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Raikin Arkady
Raikin Arkady
RAIKIN Arkady
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Date of birth: October 24, 1911
RAIKIN Arkady Isaakovich (10/24/1911-11/20/87), Russian actor
Born in Riga. In 1929 he worked as a laboratory assistant at the Okhtensky chemical plant.
In 1935 he graduated from the Leningrad Theater College. By distribution he ended up in the Leningrad TRAM (Working Youth Theatre), which was soon renamed the Lenin Komsomol Theater. On stage since 1935.
Simultaneously with acting in the theater, he made his film debut, starring in the films “The Fire Years” and “Doctor Kalyuzhny” in 1938, but his true vocation was the stage. At first he performed pop numbers, later he became an entertainer.
Since 1939 actor, since 1942 artistic director of the Leningrad Theater of Miniatures (since 1982 State Theater of Miniatures in Moscow, since 1987 the Satyricon Theater, since 1991 named after A.I. Raikin).
Master of instant transformation. Entertainer, performer of monologues, feuilletons, sketches. He collaborated with satirical writers V. S. Polyakov, V. Z. Mass, M. A. Chervinsky, M. M. Zhvanetsky and others. In the performances “For a Cup of Tea” (1940), “Traffic Light” (1967), “His Majesty Theater” (1981), etc. he created a gallery of sharply satirical and lyrical portraits.
Lenin Prize (1980).
People's Artist of the USSR (1968)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1981).
Filmography:
1939 DOCTOR KALYUZHNY actor
1954 WE MEET SOMEWHERE... actor
1964 WHEN THE SONG DOESN'T END actor
1970 THE MAGIC POWER OF ART actor
1974 PEOPLE AND MANNEQUINS actor, director, screenwriter
Arkady Raikin. "Memories". M., AST publishing house, 1998