Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili (born 26 September 1934) is a

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n stage and film actor.Олег Басилашвили «Дождевые псалмы»
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in 1984.

Biography

Childhood

He was born to a family of mixed

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, and Georgian origin. He is half Russian. Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili was born on 26 September 1934 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His father, named Valerian Basilashvili, was a director of the Moscow Polytechnical College. His mother, named Irina Ilyinskaya, was a teacher of linguistics.Первый канал. Документальный фильм Кирилла Набутова «Эх, был бы я полегкомысленнее…». Олег Басилашвили, один из самых парадоксальных актёров нашего времени — какой он в жизни? // 1tv.ru (18 сентября 2013 года)
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. In reality Basilashvili's maternal grandfather was a

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priest and an architect, who participated in the construction of the

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in Moscow. During the World War II, young Oleg Basilashvili was evacuated from Moscow to the Transcaucasian republic of Georgia. There he went to a primary school and lived with his paternal grandfather until the end of World War II.«Я — кухонная партнёрша Басилашвили». Галина Мшанская дала «Смене» интервью накануне 70-летия своего мужа — народного артиста СССР Олега Басилашвили. // smena.ru (24 сентября 2004 года)
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Acting career

In 1956, Oleg Basilashvili graduated from the Acting School of the

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, where he had studied under Pavel Massalsky. His group had many actors who would achieve fame in the future: among his fellows were Yevgeny Yevstigneyev,

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and Tatiana Doronina, his first wife. Together with Doronina, Basilashvili joined the troupe at the

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(BDT) in

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under the leadership of the legendary director

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. Since 1959 Basilashvili has been a permanent member of the troupe at the BDT in St. Petersburg. There his stage partners were such stars as Kirill Lavrov, Tatiana Doronina,

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, Lyudmila Makarova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Valentina Kovel,

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, Sergei Yursky, and many other remarkable Russian actors. Basilashvili's most memorable stage works were in the play ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'' based on the eponymous story of

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, ''

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'' by

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, and other classic plays directed by Tovstonogov.

Film career

Oleg Basilashvili shot to fame with his roles in films by director

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. They collaborated in such popular films as ''

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'' (1977), ''

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'' (1982), ''

Promised Heaven ''Promised Heaven'' () is a 1991 cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film is a fantastical social tragicomedy. Plot The movie is set in against the dusk of the Soviet Union and associated changes in economical a ...

'' (1991), and ''

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'' (1993), which became significant box-office hits. One of his most well-known film roles is the protagonist of

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's '' Autumn Marathon'' (1979). The film is a cross-genre comedy and melodrama with a bitter humor and satire of the Soviet life. Basilashvili plays a weak-willed man in his mid-life crisis, who is torn between two nice women, his wife and his mistress, and all three of them become entangled in the game of lies and personal demands, being at the same time strangled by the stagnant Soviet reality. The film became a Soviet classic, and premiered at the 1979 San Sebastián Film Festival. In the 1980s he appeared in eccentric films by

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. Those were ''Kurer'' (

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) (1987), ''Gorod Zero'' (Zero City) (1988), and ''Sny'' (Dreams) (1993). Dreams, a wild comedy about

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is especially remarkable: in it Basilashvili tried on several images, those of a noble count from the past, a pornographer and a rock star. In 2001, Oleg Basilashvili starred in Karen Shakhnazarov's comedy '' Poisons or the World History of Poisoning'' (2001). The actor performed both as pensioner Prokhorov and the Pope Alexander VI Borgia in it. Among the actor's other works of the early 21st century one can mention the role of Prof. Fyodorov in the historical film '' The Romanovs: An Imperial Family'' (2000) and General Yepanchin in the TV series ''The Idiot'' (2003) directed by

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after the famous novel by

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Political career

During the 1990s he was a visible political figure in Russia, and was elected the representative of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in 1990. Eventually he became a member of the pro-democratic group of representatives in the Russian Parliament, and a supporter of such politicians as

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and the first

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. He was a strong proponent of returning the original name to the city of

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. He quit politics after 2000, and focused on his acting career. He condemned the annexation of Crimea in 2014, and signed a public letter condemning the

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in support of Ukraine.

