Estanislao Schillinsky Bachanska (10 August 1911 – 27 September 1985), known as Estanislao Shilinsky or simply Shilinsky, was a Lithuanian-born Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940–1970 comedy duo '' Manolín y Shilinsky'' with Manuel Palacios ("Manolín").

Career

Estanislao Shilinsky and his brother moved to Mexico as members of a Russian circus troup. His career started in the

carpa In Mexico and the Southwestern United States, the ''carpa'' (Spanish language, Spanish: "tent", from the Quechua language, Quechua ''karpa'') theater flourished during the 1920s and 1930s. Like its United States, American counterpart vaudeville, pe ...

circuit when he met Grigori Ivanov who introduced him to the

Carpa Valentina Carpa Valentina was a theatre troupe of the Mexican ''carpa'' (traveling tent) circuit during the 1920s and 1930s. It was founded by a family of Russian circus performers who fled the turmoil of the 1919 Russian Civil War, arriving in the port of ...

that he owned. In 1929 he coached Mario Moreno and helped him improve his

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character. He later married Olga Subarev, the daughter of Ivanov, while Cantinflas married her sister Valentina Ivanova who the carpa was named after. One of Shilinsky's singular characteristics as a Mexican actor was his remnant Russian accent. His sidekick Manuel Palacio Sierra eventually lost his voice and died in poverty in 1977.

Filmography

As actor

* '' Don't Fool Yourself Dear'' (1937) * '' Jengibre vs Dinamita'' (1939) * '' Cantinflas boxeador'' (1940) * '' Cantinflas y su prima'' (1940) * '' Here's the Point'' (1940) * '' The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * '' Neither Blood nor Sand'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' The Circus'' (1942) *''

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'' (1943) * '' Gran Hotel'' (1944) * '' A Woman's Diary'' (1944) * '' A Day with the Devil'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' The House of the Fox'' (1945) * '' I Am a Fugitive'' (1946) * '' Fly Away, Young Man!'' (1947) * '' Fíjate que suave'' (1948) * '' Two of the Angry Life'' (1948) * '' Pobres pero sinvergüenzas'' (1949) * '' Vivillo desde chiquillo'' (1951) * '' Here Come the Freeloaders'' (1953) * '' The Seven Girls'' (1955)

As script writer

* '' Cantinflas boxeador'' (1940) * '' Cantinflas y su prima'' (1940) * '' Siempre listo en las tinieblas'' (1939)

Portrayals

Shilinsky was portrayed by Luis Gerardo Méndez in the 2014 film ''

''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shilinsky Bachanska, Estanislao 1911 births People from the Russian Empire Immigrants to Mexico Mexican male comedians Mexican male film actors Mexican male stage actors Deaths from emphysema 1985 deaths People from Radviliškis District Municipality 20th-century Mexican male actors 20th-century Mexican comedians 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers