Biography of Vladimir Dolinsky
Vladimir Dolinsky is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. His filmography includes more than a hundred roles. He is Mr. Pepichek from “Zucchini 13 Chairs”, a pastor from the famous film “That Same Munchausen”, Bruevich from “Winter Cherry”. Honored Artist of Russia, awarded the Order of Friendship in 2005. Author of the books “A Tidbit of Life” and “Notes of a Lost Actor.”
In the photo: Vladimir Dolinsky
Childhood, youth and family
Vladimir was born in the spring of 1944 into the Moscow family of Zinaida Efimova and Abram Dolinsky. The boy's father, a Polish Jew, came back from the Great Patriotic War as a major, and in peacetime became the chief engineer of the Literary Fund of the Soviet Union. Mom worked in the USSR Copyright Office. On her side, Volodya had an older half-brother, Igor Berman, the son of a famous NKVD employee, head of the Gulag in the thirties. Matvey Berman was Zinaida's first husband; he was arrested and executed in 1939.
Vladimir Dolinsky and his parents
Volodya grew up in a good family and from childhood remembers an atmosphere of joy and adoration. Zinaida Ivanovna and Abram Yuryevich doted on each other, and they loved and spoiled their sons immensely. At their dacha in Krasnaya Pakhra, which was rebuilt by their father, artists and writers, actors and directors constantly gathered. The sparkling humor and charm of the owners of the house attracted intelligent and creative people, and they lived side by side with eminent and popular people: poet and writer Konstantin Simonov, composer Dmitry Kabalevsky, artist Alexander Menaker.
Vladimir Dolinsky in childhood
From an early age, Volodya grew up as a tomboy, whom it was difficult to keep track of. His friends were Ivan Dykhovichny, Andrei Mironov, Alexander Karmen. It is not surprising that the boy dreamed of acting fame and did not like studying too much. He was a student of six Moscow schools, but did not stay in any of them for a long time due to his problematic character. In the end, the parents sent their son to his older brother in Leningrad, where he nevertheless received a high school diploma. After this, a handsome and self-confident young man began attending the Youth Studio of the Konstantin Stanislavsky Theater to prepare for entering a university.
Vladimir Dolinsky in his student years
No less ambitious graduates of Moscow schools attended classes with him: Nikita Mikhalkov, Inna Churikova, Evgeny Steblov. Soon Vladimir became a student of Boris Zakhava’s course at the Boris Shchukin Theater School. His hooligan character haunted Dolinsky there too: at the end of his second year, he was expelled from the university because he got into a fight over a girl he liked. A year later he recovered, and in 1966 he became a graduate of the famous “Pike” and was enrolled in the troupe of the Moscow Satire Theater.
Family and early years
Vladimir Dolinsky biography is the story of a wonderful actor, whom everyone loves for his bright roles in theater and cinema.
And he always gives the audience his all without reserve. Vladimir Abramovich Dolinsky was born in Moscow during the war - it happened on April 20, 1944. Paternal ancestors came from Polish Jews. And the father himself, Abram Yuryevich Dolinsky, was the chief engineer of the Literary Fund of the USSR. As for the mother, Zinaida Ivanovna Efimova served in the Office for Copyright Protection.
From early childhood, Dolinsky was far from the most obedient child; he constantly made up something, played pranks on his parents, numerous friends, and was generally restless. His parents doted on little Volodya, spoiled him, bought him the best toys, and took him to museums and theaters. And in the summer, the family always went to the dacha in Krasnaya Pakhra, prestigious at that time. It was at the dacha that Dolinsky saw many famous people - Konstantin Simonov, Dmitry Kabalevsky and Lev Sheinin lived next door.
From a young age, Vladimir Dolinsky was distinguished by his artistry, dreamed of becoming an actor and went towards his dream. After graduating from school, he entered the B.V. Shchukin Theater School the first time and took a course headed by the legendary Boris Zakhava. Vladimir Abramovich studied with inspiration, was one of the notable students of his course and in 1966 successfully graduated from Pike.