Selected filmography

* '' The Foundling'' (Подкидыш) as boy on the bike (1940) * ''The Bride'' (Невеста) as Andrey Andreevich (1956) * ''The Hot Soul'' (Горячая Душа) as Strelnikov (1959) * ''The Garnet Bracelet'' (Гранатовый Браслет) as Vasily Lvovich (1964) * ''Conspiracy of Ambassadors'' (Заговор Послов) as Robert Lockhart, head of the British mission (1965) * '' Older Sister'' (Старшая Сестра) as Oleg Medynsky (1966) * ''

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'' (Седьмой спутник) as arrested officer (1967) * ''The Living Corpse'' (Живой Труп) as Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin (1968) * ''Incredible Yehudiel Chlamyda'' (Невероятный Иегудиил Хламида) as Kosterin (1969) * '' The Ballad of Bering and His Friends'' (Баллада о Беринге и Его Друзьях) as Ivan Alekseevich Dolgorukov, Prince (1970) * '' The Return of Saint Luke'' (Возвращение «Святого Луки») as Yuri Konstantinovich Loskutov, engineer, antiques speculator (1970) * ''

Eternal Call ''Eternal Call'' () was a Soviet epic TV series. It was filmed by directors Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Uskov based on the novel of the same name by Anatoli Ivanov at Mosfilm Studios. It ran from June 2, 1976, to May 20, 1983, on the So ...

'' (Вечный зов) as Arnold Lakhnovsky (1973-1983) * '' Day of Admittance on Personal Matters'' (День Приёма по Личным Вопросам) as Dyatlov (1974) * ''Did You Call the Doctor?'' (Врача вызывали?) as Pyotr Ivanovich, head physician of polyclinic No. 8 (1974) * '' Take Aim'' (Выбор цели) as

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(1974) * ''Balloonist'' (Воздухоплаватель) as Dmitry Timofeevich Ptashnikov (1975) * '' A Slave of Love'' (Раба любви) as Savva Yakovlevich Yuzhakov, film producer (1976) * ''Always with me...'' (Всегда со мною…) as Vasily Antonovich Rubtsov (1976) * '' The Days of the Turbins'' (Дни Турбиных) as Vladimir Talberg (1976) * ''The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce'' (Жизнь и Смерть Фердинанда Люса) as Jürgen Kreutzman (1976) * ''Funny People!'' (Смешные Люди!) as Fedor Akimovich, investigator (1977) * ''

'' (Служебный роман) as Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, deputy director of a statistical institution (1977) * ''Colonel Chabert'' (Полковник Шабер) as Derville, lawyer (1978) * ''Robbery at the Midnight'' (Ограбление в Полночь) as "Chief" (1978) * ''There are no Special Signs'' (Особых Примет Нет) as Nikolaev (1978) * '' Autumn Marathon'' (Осенний марафон) as Andrey Buzykin (1979) * '' Say a Word for the Poor Hussar'' (...О бедном гусаре замолвите слово) as count Merzlyaev (1981) * ''

'' (Вокзал для двоих) as Platon Ryabinin (1982) * ''Together with Dunaevsky'' (Вместе с Дунаевским) (1984) * ''And then Came Bumbo...'' (И вот Пришёл Бумбо…) as Ilya Mitrofanovich, father of Sashenka (1984) * ''Complicity in Murder'' (Соучастие в Убийстве) as Thomas Hobson, Beth Tyson's wealthy lover (1985) * ''

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'' (Противостояние) as police colonel, criminal investigation officer, Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko (1985) * ''Uncle Vanya. Scenes From Village Life'' (Дядя Ваня. Сцены из Деревенской Жизни) as Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky (1986) * ''Face to Face'' (Лицом к Лицу) as Gadilin (1986) * ''

'' (Курьер) as writer Semyon Kuznetsov, Katya's father (1986) * ''End of the World Followed by Symposium'' (Конец Света с Последующим Симпозиумом) as Stanley Barrett (1987) * ''The Great Game'' (Большая Игра) as Brenner (1988) * '' Zerograd'' (Город Зеро) as writer Vasily Chugunov (1988) * ''Chernov/Chernov'' (Чернов/Chernov) as Vsevolod Yarmak (1990) * ''The Case'' (Дело) as Kandid Kastorovich Tarelkin (1991) * ''

'' (Небеса обетованные) as Fedor Stepanovich Yelistratov, Fima’s brother (1991) * ''Ticket to the Red Theater, or Death of a Gravedigger'' (Билет в Красный Театр, или Смерть Гробокопателя) as Police Lieutenant Colonel Kuznetsov (1992) * ''

'' (Предсказание) as writer Oleg Vladimirovich Goryunov (1993) * ''

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'' (Сны) as Count Dmitry Prizorov (1993) * '' Heads and Tails'' (Орёл и решка) as Professor Valentin Petrovich Savitsky (1995) * ''Judge'' ''in the Trap'' (Судья в Ловушке) as Squizem (1998) * ''What the Dead Man Said'' (Что Сказал Покойник) as mafia chief (1999) * '' Gangster Petersburg 2'' (Бандитский Петербург 2) as Lawyer, Nikolai Stepanovich Prokhorenko, prosecutor of St. Petersburg (episodes 1, 6-8) (2000) * '' The Romanovs: An Imperial Family'' (Романовы. Венценосная семья) as professor Sergey Fedorov (2000) * '' Poisons or the World History of Poisoning'' (Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений) as Prokhorov/

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(2001) * ''Under the Roofs of a Big City'' (Под Крышами Большого Города) as Dimov (2002) * ''

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'' (Азазель) as general Lavrenty Mizinov (2003) * ''

The Idiot ''The Idiot'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–1869. The titl ...

