Yury Vasilievich Katin-Yartsev, actor: biography, family, creativity

Katin-Yartsev is a famous Soviet actor of theater and cinema. He is known mainly for his episodic roles, which, nevertheless, entered the gold fund of the national cinema. He was a well-deserved teacher, made a great contribution to the development of the Soviet theater. His filmography has a hundred films, and on the stage he played seventy roles.

early years

Katin-Yartsev was born in Moscow in 1912 in a family of hereditary noblemen who came from the Ryazan Territories. The first mention of the name dates back to the 16th century. Yuri was alone with his parents. His father worked as an accountant and died when the boy was only eight years old. The future famous artist grew up in a creative environment, read a lot, was fond of theater. I visited two actors' studios: one at the car factory, the other at the amateur's palace. After graduation from the first attempt he entered the Shchukin school, but a month later he left for the front. He distinguished himself in a number of battles, was awarded the Order. At the front, the young man did not give up his passion for theater and literature: he staged improvised performances, read classics and modern literature to his colleagues. Thus, Katyn-Yartsev, whose family instilled in him a love of art, acquired acting skills.

Years at school

After the war, Yuri returned to the "Pike" and finished it. Here, the young man found the course of E. Vakhtangov, who made a great impression on him. Despite the fact that he was older than his classmates, the former front-line soldier, nevertheless, immediately fell in with everyone. Having received a diploma, Katin-Yartsev remained a teacher, simultaneously entering the theater in Malaya Bronnaya. He was considered one of the best teachers. From his course came the famous Soviet theater and film stars, who all unanimously assert that Yuri Vasilyevich with his talent, skill, skill helped them to reach heights.

Work in the cinema

Katin-Yartsev began to withdraw from the mid 50-ies of the last century. One of his first works was in V. Basov's painting The School of Courage, after which a series of episodic roles followed, which were not noticed by critics and spectators. The real success came when he was over fifty. All-Union love to Yuri Vasilievich brought the role of Giuseppe in the tale of Pinocchio. This image became one of the most popular in his filmography. Then followed such small but significant roles as the grenadier in the musical comedy "Three in a boat apart from a dog", an astronomer in the cult television series "Seventeen Moments of Spring". Despite the episodic appearance on the screen, the characters created by him are forever remembered by the viewer.

The role of Thomas

However, the artist was best known for his work in the film by M. Zakharov. The film "The same Munchausen" became a cult in the national cinema and is still one of the most popular films. In this picture Yu.V. Katin-Yartsev played the butler of the eccentric baron. The image is sympathetic to the viewer by the fact that Thomas absolutely sincerely and without any backward thought believes in all the eccentricities of his original master. After the alleged death of Munchausen, he alone did not fully believe this. Touching devotion, simplicity and naivety, played by the artist, made the role of one of the most iconic in creativity.

Other jobs

Katina-Yartseva's personal life did not last long. He married quite late, at the age of 44 years. From the marriage he had a son, Mikhail, a well-known historian specializing in genealogy research.

Our hero was always engaged in teaching, played a lot in the theater and cinema. He often took a sincere part in the lives of his students, and thus, his personal life was inseparable from the fate of the school and the theater. The most notable works in the movie were roles in the paintings "Agony" and "Farewell." In the first of them he played a deputy of the Imperial State Duma of Purishkevich, a man of strong, imperious, strong-willed. Actor with his game embodied on the screen a person in all respects an outstanding, eloquent, energetic. In the second motion picture, he played the complex philosophical role of an elderly person.

Features of pedagogical activity

Katin-Yartsev, an actor of theater and cinema, became a famous teacher thanks to an individual approach to each of the students. All of them remember that he took to his course all, picked up each role, was very delicate and tactful. For example, according to E. Simonova, it was this approach that played a decisive role in her future acting career. He gave a great role to the skill of artistic reading and rehearsed for a long time the mise-en-scenes. The actor attached fundamental importance to reading classics and he himself took an active part in television adaptations of novels by Russian and foreign authors. The actor Katin-Yartsev, whose biography is wholly connected with his native theater and school, was remembered by his students as a modest, kind, considerate, responsive teacher. The famous actor died in 1994.

Creation

The artist is more memorable to the mass audience due to his episodic roles. In this respect, he raised the level of mastery to a professional level. He himself highly appreciated his small role in the historical film "Bagration". There he embodied the image of the famous commander Suvorov. He himself found some similarities between himself and him, and probably that is why his personality on the screen was so truly embodied. All students, without exception, note that most of all the actor is like himself in the role of the butler Thomas. The film "The same Munchausen" brought him real fame and fame.

It should also be noted that his work in the film adaptation of the novel by V. Rasputin "Farewell to the Mother" is very much appreciated. In general, the role of simple naive people was given him especially well. At the same time, his students emphasize that he had a very strong temperament, which allowed him to embody a variety of images. For example, the image of a simple employee, the editor of the famous Russian writer Dostoyevsky, who sincerely wanted to help him, was especially dramatic. This episodic role became especially memorable in his career. Due to his character he had many friends. Perhaps, that is why Yury Katin-Yartsev got married so late. The artist's wife gave him one son, to whom modern viewers are largely indebted for information about the famous father.