Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

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Georgiy Vitsin was born on Apr 23, 1918 in Russia]. Georgiy Vitsin's big-screen debut came with Without Dowry directed by Yakov Protazanov in 1937, strarring Voice dubbing: 1970 revision (as G. Vitsin). Georgiy Vitsin is known for A House for Kuzka directed by Aida Zyablikova, Aleksandr Lenkov stars as Nafanya and Eleonora Prokhnitskaya as Natasha's mother. Georgiy Vitsin has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Georgiy Vitsin achieved is People's Artist of the USSR. The upcoming new movie Georgiy Vitsin plays is The Diamond Arm which will be released on Nov 01, 1998.

Georgiy Vitsin was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (10.04.1959). People's artist of the RSFSR (7.01.1977). People's artist of the USSR (30.10.1990). After graduation, Vitsin entered the Maly Theater School. But he was expelled with the phrase "for frivolous attitude to the learning process." Then he passed the tests at once in three studios - Alexei Dikiy's, the Revolution Theater and the Moscow Art Theater-2, and was immediately admitted to all three. In 1934 he entered the Moscow Theater School named after Eugeniy Vakhtangov. In 1935 Vitsin moved to the studio of Moscow Art Theater-2, where he studied with S. G. Birman, A. I. Blagonravov, V. N. Tatarinov. In 1936-1969 he was an actor at the Theater Studio under the direction of N.P. Khmeleva (since 1937 - theater named after M.N. Ermolova). In 1947 Georgiy Vitsin made his debut in the movie as N.V. Gogol in the film of Kozintsev "Belinskiy". The last seven years of life the actor did not act, appeared before the audience only in humorous concerts of the Actor's Theater. Georgiy Vitsin died on Monday, October 22, 2001 at 16.30 in the Moscow hospital. The funeral of the great actor took place on October 25 at the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

  • Birthday

    Apr 23, 1918
  • Place of Birth

    Terijoki, Vyborg, Finland [now Zelenogorsk, Kurortny District, St. Petersburg, Russia]

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 1 nominations

People's Artist of the USSR
1990
Winner - People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the Republic
1977
Russia
Winner - People's Artist of the Republic

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