'' (Идиот) as general Ivan Yepanchin (2003) * ''Dear Masha Berezina'' (Дорогая Маша Березина) as Gennady Norstein (2004) * ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow (magazine), Moscow'' magazine in ...

'' (Мастер и Маргарита) as

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(2005) * ''Leningradets'' (Ленинградец) as Nikolai Savitsky (2005) * ''Sonya with Golden Hands'' (Сонька — Золотая Ручка) as Levit Sandanovich (2006) * ''

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'' (Ликвидация) as esoteric Igor Semenovich (2007) * ''

Don't Think About White Monkeys ''Don‘t Think About White Monkeys'' ("Не думай про белых обезьян") is a Russian social satirical tragicomedy film, directed by Yuri Mamin. The creators of the film define its genre as a tragic farce. The screenplay was w ...

'' (Не Думай про Белых Обезьян) as one of the Authors (2008) * Marevo (Марево) as Afanasy Ivanovich Tovstogub (2008) * ''Off the Hook'' (Взятки Гладки) as Mr. Vyshnevsky (2008) * ''Palm'' ''Sunday'' (Вербное Воскресенье) as Gennady Matveyevich Nikitin, Arthur's grandfather, member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (2009) * ''The New Adventures of Aladdin'' (Новые Приключения Аладдина) as Narrator (2011) * ''The Farmer'' (Хуторянин) as Pavel Ignatievich Sukhomlinov, owner (2013) * '' Without Borders'' (Без границ) (2015) as George * ''Didn't Expect'' (Не Ждали) as Innokenty Mikhailovich, musician (2019)

Awards and honors

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(1979) *

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest order of ...

: **2nd class (28 October 2019) **3rd class (5 February 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of fruitful activityУказ Президента Российской Федерации от 5 февраля 2009 года № 117 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников Федерального государственного учреждения культуры "Российский государственный академический большой драматический театр имени Г. А. Товстоногова", город Санкт-Петербург»
/ref> **4th class (13 February 2004) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art'Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 13 февраля 2004 года № 190 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников Российского государственного академического большого драматического театра имени Г. А. Товстоногова, город Санкт-Петербург»
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Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

(17 December 1994) - for services to the people associated with the development of Russian statehood, the achievements in labor, science, culture, arts, strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations *

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1969) *

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

(1977) *

(1984)Новая Российская энциклопедия: в 12 т. / Редкол.: А. Д. Некипелов, В. И. Данилов-Данильян, В. М. Карев и др. — М.: ООО «Издательство "Энциклопедия"» Т. 2 А — Баяр, 2005. — 960 с.: ил.Русский драматический театр: Энциклопедия / Под общ. ред. М. И. Андреева, Н. Э. Звенигородской, А. В. Мартыновой и др. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2001. — 568 с.: ил. *

Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR The Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR was an annual State Prize established by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) in 1965. Three Vasilyev Brothers prizes were awarded annually from 1966 unti ...

(1979) - for his role as Samokhvalov in the movie ''

'' * Prize of the Government of St. Petersburg in the field of literature, art and architecture * Gold Soffit Award for Best Actor (1997) * Golden Mask Award for Best Actor (2009) - the role of Prince K. in the play "Uncle's Dream" * International Theatre Prize in 2009 in the category "for his contribution to Russian theatre" * Honorary Member of

Russian Academy of Arts Russian Academy of Arts (RAA / rus. РАХ, Росси́йская акаде́мия худо́жеств) is the State scientific Institution of Russian Federation, eligible heir to the USSR Academy of Arts. A founder of RAA is the Governmen ...

* Presidential Order of Excellence (2010, Georgia) * Order of Honour (2014)Дмитрий Медведев вручил ордена Почета Алисе Фрейндлих и Олегу Басилашвили
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Notes

References

External links

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Biography of Oleg Basilashvili
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Biography and filmography of Oleg Basilashvili
on Peoples.ru {{DEFAULTSORT:Basilashvili, Oleg 1934 births 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Living people Male actors from Moscow Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Honorary members of the Russian Academy of Arts Moscow Art Theatre School alumni Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Nika Award Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR Russian people of Georgian descent Russian actor-politicians Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Russian male television actors Russian male voice actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male television actors Soviet male voice actors Union of Right Forces politicians Recipients of the Golden Mask