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.[1] People's Artist of the USSR (1949).[2]
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| Born | Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin 13 January 1898 |
| Died | 12 May 1951 (aged 53) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theater director, pedagogue |
| Awards | People's Artist of the USSR |
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[3]/ 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
Bibliography
- Christie, Ian / Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