The young actor was noticed, and literally immediately after receiving his diploma, Dolinsky was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Satire Theater. Thus began his bright life on the theater stage.
First roles and prison term
A year after working as an extra, Vladimir was appointed to the role of Zhenya Xydias in Valentin Pluchek’s production of “Intervention”. He coped with the task brilliantly, and gained his first theater fans. But there was a strict unspoken order in the theater - artists could not act in films. Dolinsky broke it by appearing on television screens in the image of Mr. Pepichek in the first Soviet show, which had unimaginable popularity, “Zucchini 13 Chairs.” Because of this, he had to leave the troupe and go to work at the Theater of Miniatures.
Vladimir Dolinsky in the show “Zucchini 13 Chairs”
The desire to earn money before the tour to Sweden played a cruel joke on the actor. He was sentenced to five years for “currency fraud.” Dolinsky exchanged rubles for dollars, which was prosecuted under the criminal code in the Soviet Union. For more than three years he was in a colony in the city of Kirovochepetsk and for several more months in a colony-settlement. Several times Vladimir was on the verge of despair, saving himself only by starting to write poetry. The actor was released early thanks to the petition of colleagues from the Satire Theater.
Biography
Vladimir Dolinsky was born into the family of the chief engineer of the USSR Literary Fund, a Polish Jew Abram Dolinsky. In 1966 he graduated from the B.V. Shchukin Theater School and was immediately enrolled in the group of the Moscow Satire Theater. The young actor became famous for his role as Zhenya Xydias in V. Pluchek’s famous play “Intervention” (1967).
In 1970-1973 he worked at the Moscow Theater of Miniatures.
Vladimir Dolinsky’s film debut took place in 1969 in the film “At Thirteen O’Clock.” On television he starred in “The 13 Chairs Zucchini,” where he played Mr. Pepichek.
In 1973, he was convicted of illegal currency transactions. He was released early in 1977 thanks to the petition of the Satire Theater troupe[1].
After his release in 1977-1980, he served as an actor at the Theater. Lenin Komsomol, but did not achieve great success in it[2]. In the late 1970s, he gained fame by starring in Mark Zakharov’s films “An Ordinary Miracle” and “That Same Munchausen.” Together with Valentina Leontyeva, in the image of a fairy-tale librarian, he hosted the program “Visiting a Fairy Tale.”
Since 1986, he was the leading actor of the theater “At the Nikitsky Gate”[3]. Since the 1990s, his catchphrase has become the words “...you are mine” (for example, “You are my generous ones”). Currently he participates in enterprise performances, actively acts in television series, and has hosted such television programs as “I Know Everything!”, “Bookstore”, “Tidbit”, “The Grumpy Club” and others.
Career blossoming
After his early release, the talented artist did not remain unemployed for long. He was invited to the Lenkom troupe by Mark Zakharov, who at that time had parted ways with a valuable personnel - Archil Gomiashvili. Dolinsky got his roles: Rybnik in “Tila”, Vesely in “Grenada”, Proel in “Clairvoyant”.
Vladimir Dolinsky in the film “An Ordinary Miracle”
At the theater, Vladimir established friendly relations with Oleg Yankovsky, Alexander Abdulov and Alexander Zbruev. When the director filmed his now famous films “An Ordinary Miracle” and “That Same Munchausen,” Dolinsky got supporting roles in them, and he embodied the images of the Executioner and the Pastor so vividly that the audience remembered them no worse than the main characters.
Vladimir Dolinsky with Oleg Yankovsky, Alexander Abdulov
In the mid-eighties, Dolinsky joined the theater “At the Nikitsky Gate” under the direction of Mark Rozovsky, where he played dozens of leading roles in the famous productions “Doctor Chekhov”, “Kafka. Father and Son”, “Moscow Speaks, or the Day of Open Murders” and others.
Vladimir Dolinsky in the film “That Same Munchausen”
Vladimir served in the troupe for more than ten years, and in 1990 he played the main role of the official Igor Nikolaevich in Mark Rozovsky’s film “The Passion of Vladimir”.
