Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich: biography, filmography, private life

Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich is a director, an outstanding Soviet actor and People's Artist of the Soviet Union. He played many roles, having managed to leave an eternal memory of himself in the hearts of fans of his work. He worked in the Moscow Academic Theater, headed the Stanislavsky Drama Theater. He was awarded the State Prize of the Soviet Union.

The birth of an actor

Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin was born on November 2, 1902 in Yukhnov, located near Kaluga. As his grandmother told him, he came to light under a popular song at that time. The alarm clock began to play at the moment when Mikhail "got out" from his mother's womb.

Around the woman in childbirth there was confusion. The alarm clock, instead of just turning it off, was put under the pillow. But he persistently continued to play and there. As a result, even Yangshin's first cry went in musical accompaniment. Strangely enough, but it was this popular song that Mikhail sang, even himself, even after sixty-odd years, when he played in his last plays.

A family

Father Yanshin was called Mikhail Filippovich. He worked as an accountant. Mother, Alexandra Pavlovna, is a housewife. Mikhail Mikhailovich had a sister, Evdokia. His parents were very fond of art, although they worked absolutely in a different field. They preferred to listen to music often, periodically visited the theater, the opera. They knew many singers and actors. Accordingly, they tried to attach art to their children. Especially since the Yanshins had permanent tickets to the Art and Opera theaters, which at that time shone himself Fedor Shalyapin.

Childhood

He spent his childhood in Moscow. Thanks to his parents, he loved the theater from an early age. The strongest impression on young Yanshin was made by Ivan Moskvin, who played Tsar Fedor in one of the performances. Michael was simply bewitched by his game, so much was felt inside her purity, transparency and brightness.

Since then, the theater has practically become his life. At school, Mikhail enrolled in a string orchestra and drama club. Since Yanshin was chubby and chubby, he always got only female roles. The best of them were Agafya Tikhonovna in The Marriage and Antonovna in the Inspector General. But his acting talent for some reason did not notice. After graduation, Mikhail entered the Olkhov city school, located in Blagoveshchensky Lane.

Youth

After graduating from the Olkhov School, Yanshin entered the Moscow Komissar Technical University. Then - in the Higher Technical (now it is called MSTU named after Bauman). Maybe Yanshin would not have become an actor, continuing to just love the theater. He thought he would be an engineer, an engine specialist.

But revolution and war changed his destiny. In 1919, before he even graduated from the first year, Mikhail went to the front, volunteering. About two years he served in the internal guard rank and file. Took part in the suppression of the uprising in Tambov. Was injured. In the army, Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin participated in a circle of independent activities.

True, as an actor, he did not perform, but he did decorations, posters and a curtain. Yanshin himself often recalled the case when he forgot to lower the curtain, carried away by the play. And then again "not in the subject" opened curtains on the stage, when the prompter was getting out of his booth. It was fun only for the audience. There was a loud laughter in the hall. And Yanshin felt disgraced.

Choice of life path

In 1921 Yanshin was demobilized from the army. It was then that he decided on the choice of the path, deciding to link his life with creativity and theater. True, he previously shared his dream and plans with a friend. To which he simply laughed, saying that the actor from Mikhail would not work. But Yanshin decided to take a chance and try to enter the theater.

As a result, in 1922, Mikhail went to the 2-nd studio of the Moscow Art Theater. He saw himself only as an actor in tragedy, so he read specially selected poems in the exam. I read them before the commission with pathos, selflessly. During the speech from the listeners, choked laughs were heard.

When he finished, it turned out that his performance caused laughter to tears. Luzhsky, the chairman of the commission, wiping his wet eyes with sparkling laughter in them, advised Yanshin to better read the fables. Mikhail thought that he had failed, but the next day he found out with great amazement that he had been accepted.

Way to glory

Two years, Mikhail Mikhailovich Mikhailovich (films with his participation began to be published much later) was trained in the studio. At first he was in extras. Then in the twenty-fourth year, Mikhail was accepted into the Moscow Art Theater's troupe, where he worked until the end of his life. From the first roles, Yanshin discovered in himself a never-ending sense of humor, which did not leave him and all his subsequent life. Sometimes he gave dramatic roles to comedic notes, and vice versa. At first Yanshin was given only episodic roles. In 1926, everything changed radically.

Rise, recognition and fame

Mikhail was given the role of Lariosik in the famous performance of those years "The Days of the Turbins." This was for Yanshin a breakthrough in his career. Lariosik in a student's jacket, with a black bow tie, was Michael's "take-off" role. On October 5th, 1926, before the play, Moskvin predicted to Yanshin that after the premiere the artist would become a celebrity.

