Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev
File:Vsevolod Sanaev 1940.JPG Vsevolod Sanayev (1940)
Born	Всеволод Васильевич Санаев (1912-02-25)February 25, 1912 Tula
Died	Moscow, Russian Federation
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–1990s
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR (1969)

Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev (Все′волод Васи′льевич Сана′ев, February 25 [12, o.s.], 1912, Tula, Russian Empire, — January 27, 1996, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet film and stage actor popular in the 1960s–1970s. Sanayev, a Moscow Art Theatre (and later Mossovet Theatre) actor, was honoured in 1969 with the People's Artist of the USSR title; among his other accolades are the Order of Lenin (1971) and the Order of the October Revolution (1981).

Biography

Vsevolod Sanayev was born on February 25, 1912, in Tula. In 1926 — 1930 he worked as a bayan technician at the Tula factory of musical instruments. After a short stint at a local theatre, in 1931 he was invited to join the Tula-based Gorky Theatre of Drama and Comedy and soon enrolled in the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. After the graduation in 1937 he joined the Moscow Art Theatre troupe. In 1938 he debuted on screen in the film Volga-Volga (where he had two minor roles), and in 1940 enjoyed his first success as Dobryakov in the film The Girl I Love. In 1943 Sanayev joined the Mossovet Theatre and in 1952 moved to the Moscow Art Theatre.

The mass popularity came to Sanayev in the 1950s and 1960s; among his best known roles were Kantaurov in The Return of Vasily Bortnikov (1952), Dontsov in The First Echelon (1955), Kozlov in Five Days, Five Nights (1960), Siply (Husky) in Optimistic Tragedy (1962); later Colonel Lukin in the war epic Liberation (1968), Professor Stepanov in Pechki-lavochki (1972), and Colonel Zorin (The Return of St. Luca, 1970; The Black Prince, 1973, and The Version of Colonel Zorin, 1978). A staunch Communist, Sanayev for many years was the head of the Mosfilm Communist Party committee (partkom).

Vsevolod Sanayev died on January 27, 1996, in Moscow. He is interred in Novodevichye Cemetery.

Family

Vsevolod Sanayev was married to Lidya Sanayeva (1918–1995). Their daughter, the actress Elena Sanayeva, is a widow of the actor and director Rolan Bykov. His grandson Pavel Sanayev is an actor, scriptwriter, theatre director and playwright. His acclaimed 1995 autobiographical play Pokhoronite menya pod plintusom (Bury Me Under a Baseboard) told the harrowing story of his life with a tyrannous grandmother, whom his mother left him with after her marriage.

Filmography

• Volga-Volga (1938, a woodcutter)
• If the War Comes Tomorrow (Yesli zavtra voina, 1938, a paratrooper)
• A Girl With a Character (Devushka s kharakterom, 1939, Surkov, militia officer)
• The Youth of Commanders (Yunost komandirov, 1939, Colonel Grishayev)
• The Girl I Love (Lyubimaya devushka, 1940, Dobryakov, a working man)
• Ivan Fyodorov, The Pioneer Bookprinter (Pervopechatnik Ivan Fyodorov, 1941)
• The Hearts of Four (Serdtsa chetyryokh, 1941, Red Army fighter Yeremeev)
• Ivan Nikulin (Alyokha, Russian sailor, 1944)
• In the Mountains of Yugoslavia (V gorakh Yugoslavii, 1947, Alexey Gubanov)
• Diamonds (Almazy, 1947, geologist Sergey Nesterov)
• They've Got Their Motherland (U nikh est Rodina, 1949, Sorokin)
• Village Doctor (Selsky vratch, 1951, Korotkov)
• In Steppe (V stepi, 1951, Partkom secretary Tuzhikov)
• The Return of Vasily Bortnikov (Vozvraschenye Vasilia Bortnikova, 1952, Kantaurov, the Telephone station director)
• Lawlessness (Bezzakoniye, 1953, Yermolai, dustman)
• The First Echelon (Pervy eshelon, 1955, Sovkhoz director Dontsov)
• Different Fates (Raznye sudby, 1956, Zhukov, the Party official)
• Polyushko-pole (1956, telephone station director Kholin)
• Stories About Lenin (Rasskazy o Lenine, 1957, Emelyyanov)
• The Swallow (Lastochka, 1957, Melgunov)
• Pages of the Past (Stranitsy bylovo, 1957, Skvortsov)
• Upon the Path of War (Na dorogakh voyny, 1958, Uvarov)
• The Unpaid Debt (Neoplatchenny dolg, 1959, Okunchikov)
• The Koltsov Song (Pesnya o Koltsove, 1959, Koltsov’s father)
• Still They Are People (Tozhe lyudi, 1959, soldier)
• In the Still of the Steppe (V stepnoi tishi, 1959, Vetrov)
• Five Days, Five Nights (Pyat dnei, pyat nochei, 1960, Sergeant-major Kozlov)
• Three Times Resurrected (Trizhdy voskresshy, 1960, Starodub)
• On the Road (V puti, 1961, the old man)
• Grown-up Children (Vzroslye deti, 1961, Vasily Vasilyevich)
• Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya, 1962, Siply [the Husky-voiced])
• Militia Story (Eto sluchilos v militsii, 1963, Major Sazonov)
• The Meeting at the Crossover (Vstrech na pereprave, 1964, The kolkhoz chairman)
• Bolshaya ruda, 1964
• Small Green Light (Zelyony ogonyok, 1964, the pensioner)

