The real legend of Russian cinema - Roman Filippov - was an active, but obedient boy as a child. The future star liked to play chess, read, draw. The first to notice Roman's acting talent was Vera Pashennaya, who shone in those years on the stage of the Maly Theater.
During his life, Roman Filippov starred in more than 30 films, and also took part in many theatrical performances. The viewer remembered the actor primarily for his colorful appearance and natural low, rare voice - profundo bass.
Biography
Roman Filippov was born on 1936-24-02 in a family of professional artists. His mother and father were members of the troupe of the Leningrad Drama Theater.
The actor's mother, Anna Kuderman, continued to perform on stage until the very birth. She was taken to the hospital directly from the stage during a tour in Simferopol. Unfortunately, Anna Grigorievna did not even have a chance to hear her son cry. During childbirth, she developed blood poisoning and died.
Until the age of 3, Roman Filippov was raised by his grandmother and father. In 1939, the actor's father, Sergei Filippov, remarried. Roman's stepmother had nothing to do with the scene, but she turned out to be an attentive, soft and intelligent woman. The future actor did not experience a lack of parental affection in childhood.
On stage in front of an audience, Roman Filippov never dreamed of performing. Vera Pashennaya advised him to submit documents to the theater school after a ten-year period. The actress visited Gorky on tour at a time when Filippov was studying in this city in high school.
The school management Roman invited the star of the Soviet theater to listen to the students in order to determine which of them had a stage gift. Seeing the huge Filippov and hearing his opera bass, Pashenova immediately exclaimed that he would be just an excellent actor.
After graduating from a ten-year school in 1953, Roman Filippov entered the school. Shchepkina. Of course, Vera Pashennaya became his teacher. As a student of the 2nd year of the school, Roman got his first small role in the film "World Champion".
In 1957, Roman became a certified actor and was enrolled in the troupe of the Maly Theater. Later, Filippov played on the stage of several other large theaters of the USSR:
- in 1960-61 - at the Moscow Drama Theater. Pushkin;
- in 1961-62 - in the Mosconcert;
- in 1962-69 - in the Minsk theater named after. Yanka Kupala.
In addition to the Russian language, the actor spoke fluent German, Belarusian and Polish. Filippov also performed roles in English. In 1969 the actor returned to the Maly Theater and subsequently worked here all his life.
From 1970 to 1992, Roman Sergeevich was the main Grandfather Frost of the USSR and Russia, who congratulated children at the Kremlin Christmas tree. Since 1987, Filippov worked as a teacher of artistic words at GITIS. In 1988 he was appointed to the post of assistant professor of the department.
Roles in the theater
In all the theaters, on the stage of which Roman had a chance to perform, he became one of the leading actors. Filippov took part in many productions, which later became classics of the Russian theater.
In Woe From Wit, Roman played Skalozub, in Uncle Vanya - Mikhail Astrov, in Nedorosli - Skotinin. The actor also took part in such performances as:
- "Russian people";
- "Forest";
- "The long day fades into the night."
Film career
On the blue screen, the famous Filippov almost never played the main roles. However, despite this, the audience, thanks to his textured appearance, operatic voice and wit, remembered him very well.
The first notable film work of Roman Filippov was the role of Fedka Byk in the film "Green Van". The audience also remembered very well the roles played by the actor:
- Vasya Zaitseva in the comedy "Girls" with his phrase "This is a technique! This is not for you to cook potatoes! ";
- Evgeny Ladyzhinsky in the painting "The Diamond Hand" - "If you are in Kolyma, we will forgive you!";
- Nikita Pitersky in "Gentlemen of Fortune" - "Help, hooligans are depriving them of sight!"
In 1971, Filippov embodied on the screen the role of the poet Lyapis-Trubetskoy with his Gavriliada in Leonid Gaidai's "12 Chairs". The actor also played in such favorite films as the audience:
- "Sorcerers";
- "Old robbers";
- "Youth of Peter";
- "Balamut".
Roman Filippov's voice was really unusual. Therefore, he was often invited to voice cartoons and foreign films.
For example, a hero speaks in the voice of Filippov in Vasilisa Mikulishna, Chernomor in Ruslan and Lyudmila, Roma in Boatswain and a Parrot. The actor also voiced Mephistophilus in the film "Big Walk", the groom in the film "Telegram", the priest of St. Isaac's Cathedral in "Julia Vrevskaya".
Actor's family
The female sex, unlike many colleagues on the stage and the blue screen, Roman was never particularly fond of. From a young age, the actor dreamed of meeting a good kind girl with whom he could spend his whole life. In the end, this is exactly what happened.
On the set of The Man Does Not Give Up, where Roman played a cameo role, he met the daughter of the director of the film, Ekaterina. The actor liked the girl so much that he proposed to her almost immediately.
It was because of Catherine that Roman subsequently moved from the capital to Minsk and started studying the Belarusian language. By that time, his bride had already graduated from the university and worked as a theater teacher. Young people played a wedding in Minsk in 1962.
Sickness and death
The fate of Roman Filippov can be considered a vivid example of how a talented person achieves all the goals that he set for himself. Despite the fact that the actor did not have the main roles, the audience will always remember him for his wit, charm and truly boundless charisma.
Roman Filippov died due to thromboembolism on February 18, 1992. The funeral of the actor, beloved by the audience, was organized by his stage colleagues and his wife Ekaterina. Roman Filippov found eternal peace at the Troekurovsky cemetery in the capital of Russia.
