Perhaps there is no person in our country who does not recognize Mikhail Pugovkin in his title characters from film projects: "Wedding in Malinovka", "12 chairs" or "Operation Y" and other adventures of Shurik. This theater and film actor truly adorned the national cinema with his film works.
Beloved by the whole country, People's Artist of the USSR - Mikhail Pugovkin - was remembered by millions of fans, first of all, for his unsurpassed talent for reincarnation in the comedy genre. This theater and film actor inscribed the history of his ascent in the book of art and culture of the Fatherland in golden letters.
Biography of Mikhail Pugovkin
The most talented Soviet and Russian artist was born in the village of Rameshki on July 13, 1923. Despite the difficult village life and difficult conditions of survival, from early childhood Misha showed remarkable talent as a comedian, he was very fond of singing and reading ditties. Due to the poverty and living conditions of that time, Pugovkin was able to complete only 3 classes of secondary school.
The decision to become an artist came at the age of ten, when a teenager first saw a movie. In 1935, due to a serious illness of the mother, the family moved to relatives in Moscow. Here he began to spend all his free time in the drama club named after. Kalyaeva. With the outbreak of war, the young man volunteered for the front, where he served as a scout. In 1942, Mikhail was seriously wounded in the leg and was discharged with the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree in his buttonhole.
A characteristic episode in the life of a great man can be considered his participation in the release of his mother, who was imprisoned for stealing pies in a bakery during a hungry and fierce wartime. The war hero took advantage of his special position and wrote a letter to Stalin himself, who freed her, entering the position.
In 1943, Mikhail Pugovkin entered the Moscow Art Theater School, but a year later he was expelled due to lack of basic knowledge. The further career of the artist had to come true already in the amateur circle of the tank school, where he was called up for further service. And then there was the Moscow theatrical circle and the Moscow Drama Theater. Fyodor Kaverin.
The theatrical life of the artist developed quite successfully until 1960, when he decided to devote himself exclusively to cinema. One of his most iconic roles on the stage can, of course, be considered exactly Peter Ogonkov in the production of "Muscovites".
And then there was the victorious ascent of the artist on the path of fame and recognition in the cinema. Mikhail Pugovkin died on July 25, 2008 due to an exacerbation of diabetes, leaving behind three marriages and a daughter, Elena.
Filmography of the artist
Mikhail Pugovkin received unconditional recognition by the whole country of his acting talents due to his ability to transform into comedic and cheerful characters. It is this innate quality, multiplied by theatrical education, obtained by no means easily and naturally, and by the most hard work, that allowed the People's Artist to immortalize his name on the walk of fame of Russian cinema.
And the filmography of Mikhail Pugovkin is filled with the following projects: The Artamonovs Case, Kutuzov, Soldier Ivan Brovkin, Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures, Wedding in Malinovka, 12 Chairs, Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession "," The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel "," Malicious Sunday "," The Bremen Town Musicians & Co ".
