His name is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as an actor who continues to go on stage at the most venerable age. But amazing performance is more of a consequence. But his ironic optimism (one of his nicknames is the Knight of the Merry Image), inner integrity and thirst for life are indeed admirable.
Vladimir Zeldin was born in 1915 in the city of Kozlov. In his family there was a cult of music, Vladimir played several musical instruments, and at the age of 12 decided to associate his fate (that’s where the stunning plastic!) with ballet, but his father strongly resisted this. When Vladimir was 14 years old, his father died, and his mother died three years later. From the influence of the street, the young man was saved by the school in which he studied, teachers devoted a lot of time to the moral education of their wards, children even participated in parades on Red Square.
After leaving school, Vladimir goes to work as a locksmith's apprentice, but his participation in agitation brigades brings him much greater satisfaction. One day he accidentally came across an advert for admission to the theater and production school at the Theater named after MGSPS (Mossovet Theater). Then everything went on the principle: "I came, I saw, I won." By the way, most of the heroes of the young Zeldin behave on stage and in the frame exactly the same. In 1935, after graduating from the school, Zeldin was admitted to the MGSPS Theater, from where three years later he moved to the Central Transport Theater.
This transition was fateful - it was here that he was noticed when the selection of the actor for the role of Musayib Gatuev - the main character of the film Ivan Pyryev.
"Pig and shepherd" . Together with Zeldin, several Georgian actors participated in the casting, but the female part of the film crew, to which Pyriev assigned the role of an expert, did not hesitate to choose Zeldin. By order of Stalin, the entire film crew was given reservations, the filming took place in Moscow, surrounded by the Nazis, under bombing, but is it possible to suspect it when you see these optimistic and joyful shots!
In 1945, Zeldin was invited to the troupe of the Theatre of the Soviet Army, where he plays to this day. His first role here was Aldemaro in the play “Dance Teacher”, where Zeldin had to demonstrate his choreographic, vocal and even fencing data. As a dance teacher, he appeared on the stage a thousand times!
In the 70s, the actor again began to act, and before the viewer, as in a kaleidoscope, his diverse roles passed: Professor Serebryakov
"Uncle Vanya" King Meliot
June 31 musical Don Jeromeaux
comedy "Dueña" ), Frederick Fairley
"Woman in White" ), police commissioner (
Detective "The Secret of the Blackbirds" ), the judge (
Detective "Ten black cubs" ). Another famous artist played in
series "Dash Vasilyeva, a lover of private investigation" .
Vladimir Zeldin - People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Stalin Prize, twice knight of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". /