People's Artist of the USSR, actor Georgy Vitsin is probably known to every Russian moviegoer. His most popular image on the screen was the Coward from four comedies by Leonid Gaidai, starting with the film "Dog Mongrel and an Unusual Cross" and ending with the unforgettable "Prisoner of the Caucasus". In addition, Vitsin starred in more than one hundred and fifty film projects, most often in comic roles, not counting the dubbing of animated films and dubbing foreign, radio plays and theatrical roles. He was a great comic actor and will be remembered by the public forever. The cause of death of George Vitsin was heart disease.
He was born in 1917 in the Finnish city of Terioki, which has now become the territory of St. Petersburg. In infancy, he was transported with his family to Moscow, where his mother, who worked as an usher in the Hall of Columns, often took the boy with her. From the age of 12, George began to play in school plays, more often - negative characters. In 1933, he graduated from the Moscow seven-year school No. 26 and entered the Theater School at the Maly Theater, but was expelled "for a frivolous attitude towards learning process". In 1934, Vitsin resumed his studies at the theater school at the Vakhtangov Theater, in 1935 he moved to the Theater Studio of the Moscow Art Theater. Young Georgy Vitsin began his acting career with the Studio Theater under the direction of Khmelev, then, from 1936 to 1969, he worked on the stage of the Moscow drama theater Yermolova's name
The film debut of the actor, according to his confession, was the role in Yutkevich's film "Hello, Moscow!" in 1945, and not an episode in Esenstein's film "Ivan the Terrible", as his biographers believed. Already in the sports comedy "Reserve Player" in 1954, in the role of Vasya Vesnushkin, Vitsin attracted the attention of the audience, and in addition, he had serious roles Gogol in the dramas Composer Glinka and Belinsky. In the theater, he was predicted to have a career as a dramatic actor, and Grigory Kozintsev invited him to audition for the film Hamlet. Everything changed by chance: the shooting of Leonid Gaidai took place earlier and Georgy Mikhailovich was taken on the role of a Coward. After that, he specialized only in comic roles, which, at times, many found almost brilliant.
In private life, Georgy Vitsin was not at all the kind of person he played on the screen. He never drank or smoked and was a vegetarian. He was seriously engaged in yoga and looked much younger than his years: he played the 17-year-old Vesnushkin at the age of 37, and the 25-year-old Balzaminov at the age of 45. At 19, he had an extraordinary romantic relationship with actress Dina Topoleva, a 35-year-old beauty who left her director husband for their love. Talented artist, Vitsin once created her sculptural portrait. Later, as the husband of the niece of the famous breeder Michurin, theatrical costume designer Tamara Feodorovna, Vitsin helped his ex-lover than he could: went shopping, got medicine.
Vitsin was sharply negative about his fame and said: “If glory creeps up, hide!” He was a non-confrontational and pleasant person in communication, but remained closed even to colleagues. And they learned about his heart disease in the theater only when he had a heart attack on stage. By the year of his death - 2001, when he was 84 years old, Georgy Mikhailovich began to complain about the liver. He always ate little and loved the nuts that he fed his pet parrots. The actor was upset when someone offered him help: “I can’t take it, because people give the last.”
He fed stray animals in his yard and he was always met near the entrance by a whole pack of dogs. Dogs and birds, to whom he also regularly took out bread crumbs, accompanied his coffin to the cemetery. After the death of this wonderful actor, ridiculous rumors appeared among the people about why Georgy Vitsin died: they said that he died of hunger. This was not true, because the daughter of Georgy Mikhailovich, Natalya, never abandoned her father. He himself moved to the old "Khrushchev" in Starokonyushenny Lane, leaving Natalya a 3-room apartment in the center of the capital, and lived modestly, diligently avoiding other people's attention and curiosity.
He is buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow.
2468 ViewsGeorgy Vitsin is a Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR. Known for his participation in comedy films.
Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin, the famous Soviet theater and film actor, was born in 1917 in the town of Terioki (now Zelenogorsk). When the boy was 8 months old, the family moved to Moscow. According to official information, the actor was born in 1918, but the mother changed the date so that her son was taken to a health camp. Maria Matveevna decided to take such a step, since Georgy did not pass by age, and places remained only in junior group. The mother of the future actor was known as a hardworking woman who raised her son on her own. The husband of Maria Matveevna returned from the war and became seriously ill, so he did not live long.
As a child, George was a shy boy, so no one even imagined that he would choose an acting profession. But in school years the guy decided to leave shyness in the past forever by starting to go to a local theater studio. Then the young man firmly decided that he wanted to become an actor.
After school, George enters the Maly Theater School, where he studied for little time, as the management expelled the student with a very funny wording - "for a frivolous attitude to study." It's so annoying future celebrity that in the fall he decided to enroll at 3 theater studios. After passing the entrance tests, a talented young man is invited to the studio of Wild (Moscow theater group, organized by actor Alexei Diky) and to the Theater of the Revolution, as well as the Vakhtangov School. Vitsin chose the latter option. The actor did not linger in this prestigious educational institution, and a year later he transferred to the theater studio of the Moscow Art Theater-2, which he successfully completed.
Theater
Since 1936, Vitsin has been working at the Yermolova Theater. The theatrical career of the artist developed rapidly, the audience quickly fell in love with the young artist. It is safe to say that Vitsin was popular and in demand at that time, because crowds of fans regularly went to performances with the participation of a novice actor. Workers of the theater institution recalled that if it was not Vitsin who played, the visitor simply returned the ticket to the box office and left. Even harsh theater critics recognized the talent of the artist and wrote extremely positive reviews.
In total, Georgy Mikhailovich worked on the stage of the Yermolova Theater for 33 years. Vitsin played many roles, but the main production in which the actor participated was comedy play"The Taming of the Tamer". The image of the impotent old man, played by the artist, was so liked by the viewer that the halls were always filled to capacity. The stage career was in full swing when the actor decided to change theater to cinema. It was unexpected, but it will soon become clear that such a decision will positively affect the creative biography, because in the future the actor will become a legend of Soviet cinema.
Movies
The actor's cinematic debut took place in 1951. The artist played a cameo role in the film "". Later he was approved for the main role in the film "Belinsky". Many well-known actors came to audition, but the director's assistant approved Vitsin's candidacy, seeing Gogol's features in the contender for the role. It is noteworthy that during his film career, Georgy Mikhailovich played Gogol three times, the performance of the character looked so natural and realistic.
Vitsin is a versatile actor who succeeded in any images. But popularity came after comedy roles. First famous comedy, in which Georgy played a young football player Vesnushkin, was the film "Reserve Player". Interestingly, he got on the samples by accident. Vitsin auditioned for a role in Feinzimmer's film, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The actor already wanted to return to Moscow, but he was noticed by an assistant director. After successful trials, George was approved for the main role of Vasya Vesnushkin, a young promising athlete.
Vitsin always prepared very thoroughly to convey new image on the screen. Prior to filming, the actor devoted a lot of time to sports training, doing physical exercises in the stadium to match the hero of the film. When the artist was offered the role of Vesnushkin, he was not 25, as the director thought, but 37. In this regard, the actor was a phenomenal person, Vitsin's age remained a mystery to those around him. The actor looked very young, and in his 40s he could easily play young guy 17 years. All because Georgy Mikhailovich led healthy lifestyle life: did not smoke, did not drink, and also did not forget about yoga classes. The actor responsibly and scrupulously treated his health, did not like feasts and ignored noisy gatherings. At the same time, he played the roles of drunkards reliably and realistically.
