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Vasiliy Vasilevich Merkurev
Василий Меркурьев
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6 April 1904 - 12 May 1978
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The most popular actor of the Soviet era with wonderful soft humor and great acting skills is Vasily Vasilyevich Merkuriev. At different times he went to the stage of the theater of the city of Ostrov, the theater of acting skills, the Leningrad Academic Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin. In addition, they played about seventy of the most diverse roles. Despite the fact that Vasily Vasily Vasilyevich never became a communist, he was one of the most affectionate actors of the Soviet era: at
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The most popular actor of the Soviet era with wonderful soft humor and great acting skills is Vasily Vasilyevich Merkuriev. At different times he went to the stage of the theater of the city of Ostrov, the theater of acting skills, the Leningrad Academic Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin. In addition, they played about seventy of the most diverse roles. Despite the fact that Vasily Vasily Vasilyevich never became a communist, he was one of the most affectionate actors of the Soviet era: at different times he was awarded three Stalin Prizes (1947, 1949, 1952), the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1960), the Order of Lenin (1974) and already posthumously, in 1979 - the State Prize of the RSFSR named after K. S. Stanislavsky. In addition, he was a teacher of the Leningrad Theatre Institute, and among his students there are many - Marina Neyolova, Igor Vladimirov, Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev and many others - stars - actors of the first magnitude.
Vasily was the fifth son in the family of Vasily Ilyich Merkuriev and Anna Ivanovna Grossen, who was born in Switzerland and was German. The future actor was born on March 24, 1904 in the city of Island of Pskov province. Already at the age of sixteen he entered the stage of the city theater, and then entered the Leningrad Institute of Performing Art, which he graduated in 1926. Among his most famous theatrical works: Groznov in the production “Truth is good, and happiness is better” by A. N. Ostrovsky and Nikolai in the play “Late Love” by A. N. Ostrovsky. Mercury was simply magnificent in the role of Famusov and enthusiastically played Maximov in the production of “For those who are at sea” by Boris Lavrenev.
On the set, he made his debut in 1924, playing a young worker in the film The Ninth of January. Many remember his work in films: “The Return of Maxim”, “Volochaev Days”, “Vyborg Side”, “Member of the Government”, “Sea Battalion”, “Heavenly Quiet Rover”,
Cinderella "The Tale of a Real Man", "The Battle of Stalingrad", "Moscow-Cassiopeia" and many, many others.
Vasily Mercury died on May 12, 1978. He was buried in Leningrad, at the Volkovo cemetery. /