So it happened. He was noticed, he became famous. Even Stanislavsky shed a few tears and praised Yanshin's game. Not only that the role brought Mikhail much money, she attracted to him many more fans. He was recognized on the streets, greeted. And in the shops for it was everything, even if this product was not on the shelves.

All subsequent years he worked very hard, having played many roles. In the "Three Fat Men" actor Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin, whose photo can be seen in this article, got used to the image of Dr. Gaspar Arneri. And he was the only performer, having played it ninety-one times in two years.

Yanshin's creative growth

For many, hobbies or work become the meaning of life. This turned out to be Mikhail Yanshin. His personal life, of course, was, but always stood in the background. For Yanshin, the theater became the most important in life.

In 1931, working in the Moscow Art Theater, Mikhail began to practice directing. His debut was "The Sixth World". In 1932, Yanshin put on the second play - Mstislav Udaloi. And in 1937 - "Small trump cards". Many subsequent productions under the direction of Yanshin were also staged at the Moscow Art Theater.

Even before the war, Mikhail worked for some time as artistic director in several Moscow theaters. Despite this activity and direction, Yanshin worked without interruption from acting in the Moscow Art Theater.

One of the steps of creativity is cinema

Before the war, Mikhail Mikhailovich Mikhailovich Yanshin (his films are still remembered and loved by many) was filmed a little. In general, he had small roles of workers, soldiers, etc. Two of the most notable were the "Lieutenant Kizhe" and "The Last Tabor."

After the war, Yanshin continued to engage in directing. The best performances were created by classical works. In some productions, he used several famous actors (Ranevskaya, Abdulova, Fedorova, Garin, Martinson).

Military years

The first year of the war, Yanshin was in the Caucasus. There he organized amateur art groups among the soldiers and small concert programs. In the summer of 1942 he left for Sverdlovsk and, together with the previously evacuated troupe of the Moscow Art Theater, returned to Moscow. Again, Yanshin played several roles in the theater and for his work received a medal "For Valiant Labor in the Second World War".

Theatrical activity

In the Moscow Art Theater for the whole period of his work, Mikhail Mikhailovich Mikhailovich, whose biography is closely connected with theatrical activity, played fifty different roles. The actor had such a multifaceted talent that he successfully embodied any images - both comic and tragic. Some of them entered the Golden Chronicle of the Moscow Art Theater. For example, the dramatic role of Margaritov from Ostrovsky's "Late Love" was played by Yanshin 440 times.

As part of the Moscow Art Theater troupe, Mikhail visited Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, France, and England. In all these countries he won the same warm love of the audience, as well as at home, in the Soviet Union.

Career in animation

The voice of Mikhail Yanshin was always so colorful that it was impossible to forget it, even after hearing it only once. For cartoon activities, it was just a godsend. Therefore Yanshin was very often invited to voice the various characters. Directors often asked Mikhail to sound hippos. The actor was of a dense physique, and, probably, therefore there was an association with large animals. Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich voiced hippos in a lot of cartoons.

To this work, the actor approached very seriously, he built the image completely. For example, the case with a cucumber characterizes his creativity and approach very clearly. When he was offered to voice this vegetable, Yanshin asked the creators of the cartoon about the nature and fate of the cucumber.

The actor asked why he had this, because there was a simple voice-over of the text. To which Michael replied that when the vegetable grows on the bed, it will have only conversations, feelings and mood, and when it is going to marinate - others. For clarity, he demonstrated the voice of both options, so skillfully changing his voice and intonation, that the amazed artists after that still had to change the image of the cucumber.

Since then, as soon as it became known that the voice acting in the animated film will be conducted by Yanshin, the artists tried to impart to the hero character traits of the artist himself.

Personal life

Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin, whose photo is presented in this article, married three times. Despite his usual external data and completeness, the success of women's actor has been enormous. As a result, all three times his wives were beauties. They worked in different theaters.

The first marriage took place in November 1926. His wife became V.V. Polonskaya. She was at that time a pupil of the Moscow Art Theater. There they met. She was only eighteen years old, and Yanshin was twenty-four years old. They both not only loved, but worshiped the theater. They lived together for a long time - almost seven years. Yanshin's wife cheated on him with Mayakovsky. At first Michael accepted this for friendship, and then he did find out the truth. Therefore, in 1933 Yanshin and Polonskaya divorced.