After the brilliant role of Vasya Vesnushkin, the actor was invited to the film “She Loves You!”. Vitsin played well, performing complex tricks. The episode with water skiing was supposed to be shot with an understudy, but the director decided to use George. The actor performed the trick with water skiing perfectly.
In 1955 he was invited to the painting "The Marriage of Balzaminov". The director persuaded the artist for a long time, who did not agree at all, because he got the role of a 25-year-old guy, and at that time the artist turned 48.
Real recognition came to the actor after participating in the film "Dog Mongrel and an unusual cross", because in this film the viewer first saw the cult trinity - Coward, Dunce and Experienced. After that, and Georgy Vitsin became popular favorites. This legendary trinity appeared more than once in the films: "Moonshiners", "Operation" Y "and other adventures of Shurik", " Caucasian captive or the new adventures of Shurik.
Soon he appeared on the screen in the films "Business People", "Twelfth Night", "Old, old fairy tale"and others. In 1990, the actor toured the country a lot with two colleagues, and ordinary Soviet citizens who are not at all interested in cinema recognize his photos more and more. I also tried to take the time theater work, played in the Film Actor Theater.
Georgy Vitsin is also an excellent reciter, because in addition to acting, he voiced cartoons. The artist has dozens of animations on his account: “The Little Humpbacked Horse”, “ High mountain”, “Snowman-mailer” and many others.
Films with the participation of Vitsin fell in love with the Soviet audience. people remember famous works created by Leonid Gaidai, and decades later they continue to watch fascinating pictures. However, in creative biography actor available art films, where Georgy Mikhailovich, as always, showed himself simply brilliantly, phenomenally playing funny characters, but a wide audience bypassed such films. It's about about the film "The Incorrigible Liar", which undeservedly ended up in the shadow of other creations, where Vitsin was noted.
In the picture of Villen Azarov, the actor played the hairdresser Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin, a man with a very kind and gentle character. According to the plot, the hero Vitsin constantly finds himself in unpredictable situations that affect his life. Caught in another scrape on the way to work, the hairdresser is late, and the bosses do not believe in the incredible stories of the employee, refusing to sign a testimonial that will help in promotion to the position of head of the hall.
Brilliant performance of the role, as well as songs that adults and children fell in love with - a prime example actor's professionalism. Georgy Vitsin managed to convey the essence life situations and sometimes people's unfair perception of the truth.
The comedy film "Incorrigible Liar" can be safely put on the list the best works George Vitsin, and the picture is attributed to the semantic films of the comedy genre, which clearly demonstrate how hard it is for good to survive in modern world.
Personal life
Nadezhda Topoleva is the first civil wife of the actor, with whom Vitsin lived for many years. The couple never formalized the relationship. According to the actor's daughter, Nadezhda did not want this, and her father did not insist. It is noteworthy that the beloved woman was much older than the artist. After parting, Vitsin did not leave Topolev, brought food and medicine, and always tried to help.
With Tamara Fedorovna, official wife, the actor lived until his last days, it was his wife who looked after him. The couple had a daughter, Natasha, whom Vitsin loved very much.
Natalya Vitsina often remembers her father. Once in an interview, the daughter of a legend of Soviet cinema said that famous actor liked to draw. According to the woman, Georgy Mikhailovich was more suitable for a different profession - an artist and sculptor.
It is known that during the break between filming, the actor could quickly sketch a portrait of his colleagues. Georgy Vitsin's partners in the film "Prisoner of the Caucasus" recall the caricature of Yuri Nikulin, made by the artist on the set of the film.
Death
In old age great artist moved to a small "Khrushchev", giving his daughter a spacious apartment in the center of the capital. In the late 90s, Vitsin talked to few people, tried not to give interviews. He only went out to feed the pigeons.
The actor died on October 21, 2001. The cause of death is chronic diseases of the liver and heart. IN hometown artist erected a monument in his honor.
On October 25, 2001, a civil memorial service was held at the Central House of Cinematographers in Moscow. On the same day, the people's artist was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
Thousands of Muscovites came to say goodbye to the legend of Soviet cinema. The farewell ceremony was also attended by prominent figures in cinema art:, and others.
The funeral ceremony was modest, because the actor himself did not like the fuss around his personality at all. Only after his death did it become known that Georgy Mikhailovich worked to the last to provide for his family.
Soviet artist He was very fond of animals and birds. Upon learning of this, two Muscovites, with the approval of Vitsin's relatives, brought a cage with 12 pigeons to the memorial service, releasing the birds at the moment the actor's body was taken out.
The chairman of the Union of Cinematographers Nikita Mikhalkov made a farewell speech, which clearly characterizes the professionalism and achievements of the actor.
“There has never been and never will be a comedian of this magnitude in Russia. Just hearing his last name, people brightened up, a smile always appeared on their faces. He had a gift to look at his characters as if from the outside, and therefore even his negative characters were always adored by the audience, ”said Nikita Mikhalkov.
Filmography
- For matches
- comedy long time ago past days
- Hands up
- Life threatening!
- Operation "Y" and other adventures of Shurik
- Rivals
- Journey of Pan Klyaksa
- The twelve Chairs
- Sun, sun again
- Brave guys
- Some love stories
- Incorrigible liar
- Caucasian captive
- rainbow formula
- Gentlemen of Fortune
VITSIN GEORGY
VITSIN GEORGY(actor of the theater, cinema: “Composer Glinka” (1952), “Reserve Player” (1954), “Twelfth Night” (1955), “Maxim Perepelitsa” (1956), “Groom from the Other World” (1957), “Dog Watchdog and Unusual Cross Country (1961), Moonshine Drivers (1962), Business People (1963), Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures, Balzaminov's Marriage (both 1965), Prisoner of the Caucasus ( 1967), "Old, Old Tale" (1968), "Guardian", "Gentlemen of Fortune", "12 Chairs" (all - 1971), "Shadow" (1972), "Incorrigible Liar" (1974), "Can't be!” (1975), “Behind matches” (1980), “Dangerous for life” (1985) and others; died on October 22, 2001 at the age of 84).
Of the famous trinity Coward-Doobie-Experienced Vitsin, he was the last to die: the first was Yuri Nikulin (August 21, 1997), the second was Evgeny Morgunov (June 25, 1999). And Vitsin lived longer than his comrades - 83 years (Nikulin - 75, Morgunov - 72).
Vitsin has long been terminally ill, but due to the fact that for many years he led a healthy lifestyle (practiced yoga), he rarely turned to doctors for help. And from time to time he participated in group concerts, since his meager pension was clearly not enough for a full life (Vitsin lived with his wife, who did not work due to illness, and her artist daughter, whose salary was also small).
On September 16, Vitsin agreed to participate in the next concert, which was held in the capital's Film Actor Theater. The organizers called Vitsin literally two hours before the start of the performance and asked him to replace the sick artist. And Vitsin, who himself did not feel well that day, agreed, setting only one condition - to speak first. But it didn't help. Immediately after the performance, he became ill with his heart. An ambulance was immediately called, which took Vitsin to the 19th city hospital. He was placed in the intensive care unit. But the very next day, the artist felt better and was transferred to a double ward in the cardiology department. There, his daughter Natasha looked after him. O. Alekseeva in the newspaper "Life" wrote:
“Georgy Mikhailovich categorically forbade his wife to leave his beloved dog Boy unattended. And Tamara Fedorovna does not dare to ask someone she knows to sit with the dog. He does not want them to see the conditions in which the people's artist of Russia lives, who has played more than a hundred roles in films. The picture is indeed depressing. In the tiny hallway are books and a bowl of food for the Boy. In the room - an old black-and-white TV and again a lot of books. The shower has not been working for six months, there is no cold water in the kitchen.
