Leonid Vladimir Kharitonov (May 19, 1930, Leningrad - June 20, 1987, Moscow ) - Soviet film and theater actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1972), known for the films " Soldier Ivan Brovkin ", " Ivan Brovkin on the virgin lands ", " The street is full of surprises ." One of the most popular actors of Soviet cinema of the 1950s. Member of the CPSU since 1961 [1] .
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Biography
Leonid Kharitonov was born in Leningrad . Mother worked as a doctor, father as an engineer. Younger brother Viktor Kharitonov .
After school, he entered the law faculty of Leningrad University . A year later, he decided to devote himself to an acting career, which he dreamed of since childhood. Enrolled in the School-Studio named after V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater , which he graduated in 1954. In 1954 - 1962 and from 1968 - artist of the Moscow Art Theater named after M. Gorky , in 1962 - 1968 - Lenin Theater of the Komsomol and the Moscow Theater named after A. Pushkin .
The very first role in the movie in the film " School of Courage " brought fame to Leonid Kharitonov. He starred in it while still a student, in 1954. There was a firm rule in the Studio School: students acting in films were automatically expelled from this institution. Therefore, before filming the film, Kharitonov refused the proposal of the director Vladimir Basov . But an official letter from the Komsomol Central Committee came to the Studio School, and the leadership allowed the student Leonid Kharitonov to take part in the filming of The School of Courage.
A year later, the film “ Soldier Ivan Brovkin ” was released on the screens of the country, after which the young actor became the idol of the generation [2] . Over the course of several years, about ten paintings were released with Kharitonov in the title role. He created the image of a new social hero - kind, modest, charming and "slightly non-entertaining." Kharitonov’s characters were not only educated, but also amused, for which the actor was loved by spectators of all generations [2] .
With age, Kharitonov appeared on the screen less and less. In the episode of the film by Vladimir Menshov “ Moscow does not believe in tears, ” he played himself .
In recent years, Kharitonov was seriously ill. In the summer of 1980 suffered a first stroke. He starred in the episode of the film " Wizards " in the role of Amatin. July 4, 1983 followed by a second stroke. In the summer of 1987, the new art director of the Moscow Art Theater Oleg Efremov in a sharp form suggested that Kharitonov leave the theater, a rumor was spread about the actor’s supposedly mental illness.
June 20, 1987, the day the theater was divided into two parts, Kharitonov suffered a third stroke, and died on the same day. He was buried in Moscow, at the Vagankovsky cemetery (50th section). The tombstone with the inscription "Leonid Kharitonov" is a stone with a fracture in the form of the Moscow Art Theater gull, symbolizing the split of the Moscow Art Theater [2] .
Personal life
Kharitonov was married three times. His first wife was classmate Svetlana Sorokina (1932-2012). They married in their third year and lived together for two years. Svetlana Kharitonova, who left her husband's surname, served in the Theater of Film Actors , then in the Theater of Satire , starred in the cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.
With his second wife, actress Jemma Osmolovskaya , Kharitonov met on the set of the comedy " The Street is Full of Surprise ." They had a son, Alexei, now a scientist and programmer. Granddaughter Katya.
The third wife of the actor was Evgenia Gibova (1942-2004), his student at the Moscow Art Theater School.
