Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (Russian: Ð"еоргий
Михайлович Ð'ицин; April 18, 1917 â€" October 22, 2001)
was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR
(1990).Vitsin was born in St. Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd,
in 1917 (official data, in truth, says he was born in Terijoki, former
Finland, now Zelenogorsk near St. Petersburg). He enjoyed a long
acting career and continued performing until close to the end of his
life. Apart from playing with Yuri Nikulin and Yevgeny Morgunov, he
appeared in dozens of films that earned him the adoration of
millions.Modest and sympathetic characters played by Vitsin evoked
kindly feelings of viewers. At the same time the actor played in
detective, historical and lyrical feature films.His first film roles
date to the 1940s. He gained nationwide popularity in the former
Soviet Union with the emergence of a series of 1960s comedies by
director Leonid Gaidai. He played the role of the Coward among a trio
of colorful, scheming characters in such Gaidai movies as Bootleggers
(1962), Operation Y and Other Adventures of Shurik (1965), and
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967). The last two subsequently beat the
Soviet all-time record of ticket sales. The trio of actors, including
the late Yuri Nikulin and Yevgeny Morgunov, was "the most popular
ensemble in the history of the national cinema." In 1990, he was
awarded the top artistic title of the Soviet era, that of People's
Artist of the USSR.
Михайлович Ð'ицин; April 18, 1917 â€" October 22, 2001)
was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR
(1990).Vitsin was born in St. Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd,
in 1917 (official data, in truth, says he was born in Terijoki, former
Finland, now Zelenogorsk near St. Petersburg). He enjoyed a long
acting career and continued performing until close to the end of his
life. Apart from playing with Yuri Nikulin and Yevgeny Morgunov, he
appeared in dozens of films that earned him the adoration of
millions.Modest and sympathetic characters played by Vitsin evoked
kindly feelings of viewers. At the same time the actor played in
detective, historical and lyrical feature films.His first film roles
date to the 1940s. He gained nationwide popularity in the former
Soviet Union with the emergence of a series of 1960s comedies by
director Leonid Gaidai. He played the role of the Coward among a trio
of colorful, scheming characters in such Gaidai movies as Bootleggers
(1962), Operation Y and Other Adventures of Shurik (1965), and
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967). The last two subsequently beat the
Soviet all-time record of ticket sales. The trio of actors, including
the late Yuri Nikulin and Yevgeny Morgunov, was "the most popular
ensemble in the history of the national cinema." In 1990, he was
awarded the top artistic title of the Soviet era, that of People's
Artist of the USSR.
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