“It's not just unfair, it's inhuman,” Tamara Fedorovna says with tears in her eyes. - A great actor, a people's favorite, but he lives in such devastation. But Georgy Mikhailovich bravely endures everything, does not turn to anyone for help. And he scolds me if I start talking about it. I sometimes think: maybe write a letter to the government, to the Union of Cinematographers? But Georgy Mikhailovich forbids, says: it’s hard for everyone now, and he has no right to demand special attention to himself ... "
Doctors of the 19th hospital relieved Vitsin of an acute attack of angina pectoris and treated his heart. Then the daughter took the artist home. But after a couple of days he became ill again - he was struck down by an attack of angina pectoris. On October 10, Vitsin was placed in a more comfortable clinic - Hospital No. 2 under the Russian Ministry of Health. He lay in a double room, where one day of stay costs 600 rubles. But all the expenses were covered by Nikita Mikhalkov as chairman of the RF IC. As Igor Balakleytsev, head of the urological department, assured the readers of Zhizn: “We have no problems with medicines. We give Georgy Mikhailovich everything that is required. Mostly painkillers and sedatives. Georgy Mikhailovich - very courageous man, in every possible way hides his suffering. And even tries to joke. But tears well up from his jokes ... He is embarrassed by his helplessness and does not call the nurses when he needs to roll over or pick up a blanket that has fallen to the floor ... He says: “On my own, on my own ...” - and then asks in an apologetic voice: “Give it, please. Some kind of blanket you have is too heavy ... “We are very upset that Georgy Mikhailovich eats almost nothing. And, to be honest, he is very bad ...
We know that after the publication in Life, people also called the Union of Cinematographers. Only with local officials they spoke in a completely different way. They asked how they could admit that Vitsin lives in poverty? Why didn’t they help with medicines and didn’t put me in a good clinic? At the other end of the wire they answered that they would try to help as much as possible.
Finally, Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin is in good conditions. Worthy of a great actor."
They say that already when Vitsin entered the 2nd hospital, the doctors had no illusions - the actor had no chance. Yes, he understood that very well. Very often he repeated one phrase to the medical staff: “They shoot at everyone, but they won’t kill me in any way.” On Thursday, October 18, Vitsin got worse. He stopped eating on his own, could not sit up in bed, and spoke with difficulty. On Friday, the actor lost consciousness. Over the weekend, he woke up for a few minutes, but then fell back into oblivion.
On October 22, Vitsin's condition became extremely serious, and the doctors called his daughter Natasha. She immediately arrived and for several hours was inseparably with her father. But he never regained consciousness. At 16.30, the great artist Georgy Vitsin died.
They say that his beloved dog Boy, all the days while the actor was in the hospital, missed him greatly. Even in his sleep, he sensitively listened to the rustles on the landing and every time he jumped up if he heard extraneous noise. And when he was taken out for a walk, he did not frolic, as before, but sadly wandered around the yard. Alas, the Boy did not wait for his master.
On October 25, farewell to G. Vitsin took place at the Cinema House. Thousands of people came to see him. This is how the central media described what was happening.
S. Pleshakova (Moskovsky Komsomolets): “The huge foyer of the House of Cinema did not accommodate everyone who wanted to say goodbye to the great artist. Near the coffin, in endless grief, the daughter of Georgy Mikhailovich Natalya and other close people froze (his wife Tamara Fedorovna felt so bad that she could not attend the funeral ceremony). Nearby, in reverent silence, the luminaries froze domestic cinema Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Shirvindt, Alexander Mitta, pop singer Sergey Krylov, builders with orange helmets in their hands, touching old women. Natalya Varley could not hold back her tears and helplessly buried herself in the shoulder of Vladimir Etush. Not far from the coffin were two cages with carrier pigeons. Pigeon brothers Sergei and Yuri Grigoriev said that Vitsin's relatives found them and asked them to bring the birds that the actor loved so much during his lifetime, so that they would accompany him on his last journey.
When the coffin was taken out of the House of Cinema, 12 pigeons were released, the crowd gasped, people cried ... "
A. Mayantseva (“Komsomolskaya Pravda”): “At the Vagankovsky cemetery, flower girls with the words “What kind of person are buried!” They hide the price tag “20 rubles” in their pocket and give bloody carnations for a fiver.
Vitsin's favorite "Arbat old women" and old men in faded and scanty scarves huddled in a circle and carefully unfolded relics from handkerchiefs and bags - yellowed newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards. A tram ticket is passed from hand to hand, on which Vitsin once put a squiggle. Then the purse with this ticket and 30 rubles from the hostess are stolen by cemetery thieves ...
One of the photographers is trying to find out how to sell photos to relatives later. “Many people take pictures, but only I am a professional,” the grabber presses on the representatives of the mayor's office. “Well, get out of here, paparazzi, before the equipment is broken,” one of the men hisses at the photographer ...
Father Vyacheslav reads a prayer, says quiet good words. The crowd is crying, and one journalist is looking over the father's shoulder, trying to find a favorable angle for photography. "Soap dish" falls from cold hands, someone catches it on the fly ten centimeters from the coffin. It becomes a shame for a colleague ... What a bastard profession we have! ..
The first handful of earth is thrown into the grave by daughter Natasha, followed by relatives and friends. Then - all the rest. The people come in an endless stream. It seems that the grave will be covered with hands and the gravediggers will be left out of work. Natasha stands aside: journalists annoy her. Yes…of course…thank you…sorry…then…” the girl whispers with her white lips.
Saying the last "I'm sorry" native grave, the family wanders to the exit.
Cemetery beggars and holy fools ask them for "a penny in memory of Grisha." held until last moment daughter bursts into sobs ... "
A year after the death of G. Vitsin, the director of the museum of three actors (Vitsin-Nikulin-Morgunov) Vladimir Tsukerman and the journalist " Komsomolskaya Pravda» Tatyana Putilova. And they were unpleasantly surprised that there was neither a monument nor a fence on the grave. As a result, on October 23, 2002, an article entitled “Forgotten Vitsin” appeared in KP. Here are a few excerpts from it:
“The grave of one of the most popular actors, covered with cellophane, is lost among the rich monuments. Wooden cross, photograph. And a fresh bouquet of flowers...
- When he was buried a year ago, everyone, starting with Mikhalkov, spoke a lot of big words, made promises. And now… – Vladimir Zukerman sighs… – People leave, they are forgotten.
The death of Vitsin crippled the health of his wife Tamara Feodorovna. At the wake, she fell and broke her hip. And is still in critical condition.
Sometimes help comes from the Russian Actors Guild. But the organization itself is not in the best financial position ...
During the time that we were at the cemetery, no one came to the grave.”
Oddly enough, but this note had absolutely no effect on the situation. None of those in power even lifted a finger to help the family of the great artist put a worthy monument on the grave. Therefore, on April 23, 2003, on the day of the actor's 86th birthday, Komsomolskaya Pravda again rang the bells. The new note was also called "Forgotten Vitsin" (author - Evgeny Chernykh). In it, the daughter of the artist Natalya Vitsina admitted: “I wanted to make a monument to my father according to my project, he was also fond of sculpture, he was my first teacher. But when they called the price, I was dumbfounded. I just don't have that kind of money. And no fence either. And generally speaking…"
In the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, the journalist was told that they have 16 thousand rubles from the money collected for the funeral of Vitsin. But this money is clearly not enough for a worthy monument to a remarkable artist. This statement surprised the author of the publication. Indeed, a year ago, Komsomolskaya Pravda printed an invoice for the monument to Vitsin, but how much money came there remained a mystery. Even Vitsina's daughter did not know about this. On this occasion, E. Chernykh wrote:
“But how long can you walk with a hat in a circle? There is a specific department through which the late Vitsin passes. It's called cinema. Once Lenin called it the most important of the arts.
