Stanislav Andreyevich Lyubshin (russian: link=no, Станислав Андреевич Любшин; born 6 April 1933) is a Russian
actor
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,
film director
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, and
People's Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orches ...
(1981).
Life
Stanislav Lyubshin is a Russian actor whose recognition came after his role of a spy in ''
Shchit i mech'' (1968).
He was born Stanislav Andreevich Lyubshin on 6 April 1933 in the village of Vladykino, a suburb of Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. His father, Andrei Lyubshin, was an agricultural
engineer
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, his mother was a
milkmaid
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. Young Lyubshin was fond of theatre, he was encouraged by his parents and joined the drama class at his school. From 1955-1959 he studied acting at
Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School
The Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute) is a drama school associated with the State Academic Maly Theatre in Moscow. It was established in 1809 by decree of Alexander I of Russia.
History
Since 1938, the school ...
in Moscow, graduating in 1959 as an actor.
Lyubshin made his film debut in 1959, while a student, in ''
There Will Be No Leave Today'' (1959), by directors
Andrey Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
and
Aleksandr Gordon
Aleksandr Vitalyevich Gordon (russian: Алексaндр Витaльевич Гордoн; pronunciation: ) (26 December 1931 – 7 December 2020) was a Soviet filmmaker and Russian author.
Biography
Gordon was a classmate of Andrey Tarkovskiy a ...
. He shot to fame in the Soviet Union with the leading role as Weiss/Belov, a Russian spy in
Nazi Germany
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, in the popular film ''Щит и Меч'' (1968) by director
Vladimir Basov
Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (russian: link=no, Владимир Павлович Басов; 28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1983).
Biography
Vladimir Basov was ...
. During the 1960s and 1970s, Lyubshin was among the most popular actors of the Soviet cinema.
From 1959 - 1964 Lyubshin was member of the troupe at "Sovremennik" Theatre in Moscow. There he was stage partner of
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (russian: Олег Павлович Табаков; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Biography
Tabako ...
,
Oleg Yefremov
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,
Evgeni Evstigneev,
Galina Volchek
Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR ...
, Viktor Sergachev,
Oleg Dal
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He acted in films, from classics of drama to fairy tales and adventures. His most popular works inclu ...
,
Igor Kvasha
Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the ...
,
Valentin Gaft
Valentin Iosifovich Gaft (russian: Валенти́н Ио́сифович Гафт; 2 September 1935 – 12 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).
Biography Early life and education
Gaft was ...
, and others. From 1964 - 1967 he was member of the
Taganka Theatre
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History
The Drama a ...
company in Moscow. There his stage partners were actors including
Vladimir Vysotsky
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,
Valeriy Zolotukhin,
Leonid Filatov
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,
Alla Demidova
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,
Veniamin Smekhov
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,
Ivan Bortnik
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,
Natalya Sayko
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Selected filmography
* ''Confrontation'' (Противосто� ...
,
Nikolai Gubenko
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, and others.
Since 1981 Lyubshin has been permanent member with the
Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT named after A. Chekhov). There his stage partners were Russian actors including
Mark Prudkin
Mark Isaakovich Prudkin (russian: link=no, Марк Исаакович Прудкин; 14 September 1898 – 24 September 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1961). Hero of Socialist Labor (19 ...
,
Angelina Stepanova, Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Vasili Toporkov, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and many of the next generation MKhAT actors. His best known stage appearances included his roles in the classic plays by
Anton Chekhov
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, such as ''
The Cherry Orchard
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'', ''
The Three Sisters'' and ''Ivanov'', among other plays.
Stanislav Lyubshin was designated People's Actor of Russia, and was decorated with the Order of Service to Fatherland.
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/ref> He is living and working in Moscow, Russia.
Filmography
* '' There Will Be No Leave Today'' (''Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet'', 1959)
* ''The Third Flare
''The Third Flare'' (russian: Третья ракета) is a 1963 Soviet World War II film directed by :ru:Викторов, Ричард Николаевич, Richard Viktorov.
Plot
The film tells about people who, being in the same trench, op ...
'' (''Tretya raketa'', 1963)
* ''If You Are Right...'' (''Esli ty prav...'', 1963)
* '' Bolshaya ruda'', 1964
* '' Alpine Ballad'' (''Alpiyskaya ballada'', 1965)
* ''What is the Sea?'' (''Kakoe ono, more?'', 1966)
* ''I Am Twenty
''I Am Twenty'' (russian: Мне двадцать лет, translit. ''Mne dvadtsat let'') is a 1965 drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev. It is Khutsiev's most famous film and considered a landmark of 1960s Soviet cinema.
The film was orig ...
