Yuri Belov (actor)
| Yuri Belov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Yuri Andreevich Belov 31 July 1930 Rzhev, RSFSR, USSR |
| Died | 31 December 1991 (aged 61) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1955–1988 |
| Website | http://yuriy-belov.ucoz.ru/ |
Yuri Andreevich Belov (Russian: Юрий Андреевич Белов; 31 July 1930 – 31 December 1991) was a Soviet film and theater actor. One of the most popular actors of the Soviet cinema 1950-1960's.
Yurii Belov was born July 31, 1930 in the Rzhev (now - Tver region). He spent his childhood in the Kuril Islands, as Yuri's father was a military man, and the last place of his service became the Far East.
He graduated from the VGIK (acting course of Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova) in 1955. One year later he became famous for his role as Grisha in the film Carnival Night.
Then, for seven years, one after another on a screen out films with the actor, who consolidated his success among the audience and made Yuri Belov one of the most popular actors of the Soviet cinema. Here are the most popular: The Girl Without an Address, Spring on Zarechnaya Street, The Unamenables, The Queen of Gas Station. In the last two films, he played in a pair with Nadezhda Rumyantseva - took a magnificent actor's duet. Later he was an actor of State Theatre of film actor.
Yuri Belov's film heroes differ inimitable cheerfulness and charm, thanks to which they are so loved by the audience. In real life, the actor behind the reputation of "strange man", "not of this world". In the mid-1960s due to careless statements about the leadership of the country (according to other sources, after a failed suicide attempt), the actor was in a psychiatric hospital for six months, after which his career went downhill. He began to avoid, given the role of the only episodes.
When Theatre of film actor in the end he was given the role of Miloslavsky in the play "Ivan Vasilievich" by Bulgakov, it was an incredible joy for him. According to the testimony, Elena Bulgakova, writer's widow, having been on the play, said that his interpretation of the role Miloslavsky very close to what the author wanted to see - Mikhail Bulgakov. Subsequently, Belov left the Theatre of film actor.
In the film "The Train Stops - two minutes" (1972) is noticeably aged Belov last played a major role. Then it was almost complete oblivion.
The actor was forced to make a living in private carrying. Sitting in his car of "Moskvich", bought during the former popularity, passengers hardly recognized in the elderly the main driver film jovial 50s - 60s.
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