Vasily Borisovich Livanov MBE, FMF, PAR (Russian: Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ì Ð»Ð¸Ð¹
Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ì Ñ Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð›Ð¸Ð²Ð°Ì Ð½Ð¾Ð²; born 19 July 1935), is a Soviet
and Russian actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and
writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV
series. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988.Vasily
Livanov was born into a famous theatrical family. His paternal
grandfather Nikolai Alexandrovich Livanov (1874â€"1949) was a Volga
Cossack from Simbirsk who moved to Moscow in 1905 and performed at the
Struysky Theatre under a pseudonym of Izvolsky; after the revolution
he worked at the Mossovet and Lenkom Theatres. Vasily's father Boris
Livanov (1904â€"1972) was also a prominent actor and stage director
who served at the Moscow Art Theatre all his life, while his mother
Eugenia Kazimirovna Livanova (née Prawdzic-Filipowicz) (1907â€"1978)
was an artist who belonged to Polish szlachta.Vasily was brought up in
the artistic milieu. Many famous actors who worked with his father,
like Olga Knipper, Alla Tarasova, Vasily Kachalov (whom Livanov was
named after), as well as Pyotr Konchalovsky, Boris Pasternak, Valery
Chkalov were frequent guests at their house. In 1940 his family was
staying in Chernivtsi along with other Moscow actors, and his Polish
nanny took him to the local Catholic church where he was baptized,
presumably with his mother's permission. Today he belongs to the
Russian Orthodox Church despite he never officially converted.
Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ì Ñ Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð›Ð¸Ð²Ð°Ì Ð½Ð¾Ð²; born 19 July 1935), is a Soviet
and Russian actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and
writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV
series. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988.Vasily
Livanov was born into a famous theatrical family. His paternal
grandfather Nikolai Alexandrovich Livanov (1874â€"1949) was a Volga
Cossack from Simbirsk who moved to Moscow in 1905 and performed at the
Struysky Theatre under a pseudonym of Izvolsky; after the revolution
he worked at the Mossovet and Lenkom Theatres. Vasily's father Boris
Livanov (1904â€"1972) was also a prominent actor and stage director
who served at the Moscow Art Theatre all his life, while his mother
Eugenia Kazimirovna Livanova (née Prawdzic-Filipowicz) (1907â€"1978)
was an artist who belonged to Polish szlachta.Vasily was brought up in
the artistic milieu. Many famous actors who worked with his father,
like Olga Knipper, Alla Tarasova, Vasily Kachalov (whom Livanov was
named after), as well as Pyotr Konchalovsky, Boris Pasternak, Valery
Chkalov were frequent guests at their house. In 1940 his family was
staying in Chernivtsi along with other Moscow actors, and his Polish
nanny took him to the local Catholic church where he was baptized,
presumably with his mother's permission. Today he belongs to the
Russian Orthodox Church despite he never officially converted.
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