Filmography
- 1954 - School of Courage - Boris Gorikov
- 1955 - Vasyok Trubachev and his comrades - Mitya Burtsev, pioneer leader
- 1955 - Soldier Ivan Brovkin - Ivan Romanovich Brovkin
- 1955 - Son - Andrey Goryaev
- 1956 - Good day! - Andrey Averin
- 1957 - Trubachev's squad is fighting - Mitya Burtsev
- 1957 - The street is full of surprises - Vasily Shaneshkin
- 1957 - Next to us is a worker (not in the credits)
- 1958 - Ivan Brovkin on the virgin lands - Ivan Brovkin
- 1960 - Let It Shine - Efimka
- 1961 - Long Day - Lesha, Excavator
- 1962 - Blue Light-1962 - guest
- 1962 - How toasts are born - Grechkin
- 1962 - Kapron networks - Valentin (Valka), captain of the river tugboat Swan
- 1963 - Pharmacist - Lenka
- 1963 - Big wick - duelist
- 1964 - Everything for you - Vorobushkin, financier
- 1967 - Places are quiet here - naval officer at the polar airfield
- 1968 - Fire, water and ... copper pipes - Tsar Fedul VI
- 1968 - A policeman visiting a Moscow police
- 1969 - Abduction - artist Kharitonov ( cameo )
- 1971 - Fakir for an hour - Trofim, husband Vasilyevna, doorman and electrician
- 1972 - Notes of the Pickwick Club - Joe, sleepy servant
- 1973-1983 - Eternal call - Dedyukhin Egor Kuzmich, commander of the tank crew
- 1976 - Sky Swallows (film) - Major Alfred's military colleague
- 1977 - Incognito from St. Petersburg - Peter Ivanovich Dobchinsky, city landowner
- 1978 - Casual passengers - fellow traveler with compound feed
- 1979 - Moscow does not believe in tears - Kharitonov ( cameo )
- 1979 - A few days in the life of I. I. Oblomov - Luka Savvich
- 1979 - Father and Son - Dorofeyka
- 1979 - Vanity of vanities - Yakov Andreyevich, father of Vasily
- 1980 - House on Lesnaya - Bogomolov, head of the underground printing house
- 1980 - Gigolo and Gigoletta - a man on the dance floor (not in the credits)
- 1981 - Keychain with a secret - Ovid Mitrofanovich Polosatikov
- 1981-1982 - Young Russia - Longinov (not credited in the credits of the 1st series)
- 1982 - There, on unknown paths ... - Tsar Makar
- 1982 - Wizards - Pyotr Petrovich Amatin, Director of the Musical Instrument Factory
- 1983 - Auction - Yegorych, groom
- 1983 - From the life of the head of the criminal investigation department - grandfather Stepan
- 1983 - Quarantine - military in the zoo, major
- 1985 - Bagration - General
- 1986 - We are sitting well! - a man from an oncoming train with a watermelon
- 1986 - No Trespassing - Professor’s Neighbor
Radio shows
- Forgotten Witnesses (1975)
- Cola Bruyon (1975)
- "Peace to the huts, war to the palaces" (1967)
- "On the ruins of the count" (1958)
- "The Tale of the Sly Cougar Fox"
- The Lucky Barker (1957)
- The Disciple of the Devil (1958)
Programs and films about Leonid Kharitonov
- Leonid Filatov's “ To Remember ” Program (1993, ORT TV Channel). [3]
- “Colorful ribbon. Leonid Kharitonov. Sunny Boy ”(2004, “ Channel One ” ).
- "Drama of Ivan Brovkin" (2006, TV channel " Russia ").
- “How the idols left. Leonid Kharitonov ”(2007, DTV channel)
- “Legends of world cinema. Leonid Kharitonov ”(2007, “ Culture ” TV channel).
- “Incredible love stories. Leonid Kharitonov ”(2012, STB TV channel).
- “Leonid Kharitonov. The Fall of the Star ”(2013,“ Channel One ”).
- “Leningrad. People and destinies. Leonid Kharitonov ”(2013,“ 100TV ”TV channel)
- “Leonid Kharitonov. The Rejected Idol ”(2017, TV Center Channel)
- “Revealing the secrets of stars. Leonid Kharitonov ”(2018,“ Moscow Trust ”TV channel)
Recognition and Rewards
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1972)
Notes
- ↑ KHARITONOV Leonid Vladimirovich Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. S. I. Yutkevich; Editorial board: Yu. S. Afanasyev, V.E. Baskakov, I.V. Weissfeld, et al. - M.: Sov. Encyclopedia, 1987.- 640 p., 96 p. silt
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kharitonov Leonid Vladimirovich // Who is who
- ↑ Leonid Filatov’s “To Remember” Program