Judging by violent activity, it remains so. Recently, the national film award "Golden Eagle" was presented. Then the international festival broke out in Khanty-Mansiysk. "Spirit of fire". The people rushed to Siberia, having heard about unheard-of banquets with sturgeon, royal gifts, entertainment. From Paris itself, a tall blond Pierre Richard was discharged to the tundra along with an erotic Angelica, that is, Michel Mercier.
Exactly on Friday (April 18. - F. R.) "Nick" was handed. Another national film award. Also solemnly, pathetically. And it will get warmer, the people of the cinema will be drawn to the Black Sea. On international festival"Kinotavr". Again festivities until the morning. And there is the event of the year - the Moscow International Festival, Kinoshock and a lot of festivals of smaller caliber. Not life, continuous color cinema. It seems that fewer films are made in Russia than there are festivals. And where do they get the money?
Let there be more holidays, festivals, premieres. Who is against. But behind all these celebrations and banquets, one would not forget the lonely grave of the wonderful actor Georgy Vitsin. Do not fly once or twice to Cannes, Los Angeles, dear film bosses, do not feast once again, do not wash the "Eagle", "Nika", "Aries". Here is the money for the monument, for the treatment of the widow ... "
This publication received a positive response. Just not from filmmakers. On April 26, Komsomolskaya Pravda published a response from the Governor of the Moscow Region, Boris Gromov, who stated the following: “ Thank you very much, "Komsomolskaya Pravda"! I'm shocked. The regional government is ready to place the actor's widow in our clinic in a single room. We will conduct an examination, treatment. We will help the family financially, erect a monument to the artist.”
The answer of the film producer Mark Rudinshtein was also placed here. I quote: “Well done for writing the truth. We need to fix the mistake. Ready to finance the monument.”
Meanwhile, the monument on the grave of G. Vitsin appeared in March 2004. However, it is more than modest: it is a granite stele with a painted cross, the inscription "George Vitsin" and the dates of the life and death of the actor. The newspaper "Life" on this occasion even placed on its pages an article entitled "An orphan monument was erected to Vitsin." Let me disagree with this. This monument has its own symbolism. After all, in the acting environment about Georgy Mikhailovich, there was an opinion all his life as a very modest and unpretentious person. And the monument on his grave very accurately reflects the essence of his character.
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Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (nee Vitsyn). Born April 5, 1917 in Terioki - died October 22, 2001 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1990).
Georgy Vitsin was born on April 5 (18), 1917 in Terioki (now Zelenogorsk as part of St. Petersburg).
In the church book of the Exaltation of the Cross Church on Bolshaya Posadskaya Street there is a record that George was baptized there.
In later official documents, the date of birth began to appear on April 23, 1918, and the place of birth was Petrograd. This happened due to the fact that Vitsin's mother in the 1920s, arranging her son in a health-improving forest school, made him “younger” and corrected the year of birth to 1918. April 23 (May 6) was his name day.
The original surname of the future actor also looked different - "Vitsyn", but later, due to a passport officer's mistake, the letter "s" was changed to "and".
When George was eight months old, his parents moved to Moscow.
In 1926-1933 he studied at the Moscow seven-year school No. 26.
In 1933-1934 he studied at the Theater School at the Maly Theater (now the Higher Theater School named after MS Shchepkin), from where he was expelled with the wording "for a frivolous attitude to the educational process."
In 1934 he entered the Theater School at the E. Vakhtangov Theater (now Theatre Institute named after Boris Shchukin). In 1935 he moved to the theater studio of the Moscow Art Theater 2nd, where he studied with S. G. Birman, A. I. Blagonravov, V. N. Tatarinov (all in Moscow).
Since 1936 - an actor in the studio theater under the direction of N.P. Khmelev, in 1937-1969 - the Moscow Drama Theater. M. N. Yermolova, which included the studio theater.
The roles of George Vitsin in the theater. M. N. Ermolova:
1940 - "As You Like It" by W. Shakespeare - William;
1943 - "Night of Errors" by O. Goldsmith - Tony;
1945 - "The Taming of the Tamer" by J. Fletcher - Moroso;
1946 - "Old Friends" L. A. Malyugin;
1947 - "People with a clear conscience" P. P. Vershigory - Volichka;
1948 - "Happiness" by P. A. Pavlenko - Podnebesko;
1951 - "Xenia" by A. A. Volkov (director A. A. Goncharov) - Grandfather Semyon;
1955 - "In good hour» V. S. Rozov;
1956 - "Eccentric" N. Hikmet - Abdurakhman;
1958 - "Savages" by S. V. Mikhalkov - Lyubeshkin;
1964 - "Forest" by A. N. Ostrovsky (directed by L. P. Gallis) - Arkashka Schastlivtsev;
1966 - "Nails" by S. L. Lungin, I. I. Nusinov;
“There was not a penny, but suddenly an altyn” by A. N. Ostrovsky (staged by N. P. Khmelev);
“Do not make yourself an idol” A. M. Faiko - Molokanov;
"Twenty years later" by M. A. Svetlov;
"Guest from the Night" L. Ashkenazi - waiter;
"Freeloader" by I. S. Turgenev;
"Two stubborn" N. Hikmet.
From 1969 to 2001, he served at the Theater-Studio of a film actor in Moscow.
The film debut of the actor took place, as was believed, in the episodic role of a guardsman in the film "Ivan the Terrible" by S. M. Eisenstein (1944). However, according to V. Zuckerman, who scrupulously collected all the facts of G. Vitsin's life, the actor somehow admitted to him that he "had never seen S. M. Eisenstein", and made his debut in 1945 in the film by S. I. Yutkevich Hello, Moscow!
Fame came to the actor after the film "Reserve Player", in which he played the role of Vasya Vesnushkin. Following this, he starred in the film "She Loves You!". Despite the fact that in these films G. Vitsin played the role of young boys, the actor was already well over thirty. The shy and sympathetic heroes of G. Vitsin liked the viewer. At the same time, he starred in historical tapes: Composer Glinka and Belinsky.
Georgy Vitsin in the movie "Reserve Player"
However, the most widely known actor brought the image of a Coward, embodied by him in comedies - "Dog Mongrel and an unusual cross-country", "Moonshiners", "Operation" Y "and Shurik's other adventures" and "Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures".
It is worth noting that Vitsin often had to play drunkard characters, and in these roles he was very convincing, as he had a specific voice and appearance. Despite the fact that in real life the actor did not drink or smoke, he led a healthy lifestyle, was fond of breathing exercises yogis. And only in the "Prisoner of the Caucasus" did the actor still have to drink real beer, since the dog rose, which G. Vitsin demanded, looked unconvincing in the frame.
Georgy Vitsin in the film "Prisoner of the Caucasus"
Also remembered for his roles: adventurer Sam in the comedy "Business People" ("Leader of the Redskins"), Balzaminov in the film "Balzaminov's Marriage", Sir Andrew in "Twelfth Night", the Wizard in "The Old, Old Tale".
