Vladimir Kenigson | |
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Born |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson 7 November 1907 Simferopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 17 November 1986 Moscow, Russia |
(aged 79)
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1925–1986 |
Awards |
Order of the Red Banner of Labour Stalin Prize People's Artist of the USSR |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Кенигсон) was born November 7, 1907 in the family of barrister Vladimir Petrovich Kenigson in Simferopol, the Russian Empire. Swede by birth.
Vladimir Kenigson graduated from the school at Simferopol Drama Theatre in 1925 and was admitted to the theater group. Then he played at the theater in Kuibyshev, Dnepropetrovsk and other cities. He saw on the stage Alexander Tairov and invited into their group.
In the years 1940-1949 Kenigson worked in Kamerny Theatre under the direction of A. Tairov, where he became a partner Alisa Koonen - in the performances of "Madame Bovary" (Rodolphe) and "Guilty Without Guilt" (Neznamov). After the closure of the Kamerny Theatre in 1949 on the advice of Tairov joined the Maly Academic Theatre.
At the same time Vladimir Kenigson starred in the Mikheil Chiaureli's film "The Fall of Berlin", which earned the role of the nazi general Krebs Stalin Prize by Joseph Stalin himself, who was delighted with his performance. Therefore, from the very first steps on one of the oldest Russian scenes Kenigson took the leading position in the company.
From 1949-1986 Kenigson was a permanent member of the troupe at Maly Academic Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such stars as Elena Gogoleva, Vera Pashennaya, Elina Bystritskaya, Boris Babochkin, Mikhail Zharov, Nikolay Annenkov, Victor Pavlov, Yury Solomin and many other notable Soviet and Russian actors. He played over 60 roles on stage and 30 roles in film and on TV. In addition to roles in movies he worked on the dubbing of foreign films and cartoons, his voice say: Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès and Totò.