Pugovkin Mikhail Ivanovich was born in the Kostroma region, the village of Rameshki, July 13, 1923 in a peasant family. For the first time acting talent of the boy appeared at the wedding, where he skillfully danced a polka, a lady and a gypsy.
In 1938, the Pugovkins moved to Moscow, Misha went to work as an electrician at the brake factory and at the same time studied in a drama circle, headed by the People's Artist of the RSFSR A. Shagov. He noticed the artistic gift of Michael, confirming his
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Pugovkin Mikhail Ivanovich was born in the Kostroma region, the village of Rameshki, July 13, 1923 in a peasant family. For the first time acting talent of the boy appeared at the wedding, where he skillfully danced a polka, a lady and a gypsy.
In 1938, the Pugovkins moved to Moscow, Misha went to work as an electrician at the brake factory and at the same time studied in a drama circle, headed by the People's Artist of the RSFSR A. Shagov. He noticed the artistic gift of Michael, confirming his candidacy for the main role in the production “Our people – we will consider” based on the work of A. Ostrovsky.
The actor’s play was seen by the honored artist F. Kaverin, who headed the Moscow Drama Theater at that time. Then Mikhail Pugovkin got into a real theater, where at first he got small roles, but the actor worked hard and constantly proved that he had a real talent.
In 1941, he received the first offer to star in a movie.
The Artamonovs case As Stepasha. However, before the war the film did not have time to sound. Mikhail and his father went to the front, near Voroshilovgrad in August 1942, he was seriously wounded in the leg. Miraculously, he wasn't amputated. After a long treatment, Mikhail returned to Moscow and began working in the drama theater.
In 1943, the actor entered the School of V. Nemirovich-Danchenko, during his training he starred in films. He received a small role in 1943 in the film Field Marshal Kutuzov, then the filming of the film followed.
"Wedding" . In 1944, Mikhail had to leave training due to conscription, but after demobilization he was able to continue his studies.
Pugovkin very often traveled around the country, constantly starred in films, met with the audience. In 1967, he played a significant role of Andrei Tutyshkin in the film.
Wedding in Malinovka" And then he got the main role in the film “Shelmenko-dayman”.
Since 1982, the actor starred in about 20 films, the last role was the role of his grandfather in the film Diamonds for Juliet.
Mikhail Pugovkin died in July 2008.