• Your Son and Brother (Vash syn i brat, 1965, Voyevodin)
• The Roll-call (Pereklichka, 1965, Varentsov)
• Moscow is Behind Our Backs (Moskva za nami, 1967, General Ivan Panfilov)
• Not a Day Without an Adventure (ni dnya bez priklyucheny, 1967, old man Danilyuk)
• Just for Fun (Skuki radi, 1968, Gomozov)
• Used Cartridge Cases (Strelyanye gilzy, 1968, the Father)
• Liberation (Osvobozhdenye, 1968, Colonel Lukin)
• The Major Witness (Glavny svidetel, 1969, the Uncle)
• Strange People (Strannye lyudi, 1969, Matvey Ryazantsev)
• I Am His Bride (Ya yevo nevesta, 1969, Mitrokhin)
• The Return of the Saint Luca (Vozvrashenye svyatovo Luki, 1970, Colonel Zorin)
• The Kremlin Chime (Kremlyovskye kuranty, 1970, the old worker)
• The Stolen Train (Ukradenny poezd, 1970, General Ivan Vasylievich)
• Eolomea (East Germany, 1972, Kun)
• Stoves and Benches (Pechki-lavochki, 1972, Professor Sergey Fyodorovich)
• Here's Our Home (Zdes nash dom, 1973, Alexander Pluzhin)
• The Black Prince (Tchorny prints, 1973, Colonel Zorin)
• There, Over the Horizon (Tam, za gorizontom, 1975, the General constructor)
• And Other Officials (I drugiye ofitsyalnye litsa, 1976, Astakhov)
• The Closeness of Distant Things (Blizkaya dal, 1976, Pogodin)
• The Moscow Time (Vremya moskovskoye, 1976, Nazar Lukich)
• The Colonel Zorin's Hypothesis (Versiya polkovnika Zorina, 1978, Colonel Zorin)
• The Long Days' Month (Mesyats dlinnykh dney, 1979, Pavel Stepanovich)
• Teheran-43 (1980, the cafe owner)
• The Unwelcome Friend (Nezvany drug, 1981, Shlepyanov)
• From Winter Till Winter (Ot zimy do zimy, 1981, the Minister)
• The Hope and the Stand-by (Nadezga i opora, 1982, Rotov)
• From Evening Till Noon (S vetchera do poludnya, 1982, writer Andray Zharkov)
• White Dews (Belye rosy, 1982, Khodas)
• The Mistery of the Blackbirds (Taina Tchyornykh Drozdov, 1983m Mister George Forteskew)
• Dead Souls (Myortvye dushi, 1984, the Court chairman)
• In Bad Weather (V rasputitsu, 1986, Strogov)
• The Forgotten Melody for Flute (Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleity, 1987, Yaroslav Stepanovich)
• The Apellation (Apellyatsia, 1988, Mironov)
• Shirly-Myrli (1995, the Music fan)

External links

• Vsevolod Sanayev at the Internet Movie Database