Anatoli Romashin
| Anatoli Romashin | |
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| Born |
Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin January 1, 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Died |
August 8, 2000 (aged 69) Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Years active | 1955–2000 |
Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin (Russian: Анато́лий Влади́мирович Рома́шин; 1931–2000) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. Winner of USSR State Prize (1977). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982).
Biography
Anatoli Romashin was born in Leningrad on 1 January 1931. His father was a Russian, mother was an Estonian. His brother Vladimir (1932-2012) was an opera singer. He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of Victor Stanitsyn) in 1959.[1] Since 1959 - an actor Mayakovsky Theatre.
The actor became widely recognized after the release of the 1974 Elem Klimov's film Agony, where Romashin played the role of Nicholas II.[2]
In recent years, he played in the Moscow Luna Theater under the directorship of Sergei Prokhanov.
According to critics, Romashin was the perfect actor for the role of a Russian intelligent. His artistic career included a lot of such roles.[2]
He was killed in an accident on the evening of August 8, 2000 near the town of Pushkino, Moscow region - the actor was impaled by a huge old pine, that he was trying to chainsaw on his dacha. He was buried on the Vagankovo Cemetery.[3] Six months later the dacha was destroyed by fire.[4][5]
Selected filmography
- The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965) as Dr. Wolf
- The Seventh Companion (1967) as white officer
- Strong with Spirit (1967) as Oberleutnant
- Agony (1974) as emperor Nicholas II
- Anna Pavlova (1983) as Alexandre Benois