Mikhail Semyonovich Svetin (Russian: Михаил Семёнович Светин; born Michail Solomonovitch Goltsman; 11 December 1929 – 30 August 2015) was a Soviet, Russian actor.[1] He appeared in more than fifty films.

Mikhail Svetin
Born(1929-12-11)11 December 1929
Died30 August 2015(2015-08-30) (aged 85)
OccupationActor
Years active1958—2015

Biography edit

Born in Kyiv, he was the first child in the family. His father, Solomon Mykhailovych Holtsman, worked as a laborer at the Kyiv Film Factory, and his mother, Hanna Petrivna, was a housewife. He graduated from the Kyiv Music College.[2]

In 1964–1970, he worked at the Kyiv Musical Comedy Theater.

In 1970, he began working at the Maly Drama Theater in Leningrad. Since 1980, he has been an actor at the Akimov Comedy Theater in Leningrad.

Svetin's film career began in 1973 with a role in the movie "Not a Year to Go". Among Svetin's most famous works in cinema are his roles in the films Athos, It Can't Be!

In 1987, Svetin was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1996 he became People's Artist of Russia. In 2009, Svetin received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

He has acted in Ukrainian films: "Neither Feather nor Fluff!" (1974), "Captain Crocus and the Secret of the Little Conspirators" (1991), "The Golden Chicken" (1993, "Marshmallows in Chocolate" (1994, "Object Jay" (1995), "Day of the Vanquished" (2009), "The True Story of the Scarlet Sails" (2010) and others.

In August 2015, he was hospitalized with a preliminary diagnosis of stroke. He died on the morning of August 30 in the intensive care unit of the Gatchina Central District Hospital.[3]

Selected filmography edit

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Children of Iron Gods
(Дети чугунных богов)
Nikolai Vasilyevich
1989 Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
(Частный детектив или операция "Кооперация")
Ivan Ivanovich Pukhov
1988 Bright Personality
(Светлая личность)
Ptashnikov
1987 A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
(Человек с бульвара Капуцинов)
apothecary
1987 She with a Broom, He in a Black Hat
(Она с метлой, он в чёрной шляпе)
Afanasiy Zyablik
1982 Charodei
(Чародеи)
Foma Ostapych Bryl [4]
1981 Agony
(Агония)
Daniil Terekhov
1979 Bag of the Collector
(Сумка инкассатора)
Chebotaryov
1979 Nameless Star
(Безымянная звезда)
Mr. Ispas
1976 The Twelve Chairs
(Двенадцать стульев)
Bruns, engineer
1975 It Can't Be!
(Не может быть!)
Vitaly Borisovich
1975 Afonya
(Афоня)
Voronkov the driver
TV
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Yeralash
(Ералаш)
Leonid Petrovich, director of the school [5]
1998 Streets of Broken Lights
(Улицы разбитых фонарей)
Tolyan Kolomensky administrator
1984 The Trust That Has Burst
(Трест, который лопнул)
Klein, a porter
1981 Life and Adventures of Four Friends 3/4
(Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей 3/4)
Thief
1980 Life and Adventures of Four Friends 1/2
(Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей 1/2)
Thief

References edit

  1. ^ Михаил Светин стал большим человеком
  2. ^ Запис про народження 11 грудня 1929 року Міши Соломоновича Гольцмана // Державний архів міста Києва. Ф. Р-1654. Оп. 1. Спр. 657 (Книга реєстрації актів громадянського стану про народження Ленінського ЗАГС міста Києва за 01.01.1930 — 15.04.1930), Арк. 4-4зв.
  3. ^ Радянському актору Свєтіну провели успішну операцію на серці
  4. ^ По киевским следам Михаила Светина. kp.ua, Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Нервы, нервы, нервы..." eralash.ru (in Russian). 28 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

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