Vasili Vanin
Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin (13 January 1898 – 12 May 1951) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. He was given the award People's Artist of the USSR in 1949.
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Vasili Vanin
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- Name
- Vasili Vanin
- Birth Name
- Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin
- Born
- 13 January 1898
- Birthplace
- Tambov, Russian Empire
- Died
- 12 May 1951 (aged 53)
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Actor, theater director, pedagogue
- Awards
- People's Artist of the USSR
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Honours
- Order of Lenin · People's Artist of the USSR · Medal For the Defence of Moscow · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Honoured Artist of Kazakh SSR
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Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin (13 January 1898 – 12 May 1951) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. He was given the award People's Artist of the USSR in 1949.
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• Name — Vasili Vanin • Birth Name — Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin • Born — 13 January 1898 • Birthplace — Tambov, Russian Empire • Died — 12 May 1951 (aged 53) • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Novodevichy Cemetery • Occupation — Actor, theater director, pedagogue • Awards — People's Artist of the USSR
Biography
Biography
Vasili Vanin was born on 13 January 1898 in Tambov, in the family of a small railway employee. Having lost his father early, in 1906 he was assigned to an orphanage / Between 1924 and 1950 he was actor and director in the Mossovet Theatre; from 1950 the leader of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.
Filmography
Filmography
• Tommy (1931) • The Return of Maxim (1937) • Lenin in October (1937) • Peat-Bog Soldiers (1938) • Lenin in 1918 (1939) • Member of the Government (1939) • Valery Chkalov (1941) • Kotovsky (1942) • The District Secretary (1942) – Stalin Prizes second degree (1943) • The Front (1943) • The Liberated Earth (1946) • Light over Russia (1947) • The Precious Seed (1948)
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Vasili Vanin died at Moscow.
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Vasili Vanin received Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honoured Artist of Kazakh SSR.
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Honors and awards
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1933) • People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947) • People's Artist of the USSR (1949) • Three Stalin Prizes second degree (1943, 1846, 1949)
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