Sergei Yursky
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, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian stage and film actor
, theatre director and screenwriter. His most notable role in the cinema is Ostap Bender
in The Little Golden Calf
.
.
In 1959 he graduated from A. N. Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatrical Institute
, L. F. Makarev's course.
From 1957 till 1979, one of the leading actors of Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater
in Leningrad. The leading part in Wit Works Woe (1962) by Alexander Griboedov made him one of the most significant actors of his generation. His director's debut "Moliere" by Michail Bulgakov in 1977 was highly acclaimed, but was not accepted by Georgy Tovstonogov
, and led to Yursky's departure from the theatre
Since 1979 - an actor and director of Mossovet Theater in Moscow. Also worked as an actor and director in Moscow Art Theatre
, as well as in Belgium, France and Japan.
Yursky performs one-man recitals of poetry and prose, touring widely with them in USSR, than Russia and since 1990s many countries with Russian-speaking population.
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian stage and film actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, theatre director and screenwriter. His most notable role in the cinema is Ostap Bender
Ostap Bender
Ostap Bender is a fictional con man and antihero who first appeared in the novel The Twelve Chairs written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov and released in January 1928.-Appearances:...
in The Little Golden Calf
The Little Golden Calf (film)
The Little Golden Calf is a 1968 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Shveytser, based the eponymous novel by Ilf and Petrov.-Cast:* Sergei Yursky as Ostap Bender* Leonid Kuravlyov as Shura Balaganov* Zinovi Gerdt as Panikovsky...
.
Biography
Yursky Sergey was born in Leningrad March 16, 1935 in the family of Yuri Sergeyevich Yursky. He studied at the Faculty of Law of A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State UniversitySaint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
.
In 1959 he graduated from A. N. Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatrical Institute
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy is a theatre school in Saint Petersburg. Established in 1779, it is the oldest and largest institution of its kind in Russia.- History :...
, L. F. Makarev's course.
From 1957 till 1979, one of the leading actors of Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater
Tovstonogov Theater
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater , formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater , often referred to as the Bolshoi Drama Theater and by the acronym BDT , is a theater in Saint Petersburg, that is considered one of the best Russian theaters...
in Leningrad. The leading part in Wit Works Woe (1962) by Alexander Griboedov made him one of the most significant actors of his generation. His director's debut "Moliere" by Michail Bulgakov in 1977 was highly acclaimed, but was not accepted by Georgy Tovstonogov
Georgy Tovstonogov
Georgy Alexandrovich Tovstonogov was a Russian theatre director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Bolshoi Academic Theatre of Drama , which now bears his name.-Biography:...
, and led to Yursky's departure from the theatre
Since 1979 - an actor and director of Mossovet Theater in Moscow. Also worked as an actor and director in Moscow Art Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...
, as well as in Belgium, France and Japan.
Yursky performs one-man recitals of poetry and prose, touring widely with them in USSR, than Russia and since 1990s many countries with Russian-speaking population.
Filmography
- 1965 — Time, Forward!Time, Forward!Time, Forward! is a 1965 Soviet drama film directed by Sofiya Milkina and Mikhail Shveytser based on a novel with the same name and a screenplay by Valentin Katayev. Composer Georgy Sviridov, sound by Lev Trakhtenberg. Production by Mosfilm by the order of Goskino.The title is derived from...
as Margulies - 1966 — ShKID Republic as Vicknicksor
- 1968 — The Little Golden CalfThe Little Golden Calf (film)The Little Golden Calf is a 1968 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Shveytser, based the eponymous novel by Ilf and Petrov.-Cast:* Sergei Yursky as Ostap Bender* Leonid Kuravlyov as Shura Balaganov* Zinovi Gerdt as Panikovsky...
as Ostap BenderOstap BenderOstap Bender is a fictional con man and antihero who first appeared in the novel The Twelve Chairs written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov and released in January 1928.-Appearances:... - 1979 — The Meeting Place Cannot Be ChangedThe Meeting Place Cannot Be ChangedThe Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed is a 1979 Soviet 5-part television miniseries directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. It achieved the status of a cult film in the USSR, and along with Seventeen Moments of Spring it became a part of popular culture with several generations of russophone TV viewers...
as Gruzdev - 1979 — Little TragediesLittle Tragedies (film)Little Tragedies is a 1987 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Shveytser, based on works by Alexander Pushkin.-Cast:* Aleksandr Trofimov * Vladimir Vysotsky - Don Juan* Georgi Taratorkin - Charsky* Sergei Yursky - Improvisator...
- 1984 — Love and Pigeons as Uncle Mitya
- 2007 — Korolev as Konstantin Tsiolkovskii
Awards
- 1968 — Honoured Artist of the RSFSR
- 1987 — People's Artist of the RSFSR
- KinotavrKinotavrKinotavr , also known as Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival carried out in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991...
Grand Prize in 1991 feature films - 2000 - Pushkin Medal
- 2006 - Order For the Service to the Fatherland of IV degree