Igor Vladimirov is a famous film and theater actor. He became famous as a director and teacher. On the stage, he played in 12 performances, and in his cinematic piggy bank thirty-three films. As a director, Igor Petrovich proved himself not only in the theater, but also in the cinema. He staged over 70 performances and shot about 10 films. The outstanding actor and director Vladimirov tried his hand as a screenwriter.
Childhood
Igor Vladimirov was born on January 1, 1919 in the city of Yekaterinoslav, which is now called the Dnieper. It is known that almost immediately after his birth the whole family moved to Kharkov.
Education
Since 1932, the whole family of the future famous actor and director lived in Leningrad. Four years after the move, Igor Vladimirov, whose photo is in this article, graduates from high school. And immediately enters the shipbuilding institute. He graduated in 1943, having received the specialty of civil engineer.
And in 1945 he entered the Theater Institute of the city of Leningrad, choosing the acting department. Igor Petrovich fell into the class of the famous theater director Meyerhold and Vladimir Merkuryev. Already in 1948, he successfully completed his studies.
War in the life of an actor
With the outbreak of war, the life of a young student Vladimirov changed dramatically, since already in early July 1941 he became a volunteer of the third rifle regiment of the people's militia army. Together with his second rifle division, he fought on the Leningrad Front. For his military merits and courage, he was awarded orders and medals. In 1943, Igor Vladimirov was demobilized, since he needed to defend his diploma at the institute.
Work in the design office
Since 1943, Igor Vladimirov worked for two years at the Central Design Bureau. He was an engineer. But at the end of 1944 he was transferred to Leningrad, where until 1947 he also worked as an engineer. But he soon realized that he still did not like the profession of an engineer, and all this time Igor Petrovich was drawn to the theater.
Theatrical career
In 1948, Igor Vladimirov, an actor whom the whole country knows and loves, begins to work in the regional operetta theater of the city of Leningrad. For two years, he successfully combines this work with work in a touring theater.
But in 1949, Igor Petrovich transferred to the Lenkom Theater. Basically, the novice actor Vladimirov was given the roles of young heroes. In total, on the stage of this theater, he played in four performances. So, this is the role of Boris in the theatrical production of Thunderstorm, Lopukhov in the play New People and others.
In the same 1949, the new director Georgy Tovstonogov came to the theater, who completely occupied the talented actor in his performances. So, Georgy Alexandrovich began to gradually introduce him to the director's profession, teaching him the basics.
In 1960, moving to the Lensovet Theater, actor Vladimirov played in 8 performances. So, he played Gaev in the theatrical production of The Cherry Orchard, Bagorycha in the play “Whose are you old man?”, Professor Preobrazhensky in the play “Dog Heart” and others.
Cinematic life
Igor Vladimirov, in films with which the audience is always interested, began acting in films, began in 1950. In the popular science film "Atom" he had a small role. In 1955, he also played a student in the biographical film "Rimsky-Korsakov" directed by Grigory Roshal and Gennady Kazansky.
But he played the main role only in 1956 in the film "The Secret of Two Oceans" directed by Konstantin Pipinashvili. The image of Andrey Skvoreshny was created by him so talented that job offers from various directors soon appeared. The prominent actor played the main roles in such films as “Gray Disease” directed by Yakov Segel, “Your Contemporary” directed by Yuri Raizman, where Igor Petrovich talented embodied the image of the communist Vasily Gubanov, “The Hottest Month” and others.
The most prominent role in the movie of the outstanding actor Vladimirov was Fedor Tsvetkov in the film “Inspector Losev” directed by Oleg Goyd. The movie, which was released in 1982, tells how the crime is being investigated. Colonel Tsvetkov must unravel the murder of a maid in a hotel. The role of actor Vladimirov is also interesting in the film "Tales ... tales ... tales of the old Arbat" directed by Savva Kulish, where Igor Petrovich played Fedor Balyasnikov.
Directorial activity
In 1956, actor Vladimirov transferred to the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater . He went there for his director-mentor Georgy Tovstonogov. In this theater, he worked for four years as a trainee director and was able to stage several performances on his own. But as a director at the same time, he realized himself in other theaters. For example, in the Theater of Musical Comedy, Lenkom and others.
During this time, he staged six performances on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama: “When Acacia Blossoms”, “Kremlin Chimes” and others. On the Lenkom stage there are four performances: "The death of the squadron", "Little student" and others. On the stage of the musical comedy theater, he staged the performance “The Winged Postman”. But on the stage of the Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater, Igor Petrovich presented two theatrical productions: "Random Encounters" and "Time to Love."
But already in 1960, Igor Petrovich transferred to the Lensoviet Theater of the city of Leningrad both as the main director and as his artistic director. Despite the fact that the theater was in crisis at that time, Igor Vladimirov, the director who was able to stage many interesting performances, was not afraid of responsibility and worked here until the end of his life.
On the stage of the Lensovet Theater, director Vladimirov staged over 70 performances. These are such productions as Pygmalion, Romeo and Juliet, Dowry, and others.
But as a director Igor Petrovich proved himself not only in the theater, but also in the cinema. Since 1964, director Vladimirov has also shot films. Just in his piggy bank nine paintings. The debut directorial work of Igor Petrovich can be called the film "The Man from Stratford", which was released in 1964. Among his works are films such as “The Taming of the Shrew,” “Fifteen,” “Baby,” and others.
The most significant directorial work of Vladimirov in cinema was the musical fairy tale for adults “Extra ticket”, which was released in 1983. The main roles in this film were played by Mikhail Boyarsky, Elena Solovey and the director himself. The plot of the film develops after the wedding of two lovers. A month after the marriage, they begin to quarrel, and here comes the wizard who helps everyone, but at the same time he is completely unhappy.
Personal life
Actor Vladimirov was married three times. The first wife of the famous actor and director was actress Zinaida Sharko. In this marriage, Igor Petrovich had a son, Ivan. The second chosen one of the outstanding actor Vladimirov was Alice Freindlich. Igor Petrovich met Alisa Brunovna at the Lensovet Theater, where together they played in several performances. In this marriage, the famous actors had a daughter, Barbara, who followed in the footsteps of her parents and also became an actress. The third wife was also the actress Inessa Perelygina, who was forty-four years younger than Igor Petrovich.
In the last years of his life, Igor Vladimirov, whose personal life was also connected with the theater, was seriously ill. He often lay in hospitals, and even he had several surgeries. The outstanding actor Vladimirov died in late March 1999.