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Actor Vladimir Etush died
People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush died today, Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the age of 97.
More. Etush died in the hospital where he was taken the day before, the director of the Theater named after M. Vakhtangov Kirill Krok.
Vladimir Etush will be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery, said the actor's daughter Raisa Etush. Farewell will be held at the Vakhtangov Theater on March 12.
Biography. Born in 1922, Etush was the oldest people's artist of the USSR. He was awarded this title in 1984.
- Played in the Theater. Vakhtangov is almost 75 years old - since 1944. He was awarded the State Prize of Russia in the field of culture and art in 2001 for the role of the prince in the play "Uncle's Dream" based on Dostoevsky.
- In the cinema, he embodied the role of villains, often comic. Comrade played. Saakhov in The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1966), Dr. Shpak in the film Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession (1973), Karabas-Barabas in Pinocchio (1975). His last film role was the role of the old prince Sokolsky in the mini-series "Teenager" "Russia-1" based on the novel by Dostoevsky (2017).
- In 2018, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I degree, for his outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of creative activity.
Sergei Smirnov