Vladimir Abramovich Etush was born on May 6, 1922 in the family of the owner of the haberdashery shop Abram Savelyevich and housewife Raisa Konstantinovna. The future People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, a favorite of the theater audience and the most talented film actor still at school became interested in theater, he participated in the school theater circle, performed at evenings, so after graduation he submitted documents to GITIS for the director's
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Vladimir Abramovich Etush was born on May 6, 1922 in the family of the owner of the haberdashery shop Abram Savelyevich and housewife Raisa Konstantinovna. The future People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, a favorite of the theater audience and the most talented film actor still at school became interested in theater, he participated in the school theater circle, performed at evenings, so after graduation he submitted documents to GITIS for the director's faculty. However, having received a three for the production plan, he did not enter the institute. It is not known how his future fate would have developed if not for the acquaintance with the niece of the headmaster of the Vakhtangov Theater: thanks to the support of Ruben Simonov, Vladimir Etush was enrolled in the Shchukin Theater School as a volunteer listener.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, student “Schuki” Etush volunteered to the front, having passed accelerated courses of military interpreters. However, he had to serve in the rifle regiment, he was able to achieve the post of assistant chief of staff of the regiment. Lieutenant Vladimir Etush fought in Kabarda, Ossetia and Ukraine, took part in the liberation of Rostov-on-Don, was awarded the Order of the Red Star. In 1944, after a serious wound and prolonged treatment in the hospital, he was commissioned from the active army with the second group of disability.
Returning to Moscow, Vladimir Etush graduated from the theater school and remained there to teach. At the same time, the young actor joined the troupe of the Moscow State Academic Theater named after Vakhtangov, on the stage of which he performs to this day.
Despite the fact that Etush began to act in films in 1953, but until 1966 he did not acquire fame as a film actor. However, after the release of Gaidai’s comedy “The Caucasian Prisoner, or New Adventures of Shurik”, the actor, as they say, woke up famous. The role of comrade Saakhov brought extraordinary popularity to Etush, and the phrases of his hero (often pure improvisation, not prescribed in the script) instantly became winged. The role of Saakhov, along with Shpak from the comedy Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession and Karabas-Barabas from The Adventures of Buratino, became the hallmark of the actor.
Despite the fact that, since his first role (the servant in Shakespeare's "Two Veronians"), Etush proved himself as a talented character actor, his dramatic roles are also profound and penetrating.
Most of his time, professor of the acting department of the Shchukin School (since 1976) and its rector (since 1987) Vladimir Etush gives training to young actors the basics of the craft.
In addition to filming, working in the theater and teaching, Vladimir Etush showed himself as a memoirist, writing two books of memoirs: “And I was there” and “Everything that was earned...”