Andrei Mironov (actor) facts for kids
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Andrei Mironov
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Mironov as Ostap Bender in the 1976 TV version of The Twelve Chairs.
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Andrei Alexandrovich Menaker
March 7, 1941 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Died | August 16, 1987 (aged 46) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
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| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, tv presenter |
| Years active | 1960–1987 |
| Spouse(s) | Yekaterina Gradova Larisa Golubkina |
Andrei Alexandrovich Mironov (born March 7, 1941 – died August 16, 1987) was a very famous actor from the Soviet Union. He starred in many popular Soviet films. Some of his most well-known movies include The Diamond Arm, Beware of the Car, and Twelve Chairs. Mironov was also a talented and popular singer.
A Star's Journey
Andrei Mironov was born in Moscow. His parents, Maria Mironova and Alexander Menaker, were also well-known actors. Andrei followed in their footsteps. He studied acting at the Vakhtangov Theatre School in the early 1950s. Later, from 1958 to 1962, he attended the Moscow Shchukin School.
After finishing his studies, Mironov joined the Moscow Theatre of Satire. He was a main actor there from 1962 until 1987. His first film role was in What If This Is Love? in 1961. He became very successful and received important awards. On December 18, 1980, he was given the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. This is a very high honor for actors in Russia. He also received the Medal "For Labour Valour".
Andrei Mironov was loved for his roles in films by famous directors. These included Eldar Ryazanov, Leonid Gaidai, and Mark Zakharov. He was great at comedy and could play many different types of characters. He played everything from a government worker to a romantic spy or a clever con man.
Sadly, Mironov passed away while on tour in Latvia in 1987. He was performing the main role in the play The Marriage of Figaro when he became unwell. He was taken to a hospital. He died two days later from bleeding in his brain. This was due to a problem he had since birth. His death happened just nine days after his close friend and fellow actor, Anatoli Papanov, also passed away.
Family Life
Andrei Mironov's parents, Alexander Menaker and Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, were a famous comedy team. Andrei was married two times. His first wife was Yekaterina Gradova. They had a daughter named Maria Mironova. His second wife was Larisa Golubkina. She was a singer and actress. Larisa was famous for her role in the film Hussar Ballad. Both Andrei's daughter, Maria Mironova, and his adopted daughter, Maria Golubkina, became successful actors in Russian cinema.
Lasting Impact
Andrei Mironov's legacy lives on. A minor planet was named after him. It is called 3624 Mironov. This planet was discovered by Soviet astronomers Lyudmila Karachkina and Lyudmila Zhuravleva in 1982.
Film Roles
- What If This Is Love? (1962) as Pyotr
- My Younger Brother (1962) as Yura Popov
- Three Plus Two (Три плюс два, 1962) as Roman
- Two Sundays (1963) as Journalist (uncredited)
- A year like a life (1966) as Friedrich Engels
- Beware of the Car (Берегись автомобиля, 1966) as Dima Semitsvetov
- The Mysterious Wall (1967) as Valya
- The Literature Lesson (1968)
- To Love (1968, TV Movie) as Anton
- The Diamond Arm (Бриллиантовая рука, 1968) as Gennadiy Kozodoyev
- Lyubit... (1969)
- Family Happiness (1970) as Fyodor Sigaev
- Umeyete li vy zhit? (1970) as Attendant (uncredited)
- Dve ulybki (1970)
- Derzhis za oblaka (1971) as Tukman tábornok
- The Shadow (1971) as Caesar Borgia, journalist, man eater
- The Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof (1971, TV Movie) as Rulle
- Property of the Republic (Достояние республики, 1972) as Shilovsky aka Marquis
- Grandads-Robbers (Старики-разбойники, 1972) as Yury Proskudin
- Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России, 1974) as Andrei Vasiliev
- Starye steny (1974) as Arkadiy Nikolayevich
- Mad Day or the Marriage of Figaro (1974, TV Movie) as Figaro
- The Straw Hat (Соломенная шляпка, 1974, TV Mini-Series) as Leonidas Fadinar
- Small comedies of the big house (1974, TV Movie) as Husband (segment 2)
- Lev Gurych Sinichkin (1974, TV Movie)
- Repeated Wedding (1975, TV Movie) as Boris Andreyevich Vyazovnin
- Pages of the Pechorin's diary (1975, TV Movie)
- Step forward (1976) as Markel
- Povtornaya svadba (1976) as Ilya Fyodorovich
- Blue Puppy (Голубой щенок, 1976, Short) as Black Cat (voice)
- Heavenly Swallows (1976) as Célestin / Floridor
- The Twelve Chairs (12 стульев, 1977, TV Mini-Series) as Ostap Bender
- An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1977, TV Movie) as Minister Administrator
- Three Men in a Boat (1979, TV Movie) as Jerome K. Jerome
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1979) (voice)
- Appointment (1980, TV Series)
- Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (О бедном гусаре замолвите слово…, 1980) as Narrator (voice)
- Krakh operatsii Terror (1981)
- Be my husband (Будьте моим мужем, 1982) as Victor
- Faratyev's Fantasies (1982, TV Movie) as Faryatyev
- Revisor (Inspector) (1982, TV Movie) as Khlestakov
- The Story of Voyages (Сказка странствий, 1982) as Orlando
- Somewhere in Provincial Garden (1983, TV Movie)
- The Blonde Around the Corner (Блондинка за углом, 1984) as Nikolay Gavrilovich Poryvaev
- Victory (1984)
- My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин, 1984) as Khanin
- Pobeda (1985) as Charles Bright
- A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Человек с бульвара Капуцинов, 1987) as Johnny First
- The Pathfinder (1987) as Sanglis
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A stamp from Russia featuring Andrei Mironov.
