Actor Alexei Mironov: biography, personal life

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Alexey Ivanovich Mironov in 1985 was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Films with Mironov were liked by the audience both in Soviet times and today.

The actor successfully coped with any job, but fans of his talent are used to seeing their idol in the form of a kind, simple person who, with his actions, even if they are not very good, disposes himself. The filmography of the artist is a very long list, it cannot be otherwise, because this talented person acted in films until the last days of his life.

Childhood

Alexei Ivanovich was born in the small village of Slobodka, Smolensk region in 1924, this joyful event in the Mironov family happened on January 3rd. Then the parents of little Alyosha moved to Moscow and settled between the Yaroslavl market and Sokolniki on Malomoskovskaya street. Since childhood, the boy had a burning desire to perform in front of the audience on stage, the impetus for this was the performance of a simple clown who made the visitors of the menagerie laugh at the market.

Being a schoolboy, Alexey, together with his classmate, came up with and staged a clowning game, which was approved by the audience. Inspired by such success, the guy actively performed on stage.school theater, then the talent of the actor developed in the theater studio in the House of Pioneers. When the play “Love Spring” was staged, Alexei Mironov played Tsar Ivan the Terrible himself in it.

Youth

Alyosha's youth was overshadowed by the war: at the time when the Germans attacked the Soviet Union, the guy was not even 17 years old, for this reason he was not taken to the front. Alexei Mironov did not resign himself to the fact that he had to sit out in the rear while others fought on the front lines. To be enrolled in the ranks of the Soviet army, the future actor attributed to himself 2 years and immediately fell into the thick of battles. For four years, Mironov fought for the Motherland, he reached Berlin itself, rising to the rank of officer.

After the end of the war, Alexei Ivanovich taught military science in Vienna at the School of NCOs. When 1946 was coming to an end, Mironov yearned for his native Moscow and, having retired from the Red Army, returned to the capital. Upon arrival in his hometown, a retired officer remembered his childhood dreams of an acting career and took the documents to GITIS. There were no problems with admission, Alexei became a student and even received an increased scholarship.

Alexey Mironov - theater actor

The profession of an actor was not easy for Alexei, but he stubbornly went forward. Studying in the third year, he already played on the stage of the Theater of the Revolution. A little later, he seriously took up directing and soon began to stage his own plays. The production of Resurrection was especially successful for him, but it never reached a large audience, Mironov did not have a punching vein, he did notcould aggressively promote his work. After many years of work in the theater, Alexei Ivanovich was completely disillusioned with the theatrical life, he was much more attracted to the world of cinema, to which he devoted his whole life.

Films with Mironov

Alexei liked acting in films much more than playing on the stage. The first significant role in his life was the role of the drunkard Guska in the film A Simple Story. The actor did an excellent job with this work, his partner in the film was Nonna Mordyukova. After the release of the picture on the screens, Alexei Mironov did not feel a lack of offers to act in films. He was noticed and appreciated as an actor's talent. Indeed, for the role of Guska, the artist almost did not make up and was able to show the audience a funny simple man in a cap, who was constantly looking for where to drink. Alexey admitted that while working on this image, he adopted a lot of things from Chaplin.

After such a successful start, Mironov was busy on the set every year. The actor had an ideal character, by his mere presence he brought a calm and peaceful atmosphere to the team, it was pleasant to work with him. Each role of Alexei Ivanovich was significant, although it was not considered the main one. Take, for example, the film "The meeting place cannot be changed." Here the actor played the good-natured driver Kopytin. It would seem that the role is inconspicuous, but the audience really liked the calm and responsible driver, only thanks to his coordinated actions Zheglov and Sharapov managed to catch up with the bandits from the gang in a decrepit carBlack Cat.

Mironov's filmography is very large, we will not list all the films now. But still I would like to note the following paintings with the participation of this talented actor: “Heart of a Dog”, “Business Trip”, “Citizens”, “Small Demon”, “Hippocratic Oath”. "Light of the Moon" and "Wedding" - this is the last picture in which Alexei Mironov was busy, she was released on the screens after the death of the actor.

Private life

The first experience of family life for Mironov was unsuccessful. He married in 1948 an actress in the same theater where he worked himself. After six years of living together, Alexei transferred to the Murmansk theater, but his wife did not want to go with him. She soon found another man and divorced her husband.

The second time the actor married a woman who was in no way related to the theater. Galina Anisimovna had several higher educations and was well versed in politics. The couple lived together for over forty years. From the theater, the actor was given an apartment, the family lived quietly and peacefully. The wife gave her husband a son and a daughter. Son Vladimir was educated at MIIT, and daughter Elena graduated from an art school. Galina and Alexei have three grandchildren.

Unfortunately, now the famous actor is not with us. In 1999, in November, Mironov Alexei Ivanovich died. Quite shortly before this sad date, the artist congratulated police officers with songs and dances on their professional holiday. Until the last moment, Mironov led an active lifestyle, appreciating every day he lived. The Moscow police took over the mainpart of the organization of the funeral of "old man Kopytin", a talented actor, was sent on his last journey with all honors.