Vladimir Kenigson. Biography, work in theater and cinema, personal life

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Our article is dedicated to the People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Kenigson. This unique person lived a long and eventful creative life and left a bright mark on the culture of the country. His biography, personal life and work in the theater and cinema will be discussed further.

Short biography of Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson

Kenigson VV was born in 1907, October 25, in Simferopol. His father was Vladimir Petrovich Kenigson, a nobleman, a barrister, a Swede by origin, and the mother of the future artist was a woman from the people, a cook who was not even literate.

Father died early, and little Volodya Kenigson lived alone with his mother. She worked in the Cheka as a cleaner. A small family of two lived in the attic above the apartment of the chairman of the Cheka, Papanin. They lived very poorly.

Mother was able to get Volodya into the Simferopol gymnasium, where he could only study for 4 years. Despite incomplete education and upbringing in a poor family, Kenigson had an innate aristocracy and noble appearance, which he inherited from his father.

These qualities, coupled with outstanding acting skillsallowed Kenigson to enter the Simferopol Theater in 1925. There he first studied in a training studio, and then took part in performances. Later, Vladimir Kenigson had to live and play in theaters in other cities. For some time the actor successfully worked in Dnepropetrovsk.

During the war, the artist, together with the evacuated theater from Dnepropetrovsk, ended up in Barnaul. In that city, fate gave him a meeting with the famous Tairov. The director, together with the artists of the Moscow Chamber Theater, also lived at that time in Barnaul, in evacuation.

Vladimir Kenigson invited Tairov to attend performances with his participation. Later, the actors of the Chamber Theater, who were present at those events, recalled that Kenigson played on stage so professionally and convincingly that this made the director want to include him in his troupe and take him to Moscow.

In the Chamber, the actor served until 1949 (before the closure of the theater). After which he entered the Academic Maly Theater. At this time, he begins to act in films.

Theatrical work of the actor

From his first steps on the famous stage of the Maly Theater, Vladimir Kenigson becomes a leading actor. He plays a lot in the classical repertoire. Colleagues loved him and spoke of him as a great partner and inimitable artist.

The most famous theatrical roles of actor Vladimir Kenigson:

• Krechinsky ("Krechinsky's Wedding").
• Kuchumov ("Mad Money").
• Judas ("Lord Golavlev").
• Stein ("Vanity Fair").
• Petr ("The Power of Darkness").
• Hoarse ("Optimistic Tragedy").
• Pasqualino ("Christmas in Signor Cupiello's House").
• Chicherin ("Confession") and others

In 1956, Kenigson tried himself as a theater director and staged a play based on the play by Savageon - "Night Trouble".

Working in movies

Vladimir Kenigson's talent was embodied in a whole series of cinematic works that brought the actor recognition and love from a wide audience. The most striking film work of Kenigson:

• "Fall of Berlin".
• "Emergency Assignment".
• "Two tickets for the night show".
• "Right of first signature".
• "Explosion after midnight".
• "Major Whirlwind".
• "Seventeen Moments of Spring".
• "The Flight of Mr. McKinley".
• "Last Victim".
• "Makropulos remedy".
• "Coast".
• "Gorgon Head".
• "Experts are investigating".

Dub actor

Vladimir Kenigson worked hard on dubbing foreign films and Soviet animated films. Louis de Funes, Jean Gabin, Toto and other stars of world cinema speak in his voice. Koenigson was called the dubbing ace.

Personallife

Vladimir Kenigson met his future wife back in the pre-war years, in Dnepropetrovsk. They played together in the local theater. The girl's name was Nina Chernyshevskaya. She, like Kenigson, did not have a special acting education, but thanks to her talent she was able to become a theater star in Dnepropetrovsk.

When Vladimir Kenigson fell in love with Nina, she was married. After her divorce, the couple in love registered their relationship. The marriage between Kenigson and Chernyshevskaya was concluded in 1938.

In 1939, the couple had a daughter, who was named Natalia. Subsequently, she became a successful actress, served at the Maly Theater, then at the Taganka Theater. Natalya Vladimirovna Kenigson - the daughter of Vladimir Kenigson - was married to the famous actor Alexei Eibozhenko.

Departure

After the death of the actor in 1986, his relatives said that he never complained about his he alth, he was very patient. Once he suffered a heart attack on his feet, which became clear only a few days later, after an electrocardiogram was taken. With a sick heart, the actor continued to work in the theater and act in films.

Vladimir Kenigson died in Moscow, in a hospital. Shortly before his death, the attending physician decided to test the memory of his famous patient and asked Koenigson to give his name. The actor could not answer, but said: "Like Mayakovsky …". On November 17, he passed away.

Vladimir Kenigson was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery. Next to him lies his son-in-law in the ground -Alexey Eibozhenko, who left this world at a young age, in 1980.