Sergei Yursky - People's Artist of the RSFSR, whose biography is known for his roles in the films "The Golden Calf", "Love and Doves" and others. He is married to the famous artist Natalya Tenyakova and recently has often appeared in television projects.
Biography
The popular Soviet actor Sergei Yursky recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He was born on March 16, 1935 in St. Petersburg. His father, who was involved in acting and directing, as well as his mother, musical director - both had a strong influence on the future actor. In the post-war years, the Jurassic family staged performances in the circus, and the boy even fired up to become a circus artist, but soon became very interested in theater.
Sergei Yursky graduated from school in Leningrad. At first, he still preferred to enter the law faculty at one of the city universities, and already there he began to independently study acting, taking part in all university productions. Perseverance and aspiration gave their results: the young man transferred to the theater university, which he successfully graduated from.
Sergei Yursky has become one of the most popular actors in Soviet cinema. It all started with the role of Ostap Bender in the 1968 film The Golden Calf. The actor's fame was also strengthened by such films as "Republic of SHKID", "Korolev", "Look for a woman" and others. Perhaps the most famous role of Jurassic was the character of the comedy "Love and Doves" Uncle Mitya. It is interesting that his wife, granny Shura, was played by the actor's real wife Natalya Tenyakova, who had to be made up to create an old age image.
Starting in 1974, Sergei Yursky took up directing and personally staged performances at the Mossovet Theater in other Moscow theater institutions. The actor and director is a big fan of poetry. Until now, you can get not only to his performances, but also creative evenings, at which Yursky personally reads poems and stories of his own composition.
Personal life
Sergei Yursky first married in 1961 to Zinaida Sharko. At that time, the artist was as devoted to work as possible, so the marriage lasted only until 1968, and there were no children in it. Yursky met his second wife Natalya Tenyakova during the next filming. This union became successful, and the couple still lives together. They had a daughter, Daria, who later became an actress. The Yura couple have grandchildren - Georgy and Alisher.
Sergei Yursky continues to play on the theater stage, despite his already advanced age. Sometimes he appears in television projects, the idea of which he likes. Recently, he has starred in such TV series as Fathers and Sons and Furtseva. The Legend of Catherine . Sometimes Yursky becomes participants in various television programs. In 2017, he joined the jury of the popular Minute of Glory show on Channel One.