'' (''Mne dvadtsat let'', 1966)
* ''The Shield and the Sword'' (''Shchit i mech'', 1968)
* ''Red Square. Two Stories About Workers' and Peasants' Army'' (''Krasnaya ploshchad. Dva rasskaza o raboche-krestyanskoy armii'', 1971)
* ''First Love'' (''Pervaya lyubov'', 1971)
* ''My Life'' (''Moya zhizn'', 1972)
* ''Happy Go Lucky'' (''Pechki-lavochki'', 1972)
* ''Monologue'' (''Monolog'', 1973)
* ''Wolz — Life and Illusion of a German Anarchist'' (''Wolz - Leben und Verklärung eines deutschen Anarchisten'', 1974)
* ''Ksenia, Fedor's Beloved Wife'' (''Ksenia, lubimaya zhena Fyodora'', 1974)
* ''A Sentimental Story'' (''Sentimentalnyy roman
''Sentimental Romance'' (russian: Сентиментальный роман, Sentimentalny roman) is a 1976 Soviet romantic drama directed by Igor Maslennikov. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
The film is ...
, 1977)
* ''Speech for the Defence'' (''Slovo dlia zashchity'', 1977)
* '' Call Me from Afar'' (''Pozovi menya v dal' svetluyu'', 1978)
* ''Vstrecha'' (1979)
* ''The Theme'' (''Tema'') (1979)
* ''Step'' (1979)
* ''Five Evenings
Five Evenings (russian: Пять вечеров, Pyat vecherov) is a Soviet drama film by Nikita Mikhalkov in 1978 based on the same name play by Aleksandr Volodin.
Plot
Tamara lives with her nephew Slavik, whose mother died in the war. Tamara ...
'' (''Pyat vecherov'' 1979)
* ''Don't Shot White Swans'' (''Ne strelyayte v belykh lebedey'', 1980)
* ''We Are Cheerful, Happy, Talented!'' (''My vesely, schastlivy, talantlivy!'') (1986)
* ''Kin-Dza-Dza
''Kin-dza-dza!'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, Кин-дза-дза!) is a 1986 Soviet film released by the Mosfilm studio and directed by Georgiy Daneliya, with a story by Georgiy Daneliya and Revaz Gabriadze.
Plot
The story begins in 1980s ...
'' (1986)
* ''Joys of the Youth
Joys of the Youth (russian: Забавы молодых, Zabavy molodykh) is a 1987 Soviet drama film.
Plot
In order to get a credit for physical education, which they skipped, the company of students of the technical school persuaded classmate ...
'' (''Zabavy molodykh'') (1987)
* ''The Black Monk
"The Black Monk" (russian: Чёрный монах, translit=Chyorny monakh) is a short story by Anton Chekhov, written in 1893 while Chekhov was living in the village of Melikhovo. It was first published in 1894 in '' The Artist'', one of the l ...
'' (1988)
* ''Vechnyy muzh'' (1989)
* ''Kanuvshee vremya'' (1989)
* ''Shkura'' (1991)
* ''Nelyubov'' (1991)
* '' Tsar Ivan the Terrible'' (1991)
* ''See Paris And Die'' (''Uvidet Parizh i umeret'') (1992)
* ''The Smoke'' (''Dym'') (1992)
* ''Bolshoy kapkan, ili Solo dlya koshki pri polnoy lune'' (1992)
* ''Tsar Ivan the Terrible'' (1993)
* ''Idiot's Dreams'' (''Mechty idiota'') (1993)
* ''Terra incognita'' (1994)
* ''Tsarevich Aleksei'' (1996)
* ''Movie About Movie'' (''Kino pro kino'') (2002)
* ''The Country Estate'' (2004)
* ''Lie Detector For Sale'' (''Prodayotsya detektor lzhi'') (2005)
* ''Rieltor'' (2005)
* ''Antikiller D.K: Lyubov bez pamyati'' (2009)
* ''He's a Dragon
''He's a Dragon'' or ''He is Dragon'' (russian: Он – дракон, On – drakón), also in English territories titled as ''I Am Dragon'', and in Germany ''Dragon: Love is a Scary Tale'', is a 2015 Russian 3D romantic fantasy adventure film w ...
'' (2015)
* ''Godunov'' (2018-2019)
Family
* First wife Svetlana Deziderovna Lubshina (died)
** Son - Yuri Lyubshin, cinematographer (born February 24, 1955).
** The bride - Elena Aminova, an actress.
*** Granddaughter - Daria Lubshina, director, actress.
** Son - Vadim Lyubshin, actor (born October 5, 1964).
* Second wife - Irina Lubshina (Korneeva), a journalist.
References
External links
*
Moscow Art Theatre, official site - stage portfolio
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1933 births
Living people
Soviet male film actors
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Male actors from Moscow
20th-century Russian male actors
21st-century Russian male actors
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
People's Artists of Russia