Secret power from childhood attracted Gennady Voropaev to the stage. He did not even think to contradict or resist this attraction. The actor spent most of his life on the stage of the St. Petersburg Comedy Theater.
Starting conditions
People who had to survive the war rejoiced every day in their lives. The famous Soviet actor Gennady Ivanovich Voropaev was born on May 27, 1931 in an intelligent family. Parents at that time lived in Moscow. My father was engaged in road design. The mother worked as a general practitioner in a polyclinic. The child grew up in the usual conditions for that chronological period. I spent a lot of time with friends on the street. He knew well how neighbors and classmates live. The measured course of life was interrupted by the war.
Father went to the front, and Gennady and his mother were evacuated to Orenburg. Already in primary school, the boy began to take part in amateur performances. He recited poetry by heart. He knew how to dance "lady". He sang popular songs that sounded on the radio. The future actor every day came to the hospital where his mother served. The boy often entertained the wounded soldiers with his performances. Voropaevs managed to return to Moscow only in 1950. Gennady prepared in advance to get an acting education at a theater school.
Professional activity
In 1955, the graduated distribution actor went to work at the Vilnius Drama Theater. Voropaev's stage career was going well. After a while he was invited to Leningrad, to the stage of the theater of the young spectator. Here Gennady played a variety of roles. The actor's creativity was noticed. In 1959 he joined the troupe of the Leningrad Comedy Theater. Voropaev performed on the stage of this theater for the rest of his life. He was entrusted with leading roles in repertoire performances. The actor was involved in new productions.
Spectators and critics will remember Voropaev for his roles in the performances "The Wedding of Krechinsky", "Dragon", "Twelfth Night", "This Sweet Old House". An actor with a textured appearance was also attracted to filming in films. His debut on the movie screen was the role in the film "The Overcoat". The audience also remembered the character from the movie "Vertical". Voropaev convincingly reincarnated as a man with weak moral foundations. In the last years of his life, he starred in the TV series "The Hunt for Cinderella" and "Empire under attack."
Recognition and privacy
After retiring, the actor did not take the work book from the personnel department of the theater. He continued to perform on stage. For his fruitful work in the development of art and culture, Gennady Voropaev was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
You can shoot a full-fledged series about the actor's personal life. Gennady Ivanovich was married four times. He spent the last years of his life under the same roof with Svetlana Karpinskaya. The husband and wife raised their daughter Catherine. From his first marriage, Voropaev has a son, Ivan. The actor passed away in July 2001.