The actor had a talent for recitation and worked hard on dubbing cartoons. He was a good artist - he drew caricatures of actors, tried himself in sculpture, graphics, painting.
Georgy Vitsin in the movie "Balzaminov's Marriage"
With the onset of the 1990s, G. Vitsin, together with other members of the famous trinity, began to tour the country a lot. Until his last days, he played in the Film Actor Theater. In recent years, he lived very modestly. Having given his large apartment in the center of Moscow to his daughter Natalya, he moved to the "Khrushchev" in Starokonyushenny Lane.
He extremely limited communication with outsiders, avoided meetings with journalists. He was almost constantly in the apartment, going outside only to feed the pigeons. He refused help, saying: “I can’t take it, because people give the last!”.
It is worth noting that George Vitsin looked very young until his advanced years. At thirty-seven, he played the eighteen-year-old Vasya Vesnushkin in the film "Reserve Player". At forty-six, twenty-five-year-old Misha Balzaminov ("Balzaminov's Marriage"). At the same time, his talent allowed him to play age roles: in particular, at the age of thirty-eight, the actor portrayed grandfather Musiy in the film “Maxim Perepelitsa”.
Georgy Vitsin died on October 22, 2001 (according to other sources - October 23) in a Moscow hospital. The cause of death of the actor was chronic diseases of the liver and heart. He was buried in Moscow, at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
On July 26, 2008, to the 460th anniversary of the city and the 90th anniversary of the actor, a monument to G. Vitsin was opened in the park of culture and recreation in Zelenogorsk. The sculpture depicts an actor in the role of Balzaminov from the film Balzaminov's Marriage.
In 2012, a monument to L. I. Gaidai and the Gaidai Trinity appeared near the circus building in Irkutsk.
There is a monument to Balbes, Experienced and Coward in Perm and also in Khabarovsk.
Growth of Georgy Vitsin: 174 centimeters.
Personal life of Georgy Vitsin:
He was in a relationship with actress Nadezhda (Dina) Topoleva, who was then the wife of director N.P. Khmelev. She was much older than him.
Their relationship began when 18-year-old Vitsin entered the Yermolova Theater. He passionately fell in love with Dina Topoleva, the wife of the artistic director of the theater Nikolai Khmelev, whom Vitsin considered his teacher. Dina responded to his feeling. Note that Khmelev did not change his attitude towards Vitsin and continued to give him roles.
They lived together for 20 years. After parting, he continued to take care of her, brought her medicines and food.
Dina Topoleva - civil wife of Georgy Vitsin
Wife - Tamara Fedorovna (1925-2009), dresser, niece of biologist and breeder I. V. Michurin.
In marriage, a daughter, Natalia, was born, a graphic artist.
Tamara Fedorovna - wife of Georgy Vitsin
Daughter Natalya spoke about Georgy Mikhailovich: “They made a hermit out of their father. This is absolutely not true! If girls called him and asked naive questions, he did not like to answer. But if, for example, Wulf was on the phone, he could talk for hours. As a child, I was even jealous father to his admirers. We walk down the street - everyone says hello. "Go home, girl," dad said and continued the conversation. By nature, dad was more suited to his first profession - an artist, sculptor, observing, contemplating. He painted everywhere - on trips, between performances, between filming hours. Mom sometimes suffered from the fact that you couldn’t talk seriously with him. Laughter from morning to night. Even in the most terrible situation, he knew how to relieve tension with wise humor. Dad was a responsible person. He supported us with mother, and first wife, actress Dina Topoleva".
Filmography of George Vitsin:
1944 - Ivan the Terrible Oprichnik (uncredited)
1945 - Hello, Moscow! - railwayman at the station "Dolsk"
1946 - Glinka - spectator at the premiere (not in the credits)
1947 - Spring - an actor rehearsing N.V. Gogol
1951 - Belinsky - Nikolai Gogol
1952 - Composer - Glinka Nikolai Gogol
1954 - Spare player - Vasya Vesnushkin
1954 - We met somewhere - a vacationer on the balcony of a rest home (not in the credits)
1955 - Mexican - Bill Carty
1955 - Maxim Perepelitsa - grandfather Musiy
1955 - Twelfth Night - Sir Andrew
1956 - She loves you! - Konstantin Petrovich Kanareikin
1956 - Poet - poetry evening entrepreneur (uncredited)
1956 - Murder on Dante Street - Pitu
1957 - Wrestler and clown - Enrico
1957 - Don Quixote - Samson Carrasco
1957 - New attraction - Semyon Ilyich, circus administrator
1958 - Rotation of life - hairdresser (uncredited)
1958 - Fathers and sons - Sitnikov
1958 - Groom from the other world - Fikusov, manager
1958 - Girl with a guitar - buyer
1958 - "Wonderworker" from Biryulyov - drunk
1959 - Vasily Surikov - Ilya Efimovich Repin
1959 - I was a satellite of the Sun - scientist, colleague of Andrey
1959 - How Ivan Ivanovich quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich - Nikolai Gogol
1960 - The end of the old Berezovka - geometry teacher
1960 - Revenge - Fedor Fedorovich Degtyarev
1961 - Trainers - grandfather
1961 - Quite seriously (short story "Dog Mongrel and an unusual cross") - Coward
1961 - Moonshiners - Coward
1961 - Artist from Kokhanovka - grandfather Kuzma
1962 - How toasts are born - accountant Plyushch
1962 - The path to the pier - Velikankin, an intellectual in a sobering-up station
1962 - Business people (short story "Leader of the Redskins") - Sam
1962 - Only statues are silent - Jacques Mellier
1963 - Short stories(musical film) (miniature "Instructive case" husband
1963 - Cain XVIII - executioner
1963 - Mommy and two drones - a visitor to the cutlet
1963 - First trolley bus - drunk
1963 - Blind bird - train passenger
1964 - Variety fantasy (musical film)
1964 - Balzaminov's marriage - Misha Balzaminov
1964 - Bunny - assistant director Fyodor Mikhailovich
1964 - Tale of Lost Time - evil wizard Andrey Andreevich
1964 - What is the theory of relativity? - actor (cameo)
1964 - Spring chores - Uncle Pudya
1965 - It happens like this (film almanac) (short story "The Skeleton of Apollo") - Nazliev
1965 - At the first hour - guest of the "Blue Light"
1965 - Give a complaint book - department head in a clothing store
1965 - New Year's calendar
1965 - Operation "Y" and other adventures of Shurik - Coward
1965 - The road to the sea - timber rafting foreman Alexander Terentyevich
1966 - Capa Collection - Granatkin
1966 - Red, blue, green - museum director
1966 - Who invented the wheel? - uncle Kolya
1966 - Tales of the Russian Forest - Coward
1966 - Rainbow Formula - director of a toy factory
1966 - Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures - Coward
1966 - Wick (film No. 47 "Carousel") - episode
1967 - Save a drowning man - police major / old man in panama
1967 - Tatyana's Day - who proposed a new chronology
