Yevgen Alexandrovich Morgunov (April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999)
was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Meritorious Artist of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. He started out as a worker in a Moscow factory, but - "a little naive and obsessed with becoming an actor" - he wrote a letter to Joseph Stalin about his dream. Morgunov reportedly received a reply from Stalin that said that a place was allocated for him in the acting class at the State Cinematography Institute. Morgunov launched his film career while still a student.
Yevgeny Morgunov was one of Russia's leading comic actors. "Plump and bald," Morgunov often "represented a traditional character of Soviet satire - Byvaly, or Experienced, a slightly dull, strong-built drunk whose attempts to commit petty crimes always failed."
ReplyDeleteAlthough his acting career was not limited to comedies, he was best known for his work in a comic trio in a series of films by Leonid Gaidai, with Yury Nikulin as Fool (Balbes), and Georgy Vitsin as Coward (Trus). Their best-known films together were 'Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures' and 'Prisoner of the Caucasus', or 'Shurik's New Adventures'.
Stanislav Vladimirovich Mikhaylov also,better known as Stas Mikhaylov was born this day. He is a popular Russian singer and songwriter, Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation (2010);[1] laureate of Golden Gramophone Award.
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