Aleksandr Shirvindt

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Aleksandr Shirvindt
Александр Ширвиндт
Shirvindt in 2018
Born
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt

(1934-07-19)19 July 1934
Died15 March 2024(2024-03-15) (aged 89)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1952–2024
AwardsPeople's Artist of the RSFSR

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, 19 July 1934 – 15 March 2024) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, screenwriter and voice actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989).[1] In 2000, he became a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre.

Biography[edit]

Aleksandr Shirvindt was born in Moscow in a family of a violinist and music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896–1962) and Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898–1985) of Moscow Philharmonic Society. Grandfather, Gustav (Gedaliah) Moiseyevich Shirvindt (a graduate of Vilnius 1st Gymnasium in 1881), was a doctor.[2][3][4]

In 1956 Shirvindt graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The same year he made his cinema debut in She Loves You! (1956).

Shirvindt appeared in more than 40 films, including Grandads-Robbers (1971), The Irony of Fate (1975), The Twelve Chairs (1976), Three Men in a Boat (1979), Station for Two (1982), The Irony of Fate 2 (2007). He voiced Aramis in Dog in Boots film.[5]

Shirvindt died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 89.[6]

Filmography[edit]

actor
voice
  • The Time Machine (1967) as narrator
  • Bayadere (1973) as Storyteller[7]
  • Like mushrooms with peas fought (1977) as King Peas
  • New Aladdin (Новый Аладдин, 1979) as Aladdin
  • Alice in Wonderland (Алиса в Стране чудес, 1981) as Cheshire Cat
  • Dog in Boots (Пёс в сапогах, 1981) as Pretty Boy
  • The smallest dwarf (1981) as Goat
  • There was Saushkin (1981) as uncle Kapa, a resident of Country Dobryakov
  • My grandmother and I (2002) as grandson Borya
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Cheshire Cat (Russian dub)
  • Hoffmaniada as Lindhorst / Salamander

Honours and awards[edit]

  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
    • 1st class (29 May 2019)
    • 2nd class (19 July 2009) – for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of teaching activity
    • 3rd class (21 July 2014)
    • 4th class (2 August 2004) – for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples (20 June 1994) – for services to the development of theatrical art, and effective pedagogical activity
  • Medal "Veteran of Labour" (USSR)
  • Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
  • People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989)
  • Winner of second prize at the Festival of the Arts' Theatre Spring-74 "Laureate of the "Golden Ostap" (1993, for participation in the play "Celebration")
  • Chekhov's Medal (2010)[8]
  • Badge of Honour "Public Recognition"
  • Invited to the jury League of KVN
  • In 2003, asteroid 6767 Shirvindt was named in his honor.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Laurence Senelick (2007). Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater. Scarecrow Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-810-86452-8. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Скатертый переулок, дом 5". Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Выпускники Виленской гимназии (Гдаль-Густав Ширвиндт)". Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Окончившие курс Виленской 1-й гимназии". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Russian animation in letters and figures. Movies. Dog in Boots" [Российская анимация в буквах и фигурах. Фильмы. "Пёс в сапогах"] (in Russian). Animator.ru. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Александр Ширвиндт умер в больнице". Star Hit. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  7. ^ Баядера на сайте Анатолия Моксякова
  8. ^ Чайки в городе. В МХТ вручены чеховские медали Archived 6 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Российская газета, 28 октября 2010

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