1968 - Gulf Stream - Igor's father
1968 - Seven old men and one girl - a robber ("Coward")
1968-1981 - Zucchini "13 chairs" (film-play) - critic pan Tsypa
1968 - An old, old fairy tale - a good wizard
1968 - At the thirteenth hour of the night - water
1969 - Yesterday, today and always - Aunt Berry
1969 - Abduction - cameo
1970 - Step from the roof - Englishman
1970 - How we were looking for Tishka - Police Sergeant Stepanov
1970 - Guardian alcoholic and parasite - Tebenkov
1971 - Spring Tale - Tsar Berendey
1971 - 12 chairs - fitter Mechnikov
1971 - There will be no fire! - driver Peter
1971 - Shadow - doctor
1971 - Mortal Enemy - Egor
1971 - Gentlemen of Fortune - "Khmyr" (Gavrila Petrovich Sheremetyev)
1972 - Tobacco Captain - Chef Mouton
1972 - Large-scale guys - foreman Afanasiev
1972 - Wick (film No. 121 "Purchase") - buyer
1973 - Cipollino - lawyer Peas
1973 - Have you ever loved? - Nina Dmitrievna's mother, Olin's father Yakov Ivanovich Nikolsky
1973 - Sannikov Land - Ignatius
1973 - My fate is drunk
1973 - Incorrigible liar - hairdresser Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin
1974 - Dear Boy - Macintosh
1974 - Northern Rhapsody - seller Kuzma Petrovich
1974 - Tsarevich Prosha - King Katorz IX
1974 - Wick (film No. 147 "Find Yourself")
1974 - Car, violin and dog Klyaksa - musician with banjo / guitar
1974 - My "Zhigulyonok" - Uncle Zhenya
1974 - Big attraction - Galkin, television director
1975 - Finist - Clear Falcon - Agathon
1975 - Step towards (short story "The Captain's Daughter") - a man in a buffet
1975 - It can't be! (short story "Wedding Accident") - father of the bride
1975 - Bubbles - the driver of "Zaporozhets"
1975 - Aw! (short story “And the matchmaker drove up to the hut ...”) - grandfather, ethnographer
1975 - Where are you, Arina Rodionovna? - Rodionich
1976 - Shepherd Yanka - Prince Kukimor
1976 - A cheerful dream, or Laughter and tears - Minister Crivello
1976 - While the clock is striking - Masha's grandfather, the Great Gardener
1976 - Blue bird- Sugar
1976 - 12 chairs - undertaker Bezenchuk
1976 - The sun, the sun again - grandfather
1976 - Yeralash (in the plot "Wonderful Moment") - Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
1977 - These incredible musicians, or Shurik's New Dreams (film-play) - cameo
1978 - The story of the meter page - hotel administrator Semyon Nikolaevich Kaloshin
1980 - For matches - tailor Tahvo Kenonen
1980 - Comedy of bygone days - Coward
1981 - Hands up! - agent YX-000, aka Fondy-Mondy-Dundy-Peck
1985 - Rivals - grandfather Ivan Stepanovich
1985 - Dangerous for life! - Alexander Petrovich Chokolov
1986 - The Journey of Pan Klyaksa - King Apollinaris Bai
1992 - Shot in the coffin - Colonel Zakusnyak
1992 - Gentlemen artists - hairdresser Nil Palych
1993 - Brave guys - Major Griboyedov
1994 - Several love stories - pharmacist Fornari
1994 - Hugi-Tragger - puppet master Heinrich Yanovich
Voiced by Georgy Vitsin:
1936 - Dowry (in the restored edition of 1970)
1937 - Rich bride - junior accountant
1937 - 1938 - Peter the Great (in the restoration of 1965) - reader
1939 - The Golden Key (in the restoration of 1959) - Pinocchio (the role of O. A. Shaganova-Obraztsova), Giuseppe (the role of M. N. Dagmarov)
1950 - Casimir - Paul-Andre (the role of B. La Jarrige)
1953 - The great warrior of Albania Skanderbeg - Mamitsa's husband
1954 - True friends - grandfather on a barge (role of A. I. Zhukov)
1954 - There will be a circus - Viewer (the role of V. Tregle)
1954 - Dad, mom, maid and I - Robert Langlois (role of R. Lamoureux)
1955 - Lourja Magdana - Gigo's grandfather (role of A. A. Omiadze)
1955 - The collapse of the emirate - Urzuf, ambassador of the emir (role of S. Tabibullaev / commandant)
1955 - Dzhigit girl - Murat (role of S. P. Telgaraev)
1956 - A precious gift - the head of a pharmacy (the role of E. S. Geller)
1956 - Around the world in 80 days - train conductor (role of K. Buster)
1956 - Bashi-Achuk
1957 - 12 Angry Men - Juror No. 2 (role of J. Fidler / Juror No. 9 (role of J. Sweeney)
1958 - My uncle
1958 - Mr. Pitkin behind enemy lines - Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber (role of N. Wisdom)
1959 - Babette goes to war - Captain Gustave Fremont (role of N. Roquer)
1959 - Keep it up, nurse! - the orderly Mick (the role of G. Lok)
1959 - Twelve girls and one man - Joseph (role of E. Waldbrunn)
1959 - Prairie Street - orderly Mick (role of G. Guy Decomble)
1961 - Beggar's Story - Pepia (role of A. A. Omiadze)
1961 - hard life- episode (role of A. Blasetti)
1961 - Divorce in Italian - Carmelo Patane (role of L. Trieste)
1962 - Postman Knock - Harold Pug (role of S. Milligan)
1963 - Pitkin's Adventures in the Hospital - Norman Pitkin (role of N. Wisdom)
1963 - The way to the arena - agent of the State Insurance
1963 - Yesterday, today, tomorrow - grandfather (role of D. di Gregorio)
1964 - Believe it or not ... - lecturer (role of A. M. Matkovsky)
1964 - Forward, France! - Le supporter avec le bonnet tricolore (role of R. Rolli)
1964 - Fantomas - Executive Secretary of the Union of Jewelers (role of J. Berger)
1965 - The first teacher - Kartynbay (the role of Kirey Zharkimbaev) / the role of M. Kyshtobaev)
1966 - How to steal a million - insurance agent (role of E. Malin)
1966 - An amazing story, like a fairy tale - reads the text
1967 - Triangle - photographer
1968 - The Diamond Arm- an alcoholic who is taken away by the police (the role of L. I. Gaidai) (uncredited)
1968 - Little bather - minister (role of P. Duck)
1969 - The Adventures of Gunner Dolas, or How I Unleashed the Second world war- Captain Ralph Peacock (the role of K. Rudzkiy)
1970 - Old Toomas was stolen - Old Toomas (role of K. K. Kiysk)
1971 - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1972 - The secret of the great storyteller - Count
1974 - Dealers in death - Uncle Kyokki (role of A. Cutolo)
1975 - Dear people - Profumo (role of D. Pagnani)
1976 - Acquaintance by marriage announcement - waiter (role of R. Riffar) / taxi driver (role of P. Repp)
1976 - Regentrude - the evil dwarf sorcerer Feuerbart
1977 - Garib in the country of Jinn - Asra (role of A. Mammadoglu)
1977 - Fantasies of Vesnukhin - Uncle Gosh, photographer (role of G. M. Roninson)
1977 - Stepmother Samanishvili - priest Michael (uncredited)
1978 - Who is who - driving school inspector (role of F. Castelli)
1979 - D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers - the second judicial officer (the role of V. A. Dolinsky)
1979 - Rhythms of songs - Tushar Babu Ghosh / Chatterjee (role of K. Mukherjee)
1980 - The Taming of the Shrew - the priest Cirillo (the role of P. Santonasto)
1981 - Grandfather of our grandfather's grandfather - grandfather Aziz (role of G. Sadikhov)
1981 - Maria, Mirabela - King of caterpillars, father of Omide (role of D. Radulescu)
1982 - In love with own will- boyfriend-artist (role of I. V. Ufimtsev)
1982 - Pokrovsky Gates - grandfather Savelich (role of E. S. Geller)
