Yuri Grebenshchikov is a Soviet theater and film actor, remembered by the audience for the images of brave men in uniform. He is especially famous for such films as "Rooks", "Foreword to the Battle", "Experts lead the investigation" and others.
Early biography
Yuri Grebenshchikov was born in 1937 in Sverdlovsk. War broke out shortly after his birth. The boy grew up in a large family, the head of which went to fight at the front, putting up with hunger and other troubles. But years later, the war ended, and Yuri's father, fortunately for everyone, returned home alive. It was Grebenshchikov Sr. who was involved in raising his son, making him a real man.
Closer to graduation, Yuri became interested in acting, attending the drama club. At the same time, he mastered playing the guitar and singing, so he coped well even with difficult creative roles. Once an experienced troupe from the Moscow Art Theater visited Sverdlovsk in search of new talents. It was Yuri Grebenshchikov who became one of the few who was invited to study at the famous studio school. In 1955, he was enrolled in a university and began to confidently go towards his goal - to become a real actor.
Playing on stage and filming
After training, Yuri Grebenshchikov became an artist of the Moscow Drama Theater. Stanislavsky, in which many famous Soviet actors began their careers. He managed to fully reveal himself in 1978, when the talented director Anatoly Vasiliev came to the theater. Under his leadership, Grebenshchikov brilliantly played roles in the performances "The Grown Daughter of a Young Man" and "Vassa Zheleznova". In 1982, already being comrades, they went to work at the Taganka Theater, where they again demonstrated the wonders of the performing arts.
In the 80s, Yuri Grebenshchikov's film career began. He played prominent roles in the films "Rooks", "Valentina", "Sashka", "The Man from the Green Country", "Special Forces" and others. He was perfectly given the role of slightly shabby life, but at the same time intelligent and sensitive men who were a real support for other heroes. He could equally well play the images of both the gallant colonel and the former criminal who took over the mind.
Personal life and death
Yuri Grebenshchikov was married twice. The first wife was the actress Olga Bgan, famous for the film "A Man Was Born". This union did not last long and turned out to be childless. After another quarrel, the former lovers divorced, while Yuri nobly left his Moscow apartment to his ex-wife.
After a while, Grebenshchikov married for the second time to the actress Natalia Orlova, who worked at the Stanislavsky Theater. The marriage turned out to be successful, and a son, Cyril, was born in it, who later also became an actor.
The life of Yuri Grebenshchikov was tragically cut short in 1988: he was hit by a car driven by his acquaintance, the poet Alexander Mezhirov, whom they had met shortly before. The actor fell into a coma and died four months later in the hospital. Yuri Grebenshchikov was buried at the Dolgoprudny cemetery.