Vladimir Dolinsky on stage
The early nineties became a test for the actor: he was seriously planning to emigrate to his brother in America, he even almost sold his apartment. But Yuri Glotser, a friend of Dolinsky, came to the rescue, offering him to work as an assistant in a friendly company. Vladimir Dolinsky. My hero For three years, Vladimir successfully coped with a position far from creativity, until he was called to play the role of the monk Goranflo in the historical adventure series “Countess de Monsoreau.”
Vladimir Dolinsky in the series “Countess de Monsoreau”
The film career again became the main one, the actor became in demand and again recognizable. Participation in many projects of the nineties was added to his piggy bank: “Game for Millions” (Genrikh Menzhirov), “Police Academy. Mission in Moscow" (waiter at the hotel), "Winter Cherry" (chief Bruevich) and others. On the set of the series “Wolf Messing” Among the most memorable roles in the 2000s are Shaitis from “The Moscow Saga”, Arkady Izhevsky from “My Fair Nanny”, Ilya Moiseevich from “Karambol”, Peter Zellmeister from “Wolf Messing”, Lenik Levandovsky from "The Life and Adventures of Mishka Jap."
Vladimir Dolinsky and Evgeny Tkachuk in the film “The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik”
Personal life of Vladimir Dolinsky
At a theater university, Dolinsky had an affair with Zemfira Tsakhilova, who soon rejected her admirer.
To show how indifferent he was to his former lover, Vladimir began to demonstratively court another student, Valentina Shendrikova. And without even noticing, he fell in love and then got married. Married life lasted a little over a year, during which time the couple staged home shows for each other with the breaking of antique porcelain and passionate reconciliations. Then Dolinsky and Shendrikova divorced peacefully, remaining on cordial terms.
The first wife of Vladimir Dolinsky Valentina Shendrikova
The second wife, who caused two suicide attempts by the actor, was Natalya from Leningrad. Together with her daughter Olya from her first marriage, she moved to Vladimir’s apartment on the Garden Ring. When he was convicted, she divorced him, kicked him out of the house, and sold all his personal belongings.
When Dolinsky, after his release, asked her to give up his unique library of books, many of which bore dedicatory inscriptions from the authors, Natasha told the police that her ex-criminal husband was threatening her and demanding money and property. The actor did not sort out the relationship, although, while in prison, he very painfully experienced a message from his mother about his wife’s betrayal: Rather, out of loneliness and a feeling of hopelessness, Dolinsky married for the third time Tatyana, a historian by profession. The woman became pregnant from him, giving birth to a premature baby a couple of months after the wedding. Doctors were unable to save him. Tatyana stated that she would not give birth again. After a couple of years of married life, they divorced.
Vladimir Dolinsky - Country stories with Tatyana Pushkina For the fourth time, Vladimir’s friends asked him to formalize his relationship. His friend from Leningrad needed Moscow registration, and he fictitiously married his friend’s also fictitiously divorced wife.
Vladimir Dolinsky with his wife Natalya
The actor acquired family happiness only in the late eighties, having married actress Natalya Volkova out of passionate love. He was forty-four, she was thirty-nine. In 1988, their daughter Polina was born.
Vladimir Dolinsky now
In 2017, the series “Peace to Your Home!” was released on television. In the authentic tragicomedy, the plot of which is based on the collection of the writer Sholom Aleichem “Tevye the Milkman,” Vladimir got the role of the butcher Leizer. In addition to Dolinsky, Andrei Kaikov, Viktor Andrienko and Evgeny Knyazev starred in the film.
In May of the same year, the artist became the hero of Alexander Strizhenov’s program “Ten Photos,” broadcast on the Zvezda TV channel. Unexpected photographs, prepared in advance by the authors of the program, became a revelation both for the audience and for Vladimir himself.
In an interview based on archival photographs of bygone days, the master of disguise openly spoke about the period of imprisonment, the love story of his parents and his amorous hobbies.
It is known that the famous actor is not on Instagram, Twitter, or VKontakte. Fans can only watch films and programs with the participation of their favorite and collect together materials scattered on the Internet related to the creative biography of the star.
