| Vasili Vanin | |
|---|---|
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| Born | Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin 13 January 1898 Tambov, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 May 1951 (aged 53) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theater director, pedagogue |
| Awards | People's Artist of the USSR |
Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ва́нин; 13 January 1898 – 12 May 1951) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1949).
Biography
Vasili Vanin was born on 13 January 1898 in Tambov, in the family of a small railway employee. Having lost his father early, in 1906 he was assigned to an orphanage/ Between 1924 and 1950 he was actor and director in the Mossovet Theatre; from 1950 the leader of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.
Filmography
- Tommy (1931)
- The Return of Maxim (1937)
- Lenin in October (1937)
- Peat-Bog Soldiers (1938)
- Lenin in 1918 (1939)
- Member of the Government (1939)
- Valery Chkalov (1941)
- Kotovsky (1942)
- The District Secretary (1942)
- The Front (1943)
- The Liberated Earth (1946)
- Light over Russia (1947)
- The Precious Seed (1948)
Honors and awards
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1933)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1949)
- Stalin Prize (1943, 1846, 1949)
References
- Christie / Taylor p.430
- Тамбовский областной драматический театр
- Биография Василия Ванина
Bibliography
- Christie, Ian / Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
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