1982 - Wizards - talking cat(uncredited)
1986 - I am an outpost leader - father of Kolya Gudkov (role of A. A. Kozhevnikov)
Voiceover of cartoons by Georgy Vitsin:
1946 - Peacock's Tail - Dr. Aibolit
1947 - The Little Humpbacked Horse - Sleeping bag
1951 - High slide - sparrow Chick
1953 - Magic store - Mage-manager
1954 - Orange neck - rooster Podkovkin
1954 - The arrow flies into a fairy tale - The old man-forester
1954 - Goat-musician - First hedgehog
1954 - On the forest stage - Hare
1954 - Tanyusha, Tyavka, Top and Nyusha - Tyavka
1955 - Nut twig - Kloanza witch / raven (credited as "G. Vitsyn")
1955 - Postman Snowman - Snowman
1955 - Brave Hare - Brave Hare
1955 - The Enchanted Boy - wooden statue old sailor Rosenbaum
1955 - What kind of bird is this? - Goose (uncredited)
1955 - Four coins - grandfather Ahmed
1956 - Little Shego - Parrot (uncredited)
1956 - Ugly duck- Both Roosters / Goose / Turkey / Cat (uncredited)
1956 - Ship - Ant / Frog
1956 - Forest Story - Doctor Crane (uncredited)
1956 - Jackal and camel - Jackal
1956 - The Adventures of Murzilka - Starling / Janitor Uncle Yegor
1956 - 12 months - Raven / Herald / Parrot / Brother February
1956 - Ajar-bay stork (uncredited)
1957 - Verlioka - Drake (uncredited)
1957 - Wolf and seven kids - Woodpecker (uncredited)
1957 - In a certain kingdom ... - Overseas prince / clerk
1957 - Hello friends! - Fanfan reporter
1957 - Miraculous - Rooster
1957 - The Tale of the Snow Maiden - Grandfather (uncredited)
1958 - Cat's House - Goat / Raven Fireman
1958 - Beloved Beauty - Robber Truha / Magpie / Crow
1958 - We are going for the sun - Hedgehog
1958 - The Tale of Malchish-Kibalchish - Grandfather / bourgeois general Englishman / bourgeois general Japanese
1958 - Boy from Naples - Little Signor
1958 - Sportland - Hottabych from the book
1959 - The Adventures of Pinocchio - Giuseppe / clown / conductor (credited as "I. Vitsin")
1959 - Exactly at three fifteen ... - Pencil; Parsley (uncredited)
1959 - Three lumberjacks - Bubble
1960 - Different wheels - Rooster
1960 - Vintik and Shpuntik - merry masters - Pilyulkin (uncredited)
1960 - I drew a little man - Confectioner
1960 - Thirteenth flight - Hare, goat
1960 - The End of the Black Swamp - Goblin
1960 - Cartoon Crocodile #2 - gramophone/knife
1960 - Non-Drinking Sparrow - Non-Drinking Sparrow
1960 - Three sons-in-law - Old man (uncredited)
1961 - Dear penny - Pyatak-watchman
1961 - Dragon - Tax Collector
1961 - Key - Nikolai Zakharov, the boy's father
1961 - Ant-braggart - Grasshopper
1961 - Cipollino - gardener Cactus
1961 - Dunno is studying - Dr. Pilyulkin
1961 - Overseas Reporter - Reporter Bob Sketch
1962 - Two Tales - Hare
1962 - Just not now - the wizard "Now"
1962 - Queen Toothbrush - Grandpa Soap (uncredited)
1962 - Wick, plot " modern fairy tale”) - Dabran-aga
1963 - The Tale of the Old Cedar - Mushroom / Gingerbread Man
1963 - Pathfinder - aged repeater Vasya Petrov
1963 - Grandma's goat - 3rd wolf
1963 - Firefly #3 - Firefly
1963 - Three fat men - Seller balloons(uncredited)
1964 - Life and suffering of Ivan Semyonov - doctor
1964 - Who will go to the exhibition? - Defective man
1964 - Brave Little Tailor - Minister / Trumpeter
1964 - Rooster and paints - Rooster
1964 - Thumbelina - Grasshopper musician / one of the three respectable moles (uncredited)
1964 - Who is to blame? - Box of matches
1965 - Your health - Xvoroba / Microbe
1965 - Neither God nor Hell - carpenter Kuzma (uncredited)
1965 - Rikki-tikki-tavi - old mongoose
1965 - Firefly No. 6, plot Sunflower - Turkey
1965 - Where did I see him? - Pencil, chairman of the "Club of funny little men" (uncredited)
1966 - About the hippo who was afraid of vaccinations - Wolf / Giraffe / Crocodile
1966 - Go there, I don't know where - Text from the author / thin buffoon
1966 - Today is a birthday - Dispatcher at the station / Cat
1966 - Tails - Hare
1967 - Mirror - Hare
1967 - Mezha - Old Man (uncredited)
1967 - A train from Romashkov - Dad
1967 - Simulant Hare - Hare
1967 - Tales for big and small - Hare
1967 - Baby Elephant - Baboon
1967 - Time machine - Spartak fan
1967 - One, two - together! - Hare / one-eared wolf
1967 - The Tale of the Golden Cockerel - Sage Stargazer; gunner
1967 - Honest crocodile - Steam locomotive (uncredited)
1967 - How to get big - Mushroom
1968 - The kid who counted to ten - Horse
1968 - Comedian - Guard in Bombizhu (uncredited)
1968 - I want to butt! (short story "Helpful") - Hare
1968 - Film, film, film - screenwriter
1969 - Wick (short) (film No. 80 "Is there life on Mars?") - professor-lecturer
1969 - Wick (short) (film No. 177 " A happy ending"") - motorcyclist
1969 - Stolen Month - Month
1969 - Puss in Boots Part 1 - Perrault the Cat
1969 - Absent-minded Giovanni (Merry Carousel No. 1) - Postman (uncredited)
1970 - Beavers are on the trail - Beaver teacher
1971 - Petrushka - Petrushka
1971 - Terem-Teremok - Cockerel
1972 - Cheerful old man (Funny carousel No. 4) - Old man
1972 - Old Sailor's Tales: Antarctica - Caregiver Penguin
1972 - The duckling who did not know how to play football - the bully duckling (uncredited)
1973 - How It Happened - Clown Toy
1973 - Fiction in faces (Merry Carousel No. 5) - Egor
1974 - A bag of apples - Papa Hare
1974 - Themselves to blame - Papa Hare
1975 - The inheritance of the magician Bahram - The Magician Bahram
1975 - The Little Humpbacked Horse - Sleeping bag / episodic characters
1975 - Visiting the Gnomes - Dwarf (uncredited)
1976 - Bunny-knower - Bunny-Knaughter
1976 - All the dull ones - Intellectual worm
1977 - How mushrooms fought with peas - Pod (uncredited)
1977 - Hare and fly - Sparrow
1977 - Quartet "Kva-kva" - Beetle (uncredited)
1978 - Santa Claus and Gray wolf- Papa Hare (credited as "G. Vitsyn")
1978 - Robinson Kuzya - Savage Cat
1978 - How a musician duck became a football player - Bully duck (credited as "G. Vitsyn")
1979 - How the fox caught up with the hare - Hare
1979 - From whom to take an example? - Spotted Rooster
1980 - First autograph - Beaver (song performance)
1980 - Vacation in Prostokvashino - Beaver
1981 - Maria, Mirabela - King of caterpillars, father of Omide
1981 - winter fairy tale- bullfinch
1982 - The Adventures of a Magic Globe or the Witch's Tricks - Little Signor / Kloanza Witch / Wise Raven
1982 - Birthday - Dwarf
1982 - Sweet Spring - Rooster / Goby
1982 - Lost and found - parrot Stepanych
1983 - Catch, fish! - grandfather
1983 - A goat lived with my grandmother - Bunny
1983 - The smallest gnome (4th edition) - Cockerel
1983 - Koloboks are investigating (2nd edition of "Robbery of the Century") - ice cream seller
1984 - Underpass - Already
1984 - I want the moon - Lord Chancellor
1984 - I don't want and I won't - Cat
1984 - Elephant went to study - Cat
1984 - How a puppy learned to swim - Swan
1984-1990 - KOAPP - Cheetah
1984 - Brownie Kuzya. House for Kuzka - brownie Kuzya / guest / loader
1985 - Brownie Kuzya. Adventures of a brownie - brownie Kuzya / cat
