Gennadi Yukhtin
Gennadi Yukhtin | |
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 Gennadi Yukhtin at the farewell ceremony with People's Artist of the Russian Federation Anatoly Kuznetsov at the Cinema House of the Union of Cinematographers in Moscow | |
| Born | Geniy Gavrilovich Yukhtin 30 March 1932 |
| Died | 18 February 2022 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–2022 |
Gennadi (birth name Geniy[1]) Gavrilovich Yukhtin (Russian: Геннадий (Гений) Гаврилович Юхтин; 30 March 1932 – 18 February 2022) was a Russian film and stage actor.
Life and career
[edit]At the age of fourteen, Yukhtin was orphaned: his mother died at the front during the Second World War in 1942, and his father died of wounds in 1946.[2] He ended up in a special orphanage for the children of dead army and navy officers. Later he ended up in the Volga region, where the teacher, a former actress, introduced her pupils to amateur art. Then Yukhtin became seriously interested in theatrical art.
Yukhtin graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. Since 1955, he has been an actor at the National Film Actors' Theatre. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1991.
Death
[edit]Yukhtin tested positive for COVID-19 on 27 January 2022. He was hospitalized in critical condition on 11 February[3] and died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 89.[4][5]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Other People's Relatives (1956)
- Criminal Case of Rumyantsev (1956)
- Spring on Zarechnaya Street (1956)
- Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
- Zhavoronok (1964)
- The Hockey Players (1964)
- The Elusive Avengers (1967)
- The Andromeda Nebula (1967)
- Dead Season (1968)
- The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
- This Merry Planet (1973)
- Siberiade (1979)
- Semyon Dezhnev (1983)
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
Honors and awards
[edit]- 1976: Honored Artist of the RSFSR
- 1994: People's Artist of Russia
- 2008: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
References
[edit]- ^ Actors of Soviet Cinema
- ^ Геннадий Юхтин. Доброта и дух советской эпохи (in Russian)
- ^ 89-летняя звезда фильма «Неуловимые мстители» Геннадий Юхтин был госпитализирован (in Russian)
- ^ Умер актер Геннадий Юхтин, игравший в «Весне на Заречной улице» (in Russian)
- ^ "Умер Геннадий Юхтин, народный артист РФ" (in Russian). 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
External links
[edit]| International | |
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| National | |
| People | |
- 1932 births
- 2022 deaths
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Soviet male film actors
- Soviet male television actors
- Soviet male stage actors
- Russian male film actors
- Russian male television actors
- Russian male stage actors
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of Russia
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- People from Samara Oblast