Andrei Mironov, films with which the audience of all countries of the former Soviet Union adore, lived a short but very bright life. His screen characters are full of life and charm. Despite the actor’s cheerful disposition, not everything in his life developed easily and smoothly. What difficulties did the famous artist face and why did he die so early?
Childhood and youth
Mironov Andrei from birth had a completely different surname - Menaker. Andrei's father, Alexander Menaker, was a famous pop artist. Mother - Maria Mironova - actress and star of the film Alexandrova "Volga-Volga".
The name of the future actor had to change in the 50s, when a wave of arrests of Jews swept through the Soviet Union in connection with the case of doctors. So Andrei Menaker turned into Andrei Mironov.
Despite the fact that Andrei grew up in a rather creative atmosphere, in childhood he was not keen on anything. According to the recollections of his mother, he only liked to portray a jazz musician playing on kitchen utensils.
In order to somehow occupy his son, his parents sent him to the screen tests in the film "Sadko" in 1952, but Mironov failed them. But the young man began performing in the amateur theater at school, and then in the Central Children's Theater in Moscow. And so the fateful decision was made to enter the Boris Schukin School. Mironov successfully auditioned and in the 60s he made his film debut.
60s creativity
Andrei Mironov played his first role in the film in 1960, taking part in the filming of the film “What if it's love?” The film was defeated by critics, but the audience was pleased with the work of the director Julius Raizman.
After graduating from the
Shchukin school, Mironov was accepted into the Moscow Satire Theater, in which the actor worked until the end of his life. However, the all-union glory to Andrei Alexandrovich was brought not by theatrical works, but by memorable roles in the cinema. Mironov was amazingly lucky with characters and good films. In his piggy bank there is such a huge number of paintings that have become classics that any Soviet celebrity could envy the actor.
In the 60s there were three such films. In 1963, the young Mironov starred in the comedy "Three Plus Two" by Heinrich Hovhannisyan. He gets the main role, and the companions of the actor on the stage are Natalia Kustinskaya, Natalya Fateeva, Evgeny Zharikov and Gennady Nilov.
In 1966, Mironov plays Dima Semitsvetov in the comedy of Eldar Ryazanov "Watch out for the car." In 1968, the legendary “Diamond Arm” was released, in which he also played a major role.
Andrei Mironov: films of the 70s
The 70s was opened by the comedy almanac “Family Happiness”, in which Mironov played the role of Fedor Sigaev in the novel “The Avenger”. But this work of the actor went unnoticed by critics.
But in 1973 Andrei Mironov gave his consent to shooting in the cult comedy of Eldar Ryazanov "The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia." The film is very fond of not only the Soviet audience, but Italian. It had everything: chases, fights, special effects, and even a living lion.
In 1974, Mironov starred in Leonid Kvinikhidze’s Straw Hat and hit the nail on the head: a musical film replenished the gold fund of Soviet cinema, and Andrei Mironov showed himself not only as a talented comedian, but also as a performer of musical compositions.
The end of the 70s can be safely called the golden time of Mironov: he starred in such hits as “Sky Swallows”, “12 Chairs”, “Ordinary Miracle” and “Three in a Boat, Not Counting a Dog”.
80s creativity
Despite the fact that Andrei Mironov was very popular, in the 80s there were few films with his participation that would leave a noticeable mark in Soviet cinema.
In 1980, the actor tries himself in a new genre for him and starred in the action movie "The Collapse of Operation Terror." The picture takes us in 1921 and reveals some facts from the biography of Felix Dzerzhinsky - a professional revolutionary and Soviet politician.
In the film by Eldar Ryazanov, “Say the word about a poor hussar,” Andrei Mironov reads an off-screen text. In 1981, the melodrama “Be My Husband” was released, where the actor plays the main role together with Elena Proklova. And in 1984, Mironov starred in a similar film - “The Blonde Around the Corner”, where Tatyana Dogileva became his partner on the stage .
The last film in which Mironov starred is “The Man from the Capuchin Boulevard”. In all of his recent works, some kind of acting fatigue is felt, and from this, the heroes of Mironov are increasingly becoming simply a victim of circumstances.
Actor discography
Andrei Mironov, whose songs were known and loved by Soviet viewers, released six records during his lifetime. The musical compositions that he performed were written by famous composers and poets as soundtracks for Soviet films. Later, all these songs were published on the music label "Melody".
In 1977, the first record was released, on which there were only 4 tracks. All of them were performed by Andrey Mironov. The songs “My Sail Whitens” and “Tango Rio” were written by Yu. Mikhailov and G. Gladkov for the movie “12 Chairs”. “Song of the Hat” and “Marrying” were hits from the film “Straw Hat”.
The first record of Mironov was very popular, therefore, in the same 1977 on the label "Melody" comes out its expanded, two-sided version, which generally contained 16 songs. Similar collections were published in 1980 and 1982.
Andrey Mironov: wives
Mironov was successful in his acting career and, of course, was considered the favorite of beautiful ladies.
He first married in 1971,
actress Ekaterina Gradova. Gradova is known to viewers for the role of radio operator Kat in the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring." Their marriage lasted only five years. The daughter of Andrei Mironov - Maria Mironova - was born in 1973. At the moment, she is a famous Russian actress. The last work of Maria Mironova on television - participation in the series "Homeland", where she played a major role together with Vladimir Mashkov and Victoria Isakova.
The second daughter of Andrei Mironov is Maria Golubkina. She was born in the same year as Maria Mironova and is the stepdaughter of the famous actor. He married the mother of little Masha Mironov in 1977. She also turned out to be an actress. Larisa Golubkina is famous for her role as Shurochka Azarova in Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy “The Hussar Ballad”. With his second wife, Mironov remained until his death.
Death
Andrei Mironov is an actor who actually died on stage during the performance. It happened on August 14, 1987. The Moscow Satire Theater at that time was on tour in Riga. Almost at the end of the play "Crazy Day, or the Marriage of Figaro" Mironov lost consciousness. When he was hospitalized, doctors diagnosed with "extensive cerebral hemorrhage." And although they fought for the life of the actor until the last, he died two days later, never regaining consciousness.
Such an early death was a real shock to fans of the actor and his colleagues. But fortunately, he left behind so many good songs and wonderful films that, it seems, the audience will remember Mironov for more than a dozen years.