Mikhail did not stay long alone, having met his second love - Lyalya Chernaya. She was a famous actress of the theater "Roman". The real name of Lali is Nadezhda Kiseleva. Her mother was a gypsy dancer who married a Muscovite from a wealthy family. As a schoolgirl, Hope began to perform in the gypsy choir. And as soon as the theater "Roman" opened, she immediately became in it the main actress. Yanshin married Nadezhda, and their marriage lasted until 1942. Then they parted, Kiseleva got married to Khmelev.

Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich, whose wife supported him to the last breath, nevertheless entered into marriage the third time. This alliance was successful. It was the last wife who remained with him until the end of his life. She became Nona Meyer, who played at the Stanislavsky Drama Theater. They were married in 1955 and never parted.

Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich (his children never appeared, in any case, they are not mentioned in official sources) could become happy. At last he met a woman whose love had not faded to the end of his days. At the same time, he devoted himself almost entirely to art and theater, dissolving in his work and not leaving much free time.

Character

Actor Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich possessed a disposition to his personality with a charming and simple-hearted smile. In his conversation, there were often intimate intonations. And the movements, despite their completeness, were smooth and even, as his contemporaries noted, somewhat graceful. He at all made the impression of an understanding and good-natured person. He liked to play the same characters in the theater and cinema.

Relatives and relatives describe Yanshin as very kind, sympathetic and talented. For example, Eugene Vesnik talked about him as a man created for humor and smiles, attracting to his person as a magnet. He also noted that Yanshin is somewhat unprotected spiritually, sentimental, very temperamental, charming and slightly lazy in everyday life.

Eugene Vesnik kindly noticed that Mikhail loved to eat tasty and sip a little wine, sing romances and make a bet or two on the races. Yanshin was a fan of the Spartak football team, was incapable of scribbling and spinning intrigues and was undoubtedly a favorite of the public not only in the Soviet Union, but also in many foreign countries, where he managed not to tour.

Forever left a memory of himself Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin. His personal life was not exactly in the traditional way. But this is understandable. For him always in the first place was theater, work. Even his wives were theater actresses. Yanshin Mikhail was known as a real Chekhovian actor. He had a soft manner of performance, a rich voice palette. He could instantly change his mood and depict any shades of feelings.

In life, Mikhail Mikhailovich Mikhailovich Yanshin was a very tireless and mobile person. And on the stage it became the opposite - unhurried, with smooth movements. Yanshin liked to discover new talents. He had a special flair for such people. He was always happy to share his experience with the newcomers and help him when necessary.

Among his hobbies are football, chess. He loved equestrian sport and often won prizes at competitions. He liked to sing with a guitar. And his voice bewitched, as well as the manner of execution. Guitar in his property was a lot. And afterwards they passed on to his fans as a rarity. Many families still store them as a relic.

The last part of the life of the actor

Yanshin Mikhail, whose biography is closely connected with creative activity, worked until the last days of his life. In 1974, his final performance was released. He played for the last time on stage. As subsequently expressed by Oleg Efremov, Yanshin played confessionally. For this role, Mikhail Mikhailovich received the State Prize of the Soviet Union the following year. In 1975, the premiere of his book, which after a while was voiced on the radio.

In recent years, when Yanshin worked at the Moscow Art Theater, there have been major changes. In the theater appeared Oleg Efremov, who led the team. Yanshin became one of the few older actors who believed that the changes for the better. He supported Efremov in his endeavors. Oleg Nikolaevich started a big reconstruction in the theater. Yanshin, very much stout, with severe dyspnoea and poor eyesight, enthusiastically and enthusiastically examined all the new theatrical scenic designs.

On 19 February 1976, the great actor appeared on the scene of the Moscow Art Theater for the last time. After that he fell seriously ill and got out of bed already could not. Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich, theater and film actor, director, favorite of the public, talented art director, "burned out" quickly. He passed away on July 16, 1976 in Moscow. He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery, in the seventh section.

Recognition of talent

For all his life, Yanshin has been awarded many different awards and prizes. In 1975, he received the State Prize of the Soviet Union for the roles of Abel and Mamayev. In 1970 he was solemnly awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR for the role of Kuzovkin. In 1971 and 1973 years. Was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the Badge of Honor. In 1946, Mr .. received a medal for valorous labor during the Great Patriotic War.

Filmography

Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich, whose filmography has more than a dozen roles, was a bright and talented actor. For example, the film "The Great Change" and many other films will never be forgotten. Often he played secondary roles.

In the cinema, Mikhail Mikhailovich Mikhailovich Yanshin began to act in film since 1928. The film "Katorga" became a film debut. In it, he played a telegraph operator. Then came the screens of "Comet", "Simple Hearts", "The Feast of St. Jorgen" and many others.