In Soviet cinema there were many actors who, for the most part, played supporting roles, but at the same time were remembered by a wide range of viewers. Alexander Yanvarev just refers to such film actors. His face is known to almost every resident of our country and the post-Soviet space, but few people know him by name.
Actor surname history
Around the last name of Alexander there are many rumors. The most common information is that this surname was given by employees of the orphanage. Allegedly in January they found a baby on the doorstep. But this is only a myth that appeared due to
an unusual surname.Alexander Yanvarev was born in Moscow in 1940, on October 23. His family was prosperous and friendly. Several generations of the ancestors of the Soviet actor were icon painters, and the great-grandfather Yanuari gave the beginning of the surname.
Several years ago, in support of the fact that Alexander Yanvarev was never a foundling, the actor’s relatives disclosed information about the burial places of the actor’s parents. They rest in Moscow at the Kuzminsky cemetery.
Acting Training
At the age of 26, Alexander Yanvarev completed his studies at one of the country's most famous acting institutes - VGIK. Interestingly, the course did not have a permanent curator. Over the years of training, Alexander changed three whole mentors:
• Yuri Pobedonostsev;
• Jacob Segel;
• Boris Babochkin.
Actress
Tamara Sovchi in one of her interviews noted that not a single person on the course had a destiny. Some of the actors worked after graduation at the Taganka Theater, and the rest scattered around the world. None of Alexander's classmates became truly popular.
Most memorable roles
Alexander Yanvarev is an actor who very quickly found his role. Despite the fact that in life he was a very gentle person, the directors revealed him, first of all, as a negative character. During his career, this actor has played a lot of vile people, liars and hooligans. The audience most remembered the role of Alexander in the film “Two Tickets for a Day Session”. There he played Sirotin and made it so that the whole country believed in the corruption of this man.
Many began to recognize Alexander in person after the film "Adolescents in the Universe", where he played the role of brother Pashka. People born in the late eighties can remember such a character, since this film was often broadcast on the main channels of public television before the beginning of the 2000s. Small, but memorable roles can be attributed to the designer played by Alexander from "Do not go to marry a girl."
Particularly noted by Alexander Yanvarev films "Belarusian Station" and "There is no turning back." In the latter, he played the role of Gonto, which, according to the actor, was the most successful in his entire career. He compared this character with
Prince Myshkin from Dostoevsky's The Idiot. Myshkin himself did not succeed in playing Alexander, although he aspired to this role throughout his career.
For 27 years in the cinema, Alexander took part in 69 films. He himself admitted that over the years of work, it was not possible to play only a devil. His track record includes criminals, terrorists, and police officers.
The last years of the life of Alexander Yanvarev
In the early nineties in Russia began to produce other films. Instead of patriotic paintings, militants about bandits began to shoot. Alexander called them vulgar hooligans and at the stage of familiarizing himself with the script, he refused roles in the cinema of modern times. He was not forgotten and was offered roles for a long time, but the actor was adamant - he could not step over himself.
At this time, Alexander Yanvarev, whose personal life always remained in the shadows, was addicted to alcohol. He was drawn to the stage, but made himself unsuitable for filming. The first few years the actor was still reading scripts and felt more or less in demand, and then Hollywood films became available to the Russian audience and the name of Alexander Yanvarev was completely forgotten.
The actor himself said that life itself had prepared for him a dramatic role, although he did not wait for such a movie. Alexander lived his last years, like many other Soviet actors, with a small pension and a complete lack of savings for a decent life. From a brilliant career, only pride and
self-pity remained
. Alexander Ivanovich lived to be 64 years old. He died in Moscow
on February 11, 2005.