Oleg Basilashvili: biography, personal life, awards and titles, roles in theater and cinema

Well, what inhabitant of our country is not familiar with the image of Samokhvalov from the "Service Novel", Andrei Buzykin from the "Autumn Marathon", Woland from the series "Master and Margarita" or Fedor Elistratov from the movie "Promised Heaven"? All these and many other roles were played by the beloved by most people actor Oleg Basilashvili, whose biography is considered in this article.

On the screens he is always gallant, handsome and incredibly charming. In the present life he is distinguished by modesty, unpretentiousness and shyness. I can not believe that this wonderful man was 82 years old not so long ago. During his life he played a huge number of diverse roles, voiced many kinogeroev, received an incredibly large number of all sorts of awards and titles and achieved such success and recognition, which would be more than five artists.

Childhood, study and marriage

Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili was born on September 26, 1934. His family was Moscow intellectuals in the person of Valerian Nikolayevich's father, who was the director of the Moscow Polytechnic of Communications, and his mother Irina Ilyinskaya, doctor of philology. Oleg Basilashvili, whose biography is included in the review, lived all his childhood in Moscow. Nothing unusual happened during this period in the boy's life. He was engaged in all that was done by ordinary guys in the pre-war and wartime. The only thing that Oleg knew for sure was that he would become an actor whatever. The theater was his dream from early years. And he wanted to play not anywhere, but only in the Moscow Art Theater. According to the star, he was ready even to wash the floors there, if only to have at least a little respect for this Temple of Art.

The future actor Oleg Basilashvili still became a student at the Moscow Art Theater School. He got on the course, which was headed by Pavel Massalsky. This was one of the most powerful courses, because he was studied by Mikhail Kozakov, Tatyana Doronin and Evgeny Evstigneev. Beauty Doronina immediately liked all the men. But because of her pride and inaccessibility she refused offers of the hand and heart. Conquer Tatiana managed only Basilashvili, who after a while became her husband. Young people were married in 1955, playing a modest wedding in the groom's apartment.

Theatrical life during the 50-80-ies of the last century

Oleg Basilashvili (whose biography is described in this material) and Doronin graduated in 1956. The girl received invitations to work from several theaters at the same time. And Oleg, because he was completely unknown at the time, had the opportunity to serve only in the Stalingrad Drama Theater. The couple left Moscow and went to Stalingrad. But in this Melpomene Temple for talented artists there were no prospects, and soon they moved to St. Petersburg. There they served in one of the theaters, but soon Tatiana was noticed and invited together with her husband to serve in the BDT. At the end of eight years, the family disintegrated.

Since 1967, Oleg Basilashvili, whose biography is the topic of our article, plays mostly comedic roles. The main strokes of his works from the late 1960s to the 1980s are plastic skill, sarcasm and some indifference to the image. Oleg Valerianovich is a master of transformations. Among the best theatrical works of this time I would like to single out Khlestakov (The Inspector General), Serpukhovsky (The History of the Horse), Jingle (Pickwick Club) and Basov (Dachniki).

Film career

Oleg Basilashvili, whose films are always watched with pleasure by the audience, began his career in film in 1956. It was the tape "The Bride", where he played Andrei Andreyevich. The artist in his account has many different roles, which perfectly reflected his vast creative spectrum. Basilashvili worked with such popular directors as Semen Aranovich, Anatoly Bobrovsky, Valery Uskov, Karen Shakhnazarov and Vladimir Krasnopolsky.

But the greatest recognition to the actor was brought by the paintings put by Ryazanov and Danelia. The roles played in these tapes are the best in the film career of Basilashvili. This is Samokhvalov in the "Service Novel", and Count Merzlyaev in the tape "Say a word about the poor hussar," and Gromov in the "Station for Two," and Goryunov in "Prediction."

The most stellar time in the movie for Oleg Valerianovich is the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. It was after the "Service novel", filmed in 1977, that the actor woke up truly famous. Became popular Basilashvili could before. In 1975 Ryazanov offered him the role of Hippolytus in The Irony of Fate. But because of the death of his father, the man refused the offer.

