1921-12-18 ( 103 years old ) in Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
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Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime.
Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling, and to many in the West his personality was reminiscent of the great silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Rich in mimicry, doleful of expression, Nikulin was hailed as “a brainy clown” outside Russia. Simple in style and gentle with children, his only vestiges of make-up were a reddened nose and black lines around his eyes, much different from the grotesquely painted faces of Western clowns. Nikulin, affectionately called Uncle Yury by Russian children, relied mainly upon his wits to earn his place in history as one of the best clowns of the 20th century.
Movies
Captain Krokus
1991-01-02
Scarecrow
1984-09-14
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
1982-04-30
Here, Not Far Away
1979-01-01
Bobik Visiting Barbos
1977-01-01
Twenty Days Without War
1976-11-08
The Adventures of Travka
1976-08-02
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975-11-05
Old Men: Robbers
1972-08-07
Point, Point, Comma...
1972-06-06
Telegram
1972-05-15
12 Chairs
1971-06-21
Deniska's Stories
1970-04-02
The Diamond Arm
1969-05-23
New Girl
1969-04-07
Seven Old Men and One Girl
1968-06-06
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967-04-01
The Little Runaway
1966-12-24
Andrei Rublev
1966-12-16
Голубой огонек - в первый час
1965-12-31
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965-07-24
Fantasizing
1965-07-12
Give Me a Complaints Book
1964-11-11
Big "Wick"
1964-04-28
Come Here, Mukhtar!
1964-01-01
Strictly Business
1963-05-27
No Fear, No Blame
1963-04-26
Young-Green
1962-11-13
Bootleggers
1962-01-08
When the Trees Were Tall
1961-12-25
The Taming of the Shrew
1961-09-24
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
1961-09-18
Sovershenno seryozno
1961-09-18
The Man from Nowhere
1961-05-18
My Friend, Kolka!
1961-05-13
The Unamenables
1959-06-20
A Girl with Guitar
1958-09-01
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