Vitaly Solomin
Vitaly Solomin | |
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Born | |
Died | 27 May 2002 | (aged 60)
Occupation | Actor, theatre director |
Years active | 1960–2002 |
Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (Russian: Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 1941 – 27 May 2002)[1][2] was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was the younger brother of Yury Solomin.
Biography[]
Vitaly Solomin was born in 1941 in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Soviet Union, to a family of professional musicians.[3] From childhood he was fascinated by music and learned to play the piano. On leaving school he went to Moscow and in 1959 he entered Shchepkin's drama school. He studied in the class of Nikolay Annenkov.
While a student, Vitaly rehearsed and performed at the Maly Theatre. After finishing the school he became an actor at this theater.
In the 1960s Vitaly Solomin began to appear in films. He debuted in 1963 in 1 Newton street. His first big role was as Kirill in the 1966 film Elder sister.
Vitaly Solomin shot to fame after playing the leading role as Cossack Roman in the epic film Dauria (1971) where he worked with his brother Yury Solomin and other Russian stars, such as Yefim Kopelyan, Viktor Pavlov and Vasily Shukshin.[4]
During the 1980s his performances in films directed by Igor Maslennikov were especially successful. Most famous of these was his role as Dr. Watson in a series of films about Sherlock Holmes (1979—1986). In 1982 Maslennikov invited him to play the role of Count Tomsky in The Queen of Spades, an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's story. His work in the film series Winter Cherry was very successful.
From 1 September 1986 to September 1989 Solomin worked in the Mossovet Theatre. There he acted in a play based on Viktor Astafyev's Sad Detective. In 1991 he returned to the Maly Theatre and staged Alexander Ostrovsky's Savage, playing the role of Ashmetiev.
Solomin wrote the screenplay for and directed the 1994 film The Hunt.
On 4 November 1974, he received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and on 3 February 1992 of People's Artist of the RSFSR. In April 2002, Vitaly Solomin suffered a stroke which proved to be fatal; he died on 27 May 2002 and is interred in Vagankovo Cemetery.
Private life[]
Vitaly Solomin's first wife was the actress Natalia Rudnaya. The marriage soon fell apart. On October 28, 1970, he married the actress Maria Solomina (née Leonidova). In 1974 they had a daughter Anastasia, and in May 1984 - a daughter Yelizaveta.
Filmography[]
Year | English Title | Original Title | Role | Notes |
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1964 | The Chairman | Председатель | Valyozhin, surgeon | |
1965 | Beloved | Любимая | Volodya Levadov | |
I Am Twenty | Мне двадцать лет | Uncredited | ||
1966 | Women | Женщины | Zhenya Bednov | |
1967 | Older sister | Старшая сестра | Kirill | |
Tough Nut | Крепкий орешек | Lieutenant Ivan Groznykh | ||
The Kingdom of Women | Бабье царство | Kostya Lubentsov | ||
1969 | К новым берег | Modest Mussorgsky | TV movie | |
1970 | Vperedi den' | |||
1971 | Hail, Mary! | Салют, Мария! | Seva Chudreev | |
1972 | Dauria | Даурия | Roman Ulybin | |
Rasskazhi mne o sebe | Pimenov | |||
Вот моя деревня | Dmitri Nikolaevich, school principal | mini-series | ||
U nas na zavode | Nikolay Starkov | |||
Poslednie dni Pompey | ||||
1974 | Otkrytiye | Andrey Sergeyevich Yuryshev / Dmitriy Katochkin | ||
1978 | Pryzhok s kryshi | Kirill Ivanovich Kosichkin | ||
1979 | Die Fledermaus | Летучая мышь | Falke | TV movie |
Siberiade | Сибириада | Nikolai Ustyuzhanin | ||
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон | Dr. Watson | 2 episodes | |
1980 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона | Dr. Watson | 3 episodes |
1981 | Kto zaplatit za udachu? | |||
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Собака Баскервилей | Dr. Watson | TV Mini-Series | |
1982 | Chelovek, kotoryy zakryl gorod | |||
The Queen of Spades | Пиковая дама | Count Tomsky | ||
1983 | The Treasures of Agra | Сокровища Агры | Dr. Watson | 2 episodes |
Polosa vezeniya | (segment "Polosa vezeniya") | |||
1984 | Return from Orbit | Возвращение с орбиты | Vyacheslav Mukhin | |
1985 | Winter Cherry | Зимняя вишня | Vadim Dashkov | |
Iskrenne vash... | Pasha Dobrynin | |||
1986 | 55 gradusov nizhe nulya | |||
1987 | The Twentieth Century Approaches | Двадцатый век начинается | Dr. Watson | 2 episodes |
1989 | Svetik | |||
1990 | Зимняя вишня 2 | Vadim Dashkov | ||
Rogonosets | ||||
1992 | Dreams of Russia | Сны о России | Alexander Bezborodko | |
1993 | Chyornyy kvadrat | |||
Plenniki udachi | ||||
Uncle Vanya | Дядя Ваня | Mikhail Lvovich Astrov | ||
1995 | Зимняя вишня 3 | Vadim Dashkov | ||
1999 | Testy dlya nastoyashchikh muzhchin | |||
2001 | Остановка по требованию | Investigator Itcenko | TV Series | |
2003 | Пан или пропал | Leszek Krzyżanowski | TV Series | |
Casus belli | (final film role) |
References[]
- ^ "Vitaly Solomin biography. People's Artist of Russia". The Strip. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "К 70-летию Соломина // 1tv.ru". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ Официальный сайт Малого театра
- ^ Биография на RuData.ru
External links[]
- Vitaly Solomin at IMDb
- (in Russian) Biography
- (in Russian) Biography online peoples.ru
- To Be Remembered. Vitaly Solomin by Leonid Filatov (2003)
- 1941 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century Russian male actors
- 21st-century Russian male actors
- People from Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Russian and Soviet theatre directors
- Russian male film actors
- Russian male stage actors
- Russian male television actors
- Russian theatre directors
- Soviet male film actors
- Soviet male stage actors
- Soviet male television actors
- Soviet theatre directors
- Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery