 1957 he was accepted into the troupe of the theater. Lenin Komsomol and enrolled in the staff of the movie studio "Mosfilm".
In 1968-1970 - artist of the Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
Since March 1970 - actor of the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire.
Since 2000 - Artistic Director of the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire.
Since 1957 - teaches at the B.V. Schukin Higher Theater School (since 1995 - professor).
Social work
· Member of the Union of Theater Workers (1961)
· Member of the Union of Cinematographers (1978)
· Full member of the Nika Academy of Motion Picture Arts
· Full member of the American Pushkin Academy of Arts
· Member of the board and co-chairman of the Moscow English club
· President and current member of the Academy of humorous authorities
· Member of the Public Council of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the City of Moscow
A family
Grandfather - Gustav (Gedal, Gedalya) Moiseevich Shirvindt (1861—?), A doctor. Grandfather (from the side of the mother) - Yitzhok-Shmuel Aronovich Kobylivker.
· Father - Anatoly Gustavovich (Theodor Gedalevich) Shirvindt (1896-1961), violinist, music teacher.
· Uncle (father’s brother) - Yevsey Gustavovich (Gedalevich) Shirvindt (1891-1958), first head of the USSR military escort guard, doctor of law, professor.
· Uncle (twin brother of his father) - Boris Gustavovich (Gedalevich) Shirvindt (1896-1966), pediatric infectious disease specialist, MD, senior researcher at the Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery of the Ministry of Health of the RSFSR.
· Mother - Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (nee Kobylyvker; 1896-1985), editor of the Moscow Philharmonic.
· Wife (since 1957) - Natalya Nikolaevna Belousova (born 1935), architect, chemist B.P. Belousov’s niece, granddaughter of architect V.N. Semenov.
· Son - Mikhail Shirvindt, TV presenter
· Grandson - Andrei Shirvindt (born 1981), professor of law at Moscow State University
· Granddaughter - Anastasia Andreevna Shirvindt (born in 2002), Ella Shirvindt (born in 2011)
Granddaughter - Alexandra Shirvindt (born 1986), art critic
Theatrical work
Boris Schukin Theater Institute
· 1952 - "Labor Bread" by A. Ostrovsky - graduation performance
· 1952 - "Night of Errors" by O. Goldsmith - diploma performance
Theater named after Lenin Komsomol
· "Family" by I. Popov; staged by S. Giatsintova - extras (1949 performance, introduction)
· "A wonderful meeting" by Lydia Cherkashina; Director A. A. Muatov (???) - Herald
· 1957 - "The First Horse" Sun. Vishnevsky; production of Benedict Nord - white officer (input)
· 1957 - "The First Symphony" by A. Gladkov; production by A. Rubba (input)
1957 - The Wheel of Happiness of the Tours Brothers; production of S. Stein - Pheasant (input)
· 1957 - "Bread and Roses" by A. Salynsky; production of S. A. Mayorov, A. A. Rubba, V. R. Solovyov - guy
· 1957 - "When Acacia Blooms" by Nikolai Vinnikov; Director S. Stein - Kostya Khomenko (input)
1957 - "The First Date" (input)
· 1957 - "Friends-writers" N. Wenkstern; Director S. Stein (input)
1957 - "Our mutual friend" by C. Dickens; Director Ivan Bersenev - Mr. Laemml (input)
· 1957 - "Factory Girl" by A. Volodin; Director Vladimir Eufer (input)
· 1958 - "Companions-romantics" M. Sobol; production of S. Mayorov and S. Stein - Yuri Leshchev
· "Fire of your soul" by Alexander Araksmanyan; production of R. Kaplanyan - Ruben (input)
· 1958 - "St. John" B. Shaw, Bertrand de Poulange, head of the guard, Dir. V.S. Kantsel
1959 - "Blindfolded" by Istvan Feyer; Director S. Stein (input)
· 1960 - "Living Flowers" by N. Pogodin; production of B. Tolmazov - Faceless, announcer
· 1960 - "Dangerous Age" by Simon Narignani; Director S. Stein - Kostya
· 1961 - "The center of the attack will die at the dawn" A. Kussani; production of B. Tolmazov - Hamlet
· 1962 - “Suitcase with stickers” by D. Ugryumov; production of S. Stein - Razmyshlyaev, a man from the 5th floor
1962 - "You are 22, old people!" E. Radzinsky; production of S. Stein - Dear friend, director
· 1963 - "About Lermontov"; production of O. Remez and T. Chebotarevskaya - Martynov
1963 - "Goodbye, boys!" B. Balter; Director S. Stein
· 1964 - "On the wedding day" by V. Rozov; production by A. Efros, L. Durov - guest at the wedding (extras)
· 1964 - "104 pages about love" by E. Radzinsky; Director A. Efros - Felix
· 1965 - “To each his own” by S. Alyoshin; Director A. Efros - Guderian
· 1965 - "Filming" by E. Radzinsky; Production: A.V. Efros, Lev Durov - Nechaev Fedor Fedorovich (premiere - November 9, 1965)
· 1965 - "That the soldier, that this" B. Brecht; Director M. Tumanishvili - Jesse Mahoney
· 1966 - The Seagull A. Chekhov; Director A. Efros - Trigorin
· 1966 - The Moliere by M. Bulgakov; Director A. Efros - Louis
Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya
· 1968 - "How You Like It" by W. Shakespeare - Jacques-melancholic, Director: Pyotr Fomenko
· 1969 - "Happy days of an unhappy person" A.N. Arbuzova - Krestovnikov, Director: Anatoly Efros
· 1970 - "Romeo and Juliet" by W. Shakespeare, Production: A.V. Efros, Director: L.K. Durov
Moscow Academic Theater of Satire
Performance "Ornifl"
Performance "Ornifl"
· 1970 - "Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro" Beaumarchais; dir. Valentin Pluchek - Count of Almaviva
· 1970 - "Guri Lvovich Sinichkin" V. Dykhovichnogo - Rodion
· 1971 - “An Ordinary Miracle” by E. Schwartz - Minister-Administrator
· 1972 - "Pill for the tongue" A. Makayenko - Lomtev, representative of the Ministry
· 1973 - "Little comedies of a big house"; dir. Alexander Shirvindt and Andrey Mironov - Father
· 1973 - "The Eccentric Man" by V. Azernikov - Factory Management
· 1973 - "Bedbug" by V. Mayakovsky - Reporting President
· 1974 - "We are 50"; dir. Alexander Shirvindt
· 1975 - "The house where hearts are broken" B. Shaw - Hector
· 1976 - "Clemens" K. Saya - Red-bearded alien, Senior merchant, High hat, Big boss, Dir. M.A. Mikaelyan
· 1976 - “Woe from Wit” by A. Griboedov - Molchalin
· 1979 - "Her Excellency" S. Alyoshin
· 1980 - "The Eccentric" by N. Hikmet - Ahmet Riza
· 1982 - "Examiner" N. Gogol - Dobchinsky
· 1982 - "Three Penny Opera" by B. Brecht - Robert Saw
· 1982 - "Concert for theater and orchestra
· 1983 - "Kramnagel" L. Ustinova - Mervyn Spindelman
1985 - The Burden of Decision by F. Burlacki - Pierre Selinger
1985 - "Be quiet, be sad, be silent
"A. Shirvindt
· 1986 - "Red Mare with a bell" I. Druze - Negrish
· 1988 - "Passion of the Black Sea" by Fazil Iskander - Zenon Ayba, writer
· 1995 - "The battlefield after the victory belongs to the looters" (February 28, 1995 - premiere) E. Radzinsky - Mikhalev
· 1997 - "Lucky People - Unlucky" G. Gorin - Unlucky
· 1999 - "Greetings from Tsyurupa" (November 11, 1999 - premiere) theatrical fantasy based on the eponymous short story by F. Iskander; dir. Sergey Kokovkin - Thinking of Russia
2001 - "Andryusha" by A. Arkanov and A. Shirvindt
· 2001 - "Ornifle" by J. Anouil (September 14, 2001 - premiere); dir. Sergey Artsibashev - Ornifl
· 2010 - “Between the Light and the Shadow” by Tennessee Williams (November 5, 2010 - premiere), David Katrir; dir. Yuri Eryomin
· 2009 - Moliere (The Cabal of the Holy) by M. Bulgakov (January 23, 2009 - premiere); dir. Yuri Eremin - Jean Baptiste Pocquel de Moliere
· 2014 - “Sad, but funny” S. Plotov, V. Zhuk, A. Shirvindt (October 1, 2014 - premiere); dir: Alexander Shirvindt, Yuri Vasiliev
· 2018 - “Where are we? ∞! …” by Rodion Ovchinnikov, Dir.: Rodion Ovchinnikov (February 7, 2018 - premiere) - Pyotr Pavlovich Zaraysky
Director and screenwriting
· 1970 - staging of the play "Wake up and sing!" (together with Mark Zakharov)
· 1973 - "Little comedies of a big house" (together with Andrei Mironov)
1974 - "We are 50"
1977 - "Chao!" (movie performance)
1978 - The Undergrowth
· 1979 - "Her Excellency"
· 1982 - "Concert for the theater and orchestra"
1985 - "Be quiet, be sad, be silent
1988 - The Passion of the Black Sea by Fazil Iskander
· 1992 - Spartak (Mishulin) - Spectator (national team)
· 2001 - the play "Andryusha", written together with A. Arkanov
· 2003 - June 19 (premiere) "Too Married Taxi Driver" R. Cooney
· 2004 - "Schweik, or Hymn to idiocy" according to Yaroslav Hasek
· 2006 - January 4 (premiere) - "Not a centime less !!" Aldo Nikolai, · 2007 - December 22 (premiere) - "Freedom for love ?!"
· 2007 - "Women without Borders" by Yu. Polyakova
· 2010 - "A Nightmare on Lursin Street" (PERDU Monocle) by Eugene Labisch
· 2011 - "Hello! It's Me! Andryusha-70!"
· November 8, 2012 - “Funds from the inheritance” of Yu. Ryashentsev and G.Polidi
2013 April 20 - "Fools" by Neil Simon
· October 1, 2014 - “Sad, but funny” S. Plotov, V. Zhuk, A. Shirvindt, Production: Alexander Shirvindt, Yuri Vasiliev
· December 4, 2015 - “Suitcase” by Yuri Polyakov, Production: Alexander Shirvindt
· November 15, 2016 - “It's Never Too Late, ” by Sam Bobrick, Production: Alexander Shirvindt
Filmography
Acting
· 1956 - She loves you! - Vadim Stepanovich Ukhov, pop singer (film debut)
1958 - Ataman Codr - Vasily Bogdeskul
· 1963 - Come tomorrow - Vadim
1967 - Major Whirlwind - Jozef
1967 - Save the drowning man - tour guide
1968 - Once again about love - Felix Toptygin
1968 - Crash - Sydney Railay
1968 - July Sixth - Leo Karakhan
· 1969 - At the thirteenth hour of the night - died at the studio
1969 - The plot for a short story
· 1971 - Old robbers - referent of the minister
1971 - You and I are a buddy.
· 1971 - Can you live? - Boris Esipovich, teacher of the conservatory
· 1973 - Just a few words in honor of Mr. de Moliere - Don Juan
· 1973 - Not a word about football - voiceover from the author
· 1974 - What a smile you have - Ilya
· 1975 - The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! - Pavlik / voiceover from the author
1975 - Benefit of Larisa Golubkina - Higgins
1976 - Twelve chairs - one-eyed chess player
1976 - Sky Swallows - Major Alfred Chateau-Gibues
1977 - Incognito from St. Petersburg - Christian Ivanovich Gibner, healer
· 1978 - Benefit of Lyudmila Gurchenko - lyrical baritone: Third counter boy / Napoleon / Don Juan / Groom / Abbot / Lawyer
1979 - Three in a boat, not counting the dogs - Sir Samuel Harris
1980 - The Imaginary Patient - Monsieur de Bonfois, Notary
1980 - Almanac of Satire and Humor
· 1980 - Behind the matches - voiceover from the author
1981 - Vacation at one's own expense - Yuri Nikolaevich
1981 - Oriental Dentist - Toparnikos
1981 - The facts of the past day - Yuri Nikolaevich Shagansky
1982 - Princess of the Circus - Firelli
1982 - Silver revue - artistic director
· 1982 - Station for two - Shurik, pianist in the restaurant of the railway station
· 1982 - Just awful! - head doctor
· 1983 - Unexpectedly (Year of the Golden Fish) - antique dealer, neighbor
1984 - Applause, applause
- Igor Makarov, Valeria's ex-husband
1984 - Hero of her novel
1985 - Winter evening in Gagra - TV presenter
1985 - The most charming and attractive - Arkady, Susanna's husband
1985 - Million in a marriage basket - Leonido Papagatto
1986 - Seven screams in the ocean - Santiago Sabala
1987 - Forgotten melody for flute - Meat-eaters
1987 - Blackmailer - Valery Yuryevich
· 1989 - The Art of Living in Odessa - Tartakovsky
1990 - Womanizer - Arkady
1991 - The Nuts - Stephenson
1991 - The Siege of Venice - Inquisitor
1993 - Russian Ragtime - father of Kostya
1994 - The Simple-minded - de Saint-Plange
· 1995 - Hello, fools! - leader of the social socialist party
1996 - Fatal Eggs - newspaper editor
· 2004 - Greetings from Tsyurupa! (TV version of the play) - thinking about Russia
· 2007 - The Irony of Fate. Continuation - Uncle Pasha
· 2008 - Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin, or The Return of the Musketeers - Colbert
2009 - Variegated Twilight - Alexander Belykh, a jazz pianist
2009 - Markovna. Reboot - Cameo
2013 - Moliere (Cabal holy) (television play) - Jean Baptiste Pocquel de Moliere
Scoring
cartoon
1967 - Time Machine - Narrator
1977 - How mushrooms and peas fought - King Peas
1979 - New Aladdin - Aladdin
1979 - Vovka-trainer - reads the text
1981 - Alice in Wonderland - Cheshire Cat
1981 - Dog in Boots - Handsome
1981 - The smallest gnome (3rd edition) - Kozlik
· 1981 - Once upon a time there was Saushkin - Uncle Kapa, a resident of the Country of Dobryakov
· 2002 - My grandmothers and I are the grandson of Borya
of films
2010 - Alice in Wonderland - Cheshire Cat
Audio performances and audio books
1973 - Bayadera - Storyteller
· 1987 - "Don Quixote" (radio performance) N. Alexandrovich
Television career
· "Morning Post", leading
· "Terem-Teremok", leading
· "Seven of us and jazz" leading
· "Theatrical lounge", leading
· “Bravo, artist!”, Host
· “Want to know, ” co-host
Bibliography
Alexander Shirvindt, Boris Poyurovsky. "The past without thoughts." - M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 1994.-- 320 p. - ISBN 5-7001-0148-3.
· Alexander Shirvindt. "Schirwindt obliterated." Book of memories. - M.: Eksmo, 2006.-- 208 p. - ISBN 5-699-15458-2.
· Alexander Shirvindt. "Passage biography". - M.: ABC-Atticus, KoLibri, 2013.-- 312 p. - ISBN 978-5-389-05590-2.
· Alexander Shirvindt. "Multiple sclerosis." - M.: Kolibri, 2014.-- 312 p. - ISBN 978-5-389-08033-1;
· Alexander Shirvindt. "In between." - M.: ABC-Atticus, KoLibri, 2017.-- 192 p. - ISBN 978-5-389-13616-8.
Recognition and rewards
Awarding the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree. December 22, 2014
· Winner of the second prize at the Theater Spring-74 Art Festival
· The honorary title "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" (October 16, 1974) - for his merits in the field of Soviet theater art
· Honorary title "People's Artist of the RSFSR" (June 1, 1989) - for great services in the field of Soviet theater art
· Laureate of the Golden Ostap Prize (1993, for participating in the performance "Honoring")
· Order of Friendship of Peoples (June 20, 1994) - for merits in the development of theatrical art and fruitful pedagogical activity
· Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree (August 2, 2004) - for his great contribution to the development of theatrical art
· Laureate of the national award "Russian of the Year" in the nomination "Star of Russia" (2005)
· Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree (July 19, 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of pedagogical activity
· Winner of the "Theater Star" award in the nomination "Best Improvisation" (2009)
Chekhov Medal (2010)
· Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree (July 21, 2014) - for great merits in the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity
· Order "Key of Friendship" (October 9, 2014, Kemerovo Region) - for outstanding personal contribution to the development of Russian culture, preservation of the best traditions of theater art, unique talent, highest creative potential, devotion to one's professional duty, selfless service to the Fatherland
· Laureate of the national acting award "Figaro" them. Andrei Mironov (2015)
· Repeatedly invited to the jury of the Higher League of KVN.
· In honor of A. A. Shirvindt, the asteroid (6767) Shirvindt, discovered by astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on January 6, 1983, is named