
1940-06-27 ( 84 years old ) in Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR
Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov.
He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983).
From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions.
Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.
Movies
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
2009-04-02
One Love of My Soul
2007-01-01
Mozart in St. Petersburg
1997-01-01
The Career of Arturo Ui
1996-06-07
Jonathan of the Bears
1995-04-21
The Hetman's Regalia
1993-01-01
Ubiystvo v Sanshayn-Menor
1992-06-06
Cocktail Mirage
1991-12-01
The Caravan Of Death
1991-08-24
Beybars
1989-08-19
Sultan Beybars
1989-08-19
Savraska
1989-08-10
Comedy of Lysistrata
1989-06-09
Tragedy, Rock Style
1989-04-01
Etudes on Vrubel
1989-04-01
Десять дней, которые потрясли мир
1987-10-24
Interception
1986-06-06
The Black Arrow
1985-05-12
The Life and Immortality of Sergei Lazo
1985-01-01
Password "Hotel Regina"
1984-06-11
The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
1982-01-01
The Black Triangle
1981-10-13
A Story of the Forest: Mavka
1980-07-23
Antarctic Tale
1980-03-19
Savage Hunt of King Stakh
1979-12-02
Свидетельство о бедности
1979-02-06
Hatred
1978-02-01
The Arrows of Robin Hood
1976-10-04
Defying Everybody
1973-06-01
Peterss
1973-05-21
Sing a Song, Poet
1973-03-22
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971-03-02
An Ordinary History
1970-12-31
The Red Tent
1969-12-23
Prince Igor
1969-01-01
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
1968-12-25
Sofiya Perovskaya
1968-03-16
Love Awaits Those Who Return
1968-03-11
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