1986 - Brownie Kuzya. Tale for Natasha - brownie Kuzya
1986 - Snow Maidens - Scarecrow
1987 - Brownie Kuzya. The return of the brownie - brownie Kuzya
1990 - Chicken - Old Rooster
1990 - Sweet turnip - narrator
1991 - Nikolai Ugodnik and hunters - all characters
1991 - Guest - raeshnik
1992 - A simple man - a raeshnik
1992 - Woman's work - raeshnik
1993 - Two crooks - raeshnik
1993 - Relatives - raeshnik
1993 - Chuffyk - Hare
1994 - Dreamers from the village of Ugory - Koschey the Immortal
1994 - Sharman, Sharman! -2 - Turtle
1995 - Sharman, Sharman! -3 - Turtle
Radio performances by George Vitsin:
1961 - "Pharmacy "Blue Balls"" - Doctor-Pharmacist
1962 - "The Star Diaries of Iyon the Quiet" - from the editors
1965 - "Faithful Robot" - a strange type
1972 - "Treasure Island" - Pew
1981 - "Children of Captain Grant" - Paganel
musical tales George Vitsin:
1965 - "The Wizard of the Emerald City" - Goodwin
1981 - "The Incident in the Country of Multi-Pulti" - Coward
1984 - "The Adventures of Grasshopper Kuzi" - grasshopper Kuzya
1984 - "New Adventures of Grasshopper Kuzi" - grasshopper Kuzya
1989 - “Wanted Grasshopper Kuzya” - grasshopper Kuzya
1989 - "Grasshopper Kuzya on the planet Tuami" - grasshopper Kuzya
It is unlikely that anyone will have doubts that Georgy Vitsin, People's Artist of the USSR, is an actor with capital letter. Vitsin can be called an actor "without age" - at the age of 30 he could play an old grandfather, and at 50 - a perky young man. Despite the fact that he is familiar to most viewers with his comedic roles - Coward in the comedies of Gaidai and Khmyr "Gentlemen of Fortune", Vitsin did an excellent job with dramatic images.
The childhood of George Vitsin
According to official data, which today can be found in some documents, the birthplace of Georgy Vitsin is Petrograd. However, according to other information, which is now considered to be more reliable, the hometown of the Soviet actor is the town of Terioki, today called Zelenogorsk (Leningrad Region). 
Certain inaccuracies are also associated with the date of birth of the actor. So, it is generally accepted that Vitsin was born not in 1918, but in 1917. Changes in the official metrics were made at the insistence of his mother, who took such a step to send her son to a good forest health school, which the boy did not go to due to his age.
When George was only eight months old, his parents moved to Moscow, and all further fate the actor was associated with this city.
Carier start
After graduating general education school, the actor entered the Maly Theater School, where, however, he did not study for long and was expelled with a funny wording "for a frivolous attitude to study." True, this life episode of George did not embarrass and only strengthened in him the desire to become a professional actor. The following year, after being expelled, Vitsin applied to three theater studios, each of which accepted him.
"Song of Moonshiners": Vitsin, Morgunov, Nikulin
Choosing from three options, George gave preference to the prestigious Moscow Theater School. E. Vakhtangov, but a year later, due to unexplained circumstances, he transferred to the Moscow Art Theater-2 studio.
Here the actor has already studied to the very end. Having received a diploma in 1936, Georgy Vitsin went to work in the theater studio of N.P. Khmelev (subsequently it was renamed the theater named after M. Yermolova).
On the stage of this theater, Vitsin worked for a total of thirty-three years, giving the audience many vivid stage images, for example, in the performances As You Like It and Night of Errors.
Acting career of George Vitsin
The first work of Georgy Vitsin in the cinema was the episodic role of a railway worker in the film “Hello, Moscow!” (1945). However, the actor was able to really mark himself in the cinema a little later. So, in 1951, Georgy Vitsin surprisingly accurately reincarnated as Nikolai Gogol in the biographical drama Belinsky by Grigory Kozintsev. His work turned out to be so bright and successful that a year later the actor again appeared before the audience in the image Ukrainian classic in the film "Composer Glinka". 
From 1954 to 1961, the actor was noted in many remarkable films. In his creative biography, such films as "Maxim Perepelitsa" with Leonid Bykov, "Twelfth Night" by Jan Frid, "Don Quixote" by Grigory Kozintsev, as well as the film "How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", in which Vitsin played Gogol again . The directors often gave Vitsin small, one might even say, passing roles, but he always knew how to add his zest to any image. But, of course, the all-Union glory of Georgy Mikhailovich was brought by the comedies of Leonid Gaidai and the image of the Coward created by the actor, which Vitsin first embodied in the film novel “Dog Mongrel and an Unusual Cross”. Their trio with Yuri Nikulin and Yevgeny Morgunov After that, Vitsin returned to this role three more times. So, the paintings "Moonshiners", "Operation" Y "", "Prisoner of the Caucasus" became the true apogee of his career. These roles were remembered by the viewer, but it is difficult to say that after them Vitsin's career began to decline sharply.
There were many more wonderful roles in his life. The most famous and beloved by the audience were the tapes "Balzaminov's Marriage", "Gentlemen of Fortune", "Old, Old Tale".
During his life, the great Soviet actor was noted in almost a hundred films. In addition, the fame and popularity of Vitsin brought numerous roles in the theater. In addition to all of the above, Georgy Mikhailovich also worked on the dubbing of many foreign films and Soviet cartoons. In this field, he also achieved considerable success, giving his voice to countless on-screen characters.
Many years of work in the theater and cinema brought Vitsin the title of Honored, and then People's Artist RSFSR. In 1990, Georgy Mikhailovich was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
To the 100th anniversary of Georgy Vitsin
Georgy Vitsin behind the scenes
According to the actor's friends, Georgy Vitsin was passionately passionate all his life fine arts. He drew caricatures well, and also achieved some success in painting, sculpture and graphics.In the early nineties, Vitsin toured Russia a lot, speaking with famous monologues and playing various excerpts from Gaidai's films with other characters of the legendary trinity. However, such a busy work schedule has never brought the actor any tangible dividends.
Having given his spacious apartment to his only daughter Natasha, Vitsin moved to the usual "Khrushchev", which he rarely left. IN last years Georgy Mikhailovich lived his life like a hermit, leaving his house only to take a short walk and feed the pigeons. Despite the modest living conditions, he always refused the help of friends and acquaintances. the only person, who was always next to the aged and sick actor, was his wife Tamara Fedorovna.
