Vladimir Etush
Vladimir Abramovich Etusch (Russian: Владимир Абрамович Этуш; born May 6, 1922 in Moscow ) is a Russian theater and film actor.
Life
Vladimir Etusch was ( according to official figures, 1923) was born on 6 May 1922 in a Jewish family. During the German - Soviet war Etusch fought as Red Army soldiers at the front in the Caucasus and later in Ukraine, where he was severely wounded. After his return, he enrolled at the Shchukin Theater School, where he graduated in 1945. Then Etusch was inducted into the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theatre, where he plays to this day. In parallel, he taught at his alma mater from 1987 to 2003, he served as its rector and then took over the newly created post of artistic director of the Shchukin Theater School.
His first film role was played by Mikhail Romm in 1953 Etusch strip sailing in the storm, two years later, he played the role of Martini in the second Soviet film adaptation of the novel The Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich. In 1967, Leonid Gaidai occupied in his film Abduction in Caucasus - the sequel to his successful comedy Operation " Y" and other adventures Schuriks - one of the main roles - the Comrade Saachow - with Etusch. Later played Etusch in Gaidais film adaptation of the classic Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, and with his stripes Ivan Vasilievich Back to the Future by Mikhail Bulgakov. All three films are enjoying great popularity in Russia to this day and are regularly shown on TV. Etusch also played with several fairy tale films by Nadezhda Koschewerowa. Even today Etusch is occasionally seen in films.
Etusch is married for the fourth time and has a daughter, who was also an actress and now lives in the United States.
Vladimir Etusch was awarded the Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, and finally in 1984 as a People's Artist of the USSR. He also received the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd class, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the State Prize of the Russian Federation, and numerous medals.