An outstanding Russian actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Derzhavin works at the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire, being a recognized luriphee and at the same time being a very energetic and very sincere person.
Mikhail Mikhailovich was born in Moscow on June 15, 1936. His father – people’s artist, leading actor of the theater named after E. Vakhtangov Mikhail Stepanovich Derzhavin, and his mother, Iraida Ivanovna Derzhavina, tried to be good parents. Ros Mikhail Derzhavin in the house
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An outstanding Russian actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Derzhavin works at the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire, being a recognized luriphee and at the same time being a very energetic and very sincere person.
Mikhail Mikhailovich was born in Moscow on June 15, 1936. His father – people’s artist, leading actor of the theater named after E. Vakhtangov Mikhail Stepanovich Derzhavin, and his mother, Iraida Ivanovna Derzhavina, tried to be good parents. Ros Mikhail Derzhavin in the house on Vakhtangov Street. The neighbors of the Derzhavins were many talented artists, actors and musicians, and the Shchukin Theatre School occupied the neighboring entrance. It is clear that the children played mainly in the theater. Since childhood, Mikhail Derzhavin learned to put up fairy tales, make scenery, and he had to be a thoughtful spectator more than once. And he and his friends for a long time did not even suspect that you can work anywhere else but the theater.
When the war began, the Vakhtangov Theater was evacuated to Omsk, where Mikhail attended all his father's plays, and in particular he was delighted with "Field Marshal Kutuzov". Already at the age of five, Derzhavin knew Kutuzov’s monologue by memory. He spoke with him in the hospital in front of the wounded. When his father died, Mikhail Derzhavin was only 15 years old. My mom didn't work, and the family had a hard time. Derzhavin worked part-time, starring in extras.
Not surprisingly, Derzhavin chose the Shchukin Theatre School as his alma mater, which he graduated from in 1959. The first place of official work of Derzhavin was the Lenin Komsomol Theater, from where in 1965 he moved to the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, and in 1968 to the Moscow Satire Theater. His first major theatrical role was in the play about the styles “Dangerous Age”, which was a huge success.
Over the years, Mikhail Derzhavin played dozens of roles in the theater and in the cinema. He appeared on the screen in 1956.
Different Destinies . Then there were roles in the tapes “and were the first”, “Dream”, “Swan vs. Lebedev” and in many others. Several recent works – the role of Alexander Nikolayevich in the film “Agent in a miniskirt”, the secretary of the regional party committee – in “Old Knyaz”, Mikhail – in “Night Visit”. Derzhavin is very limited in both classical and modernist works, creating not just images, but multifaceted characters. A lot was played and lived by Derzhavin together with comrade Mikhail Shirvindt. Very brightly manifested the talent of Derzhavin and in the TV show “Kazachok 13 chairs”.
Mikhail Derzhavin was married three times. His first wife was Arkady Raikin’s daughter Ekaterina. The second wife was Nina Budenna, the daughter of the famous marshal. Since 1980, Mikhail Derzhavin lives in a happy marriage with the People’s Artist of Russia.