Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov, OBE (Russian Василий Борисович Ливанов, scientific transliteration Vasily Livanov Borisovic; born July 19, 1935 in Moscow ) is a Russian actor, writer and director. In 1981, he became the Meritorious Artist of the Russian SFSR (Russian Заслуженный артист РСФСР ) and 1988 People's Artist of the Russian SFSR (Russian Народный артист РСФСР ) appointed.
Life
Vasily Livanov comes from a Russian family of actors. His grandfather Nikolai was already a renowned stage performer, his father Boris Livanov (Russian Ливанов Борис Николаевич ) was a celebrated and popular performer in "Moscow Art Theatre " MCHAT and his mother Evgenia Kazimirovna (Russian Ливанова Евгения Казимировна ) was also an actress.
1954 after passing the course at the Moscow Academy of Arts, he attended until 1958, BW Shchukin Theatre college in his hometown of Moscow. In 1960 he was a member of the ensemble of the Central Studios, the film actor, but turned at the same time his first film A letter that never arrived ( Neotprawlennoje pismo, Russian Неотправленное письмо ).
After various film and television productions he played in 1968, directed by Konrad Wolf, the captain Vadim Gejman in DEFA anti-war film I was nineteen, was awarded the Heinrich Greif Prize of the GDR for the Livanov 1969. Mid-1960s, he also tried his hand as a director and writer, having studied at the film school in Moscow. He made several animated films and wrote as an author and a series of children's books and fairy tales.
Special gained fame Livanov by his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet film adaptations of the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late seventies to mid-eighties. These films are characterized by a particularly authentic reproduction of the period around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, as well as excellent acting performances of the two lead actors Livanov and Vitaly Solomin Mefodjewitsch ( Dr. Watson). Mainly due to this performance Livanov was in 2006 awarded by the Queen with the Order of the British Empire. In addition, known Livanov was that he said the crocodile Gena in the very well-known Soviet animators around the character Cheburashka.