Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 19, 1935
Place of Birth:
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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Vasiliy Livanov
Biography
Born in Moscow in an acting family. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (11/27/1981). People's Artist of the RSFSR (04/18/1988). His grandfather, Nikolai Livanov (stage name Izvolsky), was an actor at first in provincial, then metropolitan theaters. Father, Boris Nikolaevich Livanov (1904-1972), is an outstanding actor who played about 40 roles in the Art Theater and 30 in the cinema. Frequent guests in the house of the Livanovs were Kachalov, Pasternak, Dovzhenko, Cherkasov, Tarkhanov, Konchalovsky. He studied at the men's school number 170, then, from 1950 to 1954 - at the Moscow secondary art school. After graduating from art school, he entered the B.V.Schukin Theater School. In addition to mastering the intricacies of acting, he tried his hand at directing - he put Yuri Olesha (thesis) on the studio stage of “Three Fat Men” and designed the performance himself. The music for the play was written by Gennady Gladkov, a classmate and schoolmate, and in the future, a wonderful composer, co-author of V. B. Livanov for many works in film, theater and animation.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Memories of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1998 | Fort Boyard Russia | Fouras the Pirate |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1983 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1981 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1980 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1980 | Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1980 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1980 | Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1977 | The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce | Payne - english colonial doctor in Hong Kong |
| 1976 | Котёнок по имени Гав | Чёрный кот |
| 1976 | 38 Parrots | Удав |
| 1969 | Чебурашка и крокодил Гена | Gena the Crocodile (voice) |
| 1968 | Junior and Karlson | Карлсон |