Vyacheslav Nevinny

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Неви́нный; November 30, 1934 - May 31, 2009^[1]) was a popular Russian actor titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. He worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1959 until his death.

Biography

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny was born on November 30, 1934 in Tula. After graduating in 1954 from high school Vyacheslav tried to join the school-studio of Moscow Arts Theater, but failed the examinations. After failure, he did not leave a dream to become an actor. Instead, he got employed in the Tula Theatre for Young Spectators as a supporting actor.

In 1955, Nevinny again takes an examination in the school-studio of Moscow Arts Theater. At this time the attempt was successful. After graduation in 1959 (Viktor Stanitsyn's course), Vyacheslav becomes an actor. He participated in many performances, such as:

• The Government Inspector (as Khlestakov),
• Ivanov (as Borkin),
• The Seagull (as Shamraev),
• Uncle Vanya (as Telegin),
• The Cherry Orchard (as Epikhodov),
• Woe from Wit (as Famusov), etc.

In 1960, Nevinny made his debut in cinema as a policeman in the movie "The Probationary Period". After his first role, Nevinny played in several other movies, "The Chairman" (as young peasant) and "Ruslan and Ludmila" (as Farlaf). Vyacheslav Nevinny also played in famous comedy "The Garage" and It Can't Be! (Ne mozhet byt!) (1975).

In 1984, Nevinny played the role of Sobakevich in "Dead Souls". In the same year, he took part in the popular children sci-fi TV-series, called "Guests from the Future" as Veselchak U (lit. Jolly Man U).

Yevgeni Gerasimov’s comedy ‘’Do Not Marry, Girls’’ (Ne khodite, devki, zamuzh) (1985), in which Nevinny played one of the leads, was very popular with the viewers, as well as his roles in Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy ‘’Beware of the Car’’ (Beregis avtomobilya) (1966) and The Promised Land (Nebesa obetovannye) (1991). One of the last remarkable film roles by Vyacheslav Nevinny was the remake of the famous Italian film ‘’Cops and Robbers’’ (Politseiskiye i vory) (1997) by director Nikolai Dostal. Lots of popular Russian animation characters speak with the voice of Vyacheslav Nevinny. For many years Vyacheslav Nevinny suffered from diabetes, which was getting worse and worse. In 2003 he was taken to hospital and had to spend a whole year there.

In 2005, Vyacheslav underwent major surgery. Nevinny's left foot was amputated because of gangrene. In 2006, his second foot was amputated, as the illness progressed.

Vyacheslav Nevinny died at the age of 74 on 31 May 2009. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to relatives and friends of the actor. Vyacheslav was buried on 3 June 2009 in the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery of Moscow.

Selected filmography

Actor

• Thirty Three (1965)
• Beware of the Car (1966)
• Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
• The Garage (1979)
• Old New Year (1980)
• Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)
• Dead Souls (1984)
• Guests from the Future (1984)

Voice

• Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
• The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin (1986)
• The Kitten from the Lizyukov street (1988)

Honours and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

• Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1967)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1977)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1986)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class (23 October 1998), 3rd class (24 June 2005)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (28 October 1994)

External links

• Vyacheslav Nevinny at the Internet Movie Database
• Вячеслав Невинный (Russian)
• Biography of Vyacheslav Nevinny (English)