Alexander Borisovich Belyavsky (Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ì Ð½Ð´Ñ€
Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ì Ñ Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'ÐµÐ»Ñ Ì Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹, 6 May 1932 â€" 8 September
2012) was a Soviet/Russian actor who appeared in more than one hundred
films. Belyavsky was also the first presenter of the popular TV Show
The 13 Chairs Tavern. In 1988 he was designated a Meritorious Artist
of Russia; in 2003, he was named a People's Artist of Russia.Alexander
Belyavsky was born in Moscow, to Boris Moiseyevich Belyavsky and his
wife Lyubov Alexandrovna. He was the family's eldest child, with two
younger siblings. After finishing school in 1949 he enrolled into the
Geological research faculty of the Moscow's Gold and Non-ferrous
metals Institute where he studied up until 1955, making frequent trips
to the Central Asian Soviet republics for professional practice. After
the graduation Belyavsky spent several years in Irkutsk, working for
the East-Siberian Geological department. He made his debut as an actor
at the Irkutsk Drama Theatre, playing Molchalin in Alexander
Griboyedov's Woe from Wit. Back in Moscow Belyavsky continued working
as a geology engineer, occasionally taking part in amateur theatrical
productions staged by The Teachers' House. He decided then to quit his
regular job, enrolled into the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, and
joined Vladimir Etush's class at the Vakhtangov Theatre. In summer
1957 Belyavsky made his debut on screen in Tales About Lenin (as a
young worker Kolya). Three years later, still a student, he appeared
in the Kiev Studio's film Save Our Souls (1960).In 1961 Belyavsky
graduated the Shchukin Theatre Institute with honors and was invited
to join the Moscow Satire Theatre. In 1964 the Polish director Leonard
Buczkowski cast him in the film Przerwany lot (Aborted Flight). While
working in Warsaw Belyavsky learned the Polish language and later
appeared in five more Polish films, including the popular TV wartime
thriller series The Four Tankmen and a Dog (as a Soviet captain
Pavlov). In 1964 he left the Satire Theatre but never severed ties
with its troupe, having become the co-director (with Georgy Zelinsky)
and the first presenter of the popular TV series 13 Chairs Tavern. It
was Belyavsky who came up with the idea of staging a satirical TV
series ridiculing a good-for-nothing 'firm' (apparently based in
Poland), members of which meet at the tavern to discuss their (highly
ridiculous) problems and perform Polish (later West European) pop
songs in a karaoke-style.In 1964 Belyavsky joined the Stanislavsky and
Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, then moved in 1966 to the Theatre-Studio
of a Cinema Actor. All in all he appeared in more than one hundred
films (working in Poland, East Germany, North Korea, Finland, France,
Chekhoslovakia, United States), one of his best-known roles being that
of villainous Fox in Stanislav Govorukhin's The Meeting Place Cannot
Be Changed (1979). In the 1990s Belyavsky hosted several TV shows; he
played Leonid Brezhnev in Igor Gostev's Grey Wolves (1993). In 1999 he
returned to the theatre and in 2003 was awarded the title of The
People's Artist of Russia.
Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ì Ñ Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'ÐµÐ»Ñ Ì Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹, 6 May 1932 â€" 8 September
2012) was a Soviet/Russian actor who appeared in more than one hundred
films. Belyavsky was also the first presenter of the popular TV Show
The 13 Chairs Tavern. In 1988 he was designated a Meritorious Artist
of Russia; in 2003, he was named a People's Artist of Russia.Alexander
Belyavsky was born in Moscow, to Boris Moiseyevich Belyavsky and his
wife Lyubov Alexandrovna. He was the family's eldest child, with two
younger siblings. After finishing school in 1949 he enrolled into the
Geological research faculty of the Moscow's Gold and Non-ferrous
metals Institute where he studied up until 1955, making frequent trips
to the Central Asian Soviet republics for professional practice. After
the graduation Belyavsky spent several years in Irkutsk, working for
the East-Siberian Geological department. He made his debut as an actor
at the Irkutsk Drama Theatre, playing Molchalin in Alexander
Griboyedov's Woe from Wit. Back in Moscow Belyavsky continued working
as a geology engineer, occasionally taking part in amateur theatrical
productions staged by The Teachers' House. He decided then to quit his
regular job, enrolled into the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, and
joined Vladimir Etush's class at the Vakhtangov Theatre. In summer
1957 Belyavsky made his debut on screen in Tales About Lenin (as a
young worker Kolya). Three years later, still a student, he appeared
in the Kiev Studio's film Save Our Souls (1960).In 1961 Belyavsky
graduated the Shchukin Theatre Institute with honors and was invited
to join the Moscow Satire Theatre. In 1964 the Polish director Leonard
Buczkowski cast him in the film Przerwany lot (Aborted Flight). While
working in Warsaw Belyavsky learned the Polish language and later
appeared in five more Polish films, including the popular TV wartime
thriller series The Four Tankmen and a Dog (as a Soviet captain
Pavlov). In 1964 he left the Satire Theatre but never severed ties
with its troupe, having become the co-director (with Georgy Zelinsky)
and the first presenter of the popular TV series 13 Chairs Tavern. It
was Belyavsky who came up with the idea of staging a satirical TV
series ridiculing a good-for-nothing 'firm' (apparently based in
Poland), members of which meet at the tavern to discuss their (highly
ridiculous) problems and perform Polish (later West European) pop
songs in a karaoke-style.In 1964 Belyavsky joined the Stanislavsky and
Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, then moved in 1966 to the Theatre-Studio
of a Cinema Actor. All in all he appeared in more than one hundred
films (working in Poland, East Germany, North Korea, Finland, France,
Chekhoslovakia, United States), one of his best-known roles being that
of villainous Fox in Stanislav Govorukhin's The Meeting Place Cannot
Be Changed (1979). In the 1990s Belyavsky hosted several TV shows; he
played Leonid Brezhnev in Igor Gostev's Grey Wolves (1993). In 1999 he
returned to the theatre and in 2003 was awarded the title of The
People's Artist of Russia.
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