Station for two people

In 1982, Oleg Basilashvili again withdrawn from the genius Ryazanov. It was the melodrama "Station for Two", where he embodied the image of Platon Gromov. This picture from other Ryazanov's projects is distinguished by the fact that in it the main place is occupied by tears, not laughter. The troubles that occur with Gromov, who is behind the train, are quite amusing. But when it comes to the fact that Plato is a victim of someone else's lawlessness, the audience's laughter is sharply replaced by bitterness. Musician Gromov has to answer for a crime to which he is not involved.

Basilashvili lived in a Russian colony for two months before filming the "Station for Two" tape. In the film, the artist played with the great Lyudmila Gurchenko, who after that he called his favorite actress.

Works at the end of the past - the beginning of this century

Because of the crisis of domestic cinema, Oleg Basilashvili, whose films many know by heart, returned to the screens only in the late 1990s. So, he appeared in the film "The Judge in the Trap" in 1998. This was the first Russian cinema, for the filming of which computer technologies were involved. In 2001, the maestro embodied two roles in Shakhnazarov's tape "Poisons, or the World History of Poisoning". Here he spoke in the images of a pensioner and pope.

In 2003, Basilashvili played General Epanchin in the ten-episode series "Idiot." Well, two years later Oleg Valerianovich turned into Woland in "Master and Margarita". Until 2010, the actor did a lot of filming, now, on the personally accepted decision, he plays in one picture a year.

Personal life

Oleg Basilashvili, whose personal life is not full of scandals, was married twice. The first marriage with Tatyana Doronina lasted eight years. The second union with journalist Galina Mshanskaya continues to this day and is 50 years old. According to Mshanskaya, her husband is a sweet soul. She says that he never rolls up scandals related to life. This is an intelligent person who remains so in any situation.

Oleg Valerianovich once led a dynamic and social life. So, he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the late 80s of the last century. Being always honest and sincere in his actions a man, he never compromised himself for the time of the civil service.

Children and grandchildren

The approximate father is Oleg Basilashvili. His children just idolize. The artist has two daughters from the second marriage. The oldest name is Olga, she works on television in St. Petersburg. Younger, same, Xenia, was once a correspondent of the radio company Ekho Moskvy. The man loves his daughters very much, he always liked to bother with them. Once, when the girls needed to learn English, Basilashvili himself undertook to study the subject.

Daughters gave the father of the beautiful grandsons - Timothy and Marinika. The actor admits that he does not like the soul in babies.

Interesting facts about the artist

Oleg Basilashvili's wives never spoke ill of him. Even Doronin does not hold evil against her ex-husband. And the current husband simply adores Oleg. And how not to love such a man: once he spent all his fabulous fee, received while working in Japan, on shoes for his beloved. In one of the shops he bought Mshanskaya six pairs of different shoes.

The nationality of Oleg Basilashvili is Georgian. And he belongs to a famous family. In ancient times, his family was the owner of a large land plot, located on the border of Georgia and South Ossetia. The land was donated to the Basilashvili family by the Tsar of Georgia. These possessions exist in reality, and once Basilashvili went to examine them. He was told that he has all the rights to them and can build houses on the lands, break up gardens or engage in other activities. But the proposal so far remains just an offer.

Fairly awarded

For his work, Oleg Basilashvili received many awards and titles. It is rather difficult to list them all. But some, the most important, should be mentioned:

• In 1969, the actor received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
• In 1977, he was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• In 1984 Oleg Valerianovich became a People's Artist of the USSR.
• In 1979, for the role of Samokhvalov, Basilashvili was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR them. Brothers Vasilyev.
• Since 2010, the artist is an honorary doctor of SPbGUP.
• In her arsenal of awards, Basilashvili has the Peace Order.
• In 2009, for the best male role in the production of "Uncle's Dream" Oleg Valerianovich received the Golden Mask Award.
• In 2014, the artist was again awarded this prize, but this time for the "outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art."

This is not all the rewards of the actor. In his track record, there are many more. And all of them testify that we were lucky to live in the same era with a genius, an outstanding man who has no equal, with someone who has become an idol for many generations.